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An Introduction to RFID Development - DevX.com

An Introduction to RFID Development

RFID gives computers the capability to track not only what but also where an item or person is. Here's what you need to know to understand the technology so you can develop solutions that rely on RFID data.

by Jeff Hanson

Apr 3, 2006

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adio frequency identification (RFID) is an enabling technology. By itself, RFID doesn't provide much value, but it...

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Turning RFID Data into Information - DevX.com

 

Turning RFID Data into Information

Understanding the tasks and challenges in converting raw RFID data into valuable actionable information is the first step in choosing a solution that provides the flexibility to get your RFID system off on the right foot.

by Matt Teskey

Aug 24, 2006

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hen designing an RFID system, you should first understand and consider two key aspects of turning...

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Turning RFID Data into Information : Page 2 - DevX.com

Understanding the tasks and challenges in converting raw RFID data into valuable actionable information is the first step in choosing a solution that provides the flexibility to get your RFID system off on the right foot.

by Matt Teskey

Page 2 of 4

Custom Tag Data Requires Flexible Decoding

The examples above for supply chain and animal tracking showcased two different tag standards, emphasizing...

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Getting Started with Sun Java System RFID - DevX.com

The Java System RFID Software is a standards-based RFID Middleware framework from Sun that, among other things, gathers and filters information from RFID readers; exchanges this information as XML messages; stores the information to relational databases; and manages RFID devices, events, and components.

The Sun Java System RFID Software consists of four modules:

RFID Event Manager is an event...

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Getting Started with Sun Java System RFID : Page 4

Using Sun Java System RFID, you can build a highly customized Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) application or service that meets your specific needs.

by Jeff Hanson

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Sample ECSpec Schema Implementation

The following listing illustrates a sample of a static ECSpec that could be sent to the ALE Web service in a "define" interaction.

PMLReader

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1000

As you can see, much of the developer work...

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Getting Started with Sun Java System RFID : Page 2

Obtaining Sun Java System RFID

Download the RFID Software.

Unzip the software to the directory of your choice.

Change to the directory containing the unzipped download file.

Change to the rfidem directory and double-click setup.bat to start the RFID Event Manager installer. The Welcome panel appears.

From the "Welcome" panel, click "Next" and follow the instructions on the panels to perform the installation.

On the "Select Type of Installation" panel, select the "Typical" installation option, and click "Next."

On the "Select Java Home Location" panel, confirm that the...

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Getting Started with Sun Java System RFID : Page 3

Sun Java System RFID offers an abstraction of Application-level Events (ALE) defined by the EPCglobal specification in the com.sun.autoid.ale.AleAPI interface. Classes implementing this interface (you'll find it in sun-alesvc-common.jar) embody support for handling Application-level Events.

The EPCglobal Application-level Events (ALE) specification (also known as collection and filtering), is a...

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