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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
FEATURES ...............................................................................................................................................................1
ACCESSORIES ........................................................................................................................................................1
SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................................2
SECTION 2. INSTALLATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
REQUIREMENTS .....................................................................................................................................................3
PROCEDURE ...........................................................................................................................................................3
SECTION 3. OPERATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
CHECK READING PROCEDURE............................................................................................................................5
CARD SWIPE PROCEDURE ...................................................................................................................................5
LED INDICATORS....................................................................................................................................................6
SECTION 4. COMMANDS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
INSTA-CHANGE CHECKS.......................................................................................................................................7
MICRBASE SETUP PROGRAM FOR WINDOWS ..................................................................................................7
MAGTEK DEVICE DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS .......................................................................................................7
COMMAND FORMAT...............................................................................................................................................8
SWA - SWITCH A COMMAND .................................................................................................................................8
SWA PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................................9
Baud Rate ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Data and Parity ................................................................................................................................... 9
CTS/DSR ............................................................................................................................................ 9
Number of Stop Bits............................................................................................................................ 9
Intercharacter Delay ........................................................................................................................... 9
SWB - SWITCH B COMMAND ...............................................................................................................................10
SWB PARAMETERS ..............................................................................................................................................11
Control Characters and MICR Data .................................................................................................. 11
Control Characters and Card Data ................................................................................................... 11
Communication Modes ..................................................................................................................... 11
Send Data After Error ....................................................................................................................... 12
Send Status After Data ..................................................................................................................... 12
SWC - SWITCH C COMMAND ..............................................................................................................................13
SWC PARAMETERS..............................................................................................................................................14
CMC-7 Character Set ....................................................................................................................... 14
Invalid Command Response............................................................................................................. 14
Active RTS ........................................................................................................................................ 14
HW - HARDWARE COMMAND..............................................................................................................................15
HW PARAMETERS ................................................................................................................................................16
Disable/Enable Tracks ...................................................................................................................... 16
ID Card Decoding ............................................................................................................................. 16
EMF Detect ....................................................................................................................................... 16
FC - FORMAT CHANGE COMMAND ....................................................................................................................16
VR - VERSION COMMAND....................................................................................................................................17
SA - SAVE COMMAND ..........................................................................................................................................17
RS - RESET COMMAND........................................................................................................................................17
DM – DISABLE MICR COMMAND .........................................................................................................................17
EM – ENABLE MICR COMMAND ..........................................................................................................................17
APPENDIX A. FORMAT LIST----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19
APPENDIX B. CHECK READING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 37
E13-B CHARACTER SET.......................................................................................................................................37
CMC-7 CHARACTER SET .....................................................................................................................................37
CHECK LAYOUTS..................................................................................................................................................38
MICR FIELDS .........................................................................................................................................................39
