Akuvox ACR-CID12 UHF Desktop Card Reader

In an Akuvox car park system, each car carries a UHF windshield tag and a long-range ACR-CRP12 reader at the barrier recognises it. The Akuvox ACR-CID12 is the desk part of that system: before a tag is stuck on a resident's windscreen, the administrator holds it on the ACR-CID12, which reads its number into the computer so the tag can be assigned to that resident or vehicle.

It reads UHF tags to EPC Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C, the standard of Akuvox's UHF-TAG11, at up to 10 cm, a short range on purpose so only the tag on the desk is read. It works on the 902–928 MHz (American) or 865–868 MHz (European) band.

It is plug and play on Windows and macOS: one USB cable gives it power (under 80 mA standby, under 200 mA reading) and carries the data, and a buzzer confirms each read. The black plastic body measures 107 × 107 × 23 mm.

For 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz and Bluetooth credentials, the companion desktop reader is the ACR-CID01.