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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