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MS246 User Manual

5. Operation

A card may be swiped through the reader slot when the LED is green. The magnetic

stripe must face toward the magnetic read head and may be swiped in either direction.

After a card is swiped, the LED will turn off temporarily until the decode process is

completed. If there are no errors decoding the card data then the LED will turn green. If

there are any errors decoding the card data, the LED will turn red for less than one second

to indicate that an error occurred and then turn green.

The beeper also provides error indication. The beeper will beep for each correctly read

track of data on the magstripe card. Depending on the security level configured, the card

data might be displayed in clear or encrypted mode.