BizTalk RFID - BizTalk Server
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Provider certification test failures

15727 byte By PhilParker at 2008-3-7
Hi, I am running through the provider certification tool tests, trying to get our provider fully compliant. However, I am running into some test failures which I don't understand. So, I'm hoping for some feedback on the reasons for the failures.Some of the tests according to the log, look ...

Connecting to Device/using Vendor Command

2818 byte By VishalKumar at 2008-3-6
I am trying to invoke a vendor defined command called PulseOutput from a custom event handler. The command provides a single pulse on the specified output port of the reader for the specified time interval. I used a format similar to what was posted in the thread "Using Vendor Defined ...

RFID BizTalk Process can''t view tag ?

314 byte By Terence@Taiwan at 2008-3-5
Hi: I hava a problem with RFID BizTalk. After setting PROCESS and starting it, didn't get any tag information. When stop PROCESS, i can get tag information from function View Tag of DEVICE. My OS is Server 2003 R2 SP2, SQL Server 2005 SP2, all updata and component are ready. ...

Provider certification tool problem

517 byte By PhilParker at 2008-3-3
Hi, I've been attempting to use the provider certification tool and have been having some issues with it. It appears that whenever the pct tool is run, it wipes *all* the BizTalk RFID registrations, not just the device providers. This includes wiping the provider, device, process and component ...

Problem with starting a Providor in the Biztalk Rfid

1088 byte By AnonymoUSHELP at 2008-3-1
I have re-installed iis 6.0 and aspnet. I have run the aspnet file with a -I to re-register. I have created a new website. run the scripts to change the website id to 1987. I have changed the port the rfid service is running on and I still get this message when I trie to start a providor. Is ...

RFID Biztalk install error

479 byte By RFIDJack at 2008-2-28
Hi, I was setup RFID Biztalk, but system always dispaly "Failed to execute deferred command line C:\Program Files\Microsoft Biztalk RFID\bin\ManagedCustomActions.exe "CreateADMarker", but sometimes i reinstall will not dispaly. I can't find how to solve this problem about ...

biztalk rfid adapter

644 byte By yesso at 2008-2-27
Hi, i will program a warehouse-software as my master-projekt for the uni... and i will use rfid technologie which framework and tools can i use for this ? i have saw that in biztalk 2006 r2 is a framework for the working of rfid sensoric...is it possible to take this dll and use it in own ...

Using Vendor defined commands

26316 byte By AnushKumar-MSFT at 2008-2-26
Hi all: Attached is a recent thread posted to 'rfidsupp@microsoft' that I thought would be useful to share with the community. Mail thread copied below, and code samples pasted as well. Does Microsoft have any examples for vendor defined commands?The documentation is (IMO) very unclear ...

My download doesn''t have the RFID component.

259 byte By Joseph1950 at 2008-2-25
<font face=Arial size=2></font> Hello, I downloaded Biztalk 2006 R2. There is no RFID component. What am I doing wrong ? What is the correct URL? I wanted to work with the Acme simulation and the BRE. Can someone help? Thank you.

ACME Device Simulator - can not enable device simulator - RFID Server Error !

311 byte By TanteJutta at 2008-2-24
Hi everyone !I`m new in BizTalk RFID and I have to write a device Provider for a rfid reader. I tried to test the acme device simulator, but i can`t enable the device by right click on it. The Error Message says "RFID Server Error - Setting Connection to reader failed. Can′t fix ...

Difficulty connecting to local SQL Server Database

6811 byte By VishalKumar at 2008-2-23
I've been having grave difficulty setting up and accessing stored procedures from a local SQL server database. A summary of relevant code is as follows.static System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection _connection = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection();public static void ...

How to use a different Database instead of RFID sink

292 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-22
<font face=Arial size=2></font> Hi I want to store data to a custom database,how to do this. For instance i want to store data from a different application (Alien Reader),to a custom database,what are the steps i need to follow. Thanks Para De

Ready for certification, but how is it done?

1962 byte By JörgNeidig at 2008-2-22
Dear BizTalk RFID Team, finally, we have finished the development of our RFID device provider for the RF660R and are ready for the certification. I know that you do not run a official certification program, but the certification tool was a great way to test the provider. However, it seems ...

how to implement Filter using Acme as the simulator

144 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-21
Hi I am using Acme simulator. Can any one tell me how to implement filter in Acme simulator. Thnks Para De

VendorDefinedCommand()

1567 byte By ValyaS at 2008-2-20
Reviewing my provider's code and also trying to call a VendorDefinedCommand from a client application, stumbled over its constructor: public VendorDefinedCommand(byte[] passCode, string name, string command, VendorSpecificInformation parameters); Documentation states: passCode Pass code ...

SerialPort property

106 byte By DWimmers at 2008-2-19
Where's the SerialPort property? It doesn't appear to be part of the TransportPropertyGroup class.

