Hello,
When I scan a tag with the Arduino Serial Monitor open to the correct COM port, I am able to see the tag’s ID come through. So I know it works now, but I do not want to rely on other software to utilize RFID technology. I have many existing C#/VB.NET applications that I would like to begin integrating RFID into. The documentation provided seems to point towards other monitors and such. I want to be able to scan the ID into an application that checks it against my database using the ID as a primary key. I have the ID 12LA reader and the USB to serial base unit, using the ID Card RFID Tag. It is connected via the USB-Mini B cable that plugs into the base unit. As mentioned, it reads into the Arduino Serial Monitor but am wondering if there is an SDK or better documentation as to how I can interact with this device with my own applications. Please let me know if I can provide more information.
The lack of documentation is not helpful. Everything I come across online for help can be summarized into, “Consult the documentation on your RFID reader and contact the manufacturer for any SDK it might have so you can write your application.”
Which apparently is non-existant. I figured it having a usb cable plugged into my pc would be a pretty simple process but I can only get anything in the Arduino software’s Serial Monitor. Can you not directly pull the ID from the tag without Arduino? If that is the case, this device will not be acceptable.
Look at the link in this post for the Mercury API from Jadak. (https://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=49751)
You can create programs with C++, C and Java.
I’m using C#. I was able to figure out the issue being my dev server is elsewhere. I RDP into the dev server and completely forgot about the disconnect from my physical port and the server I’m developing in. I adjusted the settings of my RDP shortcut so that “Ports” and “Other supported Plug and Play (PnP) devices” were checked. It then recognized the serial ports plugged into my local machine so I could call upon them in my application on the dev server.
As far as accessing the ID from the scanned tag, serial port programming is what you need and can be done in any language as long as you know which COM# the device is plugged into.
