Specifications

USB HID Swipe Reader

FEATURES

Major features of the Swipe Reader are as follows:

• Powered through the USB – no external power supply required

• Hardware Compatible with PC or any computer or terminal with a USB interface

• Bi-directional card reading

• Reads encoded data that meets ANSI/ISO/AAMVA standards and others such as ISO track 1

format on track 2 or 3.

• Reads up to three tracks of card data

• LED for status

• Compatible with USB specification Revision 1.1

• Compatible with HID specification Version 1.1

• Can use standard Windows HID driver for communications. No third part device driver is

required.

• Programmable USB serial number descriptor

• Programmable USB Interrupt In Endpoint polling interval

• Non-volatile memory for configuration storage

• Built-in 6 foot USB cable

• Ability to convert to Keyboard Emulation mode of operation (new in June 2005)

Note

New features have been added to the USB HID Swipe Reader. The following commands were

added to most readers that are shipped after June 1, 2005:

MAX_PACKET_SIZE Property

TRACK_ID_ENABLE Property

INTERFACE_TYPE Property

RESET_DEVICE Command

In order to determine if these features are available, request the SOFTWARE_ID property. If

the software ID string shows “21042804xxx”, the new features are NOT available. If the

software string shows “21042812xxx” or “21042818xxx”, then these new features are

supported.