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EC-Spec Editor Plug-in

1 EC-Spec Editor Plug-in

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1.1 Introduction

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

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1.1 Users Guide

1.1.1 Download & Run
You can download the aspireRfidIDE RCP application with the aspireRfidIde-ECSpecEditor plug-in from the [AspireRFID forge>http://forge.objectweb.org/project/showfiles.php?group_id=324] 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 {pre}"user.home\AspireRFID\IDE\..." (e.g. “C:\Documents and Settings\nkef\AspireRFID\IDE\”){/pre}.
1.1.1 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.

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

1.1.1 Requirements

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

*Software*
* 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])

1.1.1 Acquiring the code
The “Master Data Editor 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> http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=download&project=subversive] 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

1.1.1 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.