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SCAT on Windows Pc

Developed By: Gregory Kogan

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.5
Size 3 MB
Release Date December 08, 22
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC. [see more (3)]

What's New:
bug fixes, and some feature enhancements [see more]

Description from Developer:
The SCAT app is allowing to communicate with the contactless smart cards, do some cryptographic operation and download the cap file on java cards. It is the conceptual product and... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download SCAT and install on Windows PC. SCAT is free Tools app, developed by Gregory Kogan. Latest version of SCAT is 1.5, was released on 2022-12-08 (updated on 2024-04-18). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10. Overall rating of SCAT is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to install SCAT on Windows?

Instruction on how to install SCAT on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install SCAT on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install SCAT using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "SCAT" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install SCAT on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "SCAT" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.5.

Download SCAT 1.5 on Windows PC – 3 MB

The SCAT app is allowing to communicate with the contactless smart cards, do some cryptographic operation and download the cap file on java cards. It is the conceptual product and has some potential ways to extend the functionality.
System is based on use of the mobile device with NFC capability(debugged on Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime) and smart cards (NXP JCOP 41/JCOP 31, Mifare DESFire EV1(APDU Native Wrapped), Mifare Ultralight).

- After running the application, the splash interface is displayed for a short period of time, and then will be open the license page. After accepting the agreement the Main app tab page named APDU will be open. This UI allow to send data on card and get the response from the card. Each APDU command can have the name and up to 10 last commands can be memorized and retrieved later if needed. Before start communication with a card we must tap the card on the back of the mobile device with NFC enabled. The connection indicator located in the upper-left corner of the interface supposed to show connection status(connected /disconnected).

-The second tab page is named Data. It's just the text edit control for creating and editing some binary/text data for sending on card or create log and save it on the device(/storage/Documents)as a .txt file. By default the device has already file DataFile.txt which can be used.

-The third tab page is named Crypto. This page allow to use following cryptographic algorithms: DES, 3DES2(triple DES with two DES keys), AES-128, AES-192, AES-256. The resulting data can be converted to string without empty space and save/past to APDU data. The spinner named #Key can allow selection of the key by the ID and use it in crypto operations.

-The last tab page is named LOADING and allow to load the .cap file on java card(dual interface). This app has been tested with NXP JCOP41 card.
For the testing purposes the app has default file testproject.cap. It is simple applet which has just 5 instructions(A4-select, B0-read binary, D6-update binary, 20-verify PIN (default: 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01) and AC-PIN change).
To use different cap file needs to email it in your address and save on the device(Galaxy Grand Prime\Phone\Download). This interface will create and use key set shown in the KEY SETTINGS interface in the "Current 3DES2 keys set". If user needs to change the key on the card, the new key will be shown in "New 3DES2 keys set".

Before using interfaces demanding some key, we have to set all keys used in app by the help of the KEY SETTINS interface(button KEY SETTINGS on the menu bar). This keys will be used on the APDU, CRYPTO and the LOADING tab pages. By default the app has binary key named DEF(40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F) and default key set DEF which combine 3 separate DEF keys. To create a single key, needs to fill in Key ID, Length, CID(optional). The Key Value can be filled manually or by click the button Generate. If everything was successful, click button Save. Successfully created items will be saved on the SQLite DB. The message will confirm the creation of the item record. Then it can be seen in the key list and used by ID for creating key sets used for load the cap file on java card.
bug fixes, and some feature enhancements
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.