Universal Edge Gateway & Industrial GPIO

Directional RFID Dock Gate Portals & Custom WMS

Equip warehouse dock doors, overhead conveyors, and anti-theft turnstiles with intelligent directional state machines. Determine Inbound vs. Outbound transit automatically, trigger 24V industrial relays, and stream real-time events to your custom ERP.

<50ms
GPIO Relay Latency
Dual-Bank
Directional Antennas
MQTT / REST
WMS Webhook Protocol
Modbus TCP
PLC Conveyor Trigger
Directional RFID dock portal for custom WMS integration
Turnkey Gate Implementation Partner

Turnkey RFID Integration for Custom ERP, WMS & Logistics Dock Gates

Don’t have internal developers or want to avoid coding risks? We deliver complete end-to-end implementation across India—from hardware mounting and RF site calibration to custom ERP sync and on-site warehouse operator training.

Rapid 2–3 Week Go-Live

Skip months of internal R&D, trial-and-error socket programming, and protocol debugging. Our pre-engineered middleware connects to Custom WMS on Day 1.

Single-Vendor Accountability

No finger-pointing between hardware suppliers and software contractors. We supply, configure, mount, integrate, and warrant the entire ecosystem under one SLA.

Zero Ongoing Seat Royalties

Unlike proprietary SaaS platforms charging recurring per-user or per-reader licenses, our turnkey solutions grant your enterprise 100% perpetual software ownership.

Turnkey Deliverables

Everything Included in Your Deployment

Our comprehensive turnkey integration contract covers every layer of the physical-to-digital bridge:

Directional Radar Included

Dual-Bank Sliding-Window Directional Logic

Calculates millisecond timestamp gradients between antenna banks (INSIDE vs OUTSIDE) to automatically classify pallet movements as Inbound or Outbound.

Industrial GPIO Included

Sub-50ms 24V Stack Light & Siren Relays

Direct dry-contact relay controllers triggering green/red visual beacons, audio buzzers, and automated bay door interlocks without PLC delays.

Signed Webhooks Included

HMAC-SHA256 Signed REST & MQTT Webhooks

Cryptographically secured JSON payloads with replay attack defense dispatched to your custom ERP, WMS, or cloud message bus.

Driver Attribution Included

Forklift Operator Badge Separation

Automatic isolation of operator UHF identity badges from cargo items, attributing transit logs to the exact driver while preserving item counts.

100% Offline WAL Included

Edge PC Local SQLite Durability Buffer

Local Write-Ahead Logging database storing 1,000,000+ tag transactions locally with automatic synchronization upon network recovery.

12-Month SLA Included

Turnkey Hardware Warranty & Retuning Support

Physical portal mounting maintenance, antenna beam angle recalibration for metal/liquid cargo, and dedicated engineer support.

Clear Milestones

4-Week Production Deployment Roadmap

Predictable timelines with zero disruption to active warehouse or factory operations:

01
Week 1
Site Survey & Layout Audit

Dock Door Physical Inspection & API Mapping

We inspect bay dimensions, metal dock levelers, forklift transit speeds, and define your custom WMS webhook/MQTT schemas.

02
Week 2
Bench Staging & Calibration

Portal Fabrication & State Machine Tuning

Bench-testing readers, configuring photocell triggers, and fine-tuning sliding-window debounce logic for high-speed forklift sweeps.

03
Week 3
On-Site Gate Pilot Run

Live Dock Door Commissioning

Physical mounting of portal frames, 24V light wiring, antenna calibration, and parallel trial running alongside existing manual dispatch.

04
Week 4
Production Logistics Go-Live

Multi-Bay Cutover & Operator Training

Activating live automated gate verifications across all dock bays, driver training, exception workflow sign-off, and SLA handover.

Commercial Tiers

Select Your Turnkey Deployment Package

Transparent scopes tailored to your operational scale, whether pilot testing or national rollout:

Single Dock Door Directional Gate Pilot

Ideal for automating receiving or shipping at your primary dock bay

Ideal For: Warehouses, 3PL logistics facilities, and manufacturing dispatch bays
Typical Investment
₹2,40,000 – ₹3,80,000
Included Scope:
  • 1x 4-Port Fixed Reader + 2x Directional Patch Antennas
  • Industrial aluminum mounting portal frame
  • 24V Green/Red stack light beacon & audio buzzer
  • Directional Inbound vs Outbound state machine
  • HMAC-SHA256 signed REST webhook gateway
  • Remote deployment & 3 months SLA support
Most Popular For Enterprises

Multi-Bay Logistics Infrastructure Turnkey

Comprehensive automated transit across multiple shipping & receiving gates

Ideal For: High-throughput distribution centers, freight hubs, and large factories
Typical Investment
₹5,50,000 – ₹11,50,000
Included Scope:
  • 3x–5x Directional Dock Door Portals with stack lights
  • Forklift operator RFID badge attribution engine
  • Central industrial edge gateway server with SQLite WAL
  • Photocell sensor integration for anti-theft alarms
  • On-site deployment & operator certification (Pan-India)
  • 12 Months comprehensive SLA & hardware AMC warranty

