NXP has recently started shipping a new generation of Mifare Classic chips, called Mifare Classic EV1 (part numbers MF1S50yyX/V1 for Mifare Classic EV1 1K and MF1S70yyX/V1 for Mifare Classic EV1 4K). The chips are 100% compliant with earlier Mifare Classic 1K and 4K, with 2 subtle differences: the kind of protocol-level ID to be used … Read more
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
DOWNLOAD AND READ THE DOCUMENTATIONS First thing to do is to obtain the documentation of the card from the manufacturer (NXP in this case) and the Prox’N’Roll developer’s reference manual. From the card’s functional specifications, we can see that the memory is structured in 16 pages of 4 bytes. The four first pages (0-3) contain … Read more
Following our PC/SC installation guide on Windows, you’ve installed the appropriate driver, and made sure the “Smart Card” service is running on your Windows computer. But still, your PC/SC reader doens’t appear on PC/SC Diagnostic. Please first check in your device manager that your SpringCard PC/SC reader is properly installed (it should appear under Smart … Read more
All SpringCard PC/SC Readers feature a set of Configuration Registers that allow to alter the Reader behaviour to match a particular hardware setup or end-user requirement. Editing the configuration is easy thanks to MultiConf, the new versatile configuration tool that covers all SpringCard products. But MultiConf is a GUI-application. When it comes to configuring numerous … Read more
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