Tag Event Viewer

This Inquiry function enables viewing of RFID tag events from a historical perspective or optionally in ‘real-time’ mode as they occur. This basically takes Tag Event logging data and displays it based on the parameters you specify in the header selection section (detailed below). In order for this to display ‘real-time’ tag event data you must have at least one reader schedule active and running. Suggested usage would be:

üFor access control to visually identify and validate an employee/visitor as they walk through an entrance or exit point. This could also include tagged assets that they are carrying them on or about their person.

üFor a Foreman in a shipping office to monitor shipments as they are loaded unto trailers or shipped from yard.

üTo search for events for a given Reader location and/or specific Product.

üTo assist in portal configuration by indicating when tags can be read and when they cannot (e.g. what distance, orientation, speed, direction, etc.).

	Location ID
	The Logical Reader location that you want to filter on, if left blank all locations will be considered

	Date & Time
	The date & time you wish to optionally filter on in MM/DD/YY & HH:MM:SS format. Shows all tag events GE time specified.

Summarize By

A dropdown selection of (3) values as described below. There could be literally hundreds of reads for the same TagID if the portal has been setup to read continually. This allows easy viewing of all the last occurrence of a given Event.

ØNone – no summarization is done, every tag read is displayed based on the other filters mentioned above.

ØContainer – will only display the last read event for a given container ID shared across many different Tag ID’s when Auto Refresh = YES. When Auto Refresh = NO, summarizes but does not look at that time difference below displaying a maximum of records as defined in System Settings.

ØTag - will only display the last read event for a given Tag ID when Auto Refresh = YES. When Auto Refresh = NO, summarizes but does not look at that time difference below displaying the maximum records.

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	Item Number
	Item Number as defined in TagNet Product Master, if left blank all products will be considered

Refresh

A dropdown selection of (2) values as described below:

ØNO – Static search, every tag read is displayed based on the other filters mentioned above.

ØYES – when selected automatically refreshes the event viewer page based on the refresh time entered below.

	Delay
	The time in seconds that the event viewer should be refreshed showing new and/or dropped events. Selecting the correct value is a balance between wanting to see new events and recognizing them and dropping off older reads where those events have been recognized. Note: do not select a delay > Retention time or you will see nothing.

	Retention
	The time in seconds that new events will continue to display on the event viewer

	Image Thumbnail
	If image capture is configured for the physical reader, the picture taken during that tag event will be displayed here. Clicking on the thumbnail will enlarge it.

	Employee Thumbnail
	The image associated with the TagNet Employee Profile. This is a hotspot and can be clicked to navigate to the Employee details page.

	TMOVE Rule
	The TMOVE (Tag Movement) rule as configured. This does not change inventory in any way but just a records a meaningful descriptor to the nature of the movement (e.g. asset has left room, arrived, checked-out etc.).

Tag Event Row

Listed below is a description/explanation of each display field in the Tag Event Viewer list:

Location ID: – The Logical Reader ID as defined by the end user

Tag Reader ID: – The Physical Reader ID that captured the tag data as defined by the end user associated to the logical reader ID.

Image capture thumbnail: – If image capture is configured for the physical reader, the picture taken at that location when tag is recognized at a new read zone will be displayed underneath the Tag Reader ID. Clicking on the thumbnail will enlarge the image in a separate browser window.

Tag ID – This includes a block of attributes within this column defining the object information:

Tag ID: The unique Tag ID commissioned to that tag. Note: if the Tag is found to be a complying EPC hex number, it is decoded (ex. 48.2.5.0013000.100133.103792 ).

Tag Type: The encoding of the Tag ID (e.g. EPC-GEN2)

Antenna: The user assigned name of the antenna as defined in the physical reader profile. If none have been defined, the antenna number is displayed.

Object: The object type; PRODUCT, CONTAINER, GTIN, ASSET, or EMPLOYEE.

Based on the object type the following additional attributes will be displayed:

PRODUCT

Item: The GTIN (product number) associated to that Tag. Note: this field is a hyperlink that jumps to the details of the Product object

Container: The unique Container ID (if any) associated with that tag

Description: The detailed description field from the TagNet Product Master

GTIN

Item: The GTIN associated to that Tag. Note: this field is a hyperlink that jumps to the details of the Product object

Description: The detailed description field from the TagNet Product Master

ASSET

Asset ID: The unique Asset Identifier associated to that Tag. Note: this field is a hyperlink that jumps to the details of the Asset object

Item: The base Item (product number) associated to that Tag.

Description: The detailed description field from the Product Master

EMPLOYEE

Unique ID: The unique Employee Identifier associated to that Tag. Note: this field is a hyperlink that jumps to the details of the Employee object

Badge Number: The user defined Employee badge number (or Badge ID) associated with the Employee master profile.

Company: The company name associated with the Employee master profile

Trade: The trade name associated with the Employee master profile

Date & Time: – The date/time the read event occurred. Right below that would be the thumbnail image of object when rendered