Overview

The standard Triskan TS8 mobile scanner comes with PLE protocol terminal client firmware. PLE protocol is a form-based text terminal protocol the TS8 mobile terminal-scanners are using for connecting to application servers over GPRS or WLAN. Information and data entry fields displayed on the terminal scanner's screen are defined by a developer of the back-end application running on a Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux server. The server application combines the customer specific business logic, database and provides the Triskan TS8's user interface via PLE protocol. The back-end application sends generated forms to Triskan terminal scanners over the PLE protocol. The user input of a terminal scanner is likewise transmitted to the back-end application for further processing. Triskan TS8 communication capability is predetermined by the manufacturer in a form of a specific module: WLAN or GPRS.

Intended Audience

Software engineers and system integrators who are planning to develop on-line Piccolink compatible applications running on terminal server and hosting Triskan TS8 devices equipped with PLE firmware.

Required Skills

To use this development kit, a developer must be familiar with the following issues and possess the following skills:

• General principles of client-server software architecture and TCP/IP communication
• Java SE skills and knowledge of API for Java 6

Triskan SADK contains:

• Pre-compiled Java re-distributable archive (JAR) with server daemon
• Application samples with source code
• Full Java source code for SADK (with Advanced version only)
• SADK user manual
• Triskan PLE protocol documentation
• Eclipse IDE for Java developers
• Java SE Runtime Environment 6
• MySQL Connector/J

Simplicity

Designed from the beginning, the server architecture allows for modularity and flexibility. Server application development is supported by well-documented interfaces included in the SADK package.

Rapid Development

Convenient Eclipse IDE, local and remote debugging support, Java type safety, object and interface oriented approach of SADK simplify the development of server applications.

Cross Platform

Java based application server supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other operating systems.

UI Abstractions

SADK provides convenient abstractions for application forms and input fields. Thus, an application developer is not burdened by the internals of the communication protocol.

Multiple on-line terminals

Multi-threaded application server enables many simultaneous connections without a performance penalty. Each Triskan terminal connection is isolated: incoming data is processed separately, keeping the terminal context on per-connection basis.

Multiple Applications - Single Server

Application server supports multiple applications running simultaneously on one TCP port. Each terminal scanner can be associated with a different application. Upon connecting, the serial number of TriskanTS8 is referenced from the server-side database and the unit specific application is started.

Self-contained

Java SE runtime and MySQL database driver are integrated into SADK; no other dependencies are required.

Beta release of SADK

The beta release of SADK does contains all components listed in chapter Triskan SADK contents except the full SADK user manual and Triskan PLE protocol documentation. The documentation is following up in next release of SADK. To improve the SADK and make it more user-friendly we welcome you to send your comments, questions and suggestions at i...@artecgroup.com (click on the dots in the email to reveal it).

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