MagTek USB HID SURESWIPE & USB HID SWIPE READER - Manual (Page 7)

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SECTION 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS
USB HID SWIPE READER
The USB (Universal Serial Bus) HID (Human Interface Device) Swipe Reader is a compact
magnetic stripe card reader with a single read head that conforms to ISO standards. The Reader
is compatible with any device with a host USB interface. A card is read by sliding it, stripe
down and facing the LED side, through the slot either forward or backward.
A LED (Light Emitting Diode) indicator on the Reader panel provides the operator with
continuous status of the Reader operations.
The reader conforms to the USB HID Class specification Version 1.1. This allows host
applications designed for most versions of Windows to easily communicate to the device using
standard Windows API calls that communicate to the device through the HID driver that comes
with Windows.
Unlike HID keyboard emulation readers, this device does NOT use keyboard emulation. It
behaves like a vendor-defined HID device so that a direct communication path can be established
between the Host application and the device without interference such as keystrokes from other
HID devices. (For information on the USB KB Emulation Reader, refer to Technical Manual
99875206.)
USB HID SURESWIPE
The USB HID SureSwipe is a card reader with two magnetic heads. The SureSwipe reader was
designed specifically to read any magnetic stripe card regardless of which way the magnetic
stripe is facing when swiped. The SureSwipe’s dual heads provide convenience for the user by
eliminating the confusion when swiping a card.
In all other regards, the SureSwipe reader is technically equivalent to the single-head USB HID
Swipe reader described above. All technical specifications described in this manual are
applicable to both types of readers.
The SureSwipe readers have specific part numbers and they are described in a table in the
“Hardware Configurations” section below.