Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Installation

• Hardware Requirements
• Software Requirements
• Installing OC4J
• Upgrading or Installing Oracle Sensor Edge Server From a 10.1.2 OC4J Instance
• Installing Oracle Sensor Edge Server From a 10.1.3 OC4J Instance
• Examining the Installation Log Files
• Uninstalling Oracle Sensor Edge Server
• Verifying Your Installation
• Displaying the Sensor Edge Server Console
• Testing the Database Connection
• Testing the Database Connection Using Enterprise Manager
• Installing Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile
• Installing and Starting Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile on a Pocket PC Device
• Changing the Default Device Configuration
• Reading RFID Tags
• Reading Barcode Data
• Shutting Down the Sensor Edge Mobile Service
• Installing the Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile Emulator
• Manually Configuring Sensor Data Repository and Sensor Data Streams in Release 10.1.3
• Manually Deploying Sensor Data Repository
• Connecting Oracle Sensor Edge Server to Sensor Data Repository
• Manually Deploying Sensor Data Streams
• Connecting Oracle Sensor Edge Server to Sensor Data Streams
• Connecting to an Existing Sensor Data Repository in Release 10.1.2
• Connecting to an Existing Sensor Data Streams in Release 10.1.2

2 Introducing Oracle Sensor Edge Server

• What's New in Release 10.1.3
• Oracle Sensor Edge Server Console
• Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile
• Enhanced Management Through Oracle Application Server Control
• Improved Performance
• Enhanced Sensor Data Repository
• Sensor Data Streams
• EPC Compliance Integration
• Transport Layer
• Enhanced Security
• Deprecation of the Device Controller
• Oracle Sensor Edge Server Overview
• Sensor Data Collection
• Sensor Data Filtering
• Sensor Data Dispatching
• Sensor Data Archive and Rules
• Sensor Server and Device Management
• Sensor Edge Mobile
• SES Console
• Oracle Sensor Edge Server Architecture
• Device Drivers
• Device Groups
• Local Processing
• Event Processor
• Driver Manager
• Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile Architecture
• Device Driver Support
• Administering Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile
• Sample Code and Demo Applications
• Deployment Considerations
• Review Network Characteristics
• Identify Data Center Environment
• Review Reader and Sensor Locations
• Choose Edge Server Locations
• Oracle Sensor Edge Server and Sensor Data Repository Considerations

3 Managing Oracle Sensor Edge Server

• Overview of Oracle Sensor Edge Services Management
• Managing the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Accessing Other Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instances
• Creating an Entry for an Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Editing an Entry for an Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Monitoring the Performance of the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Clearing the Queue of the Event Data
• Setting the General Information for the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Setting the Dispatcher for the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Viewing Dispatchers, Drivers, and Filters
• Setting the Devices and Filters Used by the Oracle Sensor Edge Server
• Viewing the Device Groups of the Oracle Sensor Edge Server
• Creating a Device Group
• Adding a Filter to a Device Group
• Editing a Device Group
• Renaming a Device Group
• Updating the Devices and Filters Used by a Device Group
• Starting and Stopping the Devices Assigned to a Device Group
• Deleting a Device Group
• Starting and Stopping the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Stopping and Starting an Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance Using opmnctl
• Restarting an Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance Using the OracleAS Enterprise Manager
• Starting and Stopping an Individual Device
• Managing Filters
• Prioritizing Filter Instances
• Managing the Filter Instances for a Device or Device Group
• Monitoring the Event Data
• Viewing Event Data
• Viewing an Individual Event
• Viewing Unprocessed Event Data
• Viewing Log Information
• Viewing Processed Event Data
• Searching for Events by Tag ID
• Searching for Events by Device Name
• Refining Tag ID and Device Name Searches
• Creating Advanced Searches
• Adding Extensions to the Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Extension Archive Files
• Packaging an Extension Archive File
• Uploading Extensions
• Extension Class Hierarchy
• Implementing Extensions
• Extension Context
• Managing the Parameters of an Instance
• Exposing Custom Parameters
• Retrieving Parameter Values

