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namespace PhidgetsExample
{
    class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            //int array that holds serial numbers for both RFID readers.  Used to open both devices below
            int[] serialNumArray = { 440799, 440591};


            try
            {
                //Declare RFID reader1 object 
                RFID rfid = new RFID(); 

                //initialize RFID1 reader and attach events
                rfid.Attach += new AttachEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Attach);
                rfid.Detach += new DetachEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Detach);
                rfid.Error += new ErrorEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Error);
                rfid.Tag += new TagEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Tag);
                rfid.TagLost += new TagEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_TagLost);

                //open reader 1
                rfid.open(serialNumArray[0]);


                //Wait for a Phidget RFID to be attached before doing anything with 
                //the object 
                Console.WriteLine("waiting for attachment...");
                rfid.waitForAttachment();



                //Declare RFID reader2 object 
                RFID rfid1 = new RFID();
                //initialize RFID2 reader and attach events
                rfid1.Attach += new AttachEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Attach);
                rfid1.Detach += new DetachEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Detach);
                rfid1.Error += new ErrorEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Error);
                rfid1.Tag += new TagEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_Tag);
                rfid1.TagLost += new TagEventHandler(RFIDExample.rfid_TagLost);
                //open reader2
                rfid1.open(serialNumArray[1]);
                rfid1.waitForAttachment();


                //turn on the antenna and the led to show everything is working for both readers
                rfid.Antenna = true;
                rfid1.Antenna = true;

                rfid.outputs[0] = false;
                rfid.outputs[1] = false;

                rfid1.outputs[0] = false;
                rfid1.outputs[1] = false;

                //standard example text
                Console.WriteLine("Press any key to end...");
                Console.Read();

                //turn off the led 
                rfid.LED = false;
                rfid.outputs[0] = false;
                rfid.outputs[1] = false;

                //close both readers and dispose of objects 
                rfid.close();
                rfid = null;

                rfid1.close();
                rfid1 = null;

                Console.WriteLine("ok");
            }
            catch (PhidgetException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Description);
            }
     }
   }
}


/* - RFID simple - 
**************************************************************************************** 
* This program simply displays the data that is generated by an RFID phidget in a very 
* simple case and outputs it to the console. This simple example covers the basics of 
* connecting and using an RFID phidget. For a more detailed example, see RFID-full. 
* 
* Please note that this example was designed to work with only one Phidget RFID 
* connected. 
* For an example showing how to use two Phidgets of the same time concurrently, please see the 
* Servo-multi example in the Servo Examples. 
* 
* Copyright 2007 Phidgets Inc. 
* This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Canada License. 
* To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/ 
*/
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using Phidgets; //Needed for the RFID class and the PhidgetException class 
using Phidgets.Events; //Needed for the phidget event handling classes 

namespace RFID_simple
{
    public class RFIDExample
    {

        //attach event handler...display the serial number of the attached RFID phidget
        public static void rfid_Attach(object sender, AttachEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("RFIDReader {0} attached!", e.Device.SerialNumber.ToString());
        }

        //detach event handler...display the serial number of the detached RFID phidget 
        public static void rfid_Detach(object sender, DetachEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("RFID reader {0} detached!", e.Device.SerialNumber.ToString());
        }

        //Error event handler...display the error description string 
        public static void rfid_Error(object sender, ErrorEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Description);
        }

        //Print the tag code of the scanned tag 
        public static void rfid_Tag(object sender, TagEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Tag {0} scanned", e.Tag);

            RFID rfid = (RFID)sender; //Used for rfid in event 
        }

        //print the tag code for the tag that was just lost 
        public static void rfid_TagLost(object sender, TagEventArgs e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Tag {0} lost", e.Tag);
        }
    }
}