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BizTalk RFID Provider Development
Plug and Play RFID, BizTalk style
Microsoft BizTalk RFID with its consistent device experience has the potential to change the game for the reach and ubiquity of RFID & sensor solutions in a manner that no other RFID middleware platform in the market can today. The Microsoft device experience is enabled through a framework, called the Device Service Provider Interface [DSPI]. S3Edge is uniquely positioned to assist device manufacturers in creating high quality implementations of the DSPI. The following information describes the unique value proposition of S3Edge to build and deliver these device providers both for fixed and mobile reader vendors, and our approach to integrating devices with BizTalk RFID.
Philosophy: It just works. BizTalk RFID without providers is like windows without drivers. The driver analogy is actually an accurate way to think about a DSPI provider. It is a system level component that is responsible for the "last mile" interaction with devices. It requires the same attention to detail that a driver does, stability issues at the DSPI layer affect the entire application stack above. "It just works", is the best way to describe great driver implementations, and would apply to the DSPI provider too. |
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A comprehensive device integration strategy for your devices and sensors
Below is a snapshot of the services provided by S3Edge for turnkey development of device providers:
Functional providers (end to end provider, suitable for use in POCs and small engagements):
- On demand tag command operations
- Autonomous tag operations
- Basic RFID Manager Integration and support for standard DSPI properties
- Application-level configuration settings [power level, enable/disable antennas]
- On demand tag printing support
- Basic metadata support and provider configuration
- Manual discovery of devices
- Installer / cab package for easy installation and upgrades using ClickOnce
- Support for one wire-protocol / family of devices with similar capabilities
- Testing on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003
- Manual DSPI provider certification requirements and IHV toolkit
Production Ready Providers (enterprise-ready provider, with all features in the functional category and the following additional features):
- Automatic discovery of devices [assuming device supports it]
- GPIO functionality
- Custom properties exposed by the reader
- Custom events exposed by the reader
- Device reboot and reset to factory settings
- Support for DSPI and custom management events
- Microsoft DSPI simulator plug-in implementation
- Automated DSPI provider certification requirements [requires plug-in above]
- Additional hardware innovations that need to be surfaced as DSPI vendor extensions
- Support for multiple wire protocols and model-specific features
Provider Support Services (turnkey development for additional tools for a great out of box experience and scalable deployment):
- Tools for automatic configuration of providers and devices
- Sample solution kits to enable developers to get started with device features
- Troubleshooting tools and workflows
- Localization
- IPV6 Support
- Firmware management
- Support for additional platforms [XP Embedded, specific versions of windows CE]
End to end solutions (end to end solutions that showcase the hardware integration):
- Hardware partner provides solution specification
- Turnkey software engagement to define or re-platform the solution to work over BizTalk RFID
- Implement all provider features required by the solution
- End to end testing of the provider in the context of the solution
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