This section assumes that you have configured devices in the LLM Device Configuration grid, as previously described and that you are familiar with the “assigned” and “unassigned” areas of the grid.

In order to use an RFID printer, you must have an RFID Printer License.  You may view your license from the Help|About screen in Label Design Mode.  License settings are described in the License Information and Registration section of the Installation chapter.  The following list shows the pertinent settings for using the Loftware RFID Solution.

RL- LPS[10/5/2] [2] [1] [1] P{MSNRCBODX}2358847639

Version:  9.0.2.0
RRM Version: 2.0.2.0
RRM Expected: 2.0.x.x
Serial Number: RL- LPS[10/5/2] [2] [1] [1] P{MSNRCBODX}2358847639
Printer Seats: 10
RFID Printers: 5
RFID Readers: 2
RFID Enabled: Yes
RFID Reader: Yes

·      LPS Premier Plus RFID is required to print RFID smart labels.  ‘RFID Enabled’ will indicate ‘Yes’ if RFID functionality is available.

·      In addition, you must have Loftware’s RFID Reader Module (RRM), an optional component of LPS, to write to an RFID tag using a reader.  (Reading data from RFID tags is supported programmatically through the Loftware Reader Control API.)

·      To print smart labels, there must be at least 1 RFID Printer licensed seat.  You may use an RFID Printer license to drive a non-RFID Printer, but not vice versa.

·  You must have the RFID Reader Module and at least 1 RFID Reader licensed seat to encode data into tags.  When you have a valid RFID Reader license, ‘RFID Reader’ is set to ‘Yes.’  You may use an RFID Reader license to drive a non-RFID Printer, but not vice versa.

·      The [10/5/2] portion of the example above shows a license for up to 10 total devices, 5 of which can be Smart Label (RFID) printers and 2 of which can be RFID Readers.

Example 1: With this license, when you configure one RFID printer, the total number of devices left available to configure would be 9, a maximum 4 could be RFID printers and a maximum 2 can be RFID readers. 

Example 2: With this license, when you configure 2 RFID Printers and 2 RFID Readers,  then the total number of devices left available would be 6, a maximum 3 of which could be RFID printers and the remaining 3 seats can only be used for non-RFID printers.

·      Please contact Loftware's Customer Service department at (603)-766-3630 to purchase the RFID module or additional RFID device seats.

If you are in Demo Mode
Any number of RFID devices can be configured in the grid up to the number of available device seats (non-gray area in the configuration grid).  When these devices are used in demo mode, the EPC / DoD tag data will be ‘scrambled’ just like any other variable field in demo mode.

If you have a valid license but do not have the RFID module
Any number of RFID devices can be configured up to the number of available device seats (non-gray area in the configuration grid).  They will be shown in red instead of black, which indicates that you cannot print/write to these devices.  Attempting to print or write to an RFID label or tag in this case will result in an error message.  This scenario with LPS will result in the job being routed to ‘Critical Failure’ which can be viewed from the Status Client.  Non-RFID jobs in the LPS will still function normally.

If you have a valid license with the RFID Module
You can configure up to the number of RFID seats of RFID enabled devices.  Any RFID printers configured after that will be shown in red and cannot be printed or written to as described above.