- a card ID is made of a Facility Code and a Card Number;
- the Facility Code represents the first 3 digits:
000
- the Card Number represents the last 5 digits:
99999
- now, we should take these numbers and transform them into binary and here lies the problem
- the Facility Code needs to be an 8 bit long binary
- the Card Number needs to be an 16 bit long binary
- 99999 can't be represented on 16 bits.
- what am I supposed to do now ?
I have made a class that takes any decimal and transforms it into a Card ID with its respective Facility Code and Card Number:
class Wiegand {
private:
std::vector<bool> wiegandArray = std::vector<bool>(26, false);
uint8_t facilityCode;
uint16_t cardNumber;
void calculate(uint32_t dec) {
// transform dec number into binary number using single bit shift operation
// and store it in wiegandArray[]
for (int i = 24; i > 0; --i) {
wiegandArray[i] = dec & 1;
dec >>= 1;
}
// check for parity of the first 12 bits
bool even = 0;
for(int i = 1; i < 13; i++) {
even ^= wiegandArray[i];
}
// add 0 or 1 as first bit (leading parity bit - even) based on the number of 'ones' in the first 12 bits
wiegandArray[0] = even;
// check for parity of the last 12 bits
bool odd = 1;
for(int i = 13; i < 25; i++) {
odd ^= wiegandArray[i];
}
// add 0 or 1 as last bit (trailing parity bit - odd) based on the number of 'ones' in the last 12 bits
wiegandArray[25] = odd;
}
public:
Wiegand(uint32_t id) {
calculate(id);
facilityCode = id >> 16;
cardNumber = id & 0xffff;
}
//returns a 26 length std::vector<bool>
std::vector<bool> getWiegandBinary() {
return wiegandArray;
}
//returns uint8_t facilityCode
uint8_t getFacilityCode() {
return facilityCode;
}
//returns uint16_t cardNumber
uint16_t getCardNumber() {
return cardNumber;
}
//returns an 8 characters long String
String getCardID() {
String s1 = String(facilityCode);
String s2 = String(cardNumber);
String s3 = String(facilityCode);
while(s1.length() < 3) {
s1 = String(0) + s1;
}
while(s2.length() < 5) {
s2 = String(0) + s2;
}
String s3 = s1 + s2;
return s3;
}
};
The problem is that a Wiegand Central will return the Card ID when you scan a card, not the Wiegand representation in Decimal. So I have to preserve that format. I need some hocus-pocus that takes 00099999
as a Card ID and not as a decimal representation as my Wiegand class
.
Decimal 99999
is 000000011000011010011111
in 24 bit representation. This translates into:
- Facility Code:
00000001
or1
; - Card Number:
1000011010011111
or34463
; - That means Card ID:
00134463
.
I am trying like crazy to make an algorithm that takes the Card ID 00099999
and transform it so it can give me Facility Code: 000
and Card Number 99999
and then make this into a proper 26 bit Wiegand.
Right now I think its impossible to do this. What do you think ?
EDIT:
I think that card number 00099999
cannot even exist. I have not talked to any card vendor and I think that I should have because I am missing vital information regarding the format of a Card ID. I think that the Card ID can only be made as a concatenation of the Facility Code that ranges from 0 to 255 and Card Number that ranges from 0 to 65535. So the "biggest" Card ID that can exist is 25565535
.
If this is true, the input should be comprised of the Facility Code (0-255) and Card Number (0 - 65535) that will then form the Card Number and which I can easily transform into a Wiegand 26 bit.