Device and method for coding hf transponders

A device for coding HF transponders comprising:

• a conveyor device which is arranged and configured to guide HF transponders past a plurality of processing stations in a continuous movement;
• a first processing station which is arranged and configured to identify HF transponders guided past it;
• and
• a second processing station having at least a first HF antenna, wherein
• the first HF antenna has a transmission range which is arranged and configured to simultaneously detect a plurality of the HF transponders guided past the second processing station by the conveyor device,
• the second processing station is configured to address the HF transponders previously identified by the first processing station with the first HF antenna and then, if the addressing of a particular previously identified HF transponder was successful, to select the addressed HF transponder detected by the transmission range of the first HF antenna for the transmission of coding data, and
• to transmit coding data to the selected HF transponder, wherein the transmitted coding data are determined in dependence on an identification of the selected HF transponder by the first processing station,
• wherein
• the second processing station is further adapted, in the case of unsuccessful addressing of a first previously identified HF transponder, immediately to continue with the addressing of a further identified HF transponder following the first identified HF transponder and, if the addressing of the further identified HF transponder was successful, to code that HF transponder, and to address the first identified HF transponder again when coding of the further identified HF transponder is complete.