The Access Control demonstration simulates using RFID tags to grant access to different buildings. You configure one or more tags to have access to one or more doors and then check each tag against each door. Only tags with access granted are permitted. 

To configure a tag:

1. Select the desired tag from the it the tag list. The tag name and ID appears at the top of the panel.
2. Select a door from the Door pull-down menu.
3. Enter a unique key for that door.
4. Click the “Grant Access” button to configure the tag to access that door. For tags with memory, SkyeWare writes the door key to the tag. For tags without memory, SkyeWare adds the tag to the access list.
5. Configure additional tags, as desired.
6. Click “Check Offline” or “Check Online” to check a tag against a door. If the tag is permitted, it is granted access. If the tag is not permitted, it is rejected as having invalid credentials.

• • Offline checks read the door key from tag memory. You can view this tag memory using the panel. The demo use memory locations 40h through 6Fh.
  • Online checks only verify that the tag is in the access list.

The Asset Tracking demonstration simulates using RFID tags to track assets through various locations. As products enter and leave locations, the software records their entry and exit. To use this demo:

1. Place a tag in the reader’s detection field.
2. Type a name for the tag into the Entity Name field.
3. Click on the “Initialize” button.
4. (Optional) Add entity names to additional tags, as desired.
5. One at a time, place any of the named tags into the detection field and then remove it. SkyeWare records the tag information and entry and exit times for each tag.
6. Click on a different location.
7. Repeat Step 5. This demonstrates how you can collect tag information to track assets with different readers at different locations.
8. (Optional) Click the “Clear” button to erase the tag history display.

Tags that do not have any specific parameters to configure or for which tag-specific configuration pages do not exist use the general tag configuration page shown below. The page lets you configure the alias used by the tag throughout SkyeWare.

1. Type a new tag alias.
2. Click on the “Change” button to assign the alias to the tag.

The Mifare Ultralight Tag Configuration panel allows you to configure memory locks on the tag. 

To configure the tag:

1. (Optional) Enter a new tag alias.
   1. Type a name to associate with the tag into the Alias field.
   2. Click on the “Change” button to assign the alias to the tag. SkyeWare then uses the name whenever it displays information about the tag.
2. (Optional) Lock selected memory sections for the tag by clicking on the checkbox for each section to lock. Note that once memory blocks are locked, they cannot be unlocked.
3. Click one one of the buttons at the bottom of the panel:

For more information, go to the main Tag Configuration help page.

The Mifare DESfire File Configuration panel lets you configure a selected file on the DESfire tag.  (Note: File settings are read-only. You cannot change them directly, but you can delete a file and recreate it with different settings.)

To configure a file:

1. Select the file from the files listed for the tag.
2. Change settings for the file:
   1. Click on the “Delete” button to delete the file.
   2. Choose a new communication mode from the pull-down menu.
   3. Change access permissions (read, write, read/write, change) by selecting the matching key from the pull-down menus.

• Click “Apply” to apply the changes.
• Click “Discard” to erase the current changes and redisplay the defaults for the file.

1. 1. Enter a file size.

The EPC Class 1 Gen 2 Memory demonstration lets you read and write all four banks of EPC C1G2 memory. The memory banks are read and displayed automatically. 

1. (Optional) If the memory bank is configured to require a read password, enter the password in the Password field.
2. Click on a memory bank on the left side of the display to activate it. This fills the memory edit fields (Display modes) with the contents of that memory bank.
3. Type new data into the edit fields.
4. (Optional) If the memory bank is configured to require a write password, enter the password in the Password field.
5. Click the “Write” button to write the new contents to the tag.

See EPC Class 1 Gen 2 tag configuration screen for more information about configuring access privileges.

The Read Range demonstration lets you see the range at which the antenna can detect different types of tags. 

To use the range demonstration:

1. (Optional) Select a tag type from the pull-down menu.
2. (Optional for M7 and M9) Adjust the radio parameters to tune the reader to detect tags in your given environment.
3. Press the “Start” button. This places the reader in loop detection mode. SkyeWare displays, “No tags detected.”
4. Place a single tag of the selected type near the antenna. SkyeWare displays the tag information and flashes the green light when it detects the tag. (A red light indicates a tag fault.)
5. Move the tag away from the antenna to observe the range at which the reader detects it.
6. Press the “Stop” button to end the test.

The firmware configuration panel lets you load new firmware files onto your SkyeModule. This lets you upgrade firmware or (for the SkyeModule M4) switch between firmware personalities . 

To load a new firmware file to the reader:

1. Click on the “Browse” button to open a file browser.
2. Go to the directory that contains the firmware file you wish to upload. (The default directory is Program FilesSkyeWare 4FirmwareSkyeTek Firmware.)
3. Select the firmware file.
4. Click “OK”. This closes the file browser and returns you to the Firmware panel.
5. Click “Upgrade” to begin the firmware upgrade. This opens a dialog for the SkyeTek Software License Agreement. You must accept it to upgrade the firmware. If you accept, the upgrade will begin. A progress bar show the update progress. When the upgrade is complete, the read-only parameters display will show the new values.

The Memory demonstration lets you read and write memory to the tag or to a DESfire file.

1. Hold a tag in the detection field.
2. Select the tag from the tag list.
3. Click on the “Read” button to read the tag memory.
4. Type new memory values into one of the edit fields below (Bin, Hex or String). The memory display updates as the edit field changes.
5. Click “Write” to write the new data values to the tag.
6. (Optional) Click “Load” to read memory contents from a file.
7. (Optional) Click “Save” to save the memory contents to a file.

The Tag-It HF-I Pro Memory demonstration lets you send passwords to enable writing to password-protected blocks of memory. 

• Use the Tag-It Pro configuration screen to set the password and configure memory blocks for password-protection.

To write to the password-protected memory:

1. Hold a tag in the detection field.
2. Select the tag from the tag list.
3. Click on the “Read” button to read the tag memory.
4. Enter a password in the password field.
5. Click “Write” to send the new data values to the tag.
6. (Optional) Click “Load” to read memory contents from a file.
7. (Optional) Click “Save” to save the memory contents to a file.

SkyeTek Serial ASCII Demo

This project contains all the code necessary to create basic communication between a Gemini or Nova reader with a COM port on your PC. This example DOES NOT use the SkyeTek API, and instead only uses the standard System.IO.Ports.SerialPort object included in .NET 3.5 and higher.

In this Solution, a simple SerialHandler is created in order to facilitate ASCII communication between your module and PC. On success, a MessageBox will appear with your module’s current firmware version. If the app cannot communicate with the module, another MessageBox will appear explaining the issue, along with extended information output to the standard Debug handler.

This project was tested with the default settings on the Nova and Gemini modules from SkyeTek using SkyeTek API v3.

This project requires Subversion (svn) to download! If you do not have subversion, use this standalone utility to simply pull the latest project version – or download a full svn client like TortiseSVN or win32svn.