Limitation of 10 smart card readers with SCardListReaders

October 14, 2021May 31, 2016 by johann.d

Many customers have noticed that the Windows’ PC/SC subsystem is not able to handle more than 10 readers (or slots in case of multi-slot readers). Actually, the SCardListReaders function -the system call to get the list of available PC/SC readers- is limited to 10 readers max. On old versions of Windows it was possible (although … Read more

SpringCard NetPCSC for PCSC-Lite

May 19, 2016April 8, 2016 by johann.d

Introduction

In 2016, SpringCard introduces a new family of network-attached NFC/RFID couplers, providing PC/SC functionnality on top of TCP/IP. The family is built from the SpringCard E663 module, the Ethernet-world counterpart of H663 (for USB world) and K663 (for serial world). The two first products of the family are the TwistyWriter-IP PC/SC, made for OEMs, and the FunkyGate-IP PC/SC, targetting access-control applications. The second one is also available as a FunkyGate-IP+POE PC/SC, where ‘POE’ stands for ‘power-over-Ethernet’, i.e. the device takes its power from the network cable.

To support all the devices based on the E663 module, SpringCard has developed from scratch a PC/SC driver for Windows (see this page).

SpringCard NetPCSC for Windows

September 15, 2021March 29, 2016 by johann.d

To support all the devices based on the E663 module, SpringCard has developed from scratch a PC/SC driver for Windows.

New SDK for SpringCard’s RDR products

February 5, 2016 by johann.d

SpringCard’s SDK for RDR products

rfidscan-tool : driving your Prox’N’Roll RFID Scanner’s LEDs and buzzer

March 24, 2015November 5, 2014 by johann.d

The rfidscan-tool command line The rfidscan-tool command line application is available for any OS that supports libusb, HID-API or hidraw. We’ve tested it on: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 Mac OS X Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, etc) Raspberry Pi (on Raspbian distro) rfidscan-tool has been inspired by blink1-tool, the command-line application that controls … Read more

Introducing the new FunkyGate-IP NFC

June 20, 2014June 18, 2014 by johann.d

SpringCard‘s technical team is proud to announce the launch of a new generation of contactless readers for high-end access control applications, the FunkyGate NFC family. Using the same shell as previous generation’s FunkyGate-DW (Dataclock, Wiegand and RS485 interfaces) and FunkyGate-SU (RS232 and USB interfaces), the FunkyGate NFC family introduces a brand-new member, the FunkyGate-IP NFC. … Read more