Raspberry Pi MFRC522 RFID Reader

Submitted by wynneil on #1

Hi,

I'm using VirtualHere successfully with a laptop as a server and VM as a client to program our access cards for door entry with a USB reader.

So to take things further i've tested a Raspberry Pi as the server using the same USB reader over wifi and it works great.  But i now want to design a "compact version" using a Raspberry pi zero and a MFRC522 reader.  My question is how do i get VirtualHere to see the MFRC reader as a device?

Submitted by wynneil on Tue, 2024/08/27 - 18:46

#3

Hi,

I've had a look at the cloud version, but from what i see you connect to the "server" via wifi.  I should of mentioned the client is a Virtual Machine running in our VMWare cluster on prem.

Also the Client still doesn't show the card reader

 

Submitted by Michael on Tue, 2024/08/27 - 18:59

#4

A raspberry pi 0 has no network connectivity, i think you could probably buy a hub with a network port and use that and plug the rfid reader into that. E.g https://www.waveshare.com/eth-usb-hub-box.htm

Submitted by wynneil on Tue, 2024/08/27 - 19:17

#5

Yeah coming to the conclusion i won't be able to use a reader via the GPIO pins.

Was hoping to be able to make a custom case that holds the reader and Pi.

 

Thanks for the input anyway