EC-Spec Editor Plug-in

Introduction

The objective of this tool is to provide an interface to edit ECSpec files.

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Users Guide

Download & Run

You can download the aspireRfidIDE RCP application with the aspireRfidIde-ECSpecEditor plug-in from the AspireRFID forge named “AspireRfidIdeEditors” under "AspireRFID AITdev" package. Just decompress it and hit the “aspireRfidIDE” executable Also you can download from the same link the “ASPIRE_APPLICATION_FILES”. Decompress and place it's content at your home directory "user.home\AspireRFID\IDE\..." (e.g. “C:\Documents and Settings\nkef\AspireRFID\IDE\”).

Configuration

The ECSpec Editor is configured through the IDE’s preferences window (Window>Preferences) by choosing the “ECSpec Editor Preferences” from the list appearing at the left see the picture below.

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From there you can configure the:

  • EC Specs Directory: The directory where ECSpecs will be stored which will be used to configure the server’s filtering function.
  • HAL LR Specs Directory: The directory where static and dynamic LRSpecs for HAL readers will be stored.
  • RP LR Specs Directory: The directory where static and dynamic LRSpecs for RP readers will be stored.
  • LLRP LR Specs Directory: The directory where static and dynamic LRSpecs for LLRP readers will be stored.

Developers Guide

ECSpec Editor plug-in is an “AspireRfidIDE” product plug-in that is running within its environment. So for using this plug-in you should first download the “AspireRfidIDECore”.

Requirements

Hardware (minimum)

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

Acquiring the code

The “Master Data Editor 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-ECSpecEditor/
  • 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-ECSpecEditor Plug-in:

  • Create an aspireRfidIDE project (unless you have already 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.ecspec and then hit the Add required Plug-ins button.
  • Hit apply
  • Now you are ready to run the application.