User guide

Programming the Keyboard And MSR

Utility KbUtiUSB is used for Programmable Wincor Nixdorf Keyboards with a

USB HID interface.

Programmability of Keyboard and Magnetic Swipe Card Reader (MSR)

allows to adapt them to special needs.

So you can:

n de fi ne spe ci al start and end codes for the tracks of the Mag ne tic Stri pe

Rea der, in which case the data of the se ve ral tracks still con form to stan -

dard ISO 7811

n de fi ne ar bi tra ry codes or strings of codes for the keys

n port your exi sting ap pli ca ti on soft wa re with much less ef fort, as the in ter -

fa ce to the Mag ne tic Stri pe Rea der and Key bo ard still may be va lid

Interfaces

There are three interfaces:

n Key bo ard in ter fa ce (hand led by ope ra ting sys tem)

n MSR in ter fa ce (nor mal ly hand led by ap pli ca ti on in ter fa ce, e.g. OPOS,

Ja va POS, etc.)

n Firm wa re Up da te in ter fa ce (hand led by Firm wa re Up da te Utility)

As the the keyboard interface is serviced by the operating system, normally

only keyboard is programmed, as the HID interface to the MSR is in most

cases serviced by an OPOS Service Object, a JavaPOS Device Service,

etc.

It is, however, possible to program the MSR as well, e.g. if you want to get

the same codes for the BA83 MSR (having a USB HID interface) compared

to an already existing customer’s MSR (which has e.g. a PS/2 interface).

INTERFACES