Configure NFC

Last updated August 24, 2023 14:25

NFC stands for Near-field communication. It is a set of communication protocols that enable two electronic devices, one of which is usually a portable device such as a smartphone or NFC card, to establish communication by bringing them within a small distance of each other.

GoBright users can either use a supported NFC card or their smartphone if NFC is supported. To configure and use NFC the following items are required:

NFC Card
NFC Reader

Enable the NFC module

In order to use the NFC options for your GoBright environment, you must first activate the NFC Options. You can do this by selecting General Settings in the Settings tab and then check Enable NFC options.

Log in to the GoBright portal with your manager account
Choose Settings > General
Enable NFC Options by ticking the box
Press Save to complete

Configure NFC per user

Each NFC chip has a unique ID containing (e.g. 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00). This ID needs to be configured to a GoBright user within the User tab of the portal.

When the NFC ID of a user is known in Active Directory, you can use the Active Directory synchronization to assign the NFC Identifier for each user automatically. When the NFC ID of a user is unknown in the Active Directory, the steps below can be used to link the NFC ID's to a user manually.

Log in to the GoBright portal with your admin account
Go to the Admin Center > Users
Enter the ID in NFC identifier
Use the Show NFC identifier button to check the ID
Press Save to complete

Authentication using a NFC card reader

Now that a NFC card has been linked to the user he or she will be able to authenticate by holding the card or smartphone against a NFC reader. Note that the Connect also has a build-in NFC reader that is used to for authentication.

Supported NFC Protocols

NFC has a wide range of protocols and not all of them are supported by the card reader of the displays or the Connect. To check whether the NFC card is supported the following steps can be taken:

Step 1: Read NFC Id
- Install the free ‘NFC tools’ app on your smartphone
- Hold your NFC card against the reader, the app will display the NFC ID (also known as UID or Serial number)
- Hold your NFC card against the reader for the second time
- Compare both NFC Id's and make sure the are the same
- Note: If no ID is displayed or an error occurs while reading the NFC card is not supported by the card reader.
Step 2: Configure the NFC Id of the card for a user
- Configure the NFC Id for a user, follow the steps above described in 'Configure NFC per user'
- Then use a device you are going to use (e.g. a Connect or display with NFC reader)
- Make a booking on the device, with involves authenticating with the NFC card
- Check in the portal if the booking is created correctly with the right user

NFC Protocols supported by the Connect

Below are the hardware specifications from the Connect:

ISO/IEC 14443 Type A/B, R/W up to 848Kbits
ISO/IEC 18092 FeliCa R/W up to 424Kbits
Supports MiFare 1K/4K
Frequency: 13.56Mhz

NFC Protocols supported by displays

For the hardware specifications of the displays please check the specifications of the vendors of the displays, e.g.: