FAQ Categories Software and Development Archive - IDBLUE

How do I initialize the IDBLUE iOS SDK?

Posted on November 28th, 2014

NOTE: This is taken from the IDBLUE iOS SDK documentation. Please refer to the SDK documentation for more details. In this example, we show you how to create your own class, IDBlueApi, that inherits from IDBlueHfApi. You can use this… [Read More]

Do you have a plugin for Adobe AIR or Apache Cordova?

Posted on July 11th, 2014

We don’t directly support an API/plugin for Adobe Air or Apache Cordova but if you have access to the Bluetooth SPP profile of our device, you can send and receive commands to the device directly. You can read our IDBLUE… [Read More]

How do I tell when a tag is scanned?

Posted on July 10th, 2014

One of the features of IDBLUE.HF and IDBLUE.UHF is having an internal real-time clock to allow time-stamping of each tag scan. The IDBLUE driver/sdk returns the timestamp (and with HF, it also returns the tag UID) on a scan. Note that the… [Read More]

Why does Normal Connected Mode (or using GetTagID command) on IDBLUE.UHF return EPC and not TID bank information?

Posted on July 9th, 2014

NOTE: This also applies to the Keyboard Sender for Windows, Keyboard Wedge for Android and the HID version of our IDBLUE.UHF as they all use the GetTagID command in order to return tag information. There are potential issues using TID bank data… [Read More]

What firmware commands can I send to an IDBLUE HF and UHF device?

Posted on July 8th, 2014

(This information is taken from the IDBLUE Serial Interface Specification on the IDBLUE Documentation page. The firmware commands referenced below have respective calls in each Developer SDK which can be called to set the desired effect. For more detailed information, please refer… [Read More]

What configurable properties are available for IDBLUE devices?

Posted on July 8th, 2014

(This information is taken from the IDBLUE Serial Interface Specification on the IDBLUE Documentation page. The firmware commands referenced below have respective calls in each Developer SDK which can be called to set the desired properties. For more detailed information, please refer… [Read More]

Which operating modes do the IDBLUE devices support?

Posted on July 8th, 2014

(This information is taken from the IDBLUE Serial Interface Specification on the IDBLUE Documentation page. The firmware commands referenced below have respective calls in each Developer SDK which can be called to set the desired modes. For more detailed information, please… [Read More]

When using the HID version of IDBLUE devices, I don’t have the onscreen keyboard anymore!

Posted on June 24th, 2014

This is a known issue with HID profile devices in general. Our IDBLUE HID profile device is recognized as a secondary keyboard and, by default, a smartphone may disable viewing the onscreen keyboard. iOS: You can toggle the onscreen keyboard by pressing the power… [Read More]

How do I read or write to a UHF tag using IDBLUE.UHF?

Posted on June 19th, 2014

In order to use our IDBLUE.UHF device, each UHF tag has to conform to the EPC Gen2 Class1 specification . Tag memory is logically separated into four distinct banks, each of which may comprise zero or more memory words. Memory within… [Read More]

Can I export HF/UHF tag data with IDBLUE devices?

Posted on June 19th, 2014

You can export data from a tag to an application. If you need to read the HF tag’s UID or UHF tag’s EPC data, you can do it via our Bluetooth SPP profile RFID devices using our software offerings (mentioned below) or our Bluetooth… [Read More]