MagTek OMTD 99875144 - Manual (Page 7)

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SECTION 1. FEATURES AND REQUIREMENTS
The OMTD program is an extension of the MagTek Device Driver Program (MTD). The
OMTD Program provides an OPOS-compliant application interface to MagTek products and
works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. OMTD is in the form of a set of ActiveX
controls (COs) and a Service Object (SO).
OMTD is the OPOS (OLE for Retail POS) Support for MagTek Devices. It contains the Control
Objects for the MICR, MSR, PINPad, and Line Display device classes, and a Service Object.
The OMTD extensions are installed as part of the MTD installation package. When installing
the MTD drivers, you have the option to include OPOS support. Refer to the MTD
Programming Manual (99875125) for complete installation information.
Part Number Medium
30037385
MTD/OMTD Installation Package for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP (CD)
99510030 MTD/OMTD Installation Package for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP (WEB)
FEATURES
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OMTD is a set of COM objects that act as an extension to the MTD driver and provide an
OPOS-compliant application interface to MagTek products.
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Each control consists of a control object (CO) and a service object (SO). The CO is an
ActiveX control that exposes to applications a set of properties, methods and events defined
by OPOS for a specific device class (e.g., MICR devices, PINPads, line displays, Magnetic
Stripe Readers (MSR), etc.).
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The SO is a local in-process OLE Automation server (in a DLL) that is used by a CO to
implement the OPOS-prescribed functionality for a specific device. The SO performs this
functionality by sending one or more commands to the MTD driver using the Win32 File IO.
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In addition to the OPOS-specific functionality, each object exposes the OLE-specific
interfaces that make the control Microsoft compliant.
REQUIREMENTS
Each control provides the following functionality, to the degree supported by the particular
device class.
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Each CO and SO provides self-registration functionality.