Anyone play with the PHILIA PDS-100?

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I’m very tempting to grab one of these to toy with but was curious if anyone had tried one?

The data sheet says they use ISO14443A so I assume the Next should work baring any read issues.

They are also quite cheap at 170$CAD which is a bit cheaper than most of the RFID locks on Amazon with the added bonus of being a deadbolt if it works.

http://www.scansysinc.com/v4/philia-pds-100.html

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If only it was that simple buddy.

Unfortunately, ISO14443A is only part of the picture.
ie. most of the other DT Products are included in the ISO14443A family
Spark 2
DESFire EV2 8kB NFC
DESFire EV1
xM1 “magic” 1k
xSIID

Hopefully, somebody else has a better answer for you and some more info or even better, one of those PHILIA locks to test with.
There is a possibility that it uses a proprietary access card.
Did you only find it online?
Is there a brick and mortor store you can test one?
What are PHILIA locks return policy, could you get one to “test”?

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Nah, I’ve just been poking around online to see if I could find anything that might work.

Once my implants are in and fully healed I was going ot go have a chat with the locksmith about since he is constantly doing work for me anyways,

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Ah yes, the wonderful world of NFC-enabled door locks… The two things you can be sure about with them are:

  • They communicate on the same frequency
  • You have a 90% chance the particular model you want won’t work with your implant.
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