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iOS Livestock Reader | Connect Allflex Stick Reader To iOS

Connect Allflex RS420 to iPhone/iPad with SerialMagic Keys iOS Use your Allflex livestock RFID reader on your iPhone and iPad. Connect the Allflex RS420 Stick Reader to iPhone or iPad and use SerialMagic Keys iOS to post readings. Post livestock RFID tag data scans directly into any iOS app or browser with no typing, and 100% accuracy. Pair RS420 to iPhone/iPad via Bluetooth | iOS Livestock Reader Use your iOS Livestock Reader to post scans to any iOS app or webpage. First, open iOS Bluetooth Settings app, and insure Bluetooth

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PIT Tag Scan Survey123 – No Typing: Best Data Integrity with SerialMagic Keys

How to Scan PIT Tags in Survey123 Without Typing Fisheries biologists and wildlife researchers often collect hundreds or thousands of PIT tag readings during monitoring and tagging operations – commonly using PIT Tag Scan Survey123. Many teams use ArcGIS Survey123 for mobile field data collection. However, one problem slows down many workflows: Manually typing PIT tag numbers into Survey123 forms. Manual entry creates several challenges: transcription errors slower data collection time-consuming data cleanup reduced confidence in datasets A better approach is to scan PIT tags directly into Survey123 without typing.

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Time Clock Uses Employee ID – Badge Has RFID – Easy Solution

Time Clock Uses Employee ID – Badge Has RFID Your Time Clock Uses Employee ID but Your RFID badge has a different number. Many modern time and attendance systems—like Workday, Workforce.com, Buddy Punch, QuickBooks Time (formerly TSheets) and other enterprise time clocks—use Employee ID as the required input for clock-in and clock-out. However, physical access credentials/badges use a different value for the RFID number, not the employee ID itself. This mismatch creates a common and frustrating problem: The time clock uses Employee ID, but the badge only presents an RFID

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Don’t Buy a Timeclock | Get This Instead

Don’t Buy a Timeclock | Save Thousands – Do This Don’t buy a timeclock. ‘Modern’ timeclocks have been around since Willard Legrand Bundy‘s invention in 1888. You’ve seen  factory timeclocks selling for thousands of dollars, and you know there’s a better way. You don’t buy a timeclock, instead your iPad with Serialio.com apps connect you with a webapp like UKG Ready. Formerly known as Kronos Workforce Ready UKG webapp runs on your iPad browser. However, typical browsers like Safari, Chrome, and such don’t do what need as iScanBrowser does. iScanBrowser

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Use SerialMagic Keys as Active Keyboard | Android 15

SerialMagic Keys as Active Keyboard | Android Use SerialMagic Keys as active keyboard on Android 15, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is used in this post. You install SerialMagic Keys by installing SerialMagic Gears app. Post RFID, NFC, Barcode, Scale, Sensor, and other data as keystrokes without any app updates, using SerialMagic Keys. Install SerialMagic Gears Android (Also Installs SerialMagic Keys) Begin by Installing SerialMagic Gears on your Android 15 device, Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is used here. Note: SerialMagic Gears also installs SerialMagic Keys. Finally note setting SerialMagic Keys varies

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Small iOS Keyboard | Resize iPhone-iPad

Need Small iOS Keyboard You find your iPhone or iPad on-screen keyboard covers much of your app, you need a small iOS keyboard for your iPhone & iPad. First you search “How to Resize iPhone Keyboard” and “How To Make iPhone Keyboard Smaller” and find nothing useful. Here you find a solution to make iOS keyboard 25% of normal size. Finally, hide iOS keyboard 100% (invisible iOS keyboard) and still post data from RFID, NFC, Barcode, scales, sensors, etc. SerialMagic Keys iOS Connects Many Wireless Devices Simultaneously First step to

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Connect BlueSnap M6A iOS iPhone, iPad | SerialMagic Keys

FAST App Connects BlueSnap M6A iOS You Connect BlueSnap M6A iOS with app supporting M6A FAST protocol. Use these apps  (and others) to connect M6A to iOS: SerialMagic Keys iScanBrowser Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid Cloud-In-Hand Stratus-io Time & Attendance You only only use iPhone or iPad Bluetooth app to connect M6A to iOS when M6A has HID firmware option installed. Alternately, sometimes you want an app to directly connect to the BlueSnap M6A and process the M6A data. Contact Serialio.com about the Serial Device Manager (SDM) Libraries that 3rd parties use

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iOS Wireless DMM | RS232 Multi Meter On iPhone/iPad

iOS Wireless DMM – Connect RS-232 Meter To iPad/iPhone First you have a digital multi meter with an RS-232 port e.g. like the Protek 506. Next you want to post readings from the DMM to an iPhone and iPad as keystrokes for all apps. Do this with the BlueSnap M6A FAST wireless adapter with the caliper-meter firmware option +DTR and SerialMagic Keys.   Setup BlueSnap Parameters For DMM First determine the RS-232 communication parameters your meter, caliper, scale, uses: baudrate, databits, parity, etc. The Protek 506 uses 1200 baud, 7-databits,

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Laser Measurement Keystrokes | Find Room Area Fast

Get Room Area In Seconds | Laser Measurement Keystrokes First need room area measurements, and want to post as keystrokes to any iPad/iPhone app. Next you have just seconds, see your solution here, tap once, press laser measure twice, done. Additionally you get 100% accurate laser measurement keystrokes with no technical skill needed. Finally this post expects In-App Purchase for Advanced Posting Mode and Laser Measurer Support are purchased. Supported Laser Measurer Models Some models supported for laser measurement keystrokes are BOSCH GLM & Blaze models below, and Leica DISTO E7100i.

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Wireless Magstripe Reader | Android, iOS, Windows, macOS​

Wireless Magstripe Reader | Android, iOS, Windows, macOS First, a wireless magstripe reader is valuable, not an outdated technology. Second since introduction of magstripe cards in 1960’s they continue as a valuable option. Third, their value persists in-spite of their long predicted demise due to NFC. Next this blog shows  UnitedHealthCare Ucard using magstripe cards for 2025. Barcodes were used in 2024, replaced with  magswipe: Inexpensive compared to NFC Carry more information than barcodes Smart phone camera’s can’t read them  Send over 100 characters in less than a second Finally

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