Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications

 Mobile Supply Chain Applications allows you to perform common warehouse and shop floor transactions from any location in the manufacturing facility through the use of handheld devices. These include PDAs, handheld Radio Frequency (RF) units etc. This Application enables real-time interfaces to Oracle Applications through user interfaces. You can access the system from anywhere RF network coverage exists. This enables you to complete transactions inside oroutside the manufacturing facility.

Applications Integration – A mobile supply chain application integrates with several Oracle Applications. The following are available features that can be used:

Mobile Manufacturing – This provides Oracle Work in Process transactions using mobile devices.

Mobile Quality Mobile – This provides Oracle Quality transactions using mobile devices. You can query any quality collection plan, enter data directly into it, and view Specifications. 

Materials Management – This provides Oracle Inventory, Oracle Purchasing Receipts and Oracle Shipping Execution transactions using mobile devices.

Mobile Supply Chain Application Server – The Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications Server is a java based mobile server that supports the Telnet Protocol. The Telnet Server module has two sub-modules:Telnet Protocol Handler.Presentation Manager.
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Setting up MWA Server

To setup the MWA server the steps are as follows.

 Configure mwa.cfg

The following procedure lists the steps necessary to configure the mwa.cfg file.

1. Locate the mwa.cfg file in the $MWA_TOP/secure directory.

2. Copy the file Mwa_template.cfg to the file mwa.cfg.

3. Edit the mwa.cfg file and configure following parameters:

a. Set mwa.DbcFolder=full directory of folder containing the .dbc file endingwith “/”.

b. Set mwa.DbcFile=dbc file name

c. Set mwa.logdir=full directory of log file

d. Set mwa.TelnetPortNumber=default port#

e. Setmwa.DropConnectionTimeout= no. of minutes

f. Set mwa.StaleSessionTimeout= no. of minutes

g. Set mwa.LogLevel=error or trace

Configure default_key.ini

To configure the default_key.ini file take the following steps.

1. Locate the default_key.ini file in the $MWA_TOP/secure directory.

2. Use the default_key.ini file if you do not need to make any changes.

3. If you need to make customizations, create a new file e.g. intermec2415_key.ini

a. Associate Server-Defined actions to Device keys:<Action> =<Key>=<Description> eg. MWA_CLEAR_FIELD=CONTROLK=Clear

b. Specify a device

 Configure Device IP.ini

The following procedure lists the steps necessary to configure the deviceIP.ini file.

1. Locate the deviceIP.ini file in the $MWA_TOP/secure directory.

2. Copy the deviceIP_template.ini file to the deviceIP.ini file. This file associates adevice with a key mapping file.

3. Map the device name and IP address as follows:

a. Mapping by device name: Intermec 2415=intermec2415_key.ini

b. Mapping by IP address: 130.35.112.*=intermec2415.ini

Verify

ensure you installed your environment properly, verify the following information:

Verify the telnet port and the next consecutive port is not in use i.e. 2323 and2324.

The environment was set by sourcing the APPLSYS.env file.

$MWA_TOP is set correctly.

The DbcFolder and DbcFile in the mwa.cfg file is set to the location and filename of your Oracle Application .dbc file.

The log directory exists.

The $CLASSPATH includes appsborg.zip and apps.zip.

The next post will focus on how to configure MWA Dispatcher

For complete guide visit the following Link

Oracle Mobile and Supply Chain – Installation and Implementation Guide

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6 comments
Abdul says November 13, 2008

Hi Dangana,

I have gone through documents regarding MSCA.
Its very useful.

Can you tell me setup steps fully from before start the MWA server configuration.

Thanks in Advance for reply.

M.Abdul

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Dangana says November 14, 2008

Hi,
the necessary setup steps required to configure WMA has so far been taken care of by some other professionals. Kirill Kretser with topic titled ‘Once Again about WMA/MSCA’and Rajat Dey with topic titled ‘Mobile Web Application Tips’ all posted on october 16th,2008 in this blog. you can click on their names link on the web page under contributors to see their great contribution.
Thank You

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Abdul says November 14, 2008

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

If you provide any MSCA related powerpoint document that will be useful me.

If we get the licence for MSCA, Is it applicable for Manufacturing,WMS,Inventory,Shipping and Quality. Clarify me!!

Thanks a lot.

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Ravindra Dande says March 20, 2011

Hello
How to use Mobile devices to query and update the already entered collection plan? I could not find “update mobile quality results” function in Orcale mobile quality.

Regards

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PIraba says January 15, 2012

I need your helps on Oracle MWA. I have successfully installed mwa application in windows mobile 6.0
The function key doesn’t work on the windows mobile.Some forum they said put the “key_gui.ini” in the secure folder. I couldn’t find out the location

This is my command:
\Windows\CrEme\bin\CrEme.exe -Of -classpath \Windows\CrEme\lib\AWTclasses.
zip;\XONTMWA\lib\j4205328.zip oracle.apps.mwa.awt.client.StartGUI

I am using this patch : j4205328.zip

4178862 this folder contain gui_key.ini in the 4178862\mwa\secure
But j4178862.zip doesn’t contain this path.

4205328this folder don’t contain gui_key.ini .

Please let me know where we want to put gui_key.ini.

Where is located function key file..

I have confuse on this because the that executable command looked at the j4205328.zip only not rest of the file.

Please let me know

I am looking forward your reply.

Thanks in advance

Regards;
Piraba

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Chetan Sharma says October 23, 2013

Hi,

I will be really thankful to help me to add ESC N for Next button. In default_key.ini we have following MWA function keys :

// MWA Function Keys
MWA_LOVSUBMIT=CONTROLL
MWA_BUTTON_ACCLRTOR=ESC

When i press ESC key i dont get call specialKeyPressed() method. So please let me know how to get MWAEvent for ESC N in specialKeyPressed(MWAEvent mwaevent) method.

Regards,
Chetan

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