# Using the Administration Console

# Introduction and Roadmap

The following sections describe the contents, audience for, and organization of this guide— Using the WebLogic RFID Edge Server Administration Console.

- Document Scope and Audience
- Guide to This Document
- Related Documentation

## Document Scope and Audience

This document describes how to use the RFID Administration Console to configure ECSpecs, ECSpec reports and subscribers, RFID devices, filters, and workflows.

The intended audience is developers, system administrators, operations staff, support engineers, and other personnel with an interest in WebLogic RFID Edge Server.

## Guide to This Document

This document is organized as follows:

- This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, describes the scope of this guide, summarizes new features, and lists related documentation.
- Using the Administration Console, describes how to use the RFID Administration Console, monitor Edge Servers, and export and import Edge Server configuration.
- Working with ECSpecs, describes how to create, edit, test, and deploy ECSpecs and ECSpec subscribers, and how to use the ECSpec Editor.
- Working With ECSpec Reports, describes how to create ECSpec reports, report filters, and report groups.
- Configuring and Monitoring Readers, describes how to add, remove, and configure readers, filters, and composite readers, and how to monitor readers.

## Related Documentation

The following BEA documents contain information that is relevant to Using the WebLogic RFID Edge Server Administration Console:

- Product Overview provides descriptive information about WebLogic RFID Edge Server, including use cases, key benefits, component architecture, functional overview, RFID concepts and terminology, and developer and RFID resources.
- Installing WebLogic RFID Edge Server describes how to install and configure WebLogic RFID Edge Server.
- Programming with the ALE and ALEPC APIs describes the Application Level Events (ALE) and Application Level Events Programming Cycle (ALEPC) programming interfaces (APIs) that you use to create applications that interact with WebLogic RFID Edge Server by reading and writing electronic product code (EPC) tags.
- Using the Reader Simulator describes how to use the reader simulator software included with RFID Edge Server. The Reader Simulator minimally simulates a ThingMagic Mercury4 RFID reader.
- RFID Reader Reference describes how to configure the RFID devices supported by the RFID Edge Server.
- Workflow Reference describes how to configure and use the workflow modules included with the WebLogic RFID Edge Server.