High-Speed Conveyor & Sorter Tunnel

Ultra-fast item & carton verification for automated sorting lines

Ideal For: Parcel logistics, automated baggage, and high-speed box conveyors
Typical Investment
₹4,80,000 – ₹9,20,000
Included Scope:
  • 1x Industrial RF shielding tunnel enclosure
  • Photocell trigger beam & sub-50ms GPIO diverter relay
  • Sub-20ms tag reading & PLC reject gate trigger
  • Modbus TCP & MQTT streaming to warehouse execution systems
  • 12 Months on-site engineering SLA warranty
Hardware Agnostic

Certified Reader Hardware

Already procured scanners or procuring fresh? Our turnkey middleware is thoroughly bench-tested and certified across leading global RFID hardware vendors.

Chainway C72 & C66 Rugged Handhelds Zebra MC3300R & RFD40 Sleds Impinj Speedway & R700 Fixed Portals Honeywell EDA51K & IH25 RFID Alien ALR-F800 & Hopeland Fixed Readers
100% Perpetual Code Ownership

Zero per-seat recurring fees or vendor lock-in. Your team gets complete source code ownership.

Sub-Second Real-Time Sync

Debounced buffer architecture guarantees ERP commit in under 1 second without database crashes.

Offline Resilience Guarantee

Local SQLite Write-Ahead Logging retains 1M+ scans with zero data loss during Wi-Fi blackouts.

12-Month Hardware & AMC Support

Comprehensive warranty covering reader tuning, firmware updates, and operational SLA support.

Need a customized integration scope or site survey?

Our senior RFID solution architects can evaluate your facility layout, ERP version, and throughput requirements over a 30-minute discovery call.

Trajectory & Phase Physics

How Dual-Bank Antennas Determine Transit Direction

Standard single-antenna readers cannot distinguish between arrival and departure. OpenRFID pairs two antenna banks with a microsecond sliding-window state machine:

Antenna Bank A (Outside)

First Arrival Timestamp

Facing the truck dock apron. When an incoming forklift approaches, tags are first registered on Bank A at time T_0 with high RSSI.

Antenna Bank B (Inside)

Second Departure Timestamp

Facing the warehouse staging bay. As the forklift completes portal transit, tags register on Bank B at time T_1.

Edge State Engine

Automated Classification

Since T_0 < T_1 within a 5-second window, the transit is finalized as INBOUND. A 15-second cooldown debounce locks the tag to prevent stationary bounce.

Industrial GPIO & Automation

Industrial Hardware Interfacing: 24V Relays, Sensors & PLCs

Enterprise RFID portals operate in harsh industrial environments alongside forklifts, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and high-speed conveyors:

Andon Stack Lights & Sirens 24V DC Isolated

3-Color Visual Feedback Relays

Forklift drivers cannot look at a computer monitor while navigating pallets through dock doors. The gateway directly controls a 3-color industrial stack light:

  • Green Light: Transit verified against WMS ASN / Inbound PO; door clears.
  • Amber Strobe: Beam broken, RFID RF field active and reading tags.
  • Red Strobe + 90dB Siren: Mismatched SKU, unbilled tag, or unauthorized security exit.
PLC & Conveyor Automation Modbus TCP / <50ms

Conveyor Diverter Synchronization

For high-speed automated carton sorting, the gateway decodes EPC tags as boxes pass an RFID tunnel, looks up sorting destination in RAM, and fires Modbus TCP register writes to Siemens or Allen-Bradley PLCs to actuate pneumatic diverter arms in under 50ms.

  • Eliminates optical barcode line-of-sight orientation requirements on conveyor belts.
  • Supports speeds up to 3.5 meters per second with 100% read accuracy.
  • Direct Modbus register mapping: Coil 0001 (Divert Lane A), Coil 0002 (Divert Lane B).
Directional State Engine

TypeScript / Node.js Directional Transit Engine

Real-world state machine classifying multi-tag transits with edge cooldown debouncing:

DirectionalPortalGateEngine.ts
TypeScript / In-Memory State Machine
interface TransitRecord {
  gateId: string;
  facing: "OUTSIDE" | "INSIDE";
  timestamp: number;
}

const activeTransitCache = new Map<string, TransitRecord>();
const cooldownCache = new Map<string, number>();

export class DirectionalPortalGateEngine {
  /**
   * Processes raw tag bursts from physical antenna banks.
   * Compares millisecond timestamps to deduce transit trajectory.
   */
  static async processTransit(
    companyId: string,
    gateId: string,
    facing: "OUTSIDE" | "INSIDE",
    tags: string[]
  ): Promise<{ inbound: string[]; outbound: string[] }> {
    const now = Date.now();
    const inbound: string[] = [];
    const outbound: string[] = [];

    for (const epc of tags) {
      const key = `${companyId}_${gateId}_${epc}`;
      const cooldownKey = `${companyId}_${epc}`;

