User Manual

WiFi Inventory Reader
5 Inventory Demo Software
5.1 Software description
The demo software and its associated source code are designed to provide a simple example for
using the WiFi Inventory Reader to perform the following operations:
• Inventory items
• Search for items
• Detect misplaced items (placed on the incorrect shelf)
This software is an educational aid. It is a starting point for developing characteristic applications
designed to meet requirements for specific end-user environments.
This section describes the method required for performing an optimized inventory using Folio 370
(Philips I.Code SLI) tags. A specific C370-chip inventory command is used to extract data from the
user memory during the ISO 15693 inventory process.
The supplied executable runs on a Pocket PC using the Windows Mobile operating system (ARM
processor). The PDA must obviously be equipped with a WiFi interface in order to communicate
with the WiFi Inventory Reader.
5.2 Configuring the Pocket PC
It is recommended to configure the WiFi interface of your Pocket PC without using a WiFi access
point (ad-hoc mode) when setting a peer-to-peer connection between the WiFi Inventory Reader
and the Pocket PC.
Open the Properties dialog box of your WLAN Wireless Adapter and ensure that the IP address
does not conflict with the IP address attributed to the WiFi Inventory Reader.
5.3 Installing the demo software
Copy the “Inventory demo software\executable” folder located in the Software directory of the WiFi
Inventory Reader CD-ROM to the Program Files directory of your Pocket PC.
5.3.1 File descriptions
The demo software consists of the following files:
• Main application (.exe file)
• DLL files managing communication between the application and the WiFi Inventory Reader
• Audio files (.wav) used to issue messages about operations in progress
• Database.txt file used to link together item IDs, their titles and shelf location
• Searchlist.txt file listing all items that must be located during an inventory
• InventoryResult.txt file containing all the IDs decoded by the WiFi Inventory Reader during
the inventory as well as the “Found” status for searched items and their location data
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