December 2005 Entries
Adam Sills recently published Application Level Events (ALE) In A Nutshell which provides a good technical overview of ALE and how it manifests within iMotion. For those unfamiliar with ALE, it is a specification that was the first ratified software interface standard from EPCglobal. It defines provisions for the collection, filtering, counting, grouping and reporting of EPC and, in GlobeRanger’s implementation of ALE, non-EPC data. Edge processes use ALE to dictate where to obtain data, establish...
There are conveyor application scenarios that require the detection of untagged or unread product in order to enable corrective action. These scenarios typically revolve around the verification of tags to ensure that they are properly placed and encoded. Using a photo eye and two simple business rules, this condition is inferable: Business Rule #1: If the photo eye tripped and there was no tag detected within a configured period, then it can be inferred that there is an untagged or unreadable product...
Overview As noted in my previous post about iMotion Encoding Adapters, iMotion 5.1 introduced a new encoding library that allows developers to easily encode and decode EPC values as well as create and process tag filter and group patterns. This new library improves upon the previous 5.0 library in three significant ways: Introduces a feature rich object-oriented API that allows developers to interact with tags at various levels of abstraction. Raises the status of RFID tags to strongly-typed first...
About a month and a half ago, one of my guys worked with Microsoft to diagnose a problem within Windows 2003 SP1 which prevented timer events from being signaled under severe loads. Check out the knowledge base article here for an explanation: http://support.microsoft.co... I just ran into the same situation while deploying at a customer site so thought I'd post this to keep you from the pain of diagnosing this very tricky problem. I strongly encourage everyone that plans on using iMotion...
The Tag Data Standards (TDS) define how EPC values are encoded on tags as well as how they are encoded for use in external applications. Each version of the TDS supports a set of identity types and establishes rules of representation for each of that identity type’s supported encodings. Highlights of the TDS versions supported out-of-the-box within iMotion 5.1: TDS Version 1.24 Highlights Targeted for use on Class 1 Gen1 tags. 6 supported identity types: GID, GTIN, SSCC, GIAI, GRAI, GLN. Supported...
iMotion 5.1 is the latest significant release of GlobeRanger’s flagship product. It brings to bear features categorized into five major design pillars: Improved Usability Improved Performance Improved Durability Standards Compliance Market Driven Requirements Although the official product datasheet will provides a much more comprehensive and compelling description of each feature, a distilled list of features organized by category is listed below for brevity: Major Usability Improvements Consistent...
My name is Daniel Hernandez. I currently work as a product development manager for iMotion, GlobeRanger's edgeware product. I'll use this blog to publish relevant iMotion and RFID content as a way to contribute to and enhance the experience of the growing GlobeRanger user community. DisclaimerThe information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This weblog does not represent the thoughts or opinions of my employer as it is solely my opinion. Any code samples...