How to create more than one instance of acme using different ports

262 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-18
hi Can any one tell me if we can create more than one instances of Acme using different Ports I am not sure whether Acme simulator is configured this way or not...... and please tell me how to do this. Thanks Para De

How to create more than one instance of acme using different ports

262 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-17
hi Can any one tell me if we can create more than one instances of Acme using different Ports I am not sure whether Acme simulator is configured this way or not...... and please tell me how to do this. Thanks Para De

Difficulty connecting to local SQL Server Database

6811 byte By VishalKumar at 2008-2-16
I've been having grave difficulty setting up and accessing stored procedures from a local SQL server database. A summary of relevant code is as follows.static System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection _connection = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection();public static void ...

ProcessReadTagEvent only processing manually sent tags

422 byte By VishalKumar at 2008-2-15
I have a process bound to an Alien Reader, and a custom event handler that shoots a string of the tag ID to a txt file on the hard drive. For some reason, the only tagreadevents that will trigger my event handler's 'processtagreadevents' function are tags that are manually sent (via 'View ...

Getting Errors While binding, deploying this sample RequestResponseSqlAdapter

948 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-15
Hi I was trying to Bind and deploy RequestResponseSqlAdapter sample . Performed these steps Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, and then click BizTalk Server Administration.2. Expand Console Root, expand BizTalk Server 2006 Administration, expand BizTalk ...

Calling WCF from BizTalk RFID

1147 byte By IdarH at 2008-2-15
Hi! I'm trying to call a WCF service from a component in a process in BizTalk RFID, but I get an error when the component is trying to bind to the service exceptionystem.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: M?let for?rsaket et unntak under aktivering. > System.InvalidOperationException: ...

How do we configure Device/Provider/Process to start automatically

1415 byte By Abraham at 2008-2-15
Hi, How do we configure Device/Provider/Process to start automatically as soon as the BizTalk RFID service is started? For example, in Windows services we have a property, like we can configure the services to start Automatically, Manual as soon as OS is started. Can we do same kind of ...

Problem while creating business process : SQL Sink Component not found

482 byte By Para_De at 2008-2-15
Hi Performed the following steps to verify Tags that reach Business process1.Created a business process by using the new process dialog in RFID Manager2.Created a logical device and binding the logical device to the physical device added previously After these steps I was trying to Add a new ...

Changing User Name and Password

488 byte By ValyaS at 2008-2-14
How to change the User name and Password properties on actual device? These properties have disappeared from the General group of current DSPI. As properties of the UserNameAuthenticationInformation those are not writable to the device but only for accessing it. (I've tried changing password ...

File Tracking

328 byte By blinton25 at 2008-2-14
Hello, How are you today? I am looking for a file tracking solution which allow files to be tracked within an organisation. Files are often misplaced, so I am thinking that RFID where each file identifies its location could be a possible solution. Is a MS based solution available to do this? ...

SerialPort property

106 byte By DWimmers at 2008-2-13
Where's the SerialPort property? It doesn't appear to be part of the TransportPropertyGroup class.

Globalization details

223 byte By ValyaS at 2008-2-13
Hi BizTalk RFID Team, A very short and specific question from IHV: Should be the names or values of devices' and/or provider's properties localizable (translated) or in English only? Thanks,

MSMQ needed in Biztalk RFID installation

320 byte By Leilaleilei at 2008-2-12
Hi, I have problem to install Biztalk RFID installation in my vista laptop. Whenever the installation check the software required, it says the MSMQ is not installed, but I checked several times, all the components for MSMQ are installed already. What is the problem? Can you help ? Thanks. ...

Using AddDevice without a parent group

636 byte By DWimmers at 2008-2-11
Whenever I use the RFID Manager, I can add a device without specifying a parent group. I'm trying to do the same thing programmatically using the DeviceManagerProxy's AddDevice method, but I can't get it to work without specifying a parent group. If I pass a null or an empty string ...

ACME Setup Fails

13435 byte By thesnark at 2008-2-10
I have just completed the installation of Biztalk 2006 R2 with RFID and was hoping to start my learning by examining the ACME Device Simulator. However I am seeing an error when I try running the "acmesetup.cmd". Here is a copy of the output from the command file when I run it. Can ...

Vista Installation problems

343 byte By Netonator at 2008-2-10
Hello - I am trying to install on a Vista Ultimate 32-bit machine that is not connected to a domain. I get errors about the RFID Creat ADMarker error and the install does a roll-back after reporting an error 2738. Any special procedures to installing on a Vista, non-domain joined machine? ...

Device Provider Globalization Guidelines

27743 byte By KrishGopalan-MSFT at 2008-2-8
BizTalk RFID – Globalization Guidelines for Device Providers Introduction BizTalk RFID v1 is planned to be localized in five languages (in addition to English). The languages are Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, German and Spanish. We will continue to add more languages as we ...

