Neither BluePiano (Android OS) or 232 Key (Windows) work with apple products. However, both work relatively well as intended. We (UI and CRITFC) are currently having issues connecting our HPR Lite to our new computer (Windows 12), but this could also be due to new security settings implemented by CRITFC IT. We are investigating that. 232Key works great with Windows 11 and I haven't heard any negative feedback about BluePiano, but we don't currently use tablets or phones.
I am currently looking into apple compatible keyboard wedge software, so if anyone has found any I would appreciate knowing.
ESRI has been promising to integrate bluetooth RFID readers into their native software for years and hasn't made good on it. Last I knew it was coming "next year", but pretty sure that should have been this year (2022). Nothing. Considering the amount of users requesting this I would think it should take priority, but I am also pretty biased.
We are also looking into ways to get the information put into the correct field without having to have the cursor in that field. This is a sampling order issue, but still one that we haven't had to deal with and so is generating a bit of error (the previous data collection software input the PIT into the correct field no matter where the cursor was). And while I expect the error rate to go down as people become more used to the process, it would still be nice if the data was always placed in the correct spot.
And if anyone knows how RTR got the PITs to scan into the correct field automagically, I would also appreciate knowing that. I imagine it's above my abilities, but maybe there's someone out there that can point me in the right direction. RTRs software also interfaced with the PIT tag readers well. Unfortunately they became too expensive for our projects, but if your project has a pretty large budget I would suggest reaching out to them for custom forms that work.
