RFIDGEEK

RFIDGEEK - a ruby script to read RFID tags with Univelop generic reader/writer
Copyright (C) 2012 Benjamin Rokseth
Reader described in (relatively inactive) http://www.rfidgeek.com/

GPLv3 LICENSE

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."

Usage

ruby rfid.rb

Installation -- use bundler and Gemfile

gem install bundler
bundle install

Config

Preferably use websockets to send tag as event. Demands a websocket server to accept connections. EventMachine server included, use config.yml to enable and set host:port

config/config.yml

example config file (use config.yml-dist as template)
serialport config
HTML5 websocket server config
yaml config for reader
known tag setting

config/univelop_500B.yml

example reader config file

NB! check permissions to /dev/ttyUSB0 or whatever device the reader spawns. On Ubuntu Precise you may need to add user to group dialout.

Reader config file

communication specifications for reader: