MOD-RFID125 as USB HID keyboard with Mac OSX??

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Hi,

I too bought the 125khz and plugged it into my Mac book.

To answer your questions:

  1. open a notepad/ document/ blank file (this is where the reads will go)

  2. Plug the unit in.

  3. close the keyboard identifier window when it pops up. (just the courner red X button)

  4. swipe test card over the reader.

  5. see a Hex number (f80058be0d) pop up in the notepad/ document/ blank file, just as if you’d typed it in via a “keyboard”

To answer your other question, yeah, there is not a lot that the reader can actually read! About the only RFID tag i got the unit to read was the 125kHz card one that i bought with the MOD-RFID125 unit (you did buy a card with the unit, to test the check unit with, right? :slight_smile: )

I tried the MOD-RFID125 reader with, my Passport (aussie one with a chip), my work pass, my old work pass, random DVD’s that still have store RFID’s pasted into them. I haven’t tried with the type the book store uses… but I’m not optimistic.

I also didn’t have any luck identifying where the MOD-RFID125 showed up in /dev/? If anyone knows I’m looking for where a usb device similar to that would pop up. So i’ve no idea if the device can be used to write tags successfully.

After googling, i came to the conclusion that most of the tags in use seem to be 13mHz ones as this seems to be the dominant type. This could explain why the 13mHz reader/writers cost near a grand whilst the MOD-RFID125 is pretty cheap. Sadly for me, I don’t really need to make any thing with this unit, so it’ll probably show up on EBay soon.

If anyone knows where a cheap 13mHz reader can be found…!

-A