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The difference between SerialPort and javax.comm.SerialPort

People frequently ask if SerialPort provides support for javax.comm.SerialPort. Yes, absolutely. This information will help you determine if you wish to use the superior SerialPort API directly, or the javax.comm.SerialPort API. SerialPort provides maximum flexibility (evident by the fact that javax.comm.SerialPort is implemented entirely using SerialPort). The SerialPort API was shipping commercially for about 18 months before Sun introduced javax.comm.SerialPort. As diagrammed below, the Serialio.com implementation of javax.comm.SerialPort was built completely using the SerialPort API and is based on the Comm API 2.0 (the first release in spite of the

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How to setup the idChamp 1126/1128 with SerialMagic Professional for Windows

This support article will show you how to configure SerialMagic Professional for Windows for use with the idChamp UHF 1126/1128. This tutorial is applicable to both the idChamp UHF 1126 desktop scanner and the idChamp UHF 1128 scanner. 1. Plug your idChamp 1126/1128 into your Windows PC via the micro USB cable that came with it in the box. 2. Download and install SerialMagic Professional for Windows if you have not already done so. 3. Launch SerialMagic Professional and click on “Add” to add a new connection. 4. Select “Cabled

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RS3 NFC Setup App (iOS) Setup idChamp RS3

For the idChamp RS3x see this page. This post shows how to use RS3 NFC Setup iOS app to load an hwg+ file to the idChamp RS3. If you do not have access to an iOS device, you can also setup the idChamp RS3 with the RS3 NFC Setup application for Android or pcProx configuration utility for Windows. idChamp RS3-HSE Diagram DIP Switch Orientation   1 2 3 4 5 6 S2 Down Down Up Up Down Down S3 Up Up Down Down     S4 Down Up Down Up  

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RS3 NFC Setup App (Android) Setup idChamp RS3

This support article will walk you through how to use Serialio’s RS3 NFC Setup application for Android to configure your idChamp RS3. If you do not have access to an Android device, you can also configure your idChamp RS3 with the RS3 NFC Setup application for iOS or pcProx Configuration Utility for Windows. idChamp RS3-HSE Diagram DIP Switch Orientation   1 2 3 4 5 6 S2 Down Down Up Up Down Down S3 Up Up Down Down     S4 Down Up Down Up     S5 Down Down

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Setup idChamp RS3 BLE mode (Post August 2019)

NOTE: RS3 Has been discontinued. See the RS3x These instructions are for RS3 units built after August 2019. These units will have a white UART connector on the PCB board next to banks S4 and S5. RS3 Getting Started To prepare your idChamp RS3 for BLE mode, follow the instructions below.  You’ll need a Phillips head screwdriver and a paper clip or small tool for changing the DIP switches. In order to access all DIP switches, you’ll need to remove the outside case entirely. You can do this by removing

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Setup idChamp RS3 BLE mode (Pre August 2019)

NOTE: This product is discontinued. See the RS3xThese instructions are for units built BEFORE August 2019. These units will NOT have a white UART connector on the PCB board next to banks S4 and S5 Getting Started To prepare your idChamp RS3 for BLE mode, follow the instructions below.  You’ll need a Phillips head screwdriver and a paper clip or small tool for changing the DIP switches. In order to access all DIP switches, you’ll need to remove the outside case entirely. You can do this by removing the lid,

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How To Setup idChamp® RS3x Switches

The idChamp® RS3x RFID-NFC reader is a wireless BLE device. With optional HID firmware, it can optionally work in wireless HID mode. Instructions Power off your RS3x, remove the four lid screws, then remove the lid. Locate switches S3, S5. Use a small plastic device to change the switch settings if needed. Note: Image below shows the RS3x DIP switches for battery operation (power on/off with RS3x button). For RS3x kiosk mode, S3-3 is ON.   1 2 3 4 5 6 S3 ON ON OFF OFF N/A N/A S5

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Set Battery-Unit idChamp RS3 in ‘Always On’ Mode (Post August 2019)

NOTE: RS3 Has been discontinued. See the RS3xThese instructions are for units built after August 2019. These units will have a white UART connector on the PCB board next to banks S4 and S5 Getting Started To prepare your idChamp RS3 for ‘Always On’ mode, follow the instructions below.  You’ll need a Phillips head screwdriver and a paper clip or small tool for changing the DIP switches. In order to access all DIP switches, you’ll need to remove the outside case entirely. You can do this by removing the lid, turning

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How to configure the idChamp RS3 to read a specific bit count

This support article demonstrates the configuration settings required to accurately read iClass cards of various bit counts. If you are using or planning to use the idChamp RS3 with iClass cards with a bit count other than 26, this article is for you. To accurately read cards with bit counts other than 26, you need to adjust the idChamp RS3’s configuration appropriately. There are three methods for configuring the idChamp RS3; with a Windows PC and the pcProx Configuration utility, with an Android device and the RS3-NFC Setup App, with an iOS device

