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Titan RFID Documentation

RAIN RFID tracking software for warehouse and industrial operations, built for Impinj R700-series readers.

What Titan Does​

Titan turns raw RFID tag reads into inventory, location, and movement history. It never writes tags - it attaches your own data to each EPC and tracks where tags are, when they moved, and what happened to them.

Key Features:

  • Real-time tag tracking and location
  • Flexible data model (no schema required - add columns as needed)
  • Asset tracking and movement history
  • Multi-reader coordination and zone mapping

Editions​

Titan Cloud - Multi-tenant SaaS at hub.titanrfid.com. Readers connect directly over the internet; no on-site server required.

Titan On-Prem - Self-hosted (3 containers: titand, Postgres, Mosquitto) for air-gapped or private-network deployments.

What You'll Find Here​

  • Getting Started - Overview of Titan architecture and deployment models
  • R700 CAP - Installing and operating the Titan CAP (Custom Application Program) on Impinj R700 readers
  • Reader Provisioning - How readers are configured for Titan Cloud (Wonder-shipped vs BYO)
  • Operations - Day-to-day operations: Start/Stop, troubleshooting, factory resets

Architecture in 30 Seconds​

R700 Readers
    │
    ├─ Publish tag reads (MQTT/TLS) ───────┐
    │                                       │
    └─ Receive commands (Start/Stop) ◀──┐  │
                                        │  │
                   ┌────────────────────┼──┘
                   │  Mosquitto Broker  │
                   └────────────────────┘
                            │
                   ┌────────▼────────┐
                   │     titand      │  (Go binary: ingest, API, SPA)
                   └────────┬────────┘
                            │
                   ┌────────▼────────┐
                   │    Postgres     │  (Tag data, history, config)
                   └─────────────────┘
                            ▲
                            │
                      Browser (React SPA)

Readers publish to MQTT; titand processes tag reads, serves the web UI, and sends commands back to readers.

Current State: What's Built vs Designed​

Built and Working:

  • Titan Cloud and On-Prem core platforms
  • R700 CAP 0.1.6.0 (commands, rw_dir identity)
  • Tested end to end on a lab reader with CAP; not yet deployed at a customer site
  • Wonder-shipped reader provisioning (identity written at bench before shipping)
  • Reader Start/Stop via hub UI
  • Tag data, history, zones, users, API keys

Designed, Not Yet Implemented:

  • BYO (bring-your-own) reader claim-and-pull (internal security design; not published on this site)
  • Self-service reader claiming for customer-owned hardware

We document reality honestly. If something is designed but not built, we say so. Wonder-shipped provisioning is the current model; BYO claim-and-pull awaits Security approval.

Support​

For on-prem installations, see operations docs for health checks, logs, and troubleshooting.