Sharing RFID training materials which i developed for assignment in my MSc for software systems , in Heriott Watt University

1. RFID Applications
March/2014
Presentation
1
• Introduction
• components
• Layers
Presentation
2
• Regulations
• Standards
• Protocols
Presentation
3
• RFID Software
Developer
• Middleware
• Labs
Presentation
4
• RIFIDI
Emulator LAB
Mouhanad Alkhaldi | Postgraduate Taught Part Time - Information Technology (SS), MSc |ma1049@hw.ac.uk

2. Index
4. Icon Meaning
5. RFID System Layers Hardware / Soft
6. RFID Middleware Layer
7. RFID enabled Middlewares
8. RIFIDI Middleware
9. RIFIDI Emulator
10. RIFIDI Prototype
11. Microsoft BizTalk RFID Architect
12. RFID Manager
13. Microsoft BizTalk RFID – quick lab installing device emulator
14. Quick lab steps
15. Quick lab step
16. Quick lab step
17. Quick lab step
18. Quick lab step
19. Samples open source & development Labs
20. LLRP toolkit
21. LLRP Lap (Java LLRP client)
22. Fosstrack
23. Developers! Prepare your machines
24. Good Reads

3. Icon Meaning
RFID Layer position
Good Reads Tools
Middleware Emulator Lab

4. March/2014
Software Developer and RFID
Middleware
Emulators
RFID enabled Software
B2B Services
Mouhanad Alkhaldi | Postgraduate Taught Part Time - Information Technology (SS), MSc |ma1049@hw.ac.uk

5. RFID System Layers
Hardware / Software
RFID System Layers
Software Layer
Hardware Layer
B2B communication
Business logic
Middleware

6. RFID Middleware Layer
• RFID Middleware
Is a software that talks directly to the reader , and facilitate an interface between the business
software and readers.
• The middleware takes care of the reader communication , reader management , event
management and other functionalities depending on the software vendor.
• The middleware implements one or more of the following protocols
– EPC - LLRP (Must)
– EPC - ALE
– EPC – EPCIS
– EPC - RM
– EPC – DCI
– EPC – CBV
– EPC – OSN
• Usually middleware in the market comes with full integration software solution, that might be
sensor independent , database independent
• Some middlewares in the market comes with RFID Emulator , which helps the implementer and
the developer.
• Some middlewares are sensor independent , so it built to support not only RFID sensor.

7. RFID enabled
Middlewares
These are just examples about market middleware…
• RIFIDI [Open source]
http://www.transcends.co/
• IBM WebSphere [using ale,llrp]
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/
• Oracle BEA WebLogic RFID Enterprise Server™ 2.0
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E13197_01/rfid/enterprise_server/docs20/index.html
• Microsoft Biztalk Server [imlplements llrp only - version 2010]
www.microsoft.com/en-us/biztalk

8. RIFIDI
• Rifidi is a middleware and development platform for
RFID. With Rifidi you can prototype an RFID application
down to the core RFID Hardware and using Rifidi Edge
you can easily develop business rules to turn RFID
events into real business applications
• Has device emulator & RFID prototyper.

9. RIFIDI Emulator

10. RIFIDI Prototype

11. Microsoft BizTalk RFID
Logical Overview

12. MS BizTalk RFID
RFID Manager
Sample Screenshot of tag reading through BizTalk RFID Manager

13. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator
• MS BizTalk RFID Has Device Simulator and SDK
• The Contoso setup files are available with the BizTalk RFID installation, in the Program
FilesMicrosoft BizTalk RFID SamplesDevice Service ProviderContoso directory.
• Setting up BizTalk RFID with Contoso involves the following steps:
1. Loading a provider
2. Creating a device
3. Creating a process
4. Binding components to the process
5. Starting the process
• The Contoso setup file, contososetup.cmd, runs all these steps sequentially. Run this setup
file at the command prompt, so that you can see errors (if any) on the screen.
• The result of the setup is:
- virtual device provider called “Contoso”
- virtual device called “Contoso”
The above is applicable for default settings , default sql server instance name…
Special cases and more details http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd352570.aspx

14. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator (1)

15. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator (2)

16. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator (3)
Connect through telnet client to check connectivity
You have to get something like the above screen , means the device emulator is on

17. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator (4)
Now the virtual; reader is ready !

18. MS BizTalk RFID – Quick Lab
Installing device emulator
The installed Device Provider “Contoso”

19. Sample open source & dev Labs
• RFID Open source projects
• Lab using LLRPToolkit with Java
• Lab Idea , not presented: Using Biztalk RFID SDK

20. LLRP toolkit
http://www.llrp.org
LLRP Toolkit
llrp.org
• Open source software toolkit
for using the EPCglobal Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP) to
communicate with conforming RFID readers.
• LTKJava_with_dep_0_1_0-SNAPSHOT.jar
is a library that converts between LLRP Messages and java
objects.
• LTK-Java library can be found here:
http://llrp-toolkit.wiki.sourceforge.net/LTKJava

21. LLRP Lap (Java LLRP client)
LLRP Toolkit
llrp.org
Follow the steps in the attached document bellow
https://support.impinj.com/entries/30534123-How-do-I-create-RFID-applications-with-Java-
The Java LTK is an open source software project that enables RFID application development on
readers that support LLRP. Although the Java LTK isn't an Impinj software product, it works very well
with the Speedway Revolution reader. This post will show you how to create a Java LTK "Hello World"
application that reads tags.
First, download the Java LTK from Sourceforge.
If you're using a Java IDE like Eclipse, the build process is handled for you. If you're using the
command line, first compile:
javac -cp ltkjava-1.0.0.6-with-dependencies.jar
HelloJavaLtkMain.java HelloJavaLtk.java
Then run:
java -cp :ltkjava-1.0.0.6-with-dependencies.jar HelloJavaLtkMain
Make sure the .jar file is in your CLASSPATH.
Create a new class that implements the LLRPEndpoint interface. This class will contain all of our Java
LTK code.
Source:
https://support.impinj.com/entries/30534123-How-do-I-create-RFID-applications-with-Java-

22. Fosstrack
• https://code.google.com/p/fosstrak/
• Fosstrak is an open source RFID software platform
that implements the GS1 EPC Network
specifications.
• A good example about the use of the RFID
standards : LLRP , TDT , EPCIS

23. Developers!
Prepare your machines
• Source code control & download for open source
– Apache-Subversion: http://subversion.apache.org/
– CVS (Concurrent Versions System) http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/
• Development Environment
– Eclipse https://www.eclipse.org/
– Netbeans https://netbeans.org/
– MS Visual studio express edition: http://www.visualstudio.com
• XML light Editor:
– NotePad++ http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
• RFID Emulators
– RIFIDI [Open source] http://www.transcends.co

24. Good Reads
1. Software Certification Program
http://www.gs1.org/epcglobal/certification/sw_cert
2. Book: RFID Handbook 3rd edition (2010)
Klaus Finkenzeller
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, Germany
3. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 1.1
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/NOTE-wsdl-20010315#_http
4. Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 Part 1: Core Language
http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl20/
5. Latest SOAP versions
http://www.w3.org/TR/soap/
6. Creating a Web Service Client
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17802_01/webservices/webservices/reference/tutorials/wsit/d
oc/Examples_glassfish6.html