NFC/rfid Card

[basp89]

Is there an existing feature request for this?

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App

Doorbell

Your feature request

I recently switched from Dahua to Hikvision and so far I love it. Not just the hardware, also the integration you've build here is smoother and more snappy and stable that what I had.

There is one thing I'm really missing though: the option to use "native" home assistant tags. With native I mean that with Dahua you could scan a card or tag and in the UI under "Tags" it would show up as scanned. Also, in automations, you could use trigger "Tag" to easily trigger automations based on the tag/person scanning that tag.

I've been thinkering quite a bit myself to get this to work but I haven't managed so far, hence the feature request.

Would be great if you could look into this, happy to provide additional info if needed.

Thanks in advance!

[pergolafabio]

Hi. Not sure what your question is or what do you want to accomplish, but tags are used with the tags integration....

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/tag/

[basp89]

Currently, when an access card (NFC/RFID) is scanned on the Hikvision door station, the add-on publishes the data via MQTT (e.g., under the Door-unlocked/state topic with unlock_type: "CARD"). To trigger native Home Assistant Tag functionalities, users currently have to write custom automations to intercept the MQTT message and manually fire a tag_scanned event.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be amazing if the add-on could natively fire a Home Assistant tag_scanned event whenever a card is successfully scanned.

By firing this event directly via the Home Assistant API/WebSocket integration, scanned cards will automatically show up in the native Settings -> Tags dashboard of Home Assistant. This allows users to easily name their cards and use the built-in "Tag is scanned" automation triggers without any YAML workarounds.

Technical Details / Expected Payload
When a card is scanned, the add-on should fire the tag_scanned event type with the following event data:

YAML
event_type: tag_scanned
event_data:
tag_id: "0460808465" # The card number parsed as a string
device_id: "hikvision_doorstation" # Or the dynamic Device ID of the door station in HA
Note: It is crucial that the tag_id is passed explicitly as a string (wrapped in quotes), even if it consists entirely of numbers, to prevent Home Assistant from stripping leading zeros or misinterpreting the ID as an integer.

Example of current MQTT payload for reference:

JSON
{
"control_source": "4852544856485652545300",
"number": "0460808465",
"unlock_type": "CARD",
"card_user_id": 0
}
Additional context
This native integration will bring the Hikvision door station on par with official ESPHome RFID/NFC readers, making the user experience for managing access cards in Home Assistant completely seamless. Thank you for considering this feature!

[pergolafabio]

Ok, I understand, will have a look later, going on vacation from tomorrow... :-)