SAP Work Manager. RFID Tags Integration.

[Former Member]

Hi All

Does SAP Work Manager have any kind of integrations with RFID Tags.

We need to use RFID Tags to identify equpimnent and measuring points.

[bill_froelich · Accepted solution]

There are a few older Windows Mobile devices where RFID was supported.  Given the new OpenScan interface you can certainly add this capability to your Agentry client so it is treated just like a barcode scan.

--Bill

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

What is the way to activate it in the SAP Work Manager?

We need to demonstrate it to the client.

Do the ERP objects - equipmnent and measuring points have special fields to keep RFID code?

[Marçal_Oliveras · Accepted solution]

Konstantin Kulikov wrote:

Do the ERP objects - equipmnent and measuring points have special fields to keep RFID code?

The answer is no. You can use classification data (characteristics) to add RFID tag value to a MP. There may be other possibilities but that's how I saw it done at least

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

If you have a device that already supported it, it will be in the installer,
Else, you will need to build a changes into the OpenScan UI to connect to the device.

Stephen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

We have device with NFC Reader and NFC tags.

We need to organize the process

when in the time of Inspection Rounds a user reads NFC tags

to identify the equipment i.e. Inspection Rounds step

to specify that he will enter measuring point data for a correct step.

Is it possible to integrate OpenScan UI in the SAP Work Manager?

[bill_froelich · Accepted solution]

Yes you can use OpenScan with SAP Work Manager.

You would write an OpenScan interface to allow the underlying Agentry client to communicate with the NFC Reader.  This typically would include invoking the reader on demand (press of soft scan button in Work Manager) to read the tag and also (if desired and supported) setting up the NFC reader to trigger a scan event when it reads a tag (without a user having pressed a button).

Then in Work Manager you can define your business logic.  In your example, when taking a reading during the inspection rounds step in addition to entering a reading you can include a barcode field to read the equipment tag and include validation rules to make sure the value read matches the stored value for the equipment.

--Bill

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Could you write my steps to test it.

Can I do it only by customizing SAP Work Manager or I need to have a source codes of SAP Work Manager?

[bill_froelich · Accepted solution]

You will need to write native code for the platform you are wanting to use the NFC reader with.  What platform are you using?  Android?

In terms of the inspection rounds changes, those would all be Agentry Editor changes and you would not need the Java Source to make those changes.

--Bill

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

We use Android and WPF platforms.

Can we use scanning method that is supported in Agentry OpenScan by default?
We need to perform a demostration for client.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

OpenScan is supported on all SMP3 Agentry clients starting around SP08 or 09.  But as each RFID is different, you will need to create it for the devices you are using to the connect to the devices API.

Stephen

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Does OpenScan already have ready to use libraries for specific types of RFID?
For example, for the camera on Android device.

[bill_froelich · Accepted solution]

No there are no pre-built RFID libraries available.  You will need to determine what scanner you are going to use and write the necessary Android and/or WPF OpenScan code.

In terms of demonstration, use the Andorid client and default camera scanner and from a process flow when you invoke the camera scanner that would be the same as invoking an RFID scanner via OpenScan.

--Bill