'NumberingSystemIndentifier'

197 byte By Ponnette at 2008-2-8
What is the 'NumberingSystemIndentifier' of a TagReadEvent and why the 'tagReadEvent.GetNumberingSystemIndentifier()) method returns null byte array when using the 'Acme' provider and device?

HexUtilities.HexEncode

483 byte By Ponnette at 2008-2-7
It looks like only the 'Tag Id' value can be encoded into the Axpata hex2 format. I used the 'HexUtilities.HexEncode(tagReadEvent.GetId())' method to encode it into a string. It doesn't seem to be the case with the 'Tag Data'. the 'HexUtilities.HexEncode(tagReadEvent.GetDate())' ...

RTLS based on BizTalk RFID

304 byte By UV at 2008-2-7
Can Real-Time Location System which is based on locating RFID tags be built on BizTalk RFID as infrastructure? Are there means to integrate a positioning engine in the logic? Would you build a positioning engine as a workflow that merges information from RFID observations obtained from several ...

VendorSpecificDataKey

775 byte By Ponnette at 2008-2-7
The BizTalk RFID document doesn't seem to keep up with the implementation; the following code is taken from "How to Implement an Event Handler Method" page of the help documentation, it's a part of the custom hadler method: // Return this info for next event handler. string message ...

RC1 or RTM?

227 byte By ValyaS at 2008-2-7
Couple questions to MSFT RFID Team: <ol> <li>Is there the PCT available with the BizTalk RFID RC1? <li>Should we wait for a RTM revision to implement localization in providers or did I miss it?</li></ol> Thanks,

Acme Process Starting Error for Port no. 7891

791 byte By ArindamGupta at 2008-2-6
While starting the "Acme Test Process" bothe from UI & Command Prompt , we are getting the following error. "This request operation sent to net.tcp://rfidbiztalksvr:7891/rfid/service/ProcessManager did not receive a reply within the configured timeout (00:01:00). The time ...

EPC Number Generation

112 byte By DRoy99 at 2008-2-6
Is there any API to generate the EPC based on different encoding schemes such as SGTIN, SSCC, GRAI or GID etc.?

Localization sample worldcalc - where is it?

628 byte By DWimmers at 2008-2-5
I'm working on adding localization to our provider, and looking through the documentation there's references to a sample application called worldcalc, that's supposed to be part of the SDK samples. But I don't see it. I have Visual Studio 2005 with complete MSDN intallled and I've also ...

Problem with starting a Providor in the Biztalk Rfid

1088 byte By AnonymoUSHELP at 2008-2-5
I have re-installed iis 6.0 and aspnet. I have run the aspnet file with a -I to re-register. I have created a new website. run the scripts to change the website id to 1987. I have changed the port the rfid service is running on and I still get this message when I trie to start a providor. Is ...

Problem invoking second Event handler class with 2 event handler methods

1258 byte By JodyPetroni at 2008-2-4
I have a question. The first method is in an Event Handler Class that returns two events to a second event handler class for processing. When I place both components in a process pipeline I get an error when validating the pipleine that "The process has a component that is not reachable. ...

EPC Number Generation

112 byte By DRoy99 at 2008-2-4
Is there any API to generate the EPC based on different encoding schemes such as SGTIN, SSCC, GRAI or GID etc.?

BRE Deployment problem

640 byte By DRoy99 at 2008-2-4
We have a process where we invoke BREPolicyExecutor. In the BRE Policy, we have a custom class that puts the read event in MSMQ. When we run the process, it logs the following error in RfidServices log:"Component POCCompInstance threw exception during initialization. Details: No versions ...

How to Check Provider \Devices status in Biztalk using API ?

1930 byte By Abraham at 2008-2-4
Hi support , I would like to know how we can check the status of the Provider and Device status using API code.I knew that there is some method associated with that .syntax is as follows Provider:[provider obj].GetProviderStatus( string[] provider Name) It is expecting provider name as an array ...

How to Specify DB Connection for BRE

754 byte By DRoy99 at 2008-2-3
The scenario is as follows:1) in the RuleEnginePolicyExecutor's rules configuration, under Database Facts, I have the following connectionstring:Data Source = (local);Initial Catalog=<mydbname>TableName = <mytablename> where I have the factsDataset Name = <datasetname> that ...

Regarding Biztalk R2-RFID

92 byte By dipalisshah at 2008-2-3
<div style="text-align:left">What is RFID? can anyone give some idea abt it? </div>

Vista Installation problems

338 byte By Netonator at 2008-2-2
Hello - I am trying to install on a Vista Ultimate 32-bit machine that is not connected to a domain. I get errors about the RFID Creat ADMarker error and the install does a roll-back after reporting an error 2738. Any special procedures to installing on a Vista, non-domain joined ...

BizTalk RFID with the MS Access?

124 byte By ValyaS at 2008-2-2
Will the BizTalk RFID work with the MS Access database? Any suggestions/examples? Thanks, Valentina