// Parser for CTA Ventra Ultralight cards // Made by @hazardousvoltage // Based on my own research, with... // Credit to https://www.lenrek.net/experiments/compass-tickets/ & MetroDroid project for underlying info // // This parser can decode the paper single-use and single/multi-day paper passes using Ultralight EV1 // The plastic cards are DESFire and fully locked down, not much useful info extractable // TODO: // - Sort the duplicate/rare ticket types // - Database of stop IDs for trains? Buses there's just too damn many, but you can find them here: // https://data.cityofchicago.org/Transportation/CTA-Bus-Stops-kml/84eu-buny/about_data // - Generalize to handle all known Cubic Nextfare Ultralight systems? Anyone wants to send me specimen dumps, hit me up on Discord. #include "nfc_supported_card_plugin.h" #include #include #include "datetime.h" #include #define TAG "Ventra" DateTime ventra_exp_date = {0}, ventra_validity_date = {0}; uint8_t ventra_high_seq = 0, ventra_cur_blk = 0, ventra_mins_active = 0; uint32_t time_now() { return furi_hal_rtc_get_timestamp(); } static DateTime dt_delta(DateTime dt, uint8_t delta_days) { // returns shifted DateTime, from initial DateTime and time offset in seconds DateTime dt_shifted = {0}; datetime_timestamp_to_datetime( datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&dt) - (uint64_t)delta_days * 86400, &dt_shifted); return dt_shifted; } /* static long dt_diff(DateTime dta, DateTime dtb) { // returns difference in seconds between two DateTimes long diff; diff = datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&dta) - datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&dtb); return diff; } */ // Card is expired if: // - Hard expiration date passed (90 days from purchase, encoded in product record) // - Soft expiration date passed: // - For passes, n days after first use // - For tickets, 2 hours after first use // Calculating these is dumber than it needs to be, see xact record parser. bool isExpired(void) { uint32_t ts_hard_exp = datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&ventra_exp_date); uint32_t ts_soft_exp = datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&ventra_validity_date); uint32_t ts_now = time_now(); return (ts_now >= ts_hard_exp || ts_now > ts_soft_exp); } static FuriString* ventra_parse_xact(const MfUltralightData* data, uint8_t blk, bool is_pass) { FuriString* ventra_xact_str = furi_string_alloc(); uint16_t ts = data->page[blk].data[0] | data->page[blk].data[1] << 8; uint8_t tran_type = ts & 0x1F; ts >>= 5; uint8_t day = data->page[blk].data[2]; uint32_t work = data->page[blk + 1].data[0] | data->page[blk + 1].data[1] << 8 | data->page[blk + 1].data[2] << 16; uint8_t seq = work & 0x7F; uint16_t exp = (work >> 7) & 0x7FF; uint8_t exp_day = data->page[blk + 2].data[0]; uint16_t locus = data->page[blk + 2].data[1] | data->page[blk + 2].data[2] << 8; uint8_t line = data->page[blk + 2].data[3]; // This computes the block timestamp, based on the card expiration date and delta from it DateTime dt = dt_delta(ventra_exp_date, day); dt.hour = (ts & 0x7FF) / 60; dt.minute = (ts & 0x7FF) % 60; // If sequence is 0, block isn't used yet (new card with only one active block, typically the first one. // Otherwise, the block with higher sequence is the latest transaction, and the other block is prior transaction. // Not necessarily in that order on the card. We need the latest data to compute validity and pretty-print them // in reverse chrono. So this mess sets some globals as to which block is current, computes the validity times, etc. if(seq == 0) { furi_string_printf(ventra_xact_str, "-- EMPTY --"); return (ventra_xact_str); } if(seq > ventra_high_seq) { ventra_high_seq = seq; ventra_cur_blk = blk; ventra_mins_active = data->page[blk + 1].data[3]; // Figure out the soft expiration. For passes it's easy, the readers update the "exp" field in the transaction record. // Tickets, not so much, readers don't update "exp", but each xact record has "minutes since last tap" which is // updated and carried forward. That, plus transaction timestamp, gives the expiration time. if(tran_type == 6) { // Furthermore, purchase transactions set bogus expiration dates if(is_pass) { ventra_validity_date = dt_delta(ventra_exp_date, exp_day); ventra_validity_date.hour = (exp & 0x7FF) / 60; ventra_validity_date.minute = (exp & 0x7FF) % 60; } else { uint32_t validity_ts = datetime_datetime_to_timestamp(&dt); validity_ts += (120 - ventra_mins_active) * 60; datetime_timestamp_to_datetime(validity_ts, &ventra_validity_date); } } } // Type 0 = Purchase, 1 = Train ride, 2 = Bus ride // TODO: Check PACE and see if it uses a different line code char linemap[3] = "PTB"; char* xact_fmt = (line == 2) ? "%c %5d %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d" : "%c %04X %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d"; // I like a nice concise display showing all the relevant infos without having to scroll... // Line StopID DateTime furi_string_printf( ventra_xact_str, xact_fmt, (line < 