Review on RF IDEAS RDR 6081AKU Access Control by Brent Shaeffer

Works great. By downloading the PC driver, you can configure the reader for almost any existing HID card format. Once this is done, the reader will behave like a regular keyboard when plugged into the PC's USB port. I've used it on several Windows computers and it's worked great on all of them. It's instantly recognized as a keyboard when you plug it in, and as long as you've got a program open that accepts keyboard input (say, a notepad or a word), when you hold your card or key fob up to the reader, it will send a Text string to the PC consisting of object code and card number. Excellent! With a small USB adapter, I can even connect it to my smartphone and use it to read HID badges without a PC. The only problem I had was when a friend tried to use it on his Apple computer. Despite being recognized as a keyboard, Apple isn't satisfied and wants to say exactly what a keyboard is. I suspect it's not happy with "generic" keyboard identification, so it forces you to type a specific key sequence on the keyboard, which of course isn't possible, so it never works. Go ahead Apple.