Re: [accada-reader-developer] how to implement Intermec RFID Reader with serial connection to computer

[Ju K. F. <ko...@fu...>]

Hi Christian,

Thanks for the information, I will give it a try.

Regards,
Ju

-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Floerkemeier [mailto:floerkem@MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Monday, 04 May, 2009 11:47 AM
To: Nektarios Leontiadis
Cc: Ju Kong Fui; acc...@li...
Subject: Re: [accada-reader-developer] how to implement Intermec RFID Reader
with serial connection to computer


Ju Kong,

you might also want to check out the hal implementation of the Feig 
MR101 reader since this existing Fosstrak hal implementation connect to 
this reader also via a serial connection. The implementation is 
available in source code from the version control system:

https://svn.fosstrak.org/repos/hal/trunk/hal-impl-feig/src/main/java/org/fos
strak/hal/impl/feig/FeigCOMController.java

Information on how to configure this module is available here:

http://www.fosstrak.org/hal/docs/user-feig.html

Christian


Nektarios Leontiadis wrote:
> Dear Ju Kong,
> 
> It is possible.
> The fosstrak suite supports Reader Protocol (RP) readers. This
> protocol dictates the use of specific network and data representation
> protocols. A RS-232 serial connection is not within these protocols.
> To this end the Fosstrak suite provides a Hardware Abstraction Layer
> (HAL) that developers or/and vendors can use to enable the use of a
> nor-RP compliant reader within the Fosstrak suite. To do so you have
> to implement the HardwareAbstraction java interface with your reader
> in mind. In this way the HAL in cooperation with Reader Core  module
> can receive RP messages translate them to your reader's commands and
> then transalte back your reader's response to RP messages.
> 
> For example, the Simulator reader that Fosstrak provides, implements
> this interface so that the rest of the suite can communicate with the
> Simulator using standard RP bindings.
> For more information check the Fosstrak HAL project at
> http://www.fosstrak.org/hal/
> 
> You may also want to check the implementation of the HAL for the
> Intermec IF5 reader (which is a networked reader), available from the
> AspireRFID project here http://tinyurl.com/intermecif5. This project
> uses Fosstrak Reader libraries to deploy the reader Core in OSGI
> environments but you should not be worried about that now. You could
> see that there is a method connect() in IntermecIF5Controller.java
> that establishes and maintains a network connection. You would want to
> change this part with RS-232 commands.
> 
> Regards,
> --
> Nektarios Leontiadis
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Ju Kong Fui <ko...@fu...> wrote:
>> Hi experts,
>>
>>
>>
>> From the documentation, I can see that fosstrak suite has reader
implementation with TCP and HTTP reader connection over network.
>>
>> That is suitable for communicating with RFID reader hardware that has
Ethernet or Wifi connection and supports Reader Protocol.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, we are looking at implementing Intermec IV7 Reader that does not
have Ethernet or Wifi connection.
>>
>> The above reader only has serial (rs-232) connection.
>>
>>
>>
>> While ReaderDeviceFactory.getReaderDevice() can only generate
ReaderDevice with HTTP or TCP, it does not work with serial connection.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it still possible to use fosstrak to communicate with above IV7 Reader
over serial connection?
>>
>> How do I do that?
>>
>> A sample of codes would be very much appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Beginner
>>
>>
>>
>>
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