Mobile scanner Device Integration

[former_member229310]

Hi,

I have an requirement to integrate a Mobile device like Barcode scanner to send the data to SAP.

1) Do we need any separate application server specific to handle such devices ? I think the device is based on Java platform more likely. Vendor says it sends HTML ( i m confused ) .

2) Can scanner device directly send any SOAP message to PI. Does scanner device software needs to be installed on PI server or should I say to client to provide a dedicated server for handling scanner devices.

Please suggest.

Thanks in advance

[former_member229310]

using soap service

[baskar_gopalakrishnan2]

>1) Do we need any separate application server specific to handle such devices ? I think the device is based on Java platform more likely. Vendor says it sends HTML ( i m confused )

With the given information, if scanner device can send html means then this device might cable of posting http request. If so then create http sender and provide url to that client to post the request.

> 2) Can scanner device directly send any SOAP message to PI.

if it has java stack and support HTTP then it might able to send soap messages.

> Does scanner device software needs to be installed on PI server

No Need.

or should I say to client to provide a dedicated server for handling scanner devices.

Depends on the requirement.

[former_member229310]

Thanks alot for the reply.

1) Could you please tell me on what circumstances should I need a dedicated server for mobile devices assuming that they could send HTTP or SOAP request to PI. I think if they have dedicated server then if they want to make changes to mobile

2) Correct me if I am wrong, as per your reply I beleive if I give the PI IE url he would be able to post the http request integration engine.

[baskar_gopalakrishnan2]

>1) Could you please tell me on what circumstances should I need a dedicated server for mobile devices assuming that they could send HTTP or SOAP request to PI

Your PI server is the dedicated server to accept requests from mobile devices team.

2) Correct me if I am wrong, as per your reply I beleive if I give the PI IE url he would be able to post the http request integration engine

Yes. Just create HTTP adapter on the sender side and provide the URL to the client for posting the data from their side to PI. Pi will pull the request data and we can do mapping to the required target data structure for further processing or saving the information.

Hope that helps.