Reference Manual for the CLOUD 370x F Contactless Desktop Readers
Document Version 1.0
Last revised on 2014-07-22
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3.6:
Applications
3.6.1:
General
The CLOUD 370x F reader is a transparent reader module that provides an interface between a personal
computer host supporting the PC/SC interface, and 13.56 MHz user tokens like public transport cards,
employee badges, loyalty cards, NFC enabled smart phones, etc.
User credentials can have several form factors including cards, key fobs, NFC mobile phones, or USB
dongles (such as Identiv’s SCTxxxx or @MAXX products).
The CLOUD 370x F reader handles the communication protocol, but not the application related to the
credential or card. The application-specific logic has to be implemented on the host by software
developers.
3.6.2:
Applications Provided by Identiv
Identiv does not provide payment or transport applications. Identiv provides a few applications for
development and evaluation purposes that can function with the CLOUD 370x F reader. There are
many tools available; here are two of them:
•
The
Simple NFC Tag Editor
is part of our NFC-NDEF Editor Kit that enables the user to read
and write NFC forum compliant records from/to NFC forum compatible tags. It is an easy to
use tool to configure NFC forum tag demonstrations rapidly, and is available in our
Web shop
.
•
Smart Card Commander
version 1.3 provides capabilities to identify most common cards in
the field and display their content, as well as scripting functionality, which can be very useful
for developers to develop and debug their applications. This tool is part of all our SDKs and is
also available as a
stand-alone product
.
