The BlackBerry Mobile Data Service (MDS) leverages the advanced security already used for BlackBerry email transactions to provide secure HTTP access behind the enterprise firewall.
BlackBerry MDS also has a very fast and reliable mechanism to push data packets to remote handhelds where either the browser, or a custom application on the device can be controlled. Two of the most common itrezzo features to leverage MDS Push are described below.
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server must first be enabled for MDS Push.
EditBrowser Channel MDS Push
Browser Channels on BlackBerry Ribbon
Using the Mandatory Browser Channel Feature of itrezzoAgent, an administrator can add an icon to the home screen hundreds of handhelds in just seconds. The icon can contain cached data that can be opened at a later time, even if there is no network connectivity. Customers typically push Emergency response documentation in this fashion. This feature is enabled by the itrezzoAgent
MAME Service. A Push/Pull mechanism is used. BES/MDS is instructed to push a payload that contains the URL of the content to be pushed, as well as icons that appear on the BlackBerry home screen (sometimes called the ribbon) indicating that the channel is read, or unread.
Using the
itrezzoAgent Administrator, open the EPS container, and than the Mandatory Browser Channel Container to configure this feature.
EditBlackBerry PIN Blast
PIN Blast is a very critical capabilty and the
itrezzoAgent MAME service generates XML files that are delivered to the handheld using an MDS Push/Pull configuration. The handheld must have the itrezzoAgent Personality Engine installed. This
J2ME application allows a "one to many" broadcast message that bypasses the BES infrastructure using the BlackBerry PIN to PIN communications. The itrezzoAgent
PIN Blast agent has been tested up to 700 users in one list.
EditConfiguring itrezzoAgent for BlackBerry MDS Push
BES MDS Configuration
The BES MDS Push is configured in the
itrezzoAgent Administrator. A BES SQL connector is defined for each BlackBerry Enterprise Server Database (BESmgmt). Push Parameters are also defined on the same tab. Usually only a single BES server is designated as a Push Server. Usually a Database server name, database name and authentication information is required. The
itrezzoAgent Administrator and server will automatically read the BES MDS settings from the BESmgmt database.
If there are multiple BES databases, a connectory can be define for each database. Insure that the itrezzoAgent service account has atleast read permissions on each database and their is connectivity on IP Port 1433 and DNS name resolution is working to secondary SQL servers.
Edit External References
To get mode information on MDS, visit the
BlackBerry MDS information page at the BlackBerry site.