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1-Transit Field ................................................................................................................................... 39
2-On-Us Field.................................................................................................................................... 39
3-Amount Field.................................................................................................................................. 40
4-Auxiliary On-Us Field ..................................................................................................................... 40
APPENDIX C. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41
REQUIREMENTS................................................................................................................................................... 41
SET-UP................................................................................................................................................................... 41
00
CHECK LED .............................................................................................................................................. 41
01
CHECK THE POWER TO THE MICR READER ...................................................................................... 42
02
READ A CHECK........................................................................................................................................ 42
03
DID PC RECEIVE DATA? ......................................................................................................................... 42
04
ANALYZE DATA........................................................................................................................................ 42
05
VERIFY PARAMETERS............................................................................................................................ 43
06
READ ERROR........................................................................................................................................... 43
07
MISSING CHARACTERS.......................................................................................................................... 44
08
COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS DO NOT MATCH ............................................................................ 44
09
INCORRECT FORMAT ............................................................................................................................. 44
10
PATH IS OBSTRUCTED........................................................................................................................... 45
11
MOTOR SENSOR IS BLOCKED .............................................................................................................. 45
12 EMF NOISE/INTERFERENCE.................................................................................................................. 45
13
DATA SENSOR IS BLOCKED .................................................................................................................. 46
14
NO MICR DATA DETECTED .................................................................................................................... 46
15
CABLE PROBLEM .................................................................................................................................... 46
16
NO PROBLEM FOUND............................................................................................................................. 47
17
READ INSTA-CHANGE CHECK............................................................................................................... 47
18
RETURN MICR READER TO MAGTEK ................................................................................................... 47
APPENDIX D. INTERFACE CABLE PIN LISTS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 49
APPENDIX E. ASCII CODES------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51
FIGURES
Figure 1-1. MINI MICR RS232 with 3-Track MSR..................................................................................... viii
Figure 3-1. Check Orientation...................................................................................................................... 5
Figure B-1. Personal Checks.................................................................................................................... 38
Figure B-2. Business Checks .................................................................................................................... 39
Figure C-1. Sensor Location...................................................................................................................... 47
TABLES
Table 1-1. Specifications ............................................................................................................................. 2
Table 3-1. LED indicators ............................................................................................................................ 6
Table 4-1. SWA Command .......................................................................................................................... 8
Table 4-2. SWB Command ........................................................................................................................ 10
Table 4-3. Control Characters ................................................................................................................... 11
Table 4-4. Error and Status Codes ............................................................................................................ 12
Table 4-5. SWC Command........................................................................................................................ 13
Table 4-6. HW Command .......................................................................................................................... 15
Table B-1. CMC-7 Nonnumeric Characters............................................................................................... 38
Table D-1. DB25 Interface Cable Pin List.................................................................................................. 49
Table D-2. DB9 Interface Cable Pin List.................................................................................................... 49
