Revision as of 13:26, 4 October 2014

Changes in 3.1

Sensor and Application Management

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 Edge_Messaging

LLRP Updates

1. Restful LLRP Config Command - ability to inject dynamic llrp.xml/configuration via restful service
2. Performance Enhancements/Fixes,
3. LLRP - include custom LLRP Tag report information in generic way
4. 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 1.8.4. upgrades to latest

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