THERMAL REWRITE CARD READER / WRITER TCP100/2000 series Installation Guide & Specifications Thank you for choosing the TCP100/2000 Thermal rewrite card system. This “Installation Guide & Specifications” includes very important instructions for safety. Please read this manual before you start the system, and follow the instructions. Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
C O N T E N T S • • • • • • • 1. HANDLING NOTES --------------------------------------------------------- 1 2. OUTLINE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 3. UNPACKING ------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 4. APPEARANCE AND NOMENCLATURE ------------------------------ 6 5. CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING ----------- 7 6. CLEANING -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 7.
1 HANDLING NOTES At the installation: 1) Install the TCP100/2000 reader/writer on a flat surface. Minimize any shock or vibration to the reader/writer, as shock or vibration may cause injury and/or failure. 2) Keep the TCP100/2000 reader/writer away from hands of the children. 3) Do not use or leave the TCP100/2000 reader/writer in direct sunshine or near a source of heat such as fire or stove. It may cause generation of heat which can bring failure, malfunction, skin burn, etc.
During the operation: 1) Do not use any other card but specified by Star Micronics Co., Ltd. It may cause malfunction, failure, etc. 2) Do not use wet or oily stained card. Do not touch card with wet or stained hand. It may cause malfunction, failure, etc. If the card gets stained, please perform cleaning of the card and the unit. (For the cleaning of the unit, refer to Chapter 6. CLEANING.) 3) Keep the card away from magnetic source, such as magnet, speaker, TV, etc.
10) When the unusual (such as noise, stench, smoke, fire, etc.) is found, turn off the power immediately. Then disconnect the plug. If the TCP100/ 2000 reader/writer being kept using, it may cause failure, skin burn, etc. Contact our sales/tech support team for repair. 11) Connect and disconnect the power cable only with power turned off and while holding the plug. Do not put any heavy objects on the power cable. Stop using the cable immediately if any damage or deformation is found on it.
2 OUTLINE The TCP100/2000 series is a reading/writing device for specified IC card or reading device for ISO magnetic stripe type card. It also has print/erase capability to human readable area on the surface of the card. This series is compatible with most host computers and various P.O.S. systems. (TCP2000 series does not support for IC card.) The main features of the TCP100/2000 series are as follows: 1. Reads/writes data from/to a magnetic stripe on the card (depends on the model type). 2.
3 UNPACKING After unpacking the unit, check that all the accessories are included in the individual box.
4 APPEARANCE AND NOMENCLATURE Housed unit TCP100/2000 series 34 5 6 A 0 9 0 8 8 7 7 2 1 [TCP100] [TCP2000 back] 1 Switch Cover This cover protects the power switch of the system. Push to open and close. 2 Power Switch This switch turns the power of the system ON/OFF. 3 POWER LED This LED indicates that the power of the system is on. 4 READY LED This LED indicates that the card processing is ready. 5 OK LED This LED indicates that the card has been processed without error.
5 CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING (Housed unit TCP100/2000 series) 1 Turn OFF the power of the host computer and the reader/writer. 2 Plug in an end of the interface cable to the reader/writer connector and the other end to the serial port of the host computer. 3 Fasten two screws located at both the shoulders of the interface cable connectors. 4 Modular connector: Connects to Star original stand-alone terminal MCD2000 by specified cable.
6 CLEANING 6-1 Using the cleaning card Two cleaning cards and one bottle of cleaning liquid for cleaning the magnetic head, rollers, etc. are supplied in the enclosed plastic bag. (1) Dimensions of cleaning card 22.0 54.0 Felt surface Felt surface 85.6 89.6 Unit : mm (2) Frequency of cleaning 1. Daily or every 300 times of printing. 2. When read/write errors occur continuously, or print quality gets low. (3) How to use 1. Open the Front Cover and push the Cleaning Switch. 2.
7 TROUBLE SHOOTING Difficulties when the power is turned ON. Symptom Possible cause Power cable is not properly Power Card is not plugged in. LED lamp accepted Power cable is broken. does Power fuse is blown. notlight up. Card is LED indicators are broken. accepted Card is not Trouble with the main unit. accepted Card failure Card is Power Flaw or bend of card, accepted, LED lamp but main loss of card data, light up. using other user’s card. unit does Head is stained.
8 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS TCP100 Card type Card feeding part Driving method Card inserting direction Card feed speed Magnetic recording part IC recording part Physical Characteristics Size Signal/protocol Printing part Environment condition Reliability Applicable card Power supply TCP2000 PVC (thick card) PET (thin card) Feed roller Face up in one direction 350mm/s (high speed) 40mm/s (low speed) ISO Track 1,2 : read Track 3 : read/write ISO7816/1 compatible 350mm/s (high speed) 30mm/s (low speed) IS
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