Integration Guide

Functional Description - CONFIDENTIAL - Page 12 of 16
DESKO RFID Reader Module Doc # 7 001 17 07 Doc.-Rev.: 2019-06-04
3 Hardware Integration Rules
3.1 Hardware Integration in Metal Environment
When integrating a DESKO Smart Card Reader, please make sure that there are no
metal objects close to the device. Any metal object near the DESKO Smart Card Reader
detunes the RFID antennas and therefore reduces the RFID reading performance.
Should you want to integrate a DESKO Smart Card Reader in a metal
environment, please contact your DESKO contact person or our DESKO
support team via e-mail under [e-mail], by phone +49 (0) 921
79279-69 or online www.desko.com/support to discuss specific integration
instructions.
4 DESKO Specific APDUs
An Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) is defined as a communication unit
between a smart card and a smart card application according to ISO 7816
standard.
Before using proprietary APDUs, the “EscapeCommandEnable” entry must be
made in the Windows registry. For a detailed description concerning the
usage of escape commands, see chapter 2.2.
4.1 Features APDUs
Features APDUs
Description
Send: FF680001010001
Response: NULL terminated ASCII string
Example:
“Response:
30383035303130312E303030303030313500”
=
08050101.00000015
Get Firmware Version
Shows latest Firmware version.
Send: FF680010010001
Response: NULL terminated ASCII string
Get compile date