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The RFID Analyzer analyzes the RFID tag or card and will show you every piece of data that it finds on the RFID tag or card.

The UID and the Reader Output are the most important values as they are respectively the 'unique' ID of the card and the derivative ID that can be formatted to give the ID format that is needed.

It will also provide the detected card technology.

 

Note | Some card technologies overlap / are interchangeable and can therefore be detected as one or the other. To prevent this the unused card technologies can be disabled in the Spider RFID Reader so that they will not be detected.

Warning! | The RFID Analyzer cannot be used when a Project Lock Token is set on the Spider RFID Reader. If you do try to use the RFID Analyser the following error will be shown:

 

 

1.Click 'Start analyzer'. The tool will now make a backup of your RFID Reader's setup and will store it internally. Clicking the yellow 'Restore Reader Config' will restore the stored configuration to the RFID Reader.

 

 

2.Place the card (or other RFID credential) on the reader. Present the card gently to the reader to give the reader time to read the card at it's ideal range. It may take a while (max. 10 sec.) to recognize the RFID credential. If it takes longer and it is still not recognized, remove the card and wait until you only see the blue LED flicker and repeat the card placing procedure.

 

 

3.The reader will beep and the card data will be shown on the screen.

4.Explore the data to find what you need. Is the Reader Output what you would expect to be the card's UID(1,2)? Interested in the other information? Note that you can scroll down and find a number of other properties, like the sector details (5,6). In this example the CSN(1), AID(7), SAK(3) and ATQA(4) (the latter two are values on ISO/IEC 14443 compatible cards) are shown in the result window.

 

 

5.If the Reader Output is what is expected please continue to check another card until you have confirmed with at least three cards that the Reader Output is the expected card ID.

6.If the Reader Output is not what is expected, please go to the Output Configurator to make simple changes to the card ID format and find the expected format.

7.To exit the Reader Mode (HID RAW), click the yellow 'Restore Reader Config' to restore the stored configuration back to the RFID Reader and stop analyzing cards