4 Using the Sensor Data Repository

• Overview of the Sensor Data Repository
• Relational Tables
• Relational Views in the Sensor Data Repository
• Sensor Data Repository PL/SQL Package
• Operations and Queries on the Repository
• Creating and Deleting Repositories
• Saving Observations to the Repository
• Querying the Archive
• Schema Reference
• Tables
• EDG_CAP_TAB table
• EDG_CTXT_REL_TAB table
• EDG_CTXT_TAB Table
• EDG_DEVICE_TAB Table
• EDG_DIAG_TAB Table
• EDG_EVENT_INFO_TAB Table
• EDG_EVENT_TAB Table
• EDG_LOG Table
• EDG_TAG_TAB Table
• Views
• EDG_CAP
• EDG_CTXT
• EDG_CTXT_REL
• EDG_CTXT_REL_NAME_VW
• EDG_DEVICE
• EDG_DEV_CAP_VW
• EDG_DEV_DIAG_VW
• EDG_DEV_EVENT_VW
• EDG_DEV_LAST_DIAG_VW
• EDG_DEV_LAST_OBSV_VW
• EDG_DIAG
• EDG_EVENT
• EDG_EVENT_INFO
• EDG_EVENT_VW
• EDG_TAG
• EDG_TAG_LAST_DEV_VW
• EDG_TAG_PATH_VW
• PL/SQL Programming Interface
• EDG_SDA Package

5 Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile

• Overview of Oracle Sensor Edge Mobile
• Connecting Sensor Edge Mobile to Applications
• Configuring the Dispatchers and Drivers
• Configuring the Keyboard Dispatcher
• Defining DestinationApplication Parameter
• Defining the RFIDReadMacro Parameter
• Defining the BarcodeReadMacro Parameter
• Defining the Key Sequence Macro Parameters
• Creating a Key Sequence Macro
• Enabling the Key Sequence Macro to Handle Repeating Elements
• Checking Device Status
• The ActiveX Application Interface
• Object Declaration
• rfid_read()
• rfid_write()
• rfid_kill()
• barcode_read()
• set_trigger_rfid_read()
• set_trigger_barcode_read()
• process_instruction()
• is_supported()
• Handling Observation Events
• Deprecated Activex Application Interface
• Managing Sensor Edge Mobile
• Internationalization

6 Configuring Devices, Filter Instances, and Dispatchers

• Overview of Device, Filter Instance and Dispatcher Configuration
• Setting the URI Parameters for Devices and Dispatchers
• Configuring Devices
• Configuring Alien Reader Driver-Based Devices
• Observation Events Generated by the Alien Reader Driver
• The Instruction Event Accepted by the Alien Reader Driver
• Configuring an Instance of the AnimationDriver
• Configuring BarcodeDriver-Based Devices
• RFID Observation Event Returned by the BarcodeDriver
• Configuring an Instance of the ConsoleDriver
• Configuring Edge Echo Driver-Based Instances
• Configuring Edge Simulator Driver-Based Devices
• Configuring an HtmlDriver Instance
• Events Supported by the HtmlDriver
• Configuring Intermec BRI Driver-Supported Devices
• Observation Events Generated by the Intermec BRI Driver
• The Instruction Event Accepted by the Intermec BRI Driver
• Configuring Intermec Reader Driver-Based Devices
• Configuring LpmlDriver-Based Devices
• The Printer Response Observation Event Generated by the LpmlDriver
• The Instruction Event Accepted by the LpmlDriver
• Configuring Matrics Driver-Based Devices
• Observation Events Generated by the Matrics Driver
• Instruction Event Accepted by the Matrics Driver
• Configuring PatliteDriver-Based Devices
• Configuring Prolite Driver-Based Devices
• Configuring Samsys Driver-Based Device
• Observation Events Generated by the Samsys Driver
• Instruction Event Accepted by the Samsys Driver
• Configuring a Simple Audio Driver Instance
• Audio Event Supported by the Simple Audio Driver
• Configuring Tyco Reader Driver-Based Devices
• Observation Events Generated by the Tyco Reader Driver
• The Instruction Event Accepted by the Tyco Reader Driver
• Configuring Filter Instances
• Configuring the Check Tag ID Filter
• Using the Cross-Reader Redundant Filter
• Using the Debug Filter
• Configuring the JavaScript Filter
• Configuring the Movement Filter
• Configuring the Pallet Pass Thru Filter
• Configuring the Pallet Shelf Filter
• Events Generated by the Pallet Shelf Filter
• Configuring the Pass Filter
• Configuring the Polygon Filter
• Configuring the Regex Filter
• Configuring the Shelf Filter
• Events Generated by the Shelf Filter
• Managing Dispatchers for an Oracle Sensor Edge Server Instance
• Configuring the Dispatcher to Send Event Messages to a Web Service
• Configuring the Dispatcher to Send Event Messages Through HTTP
• Configuring the PML Dispatcher
• Configuring the Template Dispatcher
• Configuring the ALEDispatcher
• Using the Null Dispatcher
• Configuring the Edge Dispatcher to Use Oracle Streams

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