This page describes some of the features of the NFC Simulator application. Please refer to the User’s Manual MAN_NFC_0905-114 included with the application for more details.
The NFC Simulator application emulates two NFC devices that support the following:
The NFC Simulator is capable of emulating NFC cards to be presented in front of the virtual reader device #1. The content of the virtual card is read from an XML file, and if the card is modified by the virtual reader (an application wrote something in the tag), it is possible to save the modified XML file. XML files represent the data portion of the virtual cards, but some logic in the application is required in order to emulate the state machine of the different cards. Therefore, not all card types can be emulated in the application. The following cards are supported:
(*) Since Open NFC does not support the cryptography on these cards, the emulator only provides the identification for these types.
Since the content of the virtual cards is configurable, it is possible to emulate NFC Forum tags types 1, 2, and 4 with the simulator.
The operation of the NFC Simulator application can be automatized by the use of the Virtual Robot feature. One of the services registered in the Connection Center is called “Presentation Robot” (cf. screenshot). By using this service, an application can send dedicated commands to present and remove a virtual tag or device from the field. If you are interested in using this feature, please contact us (opennfc@insidefr.com) to discuss your needs and help you getting started.
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