User Guide
MagTek Device Drivers for Windows   
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Property Access Description 
c_write
R 
1 if the device can encode a magnetic card in either LoCo or HiCo; 
2 if the device can encode a magnetic card in only the setting 
indicated in 
wr_coer 
c_wr_secure
R 
0 if the device does not support secure mode; 
1 if the device can switch between secure and non-secure mode 
(see wr_secure); 
2 if the device only operates in the secure mode. 
capitalize
R/W 
Set this to 
0 to prevent the driver from capitalizing the data for the 
read and write commands. The default value for this property is 
1 (enable capitalization). 
card_stat
R  Current card sensor status: 
0 = not blocked, 1 = blocked (PPINSERT). 
chk_account
R  Check account number from check (MICR). 
chk_amount
R  Check amount from check (MICR). 
chk_bankid
R  Bank ID number from the transit field (MICR). 
chk_data
R  Output data string as received from MICR reader (MICR). 
chk_format
R/W 
Indicates the format of the check data. Set to 
6500 by default. If 
this property is modified by the application, the 
chk_xx properties 
(except chk_data and chk_status) will be set to null. (MICR) 
chk_mod10
R  Mod10 check digit from the transit field (MICR). 
chk_number
R  Check number (MICR). 
chk_routing
R  Routing number from the transit field (MICR). 
chk_status
R  2-digit status code from the check just read (MICR). 
chk_transit
R  Transit number from check (MICR). 
cmd_pending
R  Command pending–indicates which command, if any, is pending. 
If none is pending, the second argument will be null: 
/get cmd_pending<LF>
dblpinentry
R/W 
Set to 
1 to enable double PIN entry such as when requesting a new 
PIN; set to 0 when verifying a customer’s PIN (IntelliPIN). 
dev_status
R 
Device status. 
0 means device is connected and operational. Any 
other value indicates a device-specific error. If the device fails to 
respond, a null value is reported: 
/get dev_status<LF>
dev_version
R  Device version string. This value is read directly from the device, 
if the device supports a version string. <CR> characters in the 
string read from the device will be replaced with 
/. This property 
will be useful in reporting operational problems to MagTek. 
enable_cmc7
R/W 
Set this property to 
1 to enable CMC-7 characters decoding, 0 to 
disable it. This is used for international checks; see MICR manual 
for more information. (MICR) 










