1. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 1September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Project Sage Thrasher RFID SMS (Security Monitoring System) Team Rebekah Lam Johnson Lee Peter Pham Advisor Dr. Vegdahl Industry Representative Mr. Brian Olsen Harland Financial Solutions

2. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 2September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Overview Introduction Scorecard Additional Accomplishments Plans Issues/Concerns Conclusions

3. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 3September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction RFID based monitoring system. Track/Monitor person, pet, object of choice Check status via website database Benefits: –Peace of mind knowing when and where –Safety/Security

4. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 4September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering

5. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 5September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Scorecard Researched accessing a serial port using C or Java. Wrote code to access a serial port using C or Java (but did not test or debug). Had the functional specification approved by Brian Olsen (industry rep).

6. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 6September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Additional Accomplishments Completed the rough draft (0.9) of the Project Plan. Found that aluminum foil will block the signal from the reader to the tag. Successfully setup a server and webpage.

7. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 7September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Plans Test and debug program that accesses the RS-232 port. Get our Project Plan approved by both Dr. Vegdahl and Brian Olsen. Successfully gather data from the RFID reader via the RS-232 access program in a format that can be manipulated by another program that we will create to save data into the database.

8. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 8September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Milestones NumberDescriptionOriginal 10/30/07 Previous 10/30/07 Present 10/30/07 1Product Approval09/11/07 2Functional Spec Approval10/05/07 3Project Plan Approval11/08/07 4 Access serial RS-232 port to gather RFID tag information from the RFID reader 11/16/07 5RFID reader recognizes multiple known RFID tags in or near a miniature room 11/30/07 6Program saves any changes in status (tag enters/exits room), time, and date in a database 01/25/07 7Webpage has username and password protection02/01/07 8Theory of Operations Approval02/15/07 9Program queries database based on user-specified date range from website and outputs results 02/22/07 10Prototype Release03/14/07 11Founder’s Day04/08/07 12Final Report04/25/07

9. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 9September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Concerns/Issues Debugging the RS-232 program. –Solution: Seek professional help!

10. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 10September, 2007 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions Schedule is in place for the RFID SMS, but is awaiting approval. The group will continue working on the Project Plan revisions. The plans for next month mainly involve testing and debugging the RS-232 program and getting the data from the program into a format such that the data can be processed. Questions?