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Datacard 150i and 275/280P/295 Card Personalization
Systems: Guide for Use with ID Works Software
ID Works Standard and Enterprise Version 5 Online Reference Library
Designing an ID Works Project to Encode Magnetic
Stripes
Follow these steps to design an ID Works project that includes
magnetic stripe encoding:
1 On your Production Form, insert a field for each magnetic stripe
track you want to encode. To combine information from two or
more fields on a track, create a composite field. See the
Designer online help topic “Add a composite field to a Production
Form” for step-by-step instructions.
The Datacard Magstripe Plug-ins add the necessary start
sentinels before sending data to the encoding module.
Consider using masks on the text fields connected to magnetic
stripe tracks to ensure that only valid characters will be entered.
See “Text Field Masks” in chapter 3 of the ID Works
Administrator’s Guide.
2 In your Card design, insert a magnetic stripe field on the back
side of your card. See the Designer online help topic “Add a
magnetic stripe field to a card” for step-by-step instructions.
3 Double-click on the magnetic stripe field. The Edit Field
Properties [Magnetic Stripe] dialog box opens.
4 On the Encoding tab, select Datacard 150i Magstripe Plug-in
or Datacard 275/280P/295 Magstripe Plug-in in the Device list.
5 Also on the Encoding tab, select an encoder configuration. See
“Creating a New Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration” on
page 13 or “Changing a Magnetic Stripe Encoder Configuration”
on page 15.
6 Click OK. The Edit Field Properties [Magnetic Stripe] dialog box
closes.
7 Using the Field Connector, connect Production Form fields to the
appropriate tracks in the Production Output area. See the
Designer online help topic “Connect fields” for step-by-step
instructions.