Get all RFID readers connected to the network

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Hi,
I need to get all the RFID readers connected on the ethernet, currently I have an application which connects to one reader at a time. Also the IP address for the reader needs to be specified for connection.

I am using Motorola FX9500 fixed RFID readers.

Is there any way by which we can automatically detect all the RFID readers connected to the network?

Thanks.

Posted 22-May-14 0:26am

AjinkyaT

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Member 10911640 2-Jul-14 14:56pm

even i have the same question but here we are using all type of RFID readers so is there any way to find the readers connected to network and distinguish them?

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2014-05-22T01:31:00

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Unless your RFID readers have some mechanism on them that advertises their existence on the network, you'll have to poll each and every IP address in your corporate address space to see if it's a RFID reader.

If there's an SDK for this thing, consult the documentation to see if there's a method that it exposes to do this for you.

Posted 22-May-14 1:31am

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AjinkyaT 22-May-14 7:43am

Thanks for the response Dave.
There's an SDK for it, but no such method to get all the connected readers. But there's and application named PowerSession by Motorola in which the option to find readers is present.
Its tooltip says it discovers readers using WS discovery/RDMP.
Any idea regarding this approach?

Vedat Ozan Oner · Answer 2 · 2014-05-22T01:48:00

there exists a protocol stack presented by EPCglobal here[^]
They described your need here:
Discovery, Configuration & Initialisation Standard for Reader Operations[^]

If your reader is compliant with this protocol, then you can find some middleware libraries or applications which fulfill your needs. you should take a look at the documentation of your reader.
If not, it can be problematic to implement such a requirement. if your reader supports embedded application development, you can write an application to run on your reader and another application to achieve discovery by talking with that application running on the reader.
before diving into such things, I strongly recommend to search for existing solutions (possibly from your vendor)
another resource from microsoft: BizTalk RFID[^]