The following sections describe the scope and organization of this guide—WebLogic RFID Reader Reference SP1.
Document Scope and Audience on page 1-1
Guide to This Document on page 1-2
Related Documentation on page 1-2
New Features in This Release on page 1-3
Document Scope and Audience
This document describes configuration properties for the various RFID devices supported by WebLogic RFID Edge Server. It does not explain other RFID Edge Server functionality such as the ECSpec Editor. Refer to
Related Documentation on page 1-2 to determine which other documents you may need to consult.
This document is intended for the following audiences:
System Administrators—IT professionals who are responsible for configuring and deploying RFID devices. Related responsibilities may include installing, testing, maintaining, and upgrading RFID Edge Servers. System administrators understand networking and Web protocols.
Application Developers—Java programmers who use the Application Level Events (ALE) API to develop client applications and work with other engineering, quality assurance (QA), and database teams. Application developers have in-depth, working knowledge of Java.
Guide to This Document
This document is organized as follows:
This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, describes the scope of this guide, summarizes new features, and lists related documentation.
Configuring RFID Devices provides a list of supported RFID devices and describes the configuration properties for each device.
Controlling RFID Devices via PLC describes how the RFID Edge Server can communicate with and control RFID devices by interacting with a programmable logic controller (PLC).
Triggers describes external events (triggers) that you use to signal the beginning or end of an event or programming cycle.
Related Documentation
The following WebLogic RFID Edge Server documentation contains information that is relevant to WebLogic RFID Reader Reference SP1:
Programming with the ALE and ALEPC APIs describes the Application Level Events (ALE) and Application Level Events Programming Cycle (ALEPC) programming interfaces (APIs) that you use to create applications that interact with WebLogic RFID Edge Server by reading and writing electronic product code (EPC) tags.
Using the Reader Simulator is online help that describes how to use the reader simulator software included with RFID Edge Server. The Reader Simulator minimally simulates a ThingMagic Mercury4 RFID reader.
New Features in This Release
WebLogic RFID Edge Server 2.3 includes support for the following new RFID devices and features:
Alien ALR 9800 —supports the Alien ALR 9800 contunuous reader. See
Alien ALR-9800 (Continuous) on page 2-16
