NFC Scanning - how to fire the App

Configuration
1

I have purchased these RFI tags, I’m able to write and read from them on the app (going to App Configuration) albeit doesn’t always work and never quickly. I have a question;

How do you actually use these when it comes to scanning them. Should I be able to just hold my phone near them and it open the app and do what ever automation I link? Currently even with the app open on my default love lace dashboard holding the tag near does nothing.

rfid

2

So an update, i have manually added this automation.

- id: '1600718081548'
  alias: NFC Tag Test
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: tag_scanned
    event_data:
      tag_id: sam
  condition: []
  action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_sam
    data:
      message: Tag was scanned and auto trigegred
  mode: single

I’ve written the id of ‘sam’ manually using iOS Write and Read it back so i know its worked.

I have an Iphone X (10). Do i just wave my phone in front of the tag? I have tried it when phone locked, when not locked, when on the app and it will not pickup the tag at all.

Can someone offer any help? Not sure where I have gone wrong here?

3

Further update. I noticed from some videos I have watched then when writing some data to a new tag mine does not trigger a mobile app notification like others.

Still lost…

4

Not sure about IOS but with Android you don’t even need the HA app open, just hover over the tag and the phone scans it in the background and triggers HA. I think this is an Apple / IOS issue from some other threads I’ve seen.

5

Your phone does not support background NFC tagging, only the XS or later

6

Yep I have misread the whole thing, I thought what they meant by that comment was that if the app was closed it wouldn’t work. Whereas my brain was saying well it should work with the app open then… my bad!

I’ve just ordered my iPhone 11 Pro. Comes tomorrow! All because of tags :see_no_evil::see_no_evil:

7

How is it working with the new phone ? I am guessing that it will still be a 2 stage affair on iOS, tap your phone on the tag then tap on the phone to fire an event. I think the built in shortcuts app will be a better option where you can switch an input boolean through homekit to trigger an automation.

8

Works great, to be fair I quite like the two steps. Means I won’t trigger something by accident.

I truly is a bit of a game changer, I have a sticker on the side of my bedside table that toggles my house alarm and one in my car to open the gates.

1 Like