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Connect SerialMagic Keys Windows

Connect SerialMagic Keys Windows – Wireless Scanners, Scales… Connect SerialMagic Keys Windows to wireless RFID readers, barcode scanners, scales, calipers, sensors, whatever! This post connects a BlueSnap M6A wireless RS232 DB9 dongle using SerialMagic Keys Professional (SMKP) Windows. Get SMKP from Microsoft Store. Connect Wireless Devices – No Pairng In Windows Bluetooth Did you know you can connect a Bluetooth device to SMKP without pairing step in Windows Bluetooth app? SerialMagic Keys Professional (SMKP) Windows app connects to Bluetooth devices on Windows, you do not pair in Windows Bluetooth first.

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School Check-in and Late Pass Printing

School Check-in and Late Pass Printing First, use RFID-NFC badges and/or barcodes and get fast school check-in with automatic late pass printing. Second, use Stratus-io Time and Attendance for Windows. Third, connect both the idChamp® brand NF4x NFC reader and the Scanfob® brand QR code reader. Finally, read 1D barcodes also with the Scanfob® PX20. Speed Check-in With RFID-NFC Badges And Barcodes Using RFID-NFC Badges, QR codes, and barcodes you speed up check-in. First, decide to use two NFC readers or two QRcode readers, or one of each. Second, choose

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Is Walk-In RFID Attendance Right For You?

Is Walk-In RFID Attendance Right For You? Walk-in RFID attendance gives you pause-less, tap-less, and touchless attendance. Attendees simply walk in and walk out and attendance is automatic. When you implement walk-in RFID attendance correctly, attendance is easy, fast, and accurate. Why is walk-in attendance not right for everyone? Here you’ll see benefits of walk-in and other attendance types so you can decide what’s best for your organization. Walk-In Attendance Needs At Least One Portal Walk-in RFID attendance requires you to setup at least one Portal. When you have one

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iOS Enter/Return Solution idChamp® RS4x

iOS Enter/Return Solution – Cursor Focus Fails To Move After Post You’re using an RFID-NFC-Barcode reader on iOS that sends [ENTER] or [RETURN] character and after the scan. The scanner/reader you use connects to iOS in wireless keyboard mode e.g. like Bluetooth keyboard. However, you find the focus does NOT move to the next field or next line after the scan. This post shows the iOS Enter/Return Solution for the idChamp RS4x RFID-NFC Reader-Writer. This solution may work for other scanners also. The core reason that your cursor fails to

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Ultra-BB2e Pairing Mode

Ultra-BB2e Pairing Mode Also Works on NFC-BB2e Scanfob® Ultra-BB2e pairing mode is selected depending on what host device the UHF RFID reader is connecting to.  For Windows connections, the pairing mode must be enabled or Windows will not accept the connection. For iOS and Android connections, having pairing disabled, provides faster connections to the host. The steps shown here use the Ultra-BB2e UHF reader/writer, and the same steps also apply to the Scanfob® NFC-BB2e reader/writer. yACK BLE App on iOS and Android This post shows the yACK BLE app on

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iPhone Post RFID As Keystrokes

Post RFID Reads As Keystrokes With Wireless RFID Reader You have been able to post RFID readings as keystrokes using SerialMagic for years. First you connect a Scanfob or idChamp brand RFID reader using SerialMagic. Next you make SerialMagic Keys the active keyboard, then scan. Finally you would see data ‘typed’ to the cursor location of any application that accepted keyed input. On Android, SerialMagic was the first application you could use support doing the same with the built-in NFC reader on Android. However, HOW can you do this using the

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Stop Buddy Punching Forever

What is Buddy Punching Commonly a friend or colleagues asks someone for a seemingly an innocent favor. Your employee may ask a teammate, ‘please scan me in today, I’m running late’. This is buddy scanning aka buddy punching aka buddy check-in. You find this term from when time clocks were used for all check-ins. Here you will see how to stop buddy punching forever.  Also it’s important to note the American Payroll Assoc. (APA) reports buddy scanning affects 75% of U.S. businesses. Buddy scanning reduces your team productivity and can

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Faster NF4x On iOS Mobile Grid

Get faster badge reads on your idChamp® brand NF4x RFID-NFC reader on iOS. You speed up NF4x reads to check-in people faster for class attendance, mustering, or other event needing attendance. This example shows iOS SDM option. NF4x Badge Reader Modes: Smart & Direct Your idChamp® brand NF4x Badge Reader has two basic modes, Smart, and Direct. In Smart Mode the application easily controls what badge types are recognized and decodes the credential information as needed in the app. In Direct Mode the NF4x is loaded with specific firmware that does all badge processing

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Check-in On Watch & iPhone

Check-in On Watch & iPhone with idChamp RS4x So you go to a meeting, or have an emergency event, and go to your muster point. You then find you’ve left your employee badge somewhere, so you can’t check-in. When you have an iPhone, or an Apple Watch your problem is solved with idChamp brand RS4x reader. You can Check-in with iPhone & Watch, as well as with every common RFID-NFC employee badge type. Just have a Certified identity credential on your iPhone e.g. like provided by the CBORD GET app,

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Scan NFC Tag Instantly Connect iPhone RFID Reader

Wireless RFID Reader For Instant Check-in with iPhone You take attendance for your class, training session, meeting, or emergency event. A fast and convenient way to do this is what you need. You have considered using an RFID-NFC reader, but it sounds confusing. This post shows you how to easily connect the RFID reader to your iPhone. Once you connect doing check-in is fast and error free. Instantly Connect iPhone RFID reader by scanning NFC tag. Scan NFC Tag with iPhone Reader to Connect You easily connect the Scanfob® brand

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