HID Cards with iClass encryption

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Hello all

My name is Pat I am a senior in college double majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. For my senior project I want to experiment with the RFID cards that we use on campus. These are the cards that we use:
  http://www.hidcorp.com/documents/iclass_prox_card_ds_e n.pdf

After buying and reading this book I am interested in getting the Phidget reader ( http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/3606-Phidget-RFID-Rea der-USB-.aspx
) to start getting some real data that I can bring to my professors for approval of the project. I am just unsure if this is the correct reader that I should be looking into. 

My question is does anyone have any experience with these cards and this reader, and if not what worked? (just by the info sheets it should work but just wanted to make sure)

Also I am slightly worried about the encryption they call iClass. I am a programmer so I figure I will be working extensively with the source codes if I cannot get it to work right away.

Thanks in advance! 

Edited by sirflipzalot2 - 15 September 2008 at 9:37am

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sirflipzalot2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 July 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote sirflipzalot2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: HID Cards with iClass encryption Posted: 15 September 2008 at 9:32am
	Hello all My name is Pat I am a senior in college double majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science. For my senior project I want to experiment with the RFID cards that we use on campus. These are the cards that we use: http://www.hidcorp.com/documents/iclass_prox_card_ds_e n.pdf After buying and reading this book I am interested in getting the Phidget reader ( http://www.trossenrobotics.com/store/p/3606-Phidget-RFID-Rea der-USB-.aspx ) to start getting some real data that I can bring to my professors for approval of the project. I am just unsure if this is the correct reader that I should be looking into. My question is does anyone have any experience with these cards and this reader, and if not what worked? (just by the info sheets it should work but just wanted to make sure) Also I am slightly worried about the encryption they call iClass. I am a programmer so I figure I will be working extensively with the source codes if I cannot get it to work right away. Thanks in advance! Edited by sirflipzalot2 - 15 September 2008 at 9:37am

amal Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 November 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2061	Post Options Post Reply Quote amal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2008 at 3:40pm
	Hi there, You'll need an HID reader... they have a proprietary air interface (protocol) and don't like to share it with other reader manufacturers... so, generally you'll see an HID reader that only reads HID tags, and other readers that will read a collection of almost everything but HID tags. I have plenty of cranky comments about HID, but they do make first class commercial access control systems. I'd suggest you search this forum for posts with HID in them, however because phidget includes "hid" in the word, and this forum software's search function is kind of lame, it returns like 200 posts when you search for HID. Anyway, thank god Google is smarter than that.
	Amal ;) www.amal.net

sirflipzalot2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 08 July 2008 Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote sirflipzalot2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 September 2008 at 4:34pm
	Awesome Thanks very much i will look into it and see if i can come up with anything!