1. Resonate RFID Reader Management User Guide
  2. Introduction
  3. Resonate RFID Reader Management Overview
  • Resonate RFID Reader Management 2.0 User Guide
Resonate RFID Reader Management Overview
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Resonate RFID Reader Management
 Overview

Resonate RFID Reader Management
 is a powerful, scalable, server-based platform for deploying, monitoring, managing, and configuring Zebra RFID readers in your asset tracking solution. It supports readers located on-site or around the world. It allows you to set up and define new sites and groups of manageable readers, update reader firmware and certificates, and update reader operating configurations. Additionally, it monitors deployed RFID readers, reporting any alerts and errors.
Main access to
Resonate RFID Reader Management
's functionality is through its
web interface
, although a REST API interface is also available. The
web interface
 provides a clean and intuitive interface for managing the RFID readers. To access the
web interface
, use your web browser to navigate to the
Resonate server
 address specified during
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 installation. For installation instructions, architecture, and deployment options, refer to the
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 Software Installation Guide.
Using the
web interface
, users and administrators of
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 can access their specific functionalities. A management console allows for user administration, role assignment, and access control, ensuring users can only access features permitted by their roles.
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 can run locally with the RFID readers or connect to them from a cloud-hosted environment. Readers connect over standard secure internet connections using HTTPS and secure web sockets.
Resonate
 Data Flow
Resonate data flow.
You must initialize the RFID readers to work with
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 using
Resonate Device Initializer
, a Windows utility that can discover the readers on the same subnet and report them to
Resonate RFID Reader Management
. You then choose which readers
Resonate
 should manage.
Resonate
 initializes these readers and installs the
Resonate Agent
 on the readers.
Resonate Agent
 enables the readers' cloud-ready protocols, forces improved connection security, and securely connects them to the
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 instance responsible for managing them. After the RFID readers are initialized and running
Resonate Agent
,
Resonate RFID Reader Management
 can take over and manage those readers through their useful operating life.
For the list of supported readers and reader modes, see RFID Reader Requirements and Supported Modes.
Resonate RFID Reader Management supports fault tolerance and high availability. Fault tolerance ensures Resonate software can recover automatically without human intervention in the event of a software failure, without the expectation of continuous uptime. High availability adds the ability to increase overall uptime by distributing the software operation across multiple machines (nodes). If a machine has a catastrophic hardware failure, the overall system can continue to operate. For information, refer to Fault Tolerance and High Availability.