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SECTION 1.  FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

 

 
The Model MT-95 RS-232 HiCo/LoCo Encoder/Reader encodes (or writes) and reads on 3-track 
magnetic stripes which comply with ISO standards 7810, 7811-2, -4, -5, -6, and 7813.  The 
Encoder can read or write on all three tracks of the magnetic stripe on LoCo (low coercivity or 
low energy) or HiCo (high coercivity or high energy) cards.  HiCo cards are more difficult to 
erase, but LoCo cards can be erased by a small magnet. 
 
A liquid crystal display (LCD) prompts the operator for encoding, reading, clearing tracks, 
communication setup, and some errors (such as, “Could not read track”). A circular knob with a 
finger hold on the left side of the unit permits an intensity adjustment (which is actually the 
viewing angle) of the LCD. 
 

FEATURES 

 
The features listed below are for the various versions of the MT-95.  The IntelliCoder is a version 
of the MT-95 that operates with the IntelliCAT Software Suite. 
 

Standard Mode 

 

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Encodes and reads in standalone mode with a keyboard or in online mode with PC 

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Fixed or constant data can be programmed requiring only variable data to be entered by the 
operator  

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Encodes on one, two, or all three tracks  

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Supports HiCo or LoCo in one unit 

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New or existing cards can be encoded and verified in a matter of seconds 

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Easy to operate with operator prompts, preprogrammed repetitive data, display screens that 
instruct the operator on encoding sequence 

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When online, database file management easily built and maintained, which generates audit 
reports on demand 

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Maximum security with passwords, software counters, and encrypted numbers for the 
counters when using optional PC software 

 

IntelliCoder 

 

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Especially configured to operate with IntelliCAT Software Suite 

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Supports HiCo or LoCo in one unit 

 

4777 Emulation Mode 

 

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Encodes on one, two, or all three tracks  

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Page 1: ...o LoCo ENCODER READER INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Manual Part Number 99875075 Rev 6 JULY 2001 20725 South Annalee Avenue Carson CA 90746 Phone 310 631 8602 FAX 310 631 3956 Technical Support 888 624 8350 www magtek com ...

Page 2: ...2 to MT 95 Updated to new firmware Revision Changed Main Menu and subordinate menus Changed titles and content of Sections 3 and 4 and added 5 added Appendix A 3 23 Sep 99 Sec 1 Added 4777 emulation mode to features and requirements LCD to Spec Sec 5 Added new response to Change Configuration Added Sec 6 4777 emulation mode Appendix A Added Connector illustration editorial 4 24 Jul 00 Section 1 an...

Page 3: ...to insure the product or assume the risk of loss or damage in transit to prepay shipping charges to the warranty service location and to use the original shipping container or equivalent ALL EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES FOR THIS PRODUCT INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE LIMITED IN DURATION TO A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE AND NO...

Page 4: ...ion of this device is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference And 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CANADIAN DOC STATEMENT This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise for digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Can...

Page 5: ...LS 15 CARD READING 18 CARD COPYING 19 CARD ENCODING 20 Free Format Encoding 20 Fixed Format Encoding 22 Create Format Card 24 SECTION 4 ONLINE CARD OPERATION 27 CARD READING 27 CARD ENCODING 27 SECTION 5 ONLINE PROGRAMMING 29 ENCODED MESSAGE FORMAT 29 PC ENCODED EXAMPLE 30 ONLINE COMMANDS 30 Change Encode Coercivity Mode 31 Change Online Encode Mode 31 Change Configuration 31 Abort 31 Operation 31...

Page 6: ... 6 Figure 2 2 Encoder to Keyboard Connection 7 Figure 2 3 Encoder to PC Connection 7 Figure A 1 DE 9 Connector 43 TABLES Table 1 1 Specifications 3 Table 2 1 Default Parameters 10 Table 4 1 Track 1 3 7 Bit Character Set 35 Track 4 2 Track 2 3 5 Bit Character Set 35 Table A 1 Cable DE 9P to DE 9S 21015823 43 Table A 2 Cable DE 9P to DB 25S 21015821 43 ...

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Page 8: ...viii Figure 1 1 MT 95 Encoder Reader ...

Page 9: ...various versions of the MT 95 The IntelliCoder is a version of the MT 95 that operates with the IntelliCAT Software Suite Standard Mode Encodes and reads in standalone mode with a keyboard or in online mode with PC Fixed or constant data can be programmed requiring only variable data to be entered by the operator Encodes on one two or all three tracks Supports HiCo or LoCo in one unit New or exist...

