ThingMagic Astra - Manual (Page 11)

Programming Interfaces
Astra User Guide 11
Programming Interfaces
MercuryAPI
Applications to control the Astra reader, and all ThingMagic Reader products, can be
written using the high level MercuryAPI. The MercuryAPI supports Java, .NET and C (for
on-reader applications) programming environments. The MercuryAPI Software
Development Kit (SDK) contains sample applications and source code to help developers
get started demoing and developing functionality. For more information on the
MercuryAPI see the
MercuryAPI Programmers Guide and the MercuryAPI SDK , available
on the ThingMagic website.
Demo Applications
The primary, “Quick Start”, demo for reading tags is the Query Page of the Web Interface.
For more advanced functionality, and also a starting place for building custom
applications, a demo application which supports reading and writing is provided in the
MercuryAPI SDK package. The executable for this example is included in the MercuryAPI
SDK package (available on rfid.thingmagic.com/devkit) under
/cs/samples/exe/Universal-
Reader-Assistant.exe .
See the Readme.txt in /cs/samples/Universal-Reader-Assistant/Universal-Reader-
Assistant for usage details.