RFID LAB DEVELOPS NEW BIZTALK RFID PROVIDER FOR MOTOROLA MOBILE RFID READER
Montreal’s Academia RFID Centre of Excellence’s TESTeam® develops Forklift/Pallet jack reader interface for Microsoft BizTalk RFID
June 9th,
2009 – Montreal, QC, Canada
With more and more organizations
inquiring about the benefits of RFID technology
and beginning to understand how vertical
applications can provide more immediate
ROI, Academia RFID Centre of Excellence’s
Technical Expertise and Software Team (TESTeam®)
have developed, tested and implemented a
Microsoft BizTalk 2006 R2 Provider that
allows for easy integration of the Motorola
RD5000 Mobile RFID Reader.
Working with a group of
RFID software developers, system engineers
and interested end-users in the Academia
RFID Applications Development Lab, the TESTeam
set out to develop a provider component
and mobile server component to interface
between the pallet-jack and forklift-mounted
mobile RFID reader and BizTalk RFID, enabling
RFID tag data transmissions. A second version
supports inputs from the reader’s built
in accelerometer and proximity sensor.
“With the flow of people
coming in and out of our Centre and inquiring
about cost-efficient applications, whether
during training sessions or with their solution/equipment
testing mandates, it became obvious that
we needed to demo mobile solutions that
could showcase the potential opportunities
of warehouse management solutions using
wireless RFID devices as an alternative
to a fixed RFID infrastructure,” said Amninder
Randhawa, Technical Director of the Academia
RFID TESTeam.
“Having worked extensively
with Microsoft BizTalk RFID 2006 Server,
we knew that a BizTalk interface for the
RD5000 was essential and as of yet, not
readily available on the market. We took
the opportunity to build our own; which
also helped us to dive further into the
BizTalk layers and develop an even more
profound expertise with the RFID middleware,”
said Michel Comeau, a senior software specialist
and part of the Academia RFID TESTeam.
For more information on
the implementation details and software
properties, please visit our website to
download the PDF http://rfidacademia.com/academia_rfid_software_development.html
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About Academia RFID Center of Excellence
Academia RFID is a world-class research & development, consulting and training center driven by a team of PhD researchers and accredited RFID instructors in the fields of industrial engineering, operations management, supply chain management, transport & logistics, distribution & retail, and e-commerce marketing. Creator of RFIDRadio.com (a bi-monthly educational podcast), Academia RFID offers expert RFID services and training/certification courses worldwide in-lab, on-site or on the web. Please visit the Academia RFID website for more details and schedules at www.RFIDacademia.com
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