RFID RC522 Reader support ?

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Would be nice to have support for a RFID RC522 Reader. Connecting a RC522 to the pi is fairly simple : http://www.elli-blog.de/?p=41
All the plugin should do is tell the framework that a new ID has been read (could be just updating a var?) ?

Anyone with knowledge of writing a plugin wants to pick this up?

Some info to get it working without a plugin:

• Connect the reader according the schema in the URL
• Edit /etc/modprobe.d/raspi-blacklist.conf and put a # before blacklist spi-bcm2708 to stop blacklisting the SPI
• edit /boot/config.txt and add dtparam=spi=on as last line
• reboot

Install BCM lib:
wget http://www.airspayce.com/mikem/bcm2835/bcm2835-1.35.tar.gz
tar -zxf bcm2835-1.35.tar.gz
cd bcm2835-1.35
./configure
sudo make install

install rpi-rc522 tool:
sudo apt-get install subversion
svn checkout http://rpi-rc522.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ rpi-rc522-read-only
cd rpi-rc522-read-only/rc522
gcc config.c rfid.c rc522.c main.c -o rc522_reader -lbcm2835
sudo cp RC522.conf /etc/
./rc522_reader -d

place RFID card on reader and note down the SN
edit /etc/RC522.conf
add the following to change variable $card to value 10 with API:
[serialbymber of card] sudo curl -X PATCH --header “Content-Type:application/json” --data ‘{“type”: “value”, “valueOrExpression”: 10}’ --user “admin:admin” http://localhost/api/variables/card

when running under username pi , be sure to add the UID en GID of user pi in the RC522.conf (probably 1000 : " id -u pi" and " id -G pi")

For someone who wants to start on a plugin : https://www.npmjs.com/package/rc522-rfid

Changing value on pimatic variable, based on the card presented to the reader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEtltc1_Iow (new, working link :P)

Any update on this one?