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PJM Implant Management
System (PIMS) - Software

Magellan’s PJM Implant Management System (PIMS) enables independent suppliers of orthopaedic and other implant loan kits to implement PJM RFID tracking.

PIMS enables loan kit implants to be accurately picked, packed and dispatched, and most importantly, to quickly and easily reconcile returned implant loan kits. 

The automated reconciliation of returned loan kits can save many hours of labour each day, improve loan kit turnaround time, and reduce inventory levels and customer disputes.

 

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Application
Maker

Application Maker  is an easy to use, all purpose application for operation with all PJM RFID readers. It enables the user to create a customised ‘skin’ to suitably adapt the software for their application requirements. It can read and write user-designed content to RFID tags and is displayed clearly and simply as a tally with user-defined graphics.

A skin is a set of data fields with descriptions and associated graphics, configured by the user. The use of skins allows many different applications to be easily set up and switched between.


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ReaderManager

The ReaderManager is a graphical application for Windows and Unix. Supplied with the purchase of any Magellan reader product, it provides a platform for reader setup, configuration, demonstrations, testing and application development.

When it is run, the ReaderManager can connect to a single reader at one time. It can switch between multiple readers.
Multiple copies of ReaderManager can be run, each of which can be connected to different readers. The program provides a set of tools, each of which is a particular demonstration, test or  diagnostic window.

  

ReaderServer

All current readers have the Magellan ReaderServer application running on-board. This controls the reader hardware, processes tag commands and replies, and provides the interface to end user applications.

The ReaderServer accepts multiple simultaneous connections from client applications, much like any other network server such as an e-mail or Web server.

Client applications can connect via Ethernet, USB or Bluetooth interfaces.

 

Intelligent Reader Design

     

In many traditional reader systems, the reader is a dumb device that acts somewhat like a modem in providing a channel of communication between a tag and a controlling computer. Many of  these products are primarily used as desktop, hand held or panel readers where speed and large tag population is usually not an issue. Our philosophy is that the reader should be as smart as possible. This is necessary for high speed and high volume tag interaction.

With the ReaderServer, the reader can be given instructions on what actions to perform with each tag that is identified. When a tag appears, the instructions provided by the application programmer are followed and the results sent to the client application.

In some other reader systems, this would be done by a sequence of commands and replies passing from the host computer to the reader and then to the tag. This can slow down communication and limit the performance of the reader. For a reader with a static tag population this usually is no issue, but for a high speed dynamic reader it would severely limit performance.

By putting intelligence in the reader there is not the same degree of traffic between the reader and the host. The speed with which the reader can decide on the appropriate response to a tag makes the system capable of very high speed performance. Having a reader that is an independent agent means that the system is not limited by waiting for computers with slow reflexes. It is still possible to send tag commands to a specific tag in high speed operations at any time. 

 

Configuration and Test Application

 

Open Source

To demonstrate PJM installations to end users and to configure our PJM readers we also provide PC ReaderManager™ application software which runs on standard Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

 

Some parts of this product are licensed under the GNU General Public License and the GNU Lesser General Public License. You can request a copy of all the sources to the parts of the software you are entitled to by contacting technical support through our contact us page.
 

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