card-cli 1.0.5

card-cli is a command line utility for reading smartcards and magnetic stripe cards.

Card reader command-line utility

Configured Readers

• ACS ACR122U (rfid)

• HP IDRA-334133 (msr)

• pcProx (rfid)

Local Install

Requirements

• pcscd - smartcard.pcsc.PCSCExceptions.EstablishContextException: Failure to establish context: Service not available.

– see https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man8/pcscd.8.html

• udev rules (for msr) - usb.core.USBError: [Errno 13] Access denied (insufficient permissions)

– cd /etc/udev/rules.d – open 70-snap.core.rules or other file where usb rules are defined – add in file: ATTRS{idVendor}=="03f0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2724", ENV{ID_MM_ERICSSON_MBM}="1" MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

• modprobe PN533 (for rfid) - Script won’t recognize smartcard reader.

– see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31131569/unable-to-claim-usb-interface-device-or-resource-busy

Usage

via command line: :: card-cli –device-vendor-id 0x03f0 –device-product-id 0x2724

card-cli is a command line utility for reading smartcards and magnetic stripe cards.

–device-vendor-id (-dvid) and –device-product-id (-dpid) is only required to connect msr device.