Connect Arduino UNO with RFID Reader HID

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Hi all,
i'm starting developing with arduino UNO.

I want to do that:
connect my arduino UNO Rev3 Board to that RFID Reader: https://docs.google.com/open?id=1XEQVd1Dk9erlkcaPBLNd_chLP-p39WSsqqTgjSuTdciC_xjT4Fwb9cQn1igx
I want that: when the RFID module reads something, it will communicate through USB connection to arduino UNO board, and then arduino will do something else with that data.

I searched on the web, but i always find the same RFID readers (Parallax, etc..) I have that RFID (the one on the link, or on attachment).. i want to know if it is possible to do what I said, all standalone without a PC connected.
Something like that:

RFID Reader ------>>>> Arduino UNO ------> Ethernet Shield ------> and so on.

Thank you all.
Alessio.

OMNIKEY_OK5321_USB_reader.pdf (409 KB)

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I can't access google docs from work, and won't access them from home. If the link is to the same pdf file you attached, then you are going to have a hard time using that device. It is a USB slave. So is the Arduino. A slave (the Arduino) can not make another slave (the RFID reader) do anything. Only a USB Host (or master) can make a slave do anything.

You could get a USB Host shield, and write a USB driver to make the USB Host shield control the USB slave/RFID reader. It's far simpler, and cheaper, to simply get the right kind of RFID reader.

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So the "only" way is to get a USB host shield. Thank you!