Page 10: ... software no drivers to install no configurations to modify no new software to learn REQUIREMENTS The requirements listed below are for the three versions of the MT 95 Standard Mode Model MT 95 RS 232 HiCo LoCo Encoder Reader P N 31010019 Mag Tek Keyboard P N 93600047 or equivalent AT style keyboard optional PC or Terminal with software to operate the serial port for sending and receiving data Mag...

Page 11: ...at 1A LCD Characters 2 lines X 40 characters Dimensions Height 5 2 Depth 7 0 Width 13 6 Weight 6 8 lbs Magnetic Read Capabilities 3 Tracks Interface serial keyboard RS 232 AT style Keyboard Mag Tek P N 93600047 Read Write Head Cycles 1 000 000 passes Card Standards Magnetic Stripe Cards per ISO 7810 7811 7813 Card Thickness 0 027 inch to 0 033 inch Operating Temperature 60 o to 90 o F 15 o to 32 o...

Page 12: ...MT 95 RS 232 HiCo LoCo Encoder Reader 4 Figure 1 2 Encoder Parts and Card Orientation ...

Page 13: ... for DE9P Male Connector P N 21015823 or for DB25P Male Connector P N 21015821 pin lists are shown in Appendix A IntelliCoder Model IntelliCoder RS 232 HiCo LoCo Encoder Reader P N 31010021 Power Cord P N 71100001 included PC Cable 9 pin to 9 Pin P N21015847 included 4777 Emulation MT 95 Model MT 95 RS 232 HiCo Encoder Reader P N 31010020 Power Cord P N 71100001 included HiCo and LoCo test cards 1...

Page 14: ... marked MODEM to the 9 or 25 pin connector on the PC as shown in Figure 2 3 2 Plug the female end of the power cord into the rear panel of the encoder marked POWER Plug the other end into a power source 3 Press I on the switch marked ON 4 Ensure the proper Communication Port is selected on the PC if applicable 5 The default communication parameters on the encoder are shown in Table 2 1 The paramet...

Page 15: ...Section 2 Installation and Setup 7 Figure 2 2 Encoder to Keyboard Connection Figure 2 3 Encoder to PC Connection ...

Page 16: ...e encoder In the Standalone Mode the main menu will appear Select a card operation R ead C opy E ncode S etup Adjust the LCD intensity as follows on the left side of the encoder turn the circular knob by placing a finger in the depression and turning the knob clockwise and counterclockwise to adjust the intensity of the LCD until it is comfortable to read For online operation only if the unit is n...

Page 17: ... tracks to enable and press Enter Note This setup affects card encoding only During a card read any tracks with data will be displayed and transmitted if online 3 When Enter is pressed the program will return to the following display Select option to change Esc exit T racks S erial E ncode M ode C ard Time Type S and the next display will be Select online baud rate Enter done 1 300 2 600 3 1200 4 ...

Page 18: ...efault is odd If Esc is pressed the original parity value will remain in effect 5 The next display is Select online stop bits Enter done 1 Stop bit 2 Stop bits Press 1 or 2 to highlight the stop bits setting and Enter to select The default is 1 If Esc is pressed the original stop bit setting will remain in effect 6 When Enter is pressed the program will return to the following display Select optio...

Page 19: ...ard reader and card encoder When a card is inserted and swiped all track information will be transmitted via the RS 232 connection to the PC After the card has been successfully read the card should be removed from the slot If a card is to be encoded the PC will prepare the track data and transmit it to the Encoder The unit will then beep and prompt for a card to be inserted into the slot for enco...

Page 20: ...t after the specified number of seconds Additionally if the value is non zero the encode operation will be aborted if a card is inserted and removed without completing the encode If the timeout is set to zero 000 a card may be inserted and removed or an encode may be attempted for an unlimited number of attempts until successful After entering the desired value press Enter If you do not wish to ch...

Page 21: ... 3 10 Blank Track 1 20 Blank Track 2 40 Blank Track 3 The resulting value is the sum of these binary numbers for example 43 indicates that Track 3 is blank 40 and errors were detected on Tracks 1 and 2 01 02 03 If Track 1 is blank and Tracks 2 and 3 contain errors the number is 16 Setup IntelliCoder The IntelliCoder is configured in the factory prior to shipment There are no setup options required...

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Page 23: ...irection the card should be moved for example if the card is inserted in the right side Slide card left when ready After the card has been moved to the other end of the slot this is called swiping the card the display will indicate whether the card was successfully read or not If the read was bad the card must be swiped again to reread the data The card may be swiped as often as needed to get a go...

