DESFire UID manipulation
- Licinio Alexandre Duarte Ferreira
- Roman Villandry
- Goncalo Camacho
CardExchange Producer can capture and store a MIFARE DESFire’s card UID at the time of print. The card UID can be converted to decimal and hexadecimal with the help of Python scripting in the Card Designer.
Requires: CardExchange Producer v10 Business edition or higher
Step Process
To write a Python script that does the DESFire UID manipulation, please refer to the steps below:
Step 1:
Create a new MIFARE DESFire definition, and set up the configuration of the DESFire application according to your preferences.
Step 2:
Insert a Text box on the card.
Step 3:
A window will pop up, and you change the “Fixed Value” to “Script”.
Step 4:
After you change the “Fixed Value” to “Script” you define it as uid_var. A new window will appear where you attribute the uid_var the value of UID. Then Press Ok.
Step 5:
Your Insert new object window should look like the following image, and then you click on the arrow on the left side of var_uid.
Step 6:
Select MIFARE DESFire UID.
Step 7:
Go to functions.
On the Functions tab, insert the Python Script.
Example: Last 8 Numbers
uid = uid_var
str = str(uid)
x = len(str)
uid_var = str[x-8:x]
Code explanation:
uid = uid_var
str = str(uid)
sizeOfUid = len(str)
numberOfChars = 8
uid_var = str[sizeOfUid-numberOfChars:sizeOfUid]
Close the properties window, save the changes made, and you should have the expected result.
To convert the DESFire to UID, follow this next article to achieve the hex format in the card design: