User's Manual

UM0001-3A.00 September 16, 2002
User Manual for the CTS Hand Held Unit 1-1
CHAPTER 1 Hand Held Unit
1.1 Introduction
The HHU consists of an off-the-shelf Casio
®
Industrial Cassiopeia
TM
Personal
Digital Assistant (PDA) and a CTS-designed peripheral called the Micro
Tri-Reader
TM
(µTR) for reading Contactless Smart Cards (CSCs). The µTR resides
in the CompactFlash (CF) slot of the Cassiopeia. The HHU is capable of securely
reading and writing to ISO 14443 Type A, ISO 14443 Type B (with appropriate
software), and GO CARD
®
CSCs. It can disable cards that are negative listed,
resolve incomplete trips, and adjust tickets on CSCs as needed. It is capable of
carrying full-fare tables and validating and issuing all ticket types. When combined
with a belt printer, the HHU can be used as a Portable Ticket Issuing Device.