3) ? linemap[line] : '?', locus, dt.year, dt.month, dt.day, dt.hour, dt.minute); return (ventra_xact_str); } static bool ventra_parse(const NfcDevice* device, FuriString* parsed_data) { furi_assert(device); furi_assert(parsed_data); const MfUltralightData* data = nfc_device_get_data(device, NfcProtocolMfUltralight); bool parsed = false; do { // This test can probably be improved -- it matches every Ventra I've seen, but will also match others // in the same family. Or maybe we just generalize this parser. if(data->page[4].data[0] != 0x0A || data->page[4].data[1] != 4 || data->page[4].data[2] != 0 || data->page[6].data[0] != 0 || data->page[6].data[1] != 0 || data->page[6].data[2] != 0) { FURI_LOG_D(TAG, "Not Ventra Ultralight"); break; } // Parse the product record, display interesting data & extract info needed to parse transaction blocks // Had this in its own function, ended up just setting a bunch of shitty globals, so inlined it instead. FuriString* ventra_prod_str = furi_string_alloc(); uint8_t otp = data->page[3].data[0]; uint8_t prod_code = data->page[5].data[2]; bool is_pass = false; switch(prod_code) { case 2: case 0x1F: // Only ever seen one of these, it parses like a Single furi_string_cat_printf(ventra_prod_str, "Single"); break; case 3: case 0x3F: is_pass = true; furi_string_cat_printf(ventra_prod_str, "1-Day"); break; case 4: // Last I checked, 3 day passes only available at airport TVMs & social service agencies is_pass = true; furi_string_cat_printf(ventra_prod_str, "3-Day"); break; default: is_pass = true; // There are some card types I don't know what they are, but they parse like a pass, not a ticket. furi_string_cat_printf(ventra_prod_str, "0x%02X", data->page[5].data[2]); break; } uint16_t date_y = data->page[4].data[3] | (data->page[5].data[0] << 8); uint8_t date_d = date_y & 0x1F; uint8_t date_m = (date_y >> 5) & 0x0F; date_y >>= 9; date_y += 2000; ventra_exp_date.day = date_d; ventra_exp_date.month = date_m; ventra_exp_date.year = date_y; ventra_validity_date = ventra_exp_date; // Until we know otherwise // Parse the transaction blocks. This sets a few sloppy globals, but it's too complex and repetitive to inline. FuriString* ventra_xact_str1 = ventra_parse_xact(data, 8, is_pass); FuriString* ventra_xact_str2 = ventra_parse_xact(data, 12, is_pass); uint8_t card_state = 1; uint8_t rides_left = 0; char* card_states[5] = {"???", "NEW", "ACT", "USED", "EXP"}; if(ventra_high_seq > 1) card_state = 2; // On "ticket" product, the OTP bits mark off rides used. Bit 0 seems to be unused, the next 3 are set as rides are used. // Some, not all, readers will set the high bits to 0x7 when a card is tapped after it's expired or depleted. Have not // seen other combinations, but if we do, we'll make a nice ???. 1-day passes set the OTP bit 1 on first use. 3-day // passes do not. But we don't really care, since they don't matter on passes, unless you're trying to rollback one. if(!is_pass) { switch(otp) { case 0: rides_left = 3; break; case 2: card_state = 2; rides_left = 2; break; case 6: card_state = 2; rides_left = 1; break; case 0x0E: case 0x7E: card_state = 3; rides_left = 0; break; default: card_state = 0; rides_left = 0; break; } } if(isExpired()) { card_state = 4; rides_left = 0; } furi_string_printf( parsed_data, "\e#Ventra %s (%s)\n", furi_string_get_cstr(ventra_prod_str), card_states[card_state]); furi_string_cat_printf( parsed_data, "Exp: %04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n", ventra_validity_date.year, ventra_validity_date.month, ventra_validity_date.day, ventra_validity_date.hour, ventra_validity_date.minute); if(rides_left) { furi_string_cat_printf(parsed_data, "Rides left: %d\n", rides_left); } furi_string_cat_printf( parsed_data, "%s\n", furi_string_get_cstr(ventra_cur_blk == 8 ? ventra_xact_str1 : ventra_xact_str2)); furi_string_cat_printf( parsed_data, "%s\n", furi_string_get_cstr(ventra_cur_blk == 8 ? ventra_xact_str2 : ventra_xact_str1)); furi_string_cat_printf( parsed_data, "TVM ID: %02X%02X\n", data->page[7].data[1], data->page[7].data[0]); furi_string_cat_printf(parsed_data, "Tx count: %d\n", ventra_high_seq); furi_string_cat_printf( parsed_data, "Hard Expiry: %04d-%02d-%02d", ventra_exp_date.year, ventra_exp_date.month, ventra_exp_date.day); furi_string_free(ventra_prod_str); furi_string_free(ventra_xact_str1); furi_string_free(ventra_xact_str2); parsed = true; } while(false); return parsed; } /* Actual implementation of app<>plugin interface */ static const NfcSupportedCardsPlugin ventra_plugin = { .protocol = NfcProtocolMfUltralight, .verify = NULL, .read = NULL, .parse = ventra_parse, }; /* Plugin descriptor to comply with basic plugin specification */ static const FlipperAppPluginDescriptor ventra_plugin_descriptor = { .appid = NFC_SUPPORTED_CARD_PLUGIN_APP_ID, .ep_api_version = NFC_SUPPORTED_CARD_PLUGIN_API_VERSION, .entry_point = &ventra_plugin, }; /* Plugin entry point - must return a pointer to const descriptor */ const FlipperAppPluginDescriptor* ventra_plugin_ep(void) { return &ventra_plugin_descriptor; }