ID Innovations Classic Line Series Magnetic Stripe Readers - Manual (Page 15)

Features
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Magnetic Stripe F2
Enable Tracks: 1,2,3
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The Enable Tracks option is used to enable and disable specific tracks of information on the Card Reader. For example, it
may be necessary in some applications to use only Track 2 information. In those cases, Track 2 would be the only track
enabled.
Require Tracks: NONE
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The Require Tracks option is used to indicate the tracks that must be read in order to generate a good read. If this option
is set to NONE, then any track read will be considered a good read. This feature is useful if your software requires specific
tracks of data from the card.
Data Output Mode: TRACK DATA
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The Data Output Mode option is used to indicate the output of the Card Reader. If this option is set to TRACK DATA, the
Card Reader will output the data one track at a time. If the option is set to FIELD DATA, the Card Reader will output the
data as NAME, ACCT # and EXP DATE, as specified by the Field Output Order option (See Below). The NAME field is
found only on track 1 encoded using format B, and is output in the following format: TITLE, FIRST NAME, LAST NAME.
The ACCT # and EXP DATE can be found on either track 1 format b, or track 2. Both tracks must be adhere to ANSI/ISO
specifications for financial transaction cards.
Note: If this option is set to FIELD DATA and you attempt to read a card that does not contain the ACCT # and EXP
DATE, the Card Reader will produce an error warble.
Track Output Order: 1,2,3
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The Track Output Order option controls the order in which the tracks read are output to the computer. The default for this
option sends the tracks in 1, 2, 3 order.
Note: This option has no effect if the Data Output Mode is set to FIELD DATA.
Field Output Order: NAME, ACCT #, EXP DATE
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The Field Output Order is used to specify the order of the magnetic stripe field data. When the Data Output Mode option
is set to FIELD DATA, this option allows you to control the order and appearance of each of the fields output. The different
settings for this option are as follows:
NAME, ACCT #, EXP DATE EXP DATE, ACCT #, NAME EXP DATE, NAME
NAME, EXP DATE, ACCT # NAME, ACCT # EXP DATE, ACCT #
ACCT #, NAME, EXP DATE NAME, EXP DATE NAME
ACCT #, EXP DATE, NAME ACCT #, EXP DATE ACCT #
EXP DATE, NAME, ACCT # ACCT #, NAME EXP DATE
Note: This option has no effect if the Data Output Mode is set to TRACK DATA.
EXP DATE Format: MMYY
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This option is used to control the format of the expiration date when the Data Output Mode is set to FIELD DATA. With
this option, the date output can appear as follows: MMYY, YYMM, MM/YY, or YY/MM. You may use the Expiration Date
Separator Char option to change the / character between the Month and Year.
Expiration Date Separator Char: / DEC 47 HEX 2F
 
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This option is used to specify the separator character to be inserted between the Month and Year in the Expiration date
when the Data Output Mode is set to FIELD DATA. For example, to insert a TAB between the Month and Year set the
Expiration Date Separator Char to DEC 9 HEX 09.
Note: Setting the Separator Character to a value from DEC 0 HEX 0 to DEC 31 HEX 1F will display an * as the
separator character in the EXP DATE Format option.