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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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PC/SC on Linux and Mac OS X with Mono

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One the goals of the Mono project is to make Microsoft .NET applications runnable on Unix systems. Using Mono, it is therefore now possible to maintain a single C#/.NET code base, that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.

In this context, SpringCard’s PC/SC SDK (https://www.springcard.com/en/download/find/file/pcsc-sdk) has been updated, so that it now enables developers to write PC/SC applications in C#/.NET, that can execute on Windows, as well as on Linux and Mac OS X platforms.

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HTTP client feature added to FunkyGate-IP/RDR

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What is still possible: the Classical Access Control Architecture

SpringCard FunkyGate-IP/RDR is a network-attached wall smart reader, targetting physical Access Control and adopted by modern office buildings, airports, sensitive areas. The FunkyGate-IP+POE/RDR is the powered-by-the-network version. In a classical Access Control Architecture, the FunkyGate-IP/RDR acts as a TCP/IP server, and the Door Controller or the Access Control Central Computer connects to every reader as a client. The communication uses a custom client/server protocol, designed for reliability, security and speed.

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SCardSniffer spies the exchanges between a PC/SC application and PC/SC middleware

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SCardSniffer is a new tool used to spy the exchanges between Windows applications and the smart cards or NFC tags that are accessed through a PC/SC reader (or coupler).

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On a Windows computer, all card-aware applications communicate with smart cards or NFC tags through the system’s PC/SC library, winscard.dll.

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