DataCard CE875, Installation And Administrator'S Manual

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CR825 and CE875 Instant Issuance System Installation and Administrator’s Guide 83
Change settings as needed, and then click Set Current to apply changes.
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Attempts—Specify the number of attempts (automatic retries) the printer makes to encode
the magnetic stripe data. This value also is used for the number of times to attempt to read
magnetic stripe data.
If you set this number to a lower value, it increases the throughput of the printer but can
decrease the reliability of magnetic stripe encoding.
If you set the number to a higher value, it decreases the throughput of the printer but can
increase the reliability of magnetic stripe encoding.
A value of 1 means no retry attempts.
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Coercivity—Select the coercivity setting that matches the cards you are using. Coercivity
measures the resistance of magnetic material to the removal of encoded data. High coercivity
(HICO) requires more electrical force to encode data and the data is more resistant to
magnetic interference. The choices are HICO, LOCO, NTT1, NTT2, NTT3.
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DataFormat (1, 2, 3)—Specify the names of the data formats used for tracks 1, 2, and 3.
For single-track magnetic stripe encoding, set DataFormat3 to JIS and DataFormat1 and
DataFormat2 to NONE.
To use a custom data format, define the formats for tracks 1, 2, and/or 3 using the
MagStripeCustomTrack (1, 2, 3) settings and then set the corresponding DataFormat settings
to CUSTOM.
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NoDataDisableTrack—Disable the magnetic stripe write head for a track if the track contains
no data. When this is disabled, any track that was not given data is erased.
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ReadTrack (1, 2, 3)—Allow magnetic stripe read actions to read from tracks 1, 2, and 3.
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SSA (1, 2, 3)—Set the start sentinel adjustment for tracks 1, 2, and 3. (SSA3 also sets the start
sentinel for a single track.) The start sentinel is encoded on the magnetic stripe immediately
before the first data character and indicates the beginning of data. Enter a value from -4 to 4.
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StripeEncoderMultiplier—This value is information only and cannot be changed. It is
determined when an SSA test is run.
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WriteTrack (1, 2, 3)—Allow magnetic stripe write actions to write to tracks 1, 2, and 3.
14) WriteTrack1 Enabled Enabled
15) WriteTrack2 Enabled Enabled
16) WriteTrack3 Enabled Enabled
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