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Post NFC Tags as Keystrokes Built-in Android NFC

This document outlines setup of an Android device with built-in NFC reader for use with SerialMagic Gears to allow NFC tag serial number to be posted to all Android applications that can accept typed data. NFC Gears is designed for use with other applications such as SerialMagic Gears, Grid-In-Hand® Mobile Grid, Order-In-Hand® Mobile Order, and more. In this example, we’ll show how to use SerialMagic Gears with NFC Gears and the Samsung Nexus S to post NFC CSN (Card Serial Number) into an application running in the browser on the Android device.

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How to pair with an LLRP scanner via the SDM on Android (Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid)

This app note walks you through the process of pairing an LLRP based scanner to the Serial Device Manager (SDM) on Android. The SDM is a core component of Serialio’s Android applications, including SerialMagic Gears, iScanBrowser, Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid, and Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Attendance. For the purposes of this note, we’ve used Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid, but this feature is available on all Serialio Android applications that have the SDM. 1. Launch Cloud-In-Hand Mobile Grid. 2. Navigate to the SDM by tapping on the SDM icon. 3. Once on the SDM view, tap

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How to activate SerialMagic Gears (Android)

If you haven’t already, download the SerialMagic Gears from https://serialio.com/downloads or the Google Play Store and launch it. Open the sidebar menu and tap on Registration. Here your hardware ID is referred to as “Device ID.” Copy (or write down) the ID value and provide it to the Serialio representative you are working with. We’ll use your hardware ID to generate a license key unique to your device. Paste (or type in) this license key into the field beneath Registration Key and tap Register. Looking for how to activate SerialMagic Professional for

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SerialMagic Gears API Use-Case Example: Using the Scanfob 2006 in Bluetooth SPP Mode to Scan into Any Application

This article demonstrates some of the capabilities of the SerialMagic Gears application (as well as the SerialMagic API for Android). For this demonstration, we will be using a Scanfob 2006 Bluetooth barcode scanner in Bluetooth SPP mode and a Samsung Note8 running Android 8.1.  Table of contents Preparation Quick Setup Connection Quick Setup Settings Device Specific Settings Common Device Settings Common App Settings Quick Setup Finish Wizard SerialMagic Keys Preparation Install SerialMagic Gears (click here to download).  Configure the Scanfob 2006 for SPP mode by scanning the “Bluetooth SPP” control code from

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Sending Wireless Bluetooth Data Using 3rd Party Keyboard SerialMagic Keys

How can iOS keyboard be used to send user specified data to a wirelessly connected device?  SerialMagic Keys iOS provides a ‘Command Key’ option to send user defined data to trigger some event on the device connected to BlueSnap M6A DB9 connector serial port e.g. to trigger scale to send weight, RFID reader to read tag, sensor to take measurement, barcode scanner to read barcode, etc.   Open SerialMagic Keys app on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, then tap on “Command Key” Choose the wireless device that SerialMagic Keys will send

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SerialMagic Trial Versions

You can download trial versions of SerialMagic on many of the available platforms. You can download SerialMagic from our downloads page (for Windows Desktop, Windows Mobile, and Mac OS) or from the Google Play Store (for Android). If the software is not licensed you will receive a nag message that reads “Unlicensed SerialMagic” every third scan. To learn more about how SerialMagic licensing works, click here. To learn how to get your device ID to activate an installation, visit the links below: How to activate SerialMagic Gears for Android How to

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SerialMagic API Support

SerialMagic Professional is designed to take advantage of the power of each platform it runs on to provide instant interface without any programming. Sometimes it may be desired to directly integrate with the SerialMagic engine to a particular application in order to more closely support the connected barcode scanner RFID scanner, or other input device. This is the purpose of the SerialMagic Professional Windows API. Because the programming models vary from platform to platform, the SerialMagic API will be somewhat different from platform to platform. Yet for all platforms the SerialMagic API is

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