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Business Event Generator Plug-in

1 Business Event Generator Plug-in

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1.1 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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1.1 Requirements

*Hardware (minimum)*
* P IV 1.2GHz or equivalent
* 512 MB Ram
* 50 MB free HD space

*Software*
* [EPCIS Repository>Main.Documentation.EpcisRepository]
* [Business Event Generator>Main.Documentation.BEG]
* Java 1.6
* [Eclipse 3.4> http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/] and above (with RCP/Plug-in Development Environment plug-ins and [Subversive plug-in> http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=download&project=subversive]) (required only for developers)

1.1 Users Guide

1.1.1 Download & Run
You can download the aspireRfidIDE RCP application with the aspireRfidIde-beg plug-in from the [AspireRFID forge>http://forge.objectweb.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=324]  under "AspireRFID IDE" package. Just decompress it and hit the “aspireRfidIDE” executable
1.1.1 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.

1.1 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>Main.Documentation.AspireIDE.AspireRfidIdeCore]”.

1.1.1 Acquiring the code
The “Business Event Generator Plug-in” source code is available for checkout at the AspireRFID forge [SVN>http://forge.objectweb.org/plugins/scmsvn/index.php?group_id=324]. 
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

1.1.1 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.