
46 Sun Java System RFID Software 3.0 Administration Guide • February 2006
If you use the Start menu option, you must select both Start Agent and Start
Station.
■ Command line option – You can also start both the Control Station and the
Execution Agent by using the startall script found at C:\Program Files\
Sun\RFID Software\rfidem\bin.
Note – Refer to the Sun Java System RFID Software 3.0 Installation Guide for more
information on installed scripts and directories associated with this software.
Managing Device Profiles
The RFID Software comes with a predefined set of device profiles that describe the
supported device adapters. The adapters interpret the specific communication
protocol used by the leading EPC-compliant RFID readers and devices such as
printers. These device adapters can be viewed as equivalent to the device drivers
that are used to communicate with peripherals in a computer system. Each adapter
implements vendor-specific communication protocols to communicate with that
vendor’s RFID device.
The device profiles describe the set of properties and their values for the device
adapters. When you start the RFID Configuration Manager, you have access to these
device profiles. You can modify the default settings and use the device profiles to
create the configuration objects that are needed by your RFID system.
The RFID Configuration Manager provides the following functions for managing
RFID device profiles:
■ New – create a new device profile
■ Edit – customize the default device profiles
■ Remove – delete a device profile
Device profiles implement adapters with a particular set of property values.
Adapters gather RFID events from readers and propagate the events to other
components as defined by the role. For this software release, the RFID Event
Manager supports devices through the use of the adapters described in
TABLE 2-3.
The following properties define an adapter:
■ name – The unique name for the component.
■ classname – The name of the Java class that implements the component.
■ properties – A sequence of name-value pairs that are used for the configuration of
the adapter. Properties common to all readers are listed in
TABLE 2-4.
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