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Application Development
Introduction
The FX Series RFID readers can host embedded applications, so data can be parsed directly on the reader.
Since data is processed in real time at the network edge, the amount of data transmitted to your backend
servers is substantially reduced, increasing network bandwidth and improving network performance.
Latencies are reduced, improving application performance. And the integration of data into a wide variety
of middleware applications is simplified, reducing deployment time and cost. The FX Series also provides
flexibility for host embedded applications on the reader or on a separate PC.
Reference Guides
The following resources can be found on www.zebra.com/support:
• FX Series Reader Software Interface Control Guide, p/n 72E-131718-xx
• Programmer’s Guide provided with the Zebra RFID SDK. This introductory guide describes how to
perform various functions using the RFID3 API set.
• FX Series Embedded SDK Installation Guide provided with the Zebra RFID SDK.
• FX Series Embedded SDK Programmers Guide provides instructions on creating new embedded
applications.
• See Related Documents and Software on page 11 for more documentation regarding RFID API and
application development.