Page 24: ... appear Encoding data on tracks 1 2 3 Slide card right when ready After the card is swiped from left to right the following sequence may occur 1 Encoding data on tracks 1 2 3 Slide card left when ready LoCo The first attempt is to encode a LoCo card If the card does not encode at LoCo there will be an attempt at HiCo 2 This may be a HiCo card Try again Slide card right when ready 3 Encoding data o...

Page 25: ...to the slot No data to encode At least one card must contain data before a card can be encoded Track 1 is too long Too much data has been entered on a track This applies to Track 2 and 3 as well This can only occur when operating online This is not a valid Format Card Ensure Format Card is used It must have variable data entries Only ISO encoded cards can be copied Cards in other formats cannot be...

Page 26: ...67890123456 1234567890123456 123 The first entry Tk3 001 039 indicates that positions 1 through 39 on the second line are shown on the LCD The start sentinel and end sentinel are never included in the position indicator The Scrl and the arrow indicate the direction of scroll Press the arrow key to scroll in the direction of the arrow key on the screen To view the beginning or end of the track hold...

Page 27: ...the following will appear ISO format data read on tracks 1 2 3 Remove the card 4 Remove the card and the following will appear Insert next card to encode or press Esc to exit 5 Insert the card to be encoded and the display will be Encoding data on tracks 1 2 3 Slide card right when ready 6 After the card has been swiped from right to left to encode the card a read after write operation is performe...

Page 28: ... filled in Free Format Encoding If 1 is pressed a display similar to the following will appear Select an operation Esc exit Tk 1 2 3 E ncode card C lear tracks The asterisks after the track numbers indicate that there is data on that track In the above there is data on all three tracks To become familiar with Free Format Encoding follow these steps 1 To select Track 1 press 1 on the keyboard An ex...

Page 29: ... P The result is MNO replaced JKL and the P has been added in the field Press Enter to return to the Free Format display Select an operation Esc exit Tk 1 2 3 E ncode card C lear tracks 3 If only one or two tracks are to be encoded press C to clear tracks Select tracks to clear Enter done Track 1 no 2 no 3 no A ll N one The selections of numbers and letters act as toggle switches In this example t...

Page 30: ...d not encode properly Try again Slide card right when ready or if the card is HiCo This may be a HiCo card Try again Slide card right when ready Swipe as required Fixed Format Encoding From the Main Menu select E ncode or press Esc until the following menu appears Select encoding type Esc exit 1 Free Format 2 Fixed Format Fixed Format Encoding permits the user to create a format card from which a ...

Page 31: ...on 7 until a character is typed 3 Type 678 to fill in all variable locations When all locations on all tracks have been filled the following display will appear on the first line Insert card to encode Enter review To verify the data that has been entered press Enter and the following appears Insert card to encode Enter review 1 A12345678 SARAH SMITH 1234567890 The 1 indicates that on Track 1 678 h...

Page 32: ...sc exit Tk 1 2 3 E ncode card C lear tracks 2 The asterisks in the above menu indicate that there is data in Track 1 To remove the data press C and the following appears Select tracks to clear Enter done Track 1 no 2 no 3 no A ll N one The selections of numbers and letters toggle Yes and no In this example tracks may be cleared separately by pressing 1 2 or 3 Pressing A will clear all tracks No tr...

Page 33: ... to be inserted or overstruck with another character Enter done means press Enter when the change to the track is complete 6 Type the following ignore the spaces except between the two names A12345 F3 F3 F3 F1 SARAH SMITH F1 1234567890 F1 and F3 are function keys at the top of the keyboard This should appear as A12345 SARAH SMITH 1234567890 This information will be encoded on the Format Card 7 Pre...

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Page 35: ...le with the magnetic stripe down toward the bottom of the encoder Insert the card into either end of the encoder slot The display will indicate the direction the card should be moved for example if the card is inserted in the right side Slide card left when ready After the card has been moved to the other end of the slot this is called swiping the card the display will indicate whether the card wa...

Page 36: ...on tracks 1 2 3 Slide card left when ready HiCo 5 CARD ENCODED CORRECTLY Remove the card If a card is swiped before the unit is ready to encode the following will appear Card was swiped before encoder ready Slide card right when ready After the card has been encoded the MT 95 will transmit the data from the track s just encoded back to the PC Thus if all three tracks have valid data but only Track...

Page 37: ...ack data ES ETX where STX is the Start of Text character 0x02 or control B on the keyboard This character puts the encoder into the encode mode and prepares it to receive the track data SS is the Start Sentinel for each track to be encoded Each track of card data must start with its identifying Start Sentinel and end with an End Sentinel which is always a question mark You may encode any combinati...

