Business Event Generator Plug-in

Introduction

The objective of this tool is to provide a control client to configure Business Event Generator (BEG) so as to translate ECReports to specific EPCIS Events by taking in consideration the previously defined Master Data. Moreover, it provides a view which is able to show the real time processed readings for each event served at that time.

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Requirements

Hardware (minimum)

  • P IV 1.2GHz or equivalent
  • 512 MB Ram
  • 50 MB free HD space
Software

Users Guide

Download & Run

You can download the aspireRfidIDE RCP application with the aspireRfidIde-beg plug-in from the AspireRFID forge under "AspireRFID IDE" package. Just decompress it and hit the “aspireRfidIDE” executable

Configuration

The BEG Configurator is configured through the IDE’s preferences window (Window -> Preferences) by choosing the BEG from the list appearing at the left see the picture below.

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Here you can configure the:

  • EPCIS Repository Capture Endpoint: The endpoint that accepts connections for the capturing interface.
  • EPCIS Repository Query Endpoint : The endpoint that accepts connections for the Query interface.
  • Event/Port Binding: The predefined event/port bindings.
  • Observator Refresh Rate : How often the server will update the observator view.

Developers Guide

Business Event Generator Plug-in is an “AspireRfidIDE” product plug-in that is running within its environment. In order to use this plug-in you should first download the “AspireRfidIDECore”.

Acquiring the code

The “Business Event Generator Plug-in” source code is available for checkout at the AspireRFID forge SVN. Check it out by:
  • hitting the create new repository location button at the SVN Repositories view of the Eclipse’s subversion plug-in and by using the following URL at the window that appears:
svn://svn.forge.objectweb.org/svnroot/aspire/trunk/AspireRfidIDE/AspireRfidIdePlug-ins/aspireRfidIde-beg/
  • right click the repository that has been just created and hit the check out button
  • check the aspireRfidIde-beg project on the list and hit ok

Running the Project

For running AspireRfidIDE with the aspireRfidIde-beg Plug-in:

  • Create an aspireRfidIDE project (unless you already have created one)
  • Go to the aspireRfidIde project Run Configurations (Run>Run Configurations…) and at the list choose Eclipse Application>aspireRfidIde.product
  • At the Main tab of the “aspireRfidIde.product” set Run a product: aspireRfidIde.product
  • At the Plug-ins tab of the “aspireRfidIde.product” hit deselect all button and then choose the aspireRfidIde and org.ow2.aspirerfid.ide.beg and then hit the Add required Plug-ins button.
  • Hit apply
  • Now you are ready to run the application.