Posiflex SD-680 - Manual (Page 2)

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III. OPERATION GUIDE
1. MAGNETIC STRIPE READER
For magnetic stripe card reading, be sure to insert the card to the bottom with magnetic
stripe facing the mark aside the slot. The movement of the card can be either inserting the card
from the top surface then sliding the card down out of the slot, or sliding the card upward from
the lower side of the slot till it reaches the top end as long as the card is a standard one. A non-
standard card recorded without complete degaussing prior to recovery may accept only one
direction in card reading.
The MSR in SD-680 reads an ISO or JIS magnetic stripe card without driver. Yet, there
is a “Posiflex USB MSR Manager” program provided to control some parameter configuration
for ISO MSR. The features controllable in this program covers: each track enable/disable,
Alt+Num approach for ASCII codes and Leading/Stop code enable/disable. The function for
enabling each track of course comes in effect only when the track is physically available.
Please find in the Product Information CD delivered with KS system the folder
“\Drivers\SD_Series\USBMSR_xxx” and “SetUp” this manager program or download the
installation program from our web http://www.posiflex.com or http://www.posiflex.com.tw.
2. FINGER PRINT SENSOR
a. Cautions
1. Never pour the glass cleaner directly on the sensor window
2. Never use alcohol-based cleaners
3. Never submerge the sensor in liquid
4. Never rub the window with an abrasive material, including paper
5. Do not poke the window coating with your fingernail or any hard item, such as a pen.
b. Principle
The finger print sensor software never stores fingerprint images. The finger print sensor
software creates a fingerprint template, which is a highly compressed and digitally encoded
mathematical representation of fingerprint features. This template is created when a user
registers a finger and is stored in an encrypted file. When the user later touches the fingerprint
reader to authenticate, a new template is created and compared to the “registered” template. If
there is a match, the authentication is successful.
c. Finger Print Recognition
In order for the sensor to acquire a good image of your finger, you must place the pad of
your finger but not the tip in the center of the sensor window, and apply gentle, even pressure.
Do not “roll” your finger as usually practiced in the traditional ink and paper fingerprint taking
technique. Pressing too hard will distort your fingerprint. Pressing too lightly will not expose a
large enough area of your finger. Also, make sure to hold your finger on the sensor until you
see the sensor light blink; this may take longer for dry fingers. Then, lift your finger. Although
you may use any finger with the sensor, your index finger of either hand works best. If the
sensor is capturing your finger image as indicated by the sensor blink and you have tried all the
above suggestions, you may need to reregister your finger.
d. Sensor Activation
There will always be a red or blue light from the sensor to detect the presence of a finger
and there will be a red light from the sensor when the sensor is activated after finger presence
is detected. If you activate your terminal’s power-saving functionality but your third party
application does not support this, then your fingerprint sensor will enter “sleep mode” even
though your workstation does not. If this occurs, you will need to reboot the system. Please
check with your application developer for compatibility.
e. Cleaning the Sensor
Depending on the amount of use, the sensor window may need to be
cleaned periodically. To clean it, apply the sticky side of a piece of adhesive
cellophane tape on the window and peel it away as in the drawing at right.
Under heavy usage, the window coating on some sensors may turn cloudy from the salt
in perspiration. In this case, gently wipe the window with a cloth (not paper) dampened with a
mild ammonia-based glass cleaner.
. Failure to connect to a self-powered USB port will cause
non-operation of the sensor