      // 1. Skip tag if within active cooldown (prevents stationary jitter)
      if (cooldownCache.has(cooldownKey) && cooldownCache.get(cooldownKey)! > now) {
        continue;
      }

      const prev = activeTransitCache.get(key);
      if (!prev) {
        // First detection on either bank
        activeTransitCache.set(key, { gateId, facing, timestamp: now });
      } else {
        const delta = now - prev.timestamp;
        // Require opposite facing within a 5-second transit envelope
        if (delta < 5000 && prev.facing !== facing) {
          if (prev.facing === "OUTSIDE" && facing === "INSIDE") {
            inbound.push(epc);
          } else if (prev.facing === "INSIDE" && facing === "OUTSIDE") {
            outbound.push(epc);
          }

          // Apply 15-second debounce cooldown
          cooldownCache.set(cooldownKey, now + 15000);
          activeTransitCache.delete(key);
        }
      }
    }

    return { inbound, outbound };
  }
}
          
Real-Time WMS Integration

Cryptographically Verified Transit Webhook Payload

Dispatched via HTTPS POST to your custom WMS endpoint with X-Hub-Signature-256 headers:

POST https://wms.yourcompany.com/api/rfid/transit HMAC-SHA256
{
  "eventId": "evt_20260912_gate04_9921",
  "gateId": "DOCK_GATE_04",
  "facility": "MUMBAI_CENTRAL_DC",
  "direction": "INBOUND",
  "operator": {
    "employeeId": "EMP_8412",
    "name": "Rajesh Sharma",
    "badgeEpc": "E28011606000021A5288B001"
  },
  "inboundCount": 142,
  "epcTags": [
    "E28011606000021A5288001",
    "E28011606000021A5288002",
    "E28011606000021A5288003"
  ],
  "timestamp": "2026-09-12T10:45:12.420Z",
  "status": "COMMITTED_TO_WMS"
}
              

Forklift Operator Attribution

When a forklift transits through the dock door, the reader reads the operator's RFID badge alongside cargo tags. The gateway extracts the badge, maps it to the driver profile, and removes it from inventory item counts.

Replay Attack Prevention

Every webhook payload includes a millisecond Unix timestamp and cryptographic signature. Webhook receivers verify that the timestamp is within 30 seconds of system time to prevent replay attacks.

Frequently Asked Questions: Custom WMS & Dock Gates

Technical answers for industrial automation engineers, systems architects, and warehouse directors.

How do dock door RFID readers determine whether pallets are moving IN or OUT?
Standard RFID readers read tags in all directions. Our directional gateway uses dual antenna arrays (one bank facing OUTSIDE the dock door, one bank facing INSIDE). By measuring the millisecond timestamp delta and phase-angle progression of tag reads across both banks, the sliding-window state machine automatically classifies the movement as Inbound Receipt or Outbound Dispatch.
Can the custom RFID gateway integrate directly with industrial PLCs and conveyor diverters?
Yes. In addition to REST and MQTT webhooks, our industrial gateway supports Modbus TCP and direct 24V isolated GPIO inputs and outputs. When a carton passes an RFID tunnel on a conveyor belt, the reader decodes the EPC and fires a PLC trigger in under 50ms to pneumatic arms or flippers for real-time automated sorting.
How does the anti-theft EAS security gate work with custom ERP backends?
When tags pass an exit checkpoint, the edge gateway queries an in-memory Redis cache of tag states. If an unbilled tag (status not SOLD) passes, the gateway triggers a physical 24V industrial GPIO relay in under 120ms, activating an audible siren and flashing red LED stack light while logging the incident via webhook.
How do you prevent duplicate reads when pallets sit stationary near the portal?
Our middleware implements an edge TTL (Time-To-Live) debounce filter with a configurable 15-second cooldown window. Once a pallet is recorded as transiting the gate, subsequent reflection reads from stationary pallets are ignored until the transit is fully finalized.
Can employee badge tags be scanned simultaneously with stock items?
Yes. Our middleware detects UHF employee access badges in the same high-speed burst scan. It attributes the pallet movement directly to the forklift operator or staff member while filtering the badge ID out of the inventory line items sent to your WMS.
What message protocols can our custom software receive from the RFID gateway?
We support standard REST Webhooks (HTTPS POST JSON), MQTT topics for IoT pipelines, Apache Kafka event streams for high-throughput logistics, and industrial Modbus TCP for PLC conveyor sorting.
Can the gateway operate completely offline if the server disconnects?
Yes. The gateway includes an offline-first encrypted SQLite database (WAL mode). All transits, timestamps, and tag lists are persisted locally on the industrial edge PC and forwarded automatically once server connectivity restores.

Build Custom RFID Portals for Your Enterprise

We engineer bespoke RFID hardware portals, 24V GPIO controllers, and high-throughput microservices tailored to your proprietary ERP or WMS stack. Includes full source code ownership in Node.js, Go, or C# .NET.

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