NICE Attendance Taker

NICE (NFC-Integrated Cards for Entry) attendance management system.

Setup

Requirements

• JDK (8u40 or later)
• Apache Maven
• MySQL
• ACR122U USB NFC Reader

Steps

1. Connect your ACR122U USB NFC Reader. The device should be showing a red light. If not, ensure that you have the correct drivers installed. On Windows, you may need to start the “Smart Card” service as well.
2. In MySQL, create a database named nicedb. Initialize it using DDL.sql.
3. Set the following environment variables:

Variable	Value
DB_USER	Your database username, e.g. root
DB_PW	Your database password
DB_SERVER	Location of your database, e.g. localhost

4. Start NICE using the following command:

mvn install && mvn exec:java

See it in action!