Regarding RFID

Hi All,
I am working in ABAP domain.
I want to know some information about RFID.
1. What is it's purpose! Where it will be used mainly.
2. What is your future prospects.
3. How can i find good step-by-step material on the same.
If anybody having good material can they send them to my Personel mail id.
My Personel Mail ID : [email protected]
Any inputs in this regard will will be appreciated.
If anybody knows please provide me with the sufficient information.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks & Regards,
Prasad.

1.What is it's purpose! Where it will be used mainly.
a)Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a state-of-the-art technology for extensive identification of every type of object. It enables rapid and automatic data acquisition via radio waves.At its most basic level, Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID ) is a wireless link to uniquely identify objects or people.
RFID is a means of capturing data about an object without using a human to read the data.
The object of any RFID system is to carry data in suitable transponders, generally known as tags, and to retrieve data, by machine-readable means, at a suitable time and place to satisfy particular application needs. Data within a tag may provide identification for an item in manufacture, goods in transit, a location, the identity of a vehicle, an animal or individual.
b)RFID is becoming more popular in applications where other identification technologies, such as barcodes, are no longer sufficient (e.g. logistics, material management, industrial automation, services etc.).
POSSIBLE COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS SYSTEM
 Electronic Article Surveillance(EAS)
 logistics
 Asset Management
 Waste Management
 Yard Management
 Fare Collection
 Animal Identification
 Luggage Tracking in Airports
 Industrial laundries
 Fugitive Emission Detection
 Totes/Conveyor
 Vehicle Identification
 Automotive Anti-theft
 Employee Identification
The list continues.It can be used in man
Advantages of RFID:
Contactless identification (also possible without line of sight)
Reads through many materials like cardboard, wood etc.
Unlimited reading and writing of the memory
Identification takes less than a second
Simultaneous reading of various transponders
Resistant to harsh environmental conditions, such as extreme temperature, humidity etc.
Shape and size of the transponders can be adapted as desired
Transponders can be completely integrated into a product
High security due to copy and password protection or encrypted data communication
2.Future prospects
The coming RFID tsunami is real and it has two mega-sized supply buyers written all over it: Wal-Mart and the DoD.
Walmart, the worlds largest retailer, and the US Dept of Defense (DOD), are two powerful entities that have launched initiatives to implement RFID in their logistics operations, motivated by their needs to cut costs and streamline their supply chain in their organizations.
In the coming years, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) could have a major impact on any enterprise involved in the production, movement, or sale of physical goods. RFID's unique attributes will enable new applications and radical changes to business practices. RFID technology is a powerful Auto ID solution that can significantly increase efficiency and productivity. Implementing an RFID solution requires a thorough understanding of the capabilities and limitations of this emerging technology.
So the future is absolutely very bright.
SAPs RFID solution is packaged as a standalone solution package built on top of SAP Web Application Server 6.40, and consists of:
 SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure
 SAP Event Management
 SAP Enterprise Portal
 Backend ERP adapters to SAP R/3 4.6C and greater
3.I am also sending you some documents which will help u to understand this technology in a more better way.
I hope I have helped you in some way.As mentioned in the other reply you could also get some useful documents on this forum.
Thanks & Regards
Pawan Khilari
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Hi Arnab,
1) I think you will get the SAP Console preinstalled with the SAP GUI Installation you can find it in Control Panel with the name SAPConsole Administrator. This communicates with SAP using some Telnet server and there are lot of telnet servers available in the market.
Some Useful Information for SAP Console and Telnet Server:
SAP Console Framework which enables users to execute R/3 transactions from Character based device including RF devices.
SAP Console consists of following three main components
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Telnet server installation on the same machine in which SAP console is installed.
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2.GS_Tnet from Georgia Soft works
But any Telnet Sever application can be used which supports VT220 emulation.
Telnet Client is the Interface which is used to execute transactions. Ex. RF device
2) It comes preloaded with SAP GUI so need not worry about installation.
3) Yeah Packing process is supported in RF and you can get the couple of transactions related to RF and they start with LM*
For the rest you have transaction codes available like for example LM74, LM47, etc or else best thing is you use LM00 which is the starting transation code for your RF related activities.
Or else search for LM* in TSTC table.
Thanks & Regards,
YJR.
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Regarding RFID project

hi frnds ,
Iam completely new this RFID technology . i want to do a project on RFID using SAP . so, can anyone send me a simple project description which i can complete in 2 months.
thanks ,
with regards,
varma

