Revision as of 16:27, 11 October 2014

Changes in 3.1

Reader/Sensor and Application Management via Rifidi API REST

Exposed the Rifidi API via Restful Services enabling users/applications/devices to trigger dynamic events to applications and sensors managed by the Rifidi Edge Server Edge_Management

Edge Monitoring

Sensor/Reader Statistics, Memory, CPU, JVM, OSGI Monitoring via Restful Services Edge_Monitoring

Edge Messaging

The Edge Server is now bundled with the lightweight messaging broker MQTT widely used within IoT. Applications can now publish and subscribe to Rifidi Messaging Events leveraging this lightweight standards based messaging protocol Edge_Messaging

LLRP Updates

1. REST LLRP Configuration Command - ability to inject dynamic llrp.xml/configuration via restful service
2. REST LLRP Tag Encoding/Writing Command - ability to inject dynamic llrp.xml/configuration via restful service
3. Performance Enhancements/Fixes,
4. LLRP - include custom LLRP Tag report information in generic way
5. Use reader time (instead of Rifidi Edge system time)

New Sensor/Reader Adapter

Convergence Systems Limited CS203 Edge_Server_Sensor_Plugins

New Example Applications

The Rifidi Services Jumpstart App, MQTT App and Restful Services App has been added to the developers guide to provide a simpler example and recommended production implementation design pattern Developer's_Guide Development_Jumpstarts

Sensor Rules Engine

Ability to Override Esper default configuration

Failover (Primary/Secondary) Nodes

Fail-over_Configuration_(Primary/Secondary) Nodes

• Starting in 3.1 Failover Configuration (Primary/Secondary) feature is available.

This enables a Rifidi Edge server to be defined as a secondary node based on configuration described below. The secondary server will start and load the basic libraries. In the even a failure is detected based on thresholds configured the server will continue loading starting the necessary Rifidi Apps and connecting to the required sensors/readers to continue processing events.

OSGI - P2 Infrastructure and how to use

Platform Upgrades

• Esper 5.x- Event Engine, Moquette 0.4 - MQTT Messaging Broker
• Restlet 2.2.1 - Restful Services,
• Jolokia 1.2.2 - Restful/JMX Bridge used for Monitoring, -
• AWS 1.9 - Amazon Web services

Bug Fixes

1. Fix Problem with Manifest file in rxtx-osgi-2.2-pre2.jar impacting some windows 7 and windows 8 setups [ http://forums.rifidi.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4248]
2. handle connecting and processing to avoid auto save rifidi.xml config into a dead state (connecting)
3. Performance Tuning - Ability to disable Rifidi startup apps tag monitoring and tag diagnostic (under heavy loads these could have impact on performance - see Performance_Tuning_Tips
4. add display name for Thinkify and Generic adapter in workbench
5. getCommandInstance make public (from protected) for Dynamic reader using submitandblock method [ http://forums.rifidi.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=4239]

Documentation Updates

1. developer's guide - Rifidi Management API Jumstart, MQTT Jumpstart, Rifidi Services Jumstart Development_Jumpstarts
2. developer's guide - Edge Management, Edge Monitoring and Edge Messaging (MQTT)
3. user's guide - Edge_Management, Edge_Monitoring and Edge_Messaging(MQTT)
4. user's guide - CSL Adapter -
5. user's guide - Dynamic LLRP Configuartion via Restful Services-
6. user's guide - LLRP Tag Encoding/Writing Rest

Links

Javadocs: http://www.transcends.co/www/javadoc/edge3.1.0/

Developer's_Guide

User's_Guide