Quick Start Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Electronic Shelf Labeling – A brief introduction
- 2 Label Family Introduction
- 3 Get the latest software and documentation
- 4 Core Appliance
- 5 Core Appliance initial setup
- 6 Start SES-imagotag Core Service and SES-imagotag Control Center
- 7 ESL Access Point Configuration
- 8 Selecting channels
- 9 Setup Security
- 10 Register labels
- 11 Start tagging
- 12 Templates
- 13 Integration
- 14 Troubleshooting
- 14.1 SES-imagotag Core Service Dashboard
- 14.2 Running the SES-imagotag Core Service as a background service
- 14.3 Where can get a demo/development license key?
- 14.4 Deleting the demo articles
- 14.5 Establish a network configuration when no DHCP is available – Step by step
- 14.6 Access point discovering with Bonjour Services
- 14.7 What can I do if the Status LED of the AP-2010 access point doesn’t turn blue?
- 14.8 Labels don’t come online
- 14.9 The encryption does not work
- 14.10 Unlocking labels
- 14.11 Starting Java applications
- 14.12 Encoding problems
- 14.13 Reserve RAM for Java heap space
- 14.14 Further documentation
- 15 Declaration
Core Service Quick Start Guide
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Note: New versions of the SES-imagotag Core Service, SES-imagotag Control Center and AP-
2010 (≥ 1.3.0) will also support old labels that do not come with a pre-programmed PIN code. New
labels (≥ 3.0.0) will also work in old installations together with old labels but the SES-imagotag Core
Service will not accept registration codes during the registration process. To register the labels it is
required to scan the barcode with the label ID from the backside or the bottom edge of the label. As
the SES-imagotag Core Service will not start the key exchange all data is transmitted unencrypted to
the labels.
10.3 Handheld terminals, USB barcode scanner and SES-imagotag Core Service
iOS-App
It’s also possible to register labels with a commercial USB barcode scanner (2D/1D). You can also
use the SES-imagotag Core Service iOS-App (for iPhone and iPod touch [only available on
request]).
Handheld terminals are mobile devices that are used to manage the ESL installation. If the handheld
provides a barcode scanner, it may be used easily to link articles and labels by scanning the article
barcode (usually EAN, UPC or GTIN) and the unique ID of the label.
Here you can see some screenshots of our SES-imagotag Core Service iOS-App:
FIGURE 1-20: ESL-App Home-
Screen
FIGURE 1-21: ESL-App Registration
Page
FIGURE 1-22: ESL-App Matching
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10.4 Encryption status
Here are the encryption status a label could have:
l AES: Communication with label is encrypted with 128 bit AES
l No PIN: Could not set encryption key as no PIN (registration code) was provided
o
Solution: Re-register label with registration code
l Key unset: Communication is NOT yet encrypted
o
Solution: Set encryption passphrase and ping the label to start the encryption process
l Unsupported: Encryption is not supported by label firmware
l Unknown: Security status is not determined yet