Hi Ravi,
Most of the help and info which u require is easily avialable on service.sap.com or help.sap.com
Check out this thread ,will help you to develop this small project.This thread contains my reply with respect to similar query in sdn.
Reg Advice for SAP with RFID..
You can take any of the application mention in my reply and design a business scenario according to your requirement and the time constraints.
For e.g:
It can be simple application of employee detection, Theft detection in a shop or it can be a simple application of warehouse management
1.Here the asset are tagged -(commisioning of tags),
2.moved into warehouse where the are tags read by the reader(reader deamon)and
3.the the tags are removed for making the assets ready for shipment.(Decommissioning of tags)
Regards,
Pawan Khilari
*Close the query if ur query is solved
Message was edited by: Pawan Khilari

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I have a question regarding the RFID support in SAP WM and EWM.
Which functions and processes are supported by WM and which are supported by EWM?
What are the benefits in EWM regarding RFID compared to WM?
Thanks,
Dennis

Dear Sridharan,
There are many Third party RFID addons available for SAP B1. You would be able to find them on the following locations :
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please visit [http://www.sap.com/partners/directories/SearchSolution.epx|http://www.sap.com/partners/directories/SearchSolution.epx] and look under AII-DC-RFID 1.0 u2013 Auto ID Infrastr. Device Controller 1.0.
OR
http://www.sap.com/ecosystem/customers/directories/ProductSearchResults.epx?context=21B87D61C0F646A22B2A6DB254A010CA8C9C141B7529F02972463D54EC8217D707ADFB1B61328B27A6200891D1824987C4A2286C415FA5583A680E633FB258D6F702338D4AE86843C5ADEB30E7160581899BB4603C9793EC%7c340236E25FA0CB7D55B412C7D619D9145637D00350BF5E7252AE3D635139EE29F2E773C21D61F3C628E6641C68D965A961E924180F425F3FB48176F04101324CE205C8C3C132479A49D11318234269D36908F39C6F4B37B6A9C80DB2F7715F8677923A8F9F1BEBC61512000CAE2C5C98
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Any upcoming new functionality RFID AutoID R/3 ????????

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Hi Srivatsan,
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SAP console and scanner!!

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I Have a req here ..where in two diff types of scanner are attached to diff shipping point and based on the scanner, i need to display a selection screen and hence the output....but the problem is these selection screen needs to be displayed on the scanner screen and SAP console comes into picture....
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Regards
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Hi Gunjan,
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Your job would be typically done with the help of SAPConsole.
Check this link very carefully.It has a very useful description as in how to integrate bar-code data into SAP R/3 using RF Programming and SAPConsole.
http://www.enowa-consulting.com/download/SCM-Dec-Garg-v1.pdf
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1.chk the following links regading sap console installation and configuration,which I suppose is your basic requirement .
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Hi Ajay,
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The Javadoc to get an idea about how to use those PIOS API for barcode scanner
http://help.sap.com/javadocs/nwmobile/SP3/laptops/com/sap/ip/me/api/pios/scanner/ScannerConnection.html
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Some Information about RFID

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http://www.dcita.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/41249/Getting_the_most_out_of_RFID.pdf
http://www.tigint.com/articles/Asset_Tracking_with_RFID.html

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RFID DOC and Links.

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I wanna learn RFID, `m very new to this topic(technology) , can any one suggest me some links and doc related to RFID and how to implement in sap with examples?
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Anil

Hello Anil,
Go through the following websites:
http://www.rfidjournal.com/
http://help.sap.com --> SAP Business Suite --> SAP Auto ID Infrastructure.
http://www.discoverrfid.org/
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EPCGlobal
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GS1
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http://www.bridge-project.eu/index.php/mainpage/en/
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Yogesh Bhatia.

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Please specify not only the hw provider (Hp, Dell...) but if possible also the model.
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Hi All,
We are trying to integrate MI with RFID. For that we are using
WorkAboutPRO, PSION TEKLOGIX PDA with RFID reader.
on that we have installed-
CrEme 3.27a
MobileEngine jsp 2.5
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prifpsiwp_wm50_xsl_crm Driver Addon
connector_wm50_xsl_crm Connector
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Error: 500
Location: /MIAPPLICATION/startInternal Servlet Error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at miProjectPackage.MiProjectClass.readTag()
at miProjectPackage.MiProjectClass.doHandleEvent()
at com.sap.ip.me.api.runtime.jsp.AbstractMEHttpServlet.doGetNotThreadSafe()
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at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service()
at com.sap.ip.me.api.runtime.jsp.AbstractMEHttpServlet.service()
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service()
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at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service()
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service()
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalService()
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service()
at org.apache.tomcat.service.http.HttpConnectionHandler.processConnection()
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt()
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run()
at java.lang.Thread.run()
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