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NFC tag scanned

An action block that waits for an NFC tag to be scanned by the user.

The fiber will pause until a tag has been scanned.

Use the Write tag in the tag section, or the Write tag block, to write tags. Don’t rely on unwritten Any type of tags, some generate a random ID every time they’re discovered, some doesn’t have an ID at all.

Note! If Automate is overriding other NFC apps, disable the Detect all types of NFC tag option in settings.

Input arguments

• Tag type — type of tag to await, default is Automate.

Output variables

• Scanned tag ID — variable to assign the id of the scanned tag.
• Scanned tag content — variable to assign the content of the scanned tag.

Tag

• Tag content — a constant expression to write with Write tag button.