Quote:
Originally Posted by idlewild
You know what’s hilarious?
ANY RFID tag will work on our gates.
Don’t believe me? Try any other fob or if you don’t have one, have a visitor swipe his/her company employee access card, a key fob to any parking garage, etc. on any of our residence only readers and the gate will spring right open!
…
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by idlewild
My point is I saw multiple people in this thread buying RFID tag duplicator at around $20 to clone their cards. You can use any RFID card and it will open.
So not sure why you then say people have to have a cloned mirror card if you agree with me that any tag will work.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by retiredguy123
The mirror devices use a small round disc that you buy from Amazon. As far as I know, these discs are blank, and they will not work until they are programmed by some type of duplicator. Any programmed disc might work as you claim, but they still need to be programmed by something. You can buy a duplicator from Amazon for less than $20. Am I missing something?
|
From testing tonight:
- A car key fob will not work, at least not an Audi fob
- A blank fob will not work
A guess: there are a finite number of digits that can be programmed on a card so it is not surprising that a random card might have the same digits as a valid Villages card.
Unfortunately, I don’t have another programmed 125khz card to test.
Note: the people cloning cards are not replacing a lost card or creating a third card. They are copying a card to a chip that can be placed in the side view mirror so the gate will open without the need to roll down the window and stick your arm out. Discovering that your parking garage fob also works the gates is interesting but doesn’t provide the solution that the closers are producing.