MANU-MAXIMUS-02
Maximus Reference Manual
B-7
Revision-02
Appendix B: Badge Specifications
Magnetic Stripe Badges
Track 2 (Card Data Format)
provides a graphical representation of the fields in Track 2 and
provides a
description of the fields.
Figure B-5
Card Data Format, Track 2
ES
End Sentinel (?)
LRC
Longitudinal Redundancy Check character
PAN
Primary Account Number (19 digits maximum)
Name
Name (25 alphanumeric characters maximum)
Additional Data
Number of characters
Expiration Date (YYMM)
4
Service Code
3
Discretionary Data
Number of characters
PVKI - Pin Verification Key Indicator
1
PVV (or Offset) - Pin Verification Value
4
Card Verification Value (CVV) or
Card Validation Code (CVC)
3
Some or all of the PVKI, PVV, CVV, and CVC, fields may be found with
the Discretionary Data.
Table B-2
Card Data Format, Track 1 Field Descriptions/Lengths
Field
Description/Length
Table B-2
(page 2 of 2)
SS
ES LRC
PAN
FS
Use and Security Data
Additional Data
37 Numeric Data Characters
Table B-3
Card Data Format, Track 2 Field Descriptions/Lengths
Field
Description/Length
SS
(control character)
Start Sentinel, Hex B, ;;
FS
(control character)
Field Separator, Hex D, =
ES
(control character)
End Sentinel, Hex F, ?
LRC
Longitudinal Redundancy Check character
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