Installing BEA WebLogic RFID Edge Mobile SDK

Configuring and Running the BEA Mobile Tag Read Sample Application

The following sections describe how to configure and run the BEA Mobile Tag Read sample application:

Configuring the BEA Mobile Tag Read Sample Application

You can configure the BEA Mobile Tag Read sample application by editing the following file: BEA_MOBILE_HOME/samples/tagread/BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml

You can edit the file directly on the mobile device, or copy it to your Windows system for editing and subsequent update back to the mobile device.

The BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml file is a configuration properties file for the BEA Mobile Tag Read sample application. BEA_MOBILE_HOME is the directory in which you installed the BEA Mobile software on the mobile device.

This file is formatted as a .NET application properties XML file, where each line defines a configuration parameter. Lines beginning with <!-- and ending with --> are comments and are ignored by the sample application during processing. The file is self-documenting in that each property or set of properties is described by the comments preceding it.

To enable the changes made to the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml file, the sample application must be restarted.

Reader Properties

Table 8-1 describes the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml properties that define the reader configuration.

Persistence Properties

Table 8-2 describes the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml properties that define the persistence configuration.

Workflow Properties

Table 8-3 describes the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml properties that define the workflow configuration.

true: Send the EPCIS events immediately

false: Persist the EPCIS events

EPCIS Capture Properties

Table 8-4 describes the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml properties that define the EPCIS capture configuration.

Running the BEA Mobile Tag Read Sample Application

You can start and stop the BEA Mobile Tag Read sample application as documented in:

Once the BEA Mobile Tag Read sample application is running, you can perform the operations described in Table 8-5

Operation	Description. . .
Edit Configuration	To edit the sample application configuration properties, select Actions Edit Config... to display the Edit Config dialog box. The Edit Config dialog allows you to dynamically configure the following EPCIS capture properties without an application restart: EPCIS action (ADD, OBSERVE, DELETE) Read point URIs Business location URIs Business step URIs Disposition URIs Destination URIs EPCIS business transactions These selections are preserved across application restarts.
Tag Read	To initiate a tag read, point the antenna of the mobile device at an RFID tag and pull the trigger. The sample application reads continuously while the trigger is held and stops reading when the trigger is released. After the trigger has been released, the tag read in EPC format is displayed in the main UI and the Tags tile is updated with the tag count. The status bar displays informational messages pertaining to the performed action. If the isImmediateSend property in the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml file is set to false, the tag reads are persisted in the configured persistence store location. If the isImmediateSend property in the BEAMobileTagRead.config.xml file is set to true, then EPCIS events representing the tag reads are sent immediately to the configured destination URIs.
Clear Displayed Reads	To clear the tag reads displayed on the Select Actions Clear Displayed Reads to clear out the tag reads displayed in the main UI. The main UI is cleared of tag reads and the status bar indicates that the displayed reads were cleared.
Send Persisted Reads	To send all persisted reads, select Actions Send Persisted Reads to send all persisted reads to the configured destination URIs. The Status Bar displays the number of messages successfully sent.
Clear Persisted Reads	To clear persisted reads from the persistence store, select Actions Clear Persisted Reads. The status bar confirms that the persisted reads were cleared
Obtain Version Information	To display application and reader version information, select Help About.

What's Next?

You can now start your own application development, using the BEA WebLogic RFID Edge Mobile SDK APIs. For complete reference information, sample applications, and code walkthroughs, see Programming with the BEA WebLogic RFID Edge Mobile SDK APIs.