communicates with the RFID readers using a pull-based architecture, where the readers fetch instructions from the
Resonate server
. To add readers to a Resonate RFID Reader Management instance for management, they must be initialized. This term refers to the steps taken to find the readers, connect to them, install the
Resonate Agent
utility onto the readers, and connect the readers securely to the Resonate RFID Reader Management instance.
For this purpose,
Resonate RFID Reader Management
comes with a separate Windows utility for device initialization,
Resonate Device Initializer
. Run the
Resonate Device Initializer
utility to prepare the readers for this architecture. The utility can discover all supported RFID readers on the subnet, and you use the
Resonate RFID Reader Management web interface
to choose which to manage and control. The utility can also initialize a specified list of RFID readers to work with Resonate RFID Reader Management. In this case, you use a separate utility, the Device Migrator utility, to add site and reader information into Resonate; then, use Resonate Device Initializer to load Resonate Agent onto each reader and transfer control to it.
The
Resonate Device Initializer
utility is separate to allow the option of running locally on the same network segment as the readers.
