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@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ more time. 2. Supported Readers: -At this time, the Omnikey Cardman 5121 and the OpenPCD readers are supported. +At this time, the Omnikey Cardman 5121/5321 and the OpenPCD readers are supported. -2.1 Omnikey Cardman 5121 RFID (http://www.omnikey.de/) +2.1 Omnikey Cardman 5121/5321 RFID (http://www.omnikey.de/) The cm5121 is a relatively stupid piece of hardware. Basically a contact-based cm3121 that was enhanced by putting a Philips CL RC632 reader ASIC next to it. @@ -24,23 +24,34 @@ There is no RFID protocol implementation on the cm5121, everything is done on the host (PC) software. Four primitives (read/write byte/fifo) are provided via simple PC_to_RDR_Escape CCID messages. +The cm5321 seems to be an improved version of the 5121, mainly with different +antenna geometrics for better communications reliability. + 2.2 OpenPCD (http://www.openpcd.org/) The OpenPCD reader is completely free. You get the full schematics, the PCB -design, the source code to the device firmware (written in C, to be compiled -with the free GNU toolchain). +design, and the source code to the device firmware (written in C, to be +compiled with the free GNU toolchain). Also, all required development tools +are available under Free Software licenses! -Also, it has various headers for access to the intermediate signal processing -steps. +In addition, it has various headers for access to the intermediate signal +processing steps. This makes it the ideal device to learn and play with RFID, since you don't have any (proprietary) software interfere and puts you in full control of everything. -2.3 Philips Pegoda +This is now the primary development target for librfid. However, this doesn't +mean that we don't want to support as many readers as possible. + +Another interesting new option is to cross-compile librfid to fit it _inside_ +the OpenPCD firmware, enabling a fully autonomous RFID stack (and RFID +applications) on the reader, without any requirement for a host PC! -This reader is not yet supported. +2.3 Philips Pegoda +This reader is not yet supported. Some initial experiments have shown that +adding support for it is 2.x Further Readers @@ -103,5 +114,26 @@ compliant passport, you may try "--layer2 iso14443a --protocol tcl". For a mifare ultralight transponder, "--layer2 iso14443a --protocol mifare-ultralight" will give you a full dump of the transponder. +The most basic command to get started is "librfid-tool --scan" to make it +auto-detect the first available (and supported) transponder + + +5. Help and Support + +If you run into any problems using librfid, the primary contact address is the +mailinglist of librfid developers at librfid-devel@lists.gnumonks.org. Please +note that while the development community is trying to provide the best level +of support, response times might vary. + +You can subscribe to this list at + https://lists.gnumonks.org/mailman/listinfo/librfid-devel + +If you are interested in commercial grade support of librfid, feel free to +contact me privately to discuss your requirements and provide you with a quote. + +6. Licensing + +Pleas read the file LICENSING. + -- Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> |