Nitgen Hamster III Module for Python 2.7.x and 3.x

Digital fingerprint reader module for Python using Nitgen device. Install the driver that is the "driver" directory.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Fingertech for all support and investment, without this partnership it would not be possible to maintain this project.

Install Nitgen Hamster driver

$ sudo apt-get install g++ gcc linux-headers build-essential make  python-dev autotools-dev libicu-dev libbz2-dev
$ git clone https://github.com/paulopinda/python-nbiobsp.git
$ cd python-nbiobsp
$ cd utils/libs

$ # Install libs
$ sudo cp NBioBSP.lic /lib
$ sudo cp libs/linux_<x86_x64/x86>/libNBioBSP.so /lib

$ # Install driver
$ cd hamster-iii
$ tar -xzvf ngstardrv-...# choose 32 or 64bits
$ cd ngstardrv-...
$ ./CreateModule
$ sudo ./install.sh

Message: 'required key not available'

I had a problem loading kernel module and the following message appeared: 'required key not available'. I used mokutil to disable secure boot mode.

$ sudo mokutil --disable-validation

Reboot and change boot state.

Install from Pypi

$ pip install pynbiobsp
$ test_fingerprint.py # for tests.

Install from Github

$ git clone https://github.com/paulopinda/python-nbiobsp.git
$ cd python-nbiobsp
$ pip install pybind11
$ python setup.py build install

Example

Simple example who capture two fingerprints and validate.

import pynbiobsp as pnbio
pnbio.init()

print('Insert the first fingerprint: ')
fir1 = pnbio.capture(10000)

print('Insert the second fingerprint: ')
fir2 = pnbio.capture(10000)

if pnbio.match(fir1, fir2):
    print('OK!')
else:
    print('NOK!')

pnbio.close()

Contribute

If anything is missing from the code or the README.md documentation, please send me a PULL REQUEST.