On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:05:19 +0100 Conor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 10:46:40AM +0100, Conor wrote: > > > Are there any RFID readers supported by OpenBSD? > > > > Don't most readers communicate with the host PC over some common > > protocol, say RS232 (serial), or maybe USB? OpenBSD will allow you to > > access those, so if you find or write a program that can communicate > > with the reader via RS232/USB/whatever, it should work as well on > > OpenBSD as on any other system. > > > > Joachim > > > > Not all, some only pop as like this > > ugen0 at uhub1 port 1 "OMNIKEY AG Smart Card Reader USB" rev 2.00/1.00 addr > 2 > > *This was the only output seen until I plugged it out then I got the generic > device detached message. > > ugen0 detached > > In theory they should all emulate/act as a serial interface in some form or > another. ACG USB readers use an FTDI serial converter although I won't have > one of those to test for quite sometime as they are a bit too expensive when > compared to OpenPCD. I don't think the Omnikey readers play as nice as the > OpenPCD or ACG readers. I'll have a chance to test the OpenPCD reader with > OpenBSD 4.3 in about a week or so. > > Conor. >
There some trick I don't exactly recall where you need to suppress the ugen device to allow ucom to grab the device. I think it involved disableing ugen. Dhu
