MFRC-522 and RDM6300 card reading frequency compatibility

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Customer:

I purchased an MFRC-522 reader to read RFID cards from an entrance door system. However, I can only read cards and key fobs purchased from your store, while the cards from the door system are not detected at all. Could the door cards have some kind of protection, or is this a frequency issue? If it’s a frequency problem, would an RDM6300 reader be able to read those cards instead?

Original message (Croatian)

Dobar dan,
prije nekoliko dana preko Vaše stranice naručili smo MFRC-522 čitač, s namjerom kopiranja RFID kartice naših ulaznih vrata. Međutim samo smo mogli očitati kartice i privjeske koje smo naručili iz vaše trgovine, dok one od ulaznih vrata čitač uopće nije registrirao. Sada zanima me mogu li kartice od vrata imati kakvu zaštitu ili je to stvar samo frekvencije, ako je do frekvencije bi li nam u tom slučaju RDM6300 čitač uspio očitati kartice?

Lp. [name removed] Glavač

Originally submitted via email support on 14 May 2018. Migrated to the forum for community visibility.

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Soldered Support:

The issue is frequency-related. While 125kHz and 13.56MHz are the most commonly used standard frequencies, your cards may operate on a different frequency altogether. However, it is quite likely that they use one of these standard frequencies, and the RDM6300 should work with them.

Original message (Croatian)

hvala Vam na narudžbi kod nas!

Problem je u frekvenciji. Dok 125kHz i 13.56MHz jesu najčešće korišteni standardni frekvencija, možda su Vaše kartice baš na nekoj trećoj frekvenciji. No ipak, vrlo vjerojatno je ta druga frekv. te će RDM6300 raditi.