Programming Interfaces
M6 and Astra-EX User Guide
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Programming Interfaces
MercuryAPI
Applications to control the M6 and Astra-EX reader, and all ThingMagic Reader products,
can be written using the high level MercuryAPI. The MercuryAPI supports Java, .NET and
C (for on-reader applications) programming environments. The MercuryAPI Software
Development Kit (SDK) contains sample applications and source code to help developers
get started demoing and developing functionality. For more information on the
MercuryAPI see the
MercuryAPI Programmers Guide
and the
MercuryAPI SDK
, available
on the ThingMagic website.
Demo Applications
The primary, “Quick Start”, demo for reading tags is the
of the Web Interface.
For more advanced functionality, and also a starting place for building custom
applications, a demo application is provided in the MercuryAPI SDK package. The
executable for this example is included in the MercuryAPI SDK package (available on
rfid.thingmagic.com/devkit) under
/cs/samples/exe/Universal-Reader-Assistant2.0.exe
.
See the
Universal-Reader- Assistant 2.0 User Guide (on rfid.thingmagic.com/devkit)
for
usage details.
LLRP
LLRP is the EPCglobal standard (http://www.epcglobalinc.org/standards/llrp/llrp_1_0_1-
standard- 20070813.pdf) used for communication between the M6 and Astra-EX and a
client application. The M6 and Astra-EX should be “drop-in compatible” with systems
supporting the standard LLRP protocol. Middleware such as BizTalk and WebSphere
have standard LLRP adapters that can work with the M6 and Astra-EX. In many cases
custom extensions are implemented to support non-standard configuration options and
commands, which are often reader specific. If your LLRP based client uses such custom
extensions it is likely that modifications will need to be made to support the M6 and Astra-
EX. In addition some M6 and Astra-EX functionality is only available through the use of
custom extensions.
For more information on direct use of LLRP, the ThingMagic custom extensions and the
open source LLRP ToolKit please contact ThingMagic support
([email protected]).
Summary of Contents for Astra-EX
Page 1: ...1 Mercury6 M6 and Astra EX User Guide For firmware version 4 17 and later 875 0058 05 RevC...
Page 23: ...Setting Up the Reader M6 and Astra EX User Guide 23 Figure 7 M6 and Astra EX Status Page...
Page 28: ...Networking the Reader M6 and Astra EX User Guide 28 Figure 8 M6 and Astra EX Settings Page...
Page 34: ...Networking the Reader M6 and Astra EX User Guide 34 Figure 11 Fallback Interface Flowchard...
Page 81: ...Compliance and IP Notices M6 and Astra EX User Guide 81 EU RED Declaration of Conformity...
Page 83: ...Compliance and IP Notices M6 and Astra EX User Guide 83...
