We have developed a custom app that utilizes 13.56 mhz RFID cards. The solution worked fine on the Flex 1, but we are trying to migrate to Flex 2 and the new device is not reading our 13.56 cards. It works fine with the NFC chips on credit cards, but it seems like it isn't even reading the 13.56 cards. Has the hardware changed to limit this with the new Flex 2??
We are using standard MIFARE S50 cards and only retrieving serial number from each. We are not storing any data on the cars. Flex 1 and Flex 2 both read credit card info chip instantly so i know NFC is working on each device. but only Flex 1 is able to read our RFID cards.
Here are links to some of the ones we've tried
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0749M3WXW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075K6SB7H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thank you!
Apologies for the earlier response. After checking I can confirm that non-payment nfc functionality is not available in Flex 2 at this time.
Thank you for your response. That is very disappointing and problematic for those of us that have invested significant time and money into developing an end user solution which utilizes the NFC functionality.
Does this apply to both MIFARE and NTAG203?
Do know if there is any plan to sunset the original Flex device?
This is planned to be added in the future. I will post here once I have some concrete dates. When it is supported it will be in parity with Flex 1.
ok. that is at least somewhat reassuring. please express our strong desire that it be supported ASAP. And also please pass along our frustration that there continues to be significant stability issues with NFC using SDK for original Flex. Thank you
Hi tjcorcoran, can you provide which api you use or example codes to retrieve serial number from nfc card? I would like to validate if the function meets your requirement.
Below Library we are using for clover implementation:
implementation 'com.clover.sdk:clover-android-sdk:248.4'
implementation 'com.clover.cfp:clover-cfp-sdk:4.0.1'
implementation 'com.clover:clover-remote-interface:238.1'
implementation 'com.clover.sdk:clover-android-connector-sdk:248.4'
For NFC :
implementation 'com.clover.cfp:clover-cfp-sdk:4.0.1'
We are extending our class with:
com.clover.cfp.activity.CloverCFPActivity
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
// setSystemUiVisibility()
mAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this)
if (mAdapter == null) {
showToast("No NFC found")
}
mPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(
this, 0,
Intent(this, javaClass), 0
)
}
override fun onResume() {
super.onResume()
Log.d(TAG, "In onResume")
if (mAdapter != null) {
if (!mAdapter!!.isEnabled) {
}
mAdapter!!.enableForegroundDispatch(this, mPendingIntent, null, null)
enableReaderNFC()
}
}
override fun onPause() {
super.onPause()
if (mAdapter != null) {
mAdapter!!.disableForegroundDispatch(this)
}
}
//enabling NFC reader
fun enableReaderNFC() {
if (mAdapter != null) {
runOnUiThread {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
/*if (mAdapter!!.isEnabled) {
disableReaderNFC()
}*/
mAdapter!!.enableReaderMode(
this,
{ tag ->
val intent = Intent()
intent.action = NfcAdapter.ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED
intent.putExtra(NfcAdapter.EXTRA_TAG, tag)
resolveIntent(intent)
},
NfcAdapter.FLAG_READER_NFC_A,
null
)
Log.i(TAG, "enable called")
}
}
}
}
4 People are following this question.
