Hey All,
I was looking at some of the cheaper RFID things and they seem like they will work well for my application. However, I am using HAL and not Homseer, so there is no plugin for the reader. From what I've read, the reader simply sends data about the tag to the serial port, but there is probably more than that.
Anyways, I've had a bit of programming experience, but have no experience interfacing with a serial port. Basically all I know is a bit of Java and a bunch of PHP. Any suggestions on where I should go to learn how to do this type of programming?
I was looking at some of the cheaper RFID things and they seem like they will work well for my application. However, I am using HAL and not Homseer, so there is no plugin for the reader. From what I've read, the reader simply sends data about the tag to the serial port, but there is probably more than that.
Anyways, I've had a bit of programming experience, but have no experience interfacing with a serial port. Basically all I know is a bit of Java and a bunch of PHP. Any suggestions on where I should go to learn how to do this type of programming?