/pcprox-java-daemon

A Java daemon that captures card reads from a PcProx reader

Primary LanguageJava

PcProx Java Daemon

Build Status

A Java daemon application for interacting with pcProx card readers and recording card reads. Tested and built on Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit.

Prerequisites

  1. See the README file in the lib folder for the files you will need to copy there from the pcProx SDK. More information on the SDK can be found here: https://www.rfideas.com/products/sdk/universal-enroll-sdk
  2. Requires MongoDB to record card data information. https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu-16.04/

Building the app

./gradlew build

Installing the app

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/pcprox-javad/lib
sudo cp build/output/lib/* /usr/local/pcprox-javad/lib
sudo cp log4j2.xml /usr/local/pcprox-javad

Running the daemon

sudo ./pcprox-javad.sh start

Running the daemon in a console

sudo ./gradlew run

Side notes

  • You have to use LD_PRELOAD when running the app. I believe this to be due to a linker issue during compliation of the pcProxAPI

  • You must run as root in order to connect to the reader

  • Because of the complication of the pcProxAPI I had to wrap the system calls, as they needed to be referenced by symbol