2.2. Drivers
How to enable µFR Nano Online Log and Access Control Mode?
Last Updated: October 10, 2023µFR Nano Online Log and Access Control Mode How to enable log mode? Log in to the µFR Online Log and Access Control Module Online WEB configurator GUI. Enable Master mode if it is not already enabled. Click the Save and Restart option to apply the changes. Enable log mode (only visible after the Master mode is enabled) How to enable access control mode? Log in to the µFR Online Log and Access Control Module Online WEB configurator GUI. Enable Log mode. Enable Access Control mode (only available if log mode is previously enabled). Turn off µFR Online from the power supply Connect the Access control board. Turn on µFR Online from the power supply ***Access control mode has to be enabled before the access control board is connected. Access control mode additional options Relay pulse time: How many milliseconds relay outputs square wave pulse Relay pulse frequency: Square wave output frequency in Hz Relay pulse power: Square wave output power (duty cycle) Relay active time: How many milliseconds to stay output high after a square wave pulse Use cases This section will describes two primary use case scenarios. Log mode without access control Enable log mode and ensure...
µFR Reader Writer on macOS – FTDI drivers and communication permissions tips
Last Updated: September 9, 2025µFR Reader Writer on macOS FTDI drivers and communication permissions tips *NOTICE: Applicable only to old macOS versions and legacy µFR devices. Do not use for the µFR Zero series and recent macOS releases! macOS has a bit different structure than Linux so communication with the reader cannot be enabled with a simple script available for Linux users. Enabling the communication between the software and the USB-connected reader varies depending on the macOS version. The OS versions from Mavericks (version 10.9) and above already have the AppleUSBFTDI driver. The interface is matched to the FTDI kext, which in turn creates a BSD serial port for use at the application layer. The application opens the serial port to communicate with the hardware. On the other hand, the USB-connected µFR devices implement user client drivers to communicate directly with the device from the user space (FTDI D2XX Driver). Therefore, the presence of the AppleUSBFTDI kext might affect communication with the software. Software applications may fail to open a connection with the hardware because IOKit already has matched the AppleUSBFTDI driver to the device. The solution in this instance is to unload the AppleUSBFTDI drivers before installing the FTDI D2XX. You may find...
USB-connected µFR Nano Online NFC RFID Reader Writer on the Raspberry Pi
Last Updated: October 10, 2023USB-connected µFR Nano Online NFC RFID Reader Writer on the Raspberry Pi To connect and run the µFR Nano Online reader plugged into the Raspberry Pi USB port, follow the instructions below: 1) USB-CONNECTED µFR NANO ONLINE NFC READER INSTALLATION All µFR series devices require FTDI drivers for USB communication. This also applies to the µFR Nano Online NFC reader if it is used as a standard USB device. If you have no FTDI drivers installed on your installed Raspberry Pi, please follow the manual for the FTDI drivers installed on the Linux-based platforms. This article is also available in our Knowledge Base. Important notice: Before you proceed with the µFR Nano Online implementation, make sure you grant the USB PORT access permission to the local user (the script is available in our GitLab projects repository). Once you have the FTDI drivers installed with your USB-connected NFC reader, you will be able to open the port and establish communication with the device by the ReaderOpen function provided by the ufr library. Important notice: The recommended library for the Raspberry Pi is the 64-bit aarch64. However, there are some known problems with aarch64 on a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8 GB...
FTDI drivers installation on 64-bit macOS
Last Updated: November 25, 2022FTDI drivers installation on 64-bit macOS Driver Installation Manual Download and unpack the drivers for your OS from the FTDI
FTDI driver installation and uFR SDK/software launching on Windows
Last Updated: October 10, 2023FTDI driver installation and uFR SDK/software launching on Windows step-by-step guidance - uFR series of the Digital Logic NFC RFID Reader Writer Development
How to communicate with µFR device on Windows without FTDI drivers implementation
Last Updated: October 10, 2023How to use the µFR device on Windows without the FTDI drivers implementation: You can avoid using FTDI drivers (D2XX) by communicating with the reader via