The Honeywell IH25 is a Bluetooth sled tracking device starting around $1000. Learn about its smartphone pairing requirements and comparison to Nextwaves.
Technical verdict
Do not evaluate IH25 by list price alone. Its strongest fit is a project that already uses Bluetooth 5.0, BLE, has time for RF tuning, and accepts extra middleware work. If the engineering team needs open APIs, realtime data, and faster edge-to-cloud deployment, Nextwaves NR155 is the stronger replacement path to evaluate.
Initial cost
$1000 before deployment accessoriesPublished throughput
600 tags/secondIntegration surface
Bluetooth 5.0, BLEPhysical data
185 x 77.8 x 147 mm; 430 g (without mobile); IP: IP54Published specs
Chastota
Protokol
Ulanish
IP reytingi
O'lchamlari
Og'irligi
Quvvat manbai
O'qish tezligi
Taxminiy narx
Deployment review
This summary is based on public specifications and does not replace an on-site RF survey.
Deployment review
Fixed UHF RFID projects that already use Bluetooth 5.0, BLE and have time for RF tuning.
Do not compare device price only; total cost depends on accessories, software, and integration.
IP54, Li-Poly 3.8V 4000mAh, 185 x 77.8 x 147 mm, and 430 g (without mobile) must match the site layout.
Plan for middleware, SDK work, duplicate filtering, and business-event mapping.
Alternative architecture
Honeywell IH25 - bu sanoat darajasidagi RFID qurilmasi. U 865-868 MHz / 902-928 MHz diapazonida ishlaydi va EPC Gen2 V2 standartini qo'llab-quvvatlaydi, bu esa uni korxona logistika ilovalarida keng qo'llanilishini ta'minlaydi.
IP54 IP reytingi bilan u omborlar yoki chakana savdo do'konlarida odatiy bo'lgan ma'lum ekologik sharoitlardan himoya qiladi. O'quvchi uzluksiz ishlash uchun Li-Poly 3.8V 4000mAh dan foydalanadi, uning maksimal o'qish tezligi ~600 tags/sec ga yetadi.
Zamonaviy joylashtirishlarda tarmoq integratsiyasi eng muhim to'siq hisoblanadi. Ushbu model ma'lumotlarni markaziy tizimlarga o'tkazish uchun Bluetooth 5.0, BLE variantlarini taklif etadi.
Biroq, eski Honeywell uskunalari bilan bog'liq asosiy muammo shundaki, xom teg ma'lumotlarini mazmunli biznes ma'lumotlariga aylantirish uchun xususiy SDK-larga (masalan, LLRP) yoki qimmat uchinchi tomon IoT middleware-ga katta bog'liqlik mavjud.
Agar sizning muhandislik jamoangiz Honeywell IH25 ni baholayotgan bo'lsa, Nextwaves NR155 bulutga asoslangan arxitekturani taqdim etadi. Eski tizimlar sotuvchiga bog'liqlik va xususiy dasturiy ta'minot ekotizimlari orqali yuqori kapital xarajatlarni keltirib chiqaradi.
Nextwaves qurilmada to'g'ridan-to'g'ri standart MQTT REST API ni taqdim etish orqali bu to'siqni butunlay yo'q qiladi. Sizning dasturiy ta'minot ishlab chiquvchilaringiz teglarni o'qishni o'z ERP yoki WMS backendga oylarda emas, balki kunlarda integratsiya qilishlari mumkin, bu esa takroriy vositachi litsenziyalash to'lovlarini butunlay chetlab o'tadi.
Alternative architecture
Bulutga asoslangan MQTT/REST API-lari o'rnatilgan. Xususiy SDK-lar yo'q, middleware litsenziyalash yo'q. Kunlar ichida to'g'ridan-to'g'ri ERP yoki WMS bilan integratsiya qiling.
View Nextwaves NR155
Antenna portlari
4 x RP-TNC portlariO'qish tezligi
Soniyasiga 400 tagacha tegChiqish quvvati
0–33 dBm (1dB qadam)Tarmoq protokoli
MQTT / MQTTSFAQ
These answers help purchasing and engineering teams review cost, integration, and deployment risk.
The Honeywell IH25 is a Bluetooth-enabled UHF RFID sled designed to pair with existing mobile computers. It supports EPC Gen2 V2 logic over the 865-868 MHz / 902-928 MHz blocks, enabling ad-hoc retail tagging and inventory scans.
The sled attachment is generally priced at $1000. Facilities must calculate the combined cost: the sled itself, Li-Poly 3.8V 4000mAh replacement batteries, and the secondary smartphone/terminal required to drive the UI.
Nextwaves hardware features embedded connectivity processors that eliminate the need to tether a smartphone via Bluetooth. Operators achieve direct web-to-cloud architectures devoid of messy local GATT profile synchronization.
The sled unit weighs 430 g (without mobile) and measures 185 x 77.8 x 147 mm. Rated IP54, it prevents ingress against daily dust buildup and splashes, making it primarily suited to retail backrooms and clean logistics hubs.
Communications operate entirely via Bluetooth 5.0, BLE protocols. This connects the trigger assembly and RFID module strictly to a host smartphone rather than natively to enterprise Wi-Fi routers.
Physical assembly requires locking the host mobile device into the mounting adapter. Software developers must integrate Honeywell Android/iOS SDK libraries into a custom application to establish the BLE handshake and commence scanning.
Under continuous trigger holds, the sled yields approx ~600 tags/sec. Sled firmware updates and administration require flashing via the host Android or iOS terminal utility.
A complete system dictates writing custom Android/iOS applications to act as an intermediary bridge, taking Bluetooth 5.0, BLE tag arrays and packaging them into HTTPS payloads for external CRMs.
Honeywell includes a one-year factory defect warranty on physical parts. Authorized integrators often attach comprehensive service tier contracts covering both the sled and the host mobile device pair.
A built-in polarized antenna sweeps the environment for tags across the 865-868 MHz / 902-928 MHz limits. Read stability depends on maintaining a short optical path between the sled face and the target asset.
