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Monitoring is a major component of CrossTalk since it is designed to support continuous operations. At the core of CrossTalk are independent MicroProcesses that start automatically as CrossTalk starts and
immediately begins to manage and execute their components.
CrossTalk monitors the bundle of services and elements of all processes. Services consist of a heartbeat. Devices are monitored by timers via polling. An alert is raised after notification of a component failure or non-responding components.
All messages are reported to the CrossTalk Monitor. CrossTalk itself can be monitored by a central SAP alert monitor such as SAP CCMS*, IBM Tivoli*, or Hewlett-Packard OpenView*, using HTTP or SNMP. |
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noFilis contributes to one of the very first world's full-blown EPC Information Service (EPCIS) stacks at Metro Group's RFID application in the new Future Store since all layers of software stacks are compatible with EPCglobal standards. noFilis CrossTalk complies with EPCglobal's low-level reader protocol (LLRP) and application level events (ALE) standards. LLRP specifies an interface between RFID readers and clients, enabling control of RFID air protocol operation timing and access to air protocol command parameters. ALE specifies a software interface through which client applications may interact with EPC data. The software layer filters and aggregates data following instructions from EPCIS about what should be read, how it should be read and what data should be reported for the application.
In some scenarios, the existing standards might not be sufficient for fulfilling the customer requirements. In these cases, noFilis adds capabilities and functionalities to the basic standards. The market experience and a large number of productive installations help noFilis, a member of EPC Global, to actively drive standards together with its market – leading customers and partners.
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