RFID Reader in Library Admin

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What is RFID?

RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID reader identifies ever RFID card uniquely.

The data can be stored or retrieved from the RFID card with the help of RFID card.

Student’s data like student name, grade, section, course, Books borrowed and return details can be stored in RFID card by assigning the unique RFID number to every individual student.

How to Connect RFID Reader to the software?

Step1: Connect the port wire to the CPU and the RFID reader as shown below.

Step2: Connect the charger to the RFID reader and power ON.

The setup is now ready. RFID cards can be used to read and assign RFID Tag-ID to the students using the RFID reader.

How to assign RFID Tag-ID to the students?

Step1: Go to Student Information --> Student RFID Tag-ID

Step2: A page will be displayed as shown below

Select the Course/Class, section and click on Find button.

List of all the students in the class and section selected will be displayed with a column RFID Tag-ID as shown below.

Step3: For every individual student, first, hold the relevant RFID Card against the RFID reader.

Step4: Click in the box in the RFID Tag-ID column (the cursor will be pointed in the box).

Step5: On pointing the cursor in the RFID Tag-ID, RFID reader will read the RFID number from the card and displays the number in the software as shown below.

Step6: Click on update button to assign or update the RFID number to the student.

You can also assign RFID to all the students of the class at once by scanning the RFID card of all the students on after the other and finally click on update button.

I.e. After step5, remove the RFID card of that student for whom RFID number is read in the software and then place the next student’s RFID card against the RFID reader to assign the RFID Tag-ID. Similarly, scan the entire students RFID card and finally click on update.

Once the RFID Tag-ID is assigned to the students, you can easily search the student details, issue books and return book details with the help of RFID card.