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Chainway RFID handheld integration: counts and reads on a live floor plan

Spatial Map shows the results of your Chainway handhelds and readers on a 3D map of the building. Chainway makes Android mobile computers, handheld and Bluetooth UHF RFID readers, fixed readers and rugged tablets; we build the Android app or connector for the devices you own with Chainway’s published SDK, and send the reads to Spatial Map.

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Devices you own · integrated by our team
Illustrations of device types — not vendor product photos.

Works with hardware from

Zebra, Chainway, SATO and Sanray are trademarks of their respective owners. Spatial Map is not affiliated with or endorsed by them; we integrate with devices our clients already own using the vendors’ SDKs and APIs.

What Chainway makes

From Chainway’s own product pages. Product details and current models are on chainway.net.

  • Android mobile computers (handhelds with barcode scanning)
  • Handheld UHF RFID readers on Android, and RFID sled readers
  • Bluetooth RFID readers
  • Fixed RFID readers and RFID modules
  • Rugged tablets, including RFID tablets
  • Printers and vehicle-mounted computers

How we connect Chainway devices

Chainway publishes an SDK for its Android devices for use in Android Studio. That makes the handheld the natural place for the workflow:

  • Android RFID handhelds and sleds — a custom app on the device reads UHF tags and barcodes through the SDK and runs stock counts, receiving, put-away, picking, asset audits or tag searches, offline when it has to.
  • Bluetooth RFID readers — paired with a phone or handheld running the same app, for teams that already carry Android devices.
  • Fixed readers — tag events go to an edge service that maps antennas to zones and posts batched rows to Spatial Map.
  • Sync — the app uploads results to your WMS or ERP and to a Spatial Map table; the map and reports update from there.

What you see in Spatial Map

Counts from the handhelds colour bins, racks and zones by progress and variance; found and missing assets show in the room where the audit placed them; fixed readers appear as markers with their last read. Example screens of the handheld app are on RFID mobile app development.

Chainway device types we integrate

Illustrations of device types, not Chainway product photos.

  • Handheld UHF RFID readers

    Cycle counts, searches, audits and encoding in a custom Android app built on Chainway’s SDK.

  • Android mobile computers

    Barcode workflows — receiving, put-away, picking — in the same app, synced to your systems.

  • Fixed RFID readers

    Reads from dock doors and zones through an edge service into table rows.

  • Tags and labels

    EPCs joined to your item master so every read lands on the right shape.

How it connects

Chainway handhelds to the map, step by step

  1. 01

    Chainway handheld

    Runs a custom Android app built on Chainway’s SDK.

  2. 02

    Offline-first sync

    Results are stored on the device and uploaded when online; conflicts are flagged for review.

  3. 03

    Spatial Map table

    The connector posts rows to a table with the table write API: HTTPS, one bearer key per system, bulk upsert, 60 requests a minute per key — so it batches reads.

  4. 04

    Data link and map

    A data link binds the table to markers, zones and racks: last read, counts, status colours and the History player for movement.

  5. 05

    Reports and sharing

    Built-in reports and the report builder use the same rows; read-only share links give a site manager or client the live view.

What a Chainway project delivers

Android app

Your workflows on the handheld: count, receive, put away, pick, audit, encode — see example screens.

Back office

Optional web back office for counts, variance and devices — see back-office development.

Live map and reports

Count progress and asset locations on the 3D floor plan, with reports and share links.

Chainway integration — frequently asked questions

No. Spatial Map is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chainway, and this is not an official Chainway integration. We build on the SDK Chainway publishes for its Android devices, for clients who already own them.

The apps we build are offline-first: counts and audits are stored on the handheld and uploaded when the device is back online, so a cold store or a basement does not stop the count.

Often, yes: the workflow and sync are shared and only the reader layer is device-specific. Mixed fleets are scoped per project.

No. Spatial Map is a web app. The handheld apps on these pages are custom software built per client, which sends its results to Spatial Map and to your own systems.

Run your counts on Chainway handhelds — and see them on the map.

Tell us your workflow and the Chainway models you use. We will scope the app and show your own facility in Spatial Map.