needs to manage; the initialization also installs the Resonate Agent on the readers. Run the utility on a Windows 10 or 11 machine, according to the required onboarding mode.
The
Resonate Device Initializer
utility is a self-contained executable (
rm-device-initializer-<VERSION>.exe
) without an installer. It is distributed in the
resonate-<VERSION>.tar.gz
file that you received from Zebra to install
Resonate RFID Reader Management
.
Resonate Device Initializer
supports two device onboarding modes:
Discovery-based mode:
Resonate Device Initializer
automatically discovers all supported RFID readers on the same subnet. As it discovers devices, it presents them in the list of discovered devices to the
Resonate server
for display in the
web interface
. You then review the list of discovered devices and choose which ones
Resonate
should manage.
In this mode, you must run the utility onsite and on the same subnet as your RFID readers. Each subnet that has readers to manage must use the same DNS domain and requires its own instance of
Resonate Device Initializer
. This is the easiest and most common way to run the utility.
requires that you provide a file with an explicit list of supported RFID readers that you need Resonate RFID Reader Management to manage. You can run the utility from any Windows machine, provided there is network access to the RFID readers.
The utility elevates the device's firmware to a
Resonate
compatible version as needed.
All RFID readers must be factory-reset before running the
Resonate Device Initializer
utility.
To run the
Resonate Device Initializer
utility, you must specify the URL of the
Resonate server
to use, as well as the ID of a site that you have set up in the
