Can I drive a proximity badge reader with LabVIEW v8.0 ?

[Martin_Carpenter]

I have a proximity badge reader system in my facility;  the brand name is HID.  I would like to expand the use of those badges to a LabVIEW application on the shop floor.  But, I need to know if LabVIEW can drive a badge reader.

The proximity reader that I can buy from HID that will work with my existing badges has an RS232 interface.

Would that work ?

Thanks.

[unclebump]

Should be able to do it. Sounds like it will work like a barcode scanner. Do a search on the forums for barcode and you should find all kind of implementations.

[Ray.R]

If it has an RS-232 interface, you should be able to do it..

It may simply send an id-tag when it is in proximity..  The proximity simply sends enery to a coil (transformer) which activates the chip to transmit a small RF signal containing the badge id. 

[Martin_Carpenter]

Oh, yeah.

I forgot to mention that I do NOT want this to function as a keyboard wedge.

Martin

[Dennis_Knutson]

You'll need to get details on the serial protocol from HID. Once you have that and unless they are using some really non-standard setup, you should be able to try the shipping examples for serial communication.