uDynamo Technical Reference Manual PART NUMBER 99875587-4 NOVEMBER 2012 REGISTERED TO ISO 9001:2008 1710 Apollo Court Seal Beach, CA 90740 Phone: (562) 546-6400 FAX: (562) 546-6301 Technical Support: (651) 415-6800 www.magtek.
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FCC WARNING STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and was found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference with radio communications.
Table of Contents SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM ..................................................................................... 1 Features .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Specifications ............................................................................................................................................ 2 SECTION 2: CONTROLS ............................
SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM The uDynamo is a magnetic stripe secure card reader authenticator (SCRA) designed to allow all three tracks of financial and other cards such as AAMVA to be read using the multimedia audio connector of a mobile devices such as iOS and Android devices. The uDynamo interfaces to mobile devices through the audio head set jack and communicates with the host device through the microphone input and the audio output signals.
uDynamo Technical Reference Manual FEATURES Major features of the uDynamo are as follows: • The uDynamo is designed to interface with iOS and Android devices using the multimedia audio connector of mobile devices • The uDynamo includes a micro USB interface to allow charging and to provide USB communications to a USB host computer • Bi-directional card reading • Reads encoded data that meets ANSI/ISO/AAMVA/JIS Type 2 standards • Reads up to three tracks of card data • Supplies 54 byte MagnePrint™ value • C
SECTION 2: CONTROLS The uDynamo has no user controls. Control, status and data functions are provided by the host interface. The system requires software on the host device to direct the operation of the card reader through the application programming interface (API).
SECTION 3: INDICATORS AND ANNUNCIATORS The uDynamo has a single tri-color LED to provide user feedback. Other user prompts and feedback may be provided via the host’s user interface under the control of the software on that host. The LED is sufficiently bright that it may be seen outdoors in bright, diffuse (slightly overcast) lighting conditions. The LED indicator reflects the status of the uDynamo. When the uDynamo is off, the LED will be off.
uDynamo Technical Reference Manual Charging and Battery Level LED Indicators 5
SECTION 4: CONNECTING THE SYSTEM GETTING STARTED (USB) The uDynamo works with hosts that support USB HID including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. 1. Install the appropriate MagTek demo application for your system. (Windows and OS/X only). 2. Using the included Micro-USB cable (Micro-B), connect the uDynamo to a host USB port on your system. 3. Run the MagTek demo application. You are now ready to swipe credit cards using your new uDynamo.
SECTION 5: USE OF THE DEMONSTRATION APPLICATIONS USB READER MODE MagTek has created a demonstration program for Windows and Mac OS X that can be used to demonstrate the features of the uDynamo, and to verify its proper operation. Once the program is launched, it continually checks for the existence of a USB HID reader. The user interface provides the connection status in the display.
uDynamo Technical Reference Manual has been swiped while the data are transferred to the host. Once the data have been transferred, the display is updated with the card data. The data include the encrypted track data from all available tracks, a partially obfuscated account number, Card holder name, the service code and the card expiration date.
uDynamo Technical Reference Manual Figure 4 Demonstration GUI program display after a card read error 9
SECTION 6: MAINTENANCE Aside from the folding audio jack, the uDynamo contains no moving parts and requires no regular maintenance. The outside of the unit may be cleaned using a damp cloth and ammonia, detergent, or isopropanol. The read heads may be cleaned using a MagTek head cleaning card, part number 96700004.
