Software and programming interface

The original system ran on Windows computers. Host software received the readers' data, kept track of tagged people and assets, and raised alarms.

The old site named Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP as its platforms. Readers and the host computer could sit up to 1000 feet apart on a wireless network.

The host could keep one database, or several smaller ones that reported to a central database over Ethernet. Several terminals could watch the system at once.

The programs

• Smart Tracker monitored tags, set zones and assigned field generators to readers. Its folder holds its source code.
• Programming Station programmed and re-programmed tags. Its folder holds versions 190 and 191.
• Smart Tracker's sound files sit in a folder of their own.

The programming interface

For people who wanted their own software, ActiveWave offered an Application Programming Interface (API) and the readers' protocol, with documents on both.

The TigeRFID repository holds the API in four forms, each with an example. They are C++ on .NET, C# on .NET, C# for handheld devices, and Visual Basic on .NET.

A manual for a Java version survives, but the family has not found the Java code itself. The documents folder holds the API manual and two protocol documents whose file names carry 2006 and 2008 dates.

What runs today

All of this software targets Windows. The TigeRFID project's survey of the repository found every program Windows-only, and the project plans to redesign the software along with the hardware.

These links open the TigeRFID repository as it stood at its activewave-2018 tag. Nobody has rebuilt the original hardware recently, so nobody has run this software against a rebuilt unit.

Sources:

• the old site's Software Solutions and Host Computer pages, as it served them until October 2026;
• the readme files of the TigeRFID repository at the tag.