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May 5, 2015 at 9:54 pm #52756
I’m sorry if I am repeating a previously stated question, but after going throughout the site, I have a question: Is the ISO 14443 an all encompassing requirement for NFC tags? Does it include the NTAG 203, NTAG 216, and NTAG 213? I’m trying to get a general view of the type of tags I could buy that would be compatible with a FloJack. Also, there has been repeated mentions of the NFC Actions app being incompatible. Has it been updated? Thank you for answering these questions, I’m trying to implement NFC a technology into a program that I am apart of, and would like to know if FloJack is compatible with tags used for Galaxy phones. Thanks!
May 6, 2015 at 1:18 pm #52760Hey Nathan, the NFC Forum is the standards body that publishes the worldwide specification of what “NFC” is. Detailed in their specification documents are the requirements Reader module and Tag inlay manufacturers need to conform to. For the physical layer, which is the link that sends 1’s and 0’s, the listed standards supported are ISO14443A, ISO14443B, and ISO15693. So to answer your first question, ISO14443 is not the end all be all requirement for NFC tags, ISO15693 tags are also considered NFC tags.
NTAG203, NTAG216, and NTAG213 are all made by NXP and implement the ISO14443A standard for the physical layer. These are all compatible with the FloJack. The NFC Actions application has still not been updated on the App Store. We are working on it in parallel with several other projects. Our focus must remain broad in this regard because we need to be sustainable as a business.
RE: FloJack vs Galaxy phones. It’s important to realize that the Android operating system includes a robust and mature stack for the NFC Standard that took years to build. This is not the case for iOS and Flomio is one of the only companies working on changing that. It will take time and involve balancing many priorities along the way but we feel it’s a worthy goal. For NFC to be really usable, it will need to be ubiquitous across mobile devices and that includes iOS.
May 6, 2015 at 4:20 pm #52788Thank you for your quick reply. With the NFC Actions app not being compatible, is there any way to write tags with the FloJack? I downloaded the ACS MobileMate app, but without the device, it does not let me get past the main screen. Basically, what I want to know is: Is there any way to read/write NFC tags with the FloJack, even with the NFC Actions app being broken? Thank you.
May 6, 2015 at 5:07 pm #52789Yes, there’s a way. You need to do one of two things: 1) Build an App using the driver, 2) Become a beta tester of our NFC Actions app. It would help us to understand what it is that you’re trying to do. For instance, sometimes customers tell us they want to write to NFC tags when in fact they want to simply identify each NFC tag uniquely. With a backend data store, it’s possible to associate any meta data to an NFC tags’ unique identifier and therefore virtually “write” data by simply reading that unique identifier.
May 6, 2015 at 5:27 pm #52790By write an NFC tag I mean to create an action on the tag that, when read, would send the reader to a website.
May 6, 2015 at 5:29 pm #52791Yeah, that can be accomplished by just reading a tag’s unique identifier (UUID) and associating it to a URL stored in a cloud database. Then when the tag is read, it references the UUID in the database, pulls the URL, and sends the reader to the website.
May 6, 2015 at 6:33 pm #52793Thank you so much for the information Richard. I can’t wait to try out the Flojack!
May 7, 2015 at 3:51 pm #52798Could i get the beta actions app from you? and would it allow me to read tags? I have and offer the NFC implant chips and would love to show my clients how it works but i only have an iphone.
May 7, 2015 at 4:06 pm #52799Hi Jake, send me your device UDID (find it here) and I’ll be able to share the app via TestFlight. It’s very basic and I’m not sure it will meet your need but it’s coming along.
May 10, 2015 at 6:16 pm #52805Hey Richard, sorry to bother you again, but I am stuck where you said above that you can “associate an NFC tag’s UUID with a URL” via a cloud. I understand how to gain the UUID, but after I have it, how do I associate it with the URL? Also, is the cloud service discussed the Flomio cloud service that I have read about throughout the site? Thank you so much.
May 11, 2015 at 6:36 pm #52808Yeah, so just to follow up, I have tried the Flojack out on several NFC tags, and have gotten the UUID for all of those easily. How do I get the UUID to now associate with a URL?
May 12, 2015 at 11:24 am #52811Hi, I’ve just received my Flojack reader and can’t seem to get it to fire a URL when an NFC card is read.
Essentially, all I want the Flojack to do (on iOS 8.1) is to trigger a URL when the card is swiped, and pass the cards ID as a get parameter with the URL.
Can I do this (its only for test for now, so quick and dirty usage is fine!)
Paddy
May 12, 2015 at 11:45 am #52812@Nathan, I’ve sent you a TestFlight invite for the Flomio SDK app. Let me know if you don’t see that. In order to get a UUID to associate to a URL, you’ll have to set up an association database. This can be done natively in your iOS app or with a Cloud backend like Parse but you’ll have to code it up. Our Flomio Cloud service provided this out of the box but since updating our hardware to FloJack v2, we haven’t been able to update the Cloud service which is currently offline. We’re working to bring that back though.
@Paddy, the NFC Actions app on the App Store hasn’t been updated yet to work with our latest FloJack v2 hardware. All we have is a Flomio SDK app that I can send to you via TestFlight. It can read URLs on NFC tags in NDEF format but is limited with 16 character long addresses at the moment. Also, the NFC tags supported are MiFare Classic, Ultralight, Mini, and NTAG.
May 12, 2015 at 11:57 am #52813As of right now, TestFlight isn’t showing any invites. Do you need my Apple ID? Thank you.
May 12, 2015 at 12:59 pm #52814Seems the App needs to go through Apple review of some sort:
May 12, 2015 at 1:01 pm #52815Ok, thank you for the information.
May 12, 2015 at 3:04 pm #52816I got it, thank you Richard!
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