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How to switch Bluetooth modes on the Scanfob qID Mini

This article demonstrates how to switch Bluetooth modes on the Scanfob qID mini UHF reader. Note: The Scanfob qID must be unpaired from any devices before switching the Bluetooth mode. 1. Access the main menu by holding down the scan button within two seconds of powering on the qID. There are four main menu options; PROFILE, BEEP, VIBRATE, and POWER. You can scroll through menu options by quickly pressing the scan button. 2. Select “PROFILE” by holding down the scan button once “PROFILE” is highlighted/selected to access the Bluetooth profile

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Our Testimonial

We prisoner/inmate checking with Android NFC Gears and iScanBrowser with an in-house application at our county jail. Guards check inmates every 30 min by scanning an NFC puck by each door using built-in NFC on the smartphone. This gives us accurate records for all prisoner/inmate checks and insures compliance with inmate safety policy. This solution… Read more “Prisoner/Inmate Checking With NFC”

Our boutique private school time and attendance uses Cloud-in-Hand® Stratus-io Time and Attendance. Our school’s students scan RFID badges for attendance logging using the idChamp® NF4x RFID badge reader. It’s so simple all of our very young students easily learned and use it without effort or confusion. Stratus-io Time and Attendance program is easy to… Read more “Time and Attendance Easy-To-Use For Young Students”

Starport Technologies encodes 10 million RFID tags per month, sometimes UHF reader must ignore unwanted nearby UHF tags. Prior to encoding some UHF tags we do printing. We use Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e UHF RFID readers to quickly spot check around voided tags to insure the encoding is done to the proper tags. Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e UHF RFID… Read more “Unwanted Nearby UHF Tags Ignored Using Scanfob® Ultra-RE40e”

Sanders Roth - VP
Starport Technologies

Innova Zones was approached by a customer looking to track RFID i-Safe Tags to ensure compliance with safety gear requirements within their facility. Unsure if it was possible, we sent a tag to Serialio, who quickly and expertly helped us setup the idChamp® Smart Credential Readers to read iSafe tags. Thanks to Serialio, we have… Read more “Read RFID i-Safe Tags”

Eastland Dunavin
Innova Zones

We use SerialMagic Keys Professional Android to connect with the HPR Lite Handheld PIT Tag Reader. SerialMagic Keys Professional is exceptionally easy to use. SerialMagic Keys Professional quickly and easily posts scan RFID tags to all apps that take keystrokes. Post many types of RFID tags: ISO 11784/11785 compliant FDX-B and HDX, FDX-B Fastag, FDX-B… Read more “HPR Lite Handheld PIT Tag Reader – Android”

USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid on iPad & iPhone is an unmatched data collection solution. Form-A-Feed uses this solution successfully for years. Serialio support has been unmatched by any supplier. The Support Team is super responsive, and the Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid solution always works. Mobile Grid is so reliable, when our Microsoft based solution fails, Serialio is… Read more “Unmatched Data Collection Solution – Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid”

Martin Tandsater
Form-A-Feed, Inc.

The Toshiba Team spent months searching for the best electronic emergency headcount software for our large facilities. Toshiba needed emergency mustering Roll Call ensuring employees, visitors, and contractors are all safe and accounted for during an Emergency. Serialio was one of many companies we reached out to, and we’re so thankful we did! The Cloud-In-Hand… Read more “Emergency Headcount Software 1-Million-Square-Foot”

Derius Goudeaux - Safety Manager
Toshiba

Our search for mobile order for sales reps and trade shows solution ended when we found Cloud-In-Hand® Mobile Order. Mobile Order is a terrific application replacing our last ordering solution.  We deployed to our outside sales staff and use it for our trade shows on iPads & iPhones.  We were up and running in record… Read more “Mobile Order For Sales Reps and Trade Shows”

Scott Bonora - Director of Operations
Phillips International, Inc.

In 2019, we needed a reliable and cost-effective method of enabling RFID scans on a tablet for a custom RFID time clock application on Windows Surface Pro we developed.  We were fortunate enough to find SerialMagic Professional and the idChamp® RFID Smart Card Badge Reader.  Serialio assisted us with the software and hardware needed to… Read more “Enable RFID Scans On Windows Surface Pro For Time Clock Application”

Russell Hopkinson - Senior Engineer

University of Wyoming Vending Services has used the BlueSnap M6A Dex for vending machine service for vending machine DEX service for over two years. VendSys initially recommended we purchase the BlueSnap DEX Kit and we’re very happy we did. UW Vending has full-time, employees managing students who are route drivers. I can confidently say that… Read more “Vending Machine DEX Service With iPhone-Android-BlueSnap”

Bill McCleary - Manager Vending Services
University of Wyoming