The Astra-EX Separates reads and writes levels, adjustable from 5 dBm to 30 dBm on the integrated antenna and up to 31.5 dBm on the external antenna port. The Astra-EX also has a fast search mode for reading tags affixed to fast-moving objects and a read rate 750 tags per second with high-performance feature settings. The Astra-EX can rapidly adapt to changing tag populations, obtain 128 bytes of data with every tag read, and has the ability to rapidly adapt to changing tag populations.