User's Manual Part 5

STAR 3000 Installation Manual
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MASTER CONTROLLER INSTALLATION
The Mojix Master Controller (MCON) is an application server capable of running on a number of platforms
to support the Mojix STAR system. The MCON is built on a scalable architecture that allows seamless
coordination and aggregation of an entire network of distributed STAR systems across one or multiple
facilities. Its applications include a Real Time Location System (RTLS) and portal or dock door operations
which provide transition detection and rejection of closely staged RFID tags. The MCON’s RTLS function
uniquely identifies and locates items in real-time and is able to handle extensive data collection
requirements with a high level of accuracy. The MCON publishes tag data directly to enterprise
applications via EPC ALE without the need of middleware typically used to collect and filter tag
information. The diagram below provides a summary of the MCON’s interfaces, functions and
applications.
Figure 18: MCON Architecture
The MCON is offered in a high-availability platform with a robust redundancy capability within the
hardware components of the MCON, as well as for automatic failover redundancy of an entire MCON to
secondary system. Internally, the MCON features hot-swap power supplies and six (6) hot-swap hard
drives running in a RAID5 configuration, which allows for a single drive failure without disruption of any
MCON functions. Replacement drives need only be inserted in place of the failed drive for the system to
fully recover.
The MCON is offered in two form factors detailed in Table 8 and Table 9. The desktop configuration is
suitable for small installations, demonstrations and trial implementations. The enterprise configuration is
intended for full scale deployments.
Star
Driver
Spread bus
Web
UI
Star
Link
Configuration
& Status
MySQL
DB
Loc / DDD / SensorAct /
ReportRules / StatusHealth
ALE
Configuration
& Status
Configuration
& Status
EC Reports
EC Specs Configuration
DDD / Loc /
Sensors
Results
Raw Tag Data / Tag Results
/ Star Commands
Raw Tag Data /
Star Commands