NFC/MIFARE

DynaFamily readers with a contactless interface can exchange commands directly with NFC tags and MIFARE cards through pass-through commands and can present themselves as a card to another reader through NFC card emulation. This guide explains the supported card technologies and how contactless support is organized; the pass-through commands themselves live in the API & Command Reference.

Supported card technologies

The reader provides a pass-through command for each supported tag family, letting your host send commands to, and receive responses from, the card directly:

• NTag / MIFARE Ultralight (Type 2)

  • Pass-through for NTag and MIFARE Ultralight tags.

• MIFARE Classic / MINI / Plus SL1 (Type 2)

  • Pass-through for an activated MIFARE Classic, MINI, or Plus SL1 tag.

• MIFARE DESFire (Type 4)

  • Pass-through for MIFARE DESFire tags.

• MIFARE Plus (Type 2)

  • Pass-through for MIFARE Plus tags.

Each card's unique identifier is returned as the NFC UID data object.

Once the reader detects and activates a contactless tag, your host sends tag-specific commands through the matching pass-through command above and reads the tag's responses. For lower-level access to any card that supports the ISO 14443-4 APDU, use . Entering and leaving pass-through mode is handled by, and requests the reader to poll for a card.

Beyond reading tags, the reader can emulate a card so it can be read by another NFC device — the basis for MagTek's . Card emulation is initiated with the command, using the Card Emulation data object.