SpringCore

How to setup and use a SpringPark as an Amazon AWS client

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The aim of this demonstration is to configure a SpringPark as a Network SmartReader/AWS client. The SpringPark in this configuration acts as an AWS IOT Core client (using TLS). It sends its tags/informations to Amazon’s cloud and can also receive commands.

We won’t cover the AWS’s side (lamba function, certificates, policies, …) but focuse on the device’s side.

For this howto, we will assume that:

  • your SpringPark is using a default (from factory) configuration.
  • you have some networking basis.
  • you have some MQTT basis.

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How to setup and use a SpringPark as a SmartReader over TCP

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The aim of this tutorial is to configure a SpringPark as a Network SmartReader. The SpringPark in this configuration acts as a TCP server (default factory port is 4000) and sends its tags to the client connected to this port.

For this howto, we will assume that:

  • your SpringPark is using a default (from factory) configuration.
  • you have some networking basis.

Our SpringPark will output tag information using the SCRDR format (cf. SCRDR Protocol).

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How to setup and use a SpringPark as a SmartReader/HTTP client

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The aim of this tutorial is to configure a SpringPark as a Network SmartReader/HTTP client. The SpringPark in this configuration acts as an HTTP client (default factory port is 80) and sends its tags to the server.

For this howto, we will assume that:

  • your SpringPark is using a default (from factory) configuration.
  • you have some networking basis.

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SpringField Colorado makes it easy to recognize the SpringCard smart reader you are using!

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You know the scene in the movie where the support guys are desperately trying to help a customer configuring a very specific product, only to discover minutes after that the customer has a totally different product in hands? Since SpringCard offers a very wide range of products, and since most products look the same (well, there’s nothing that resembles more closely an OEM NFC/RFID device than another NFC/RFID device), we experience this frequently. Our customer’s technicians sometimes face the same situation, when they come to the field and don’t know whether a colleague has already upgraded a firmware, uploaded a new configuration, or not.

To ease the job of all support teams and maintenance technicians, we’ve introduced an exciting new feature in all the “smart readers” firmware (aka all /RDR and RFID Scanner products). Starting with FW version 1.69, the reader is able to communicate with an Android application (code-name “SpringField Colorado“) and sends its identifier, version, serial number… This application runs on Android 4.4 and later, provided that the smartphone supports NFC. It takes benefit of the NFC host-card emulation (HCE) mode.

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