Page 38: ...ABCDEFG 123456789 112233 ETX The STX character shows on the computer s screen as a happy face on some systems it might appear as 02 The ETX character shows on the computer s screen as a heart on some systems it might appear as 03 It is not necessary to send a carriage return after the ETX With this command Tracks 1 and 2 will be encoded Track 3 will be left as it is ONLINE COMMANDS The following n...

Page 39: ...LF Dn where n 1 2 or 3 Disable a track En where n 1 2 or 3 Enabler a track T request current track setup Format is Enable Tracks 1 2 3 where 1 2 3 are sent if the track is enabled or omitted if the track is disabled A return line feed pair is sent to terminate the response C request MT 95 configuration Abort Q Send to the MT 95 to abort from the encode mode Operation B Sound the buzzer on the MT 9...

Page 40: ...it s Each line ends with a carriage return line feed pair 0x0D 0x0A ONLINE ENCODE FORMATS If more than one track is to be encoded the track information must be enclosed in an STX ETX bracket STX data ETX data Track 1 ISO data 6 data bits 1 odd parity bit data Track 2 ISO data 4 data bits 1 odd parity bit data Track 3 ISO data 4 data bits 1 odd parity bit data Track 3 ISO data 6 data bits 1 odd par...

Page 41: ...switch to write mode when it receives the ETX ONLINE MODES There two modes of online operation are normal encode and secure encode Each mode allows reading and encoding cards Normal Mode In the Normal Mode the MT 95 operates as a simple card reader and card encoder When a card is inserted and swiped all track information will be transmitted via the RS 232 connection to the PC After the card has be...

Page 42: ...5 will ensure that the card is not removed from the unit between the read and encode operations This will help to prevent skimming of cards If the card is removed before the encode operation the unit will send an error message indicating that the card has been moved and the operation has been aborted The error message is STX M ETX This mode is selected from the PC by sending the S command TRACK CH...

Page 43: ... paren 28 8 38 H 48 X 58 right paren 29 9 39 I 49 Y 59 asterisk 2a colon 3a J 4a Z 5a plus sign 2b semi colon 3b K 4b left square bracket 5b comma 2c left bracket 3c L 4c back slash 5c hyphen 2d equal sign 3d M 4d right square bracket 5d period 2e right bracket 3e N 4e FS carat 5e forward slash 2f ES question mark 3f O 4f _ underline 5f Track 4 2 Track 2 3 5 Bit Character Set Character Hex Charact...

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Page 45: ...panel of the MT 95 as shown in Figure 2 1 3 Connect the open end of the Y cable to the open end of the Mag Tek cable The default parameters are automatically configured 4 Plug the female end of the power cord into the rear panel of the encoder marked POWER Plug the other end into a power source 5 Press I on the switch marked ON The MT 95 4777 Emulation mode will be preset at the Mag Tek factory If...

Page 46: ...t the keyboard 9 Connect the communication cable MODIFYING IDLE MESSAGE ON MT 95 The 2 line idle message i e the message that is shown when no command has been issued can be specified by the user Up to 40 characters can be placed on each line Follow the directions below to change the idle message 1 Turn off power switch on MT 95 2 Disconnect the communication cable 3 Attach an AT style keyboard 4 ...

Page 47: ...iting keys e g home and arrows can be used to move the cursor When the message is satisfactory press Enter Edit the other line in the same manner 9 The two line message will be saved in battery backed RAM until this process is used to modify the message 10 Press Esc twice to return to the main menu 11 Turn the power off 12 Disconnect the keyboard 13 Connect the communication cable 14 Turn the powe...

Page 48: ...MT 95 USER MESSAGES Here is a full set of conditions and messages where Idle Top and Idle Bottom are the user defined idle messages Messages are centered in the line and other punctuation may be included Idle with or without a card Idle Top Idle Bottom Read command issued no card Idle Top Insert card for reading Read command issued and card in slot Idle Top Slide card right when ready After read f...

Page 49: ...mand issued with card at right side but card not swiped within 20 seconds Timeout waiting for card to be swiped Remove the card In this case the operation can continue when the card is inserted back into the slot After a bad encode continues forever until good encode or card removed Did not encode properly Try again Slide card right when ready After an attempt to encode on a HiCo card when unit is...

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Page 51: ...y An output from the PC that goes to the device This is an RS 232 control line indicating that the PC is ready to communicate with the device 7 RTS 8 CTS Clear to Send not used 8 CTS 7 RTS Request to Send not used Table A 2 Cable DE 9P to DB 25S 21015821 Encoder Pin Number Computer Pin Number Description 2 RXD 2 TXD TXD Transmit Data Data out of a PC that goes to the input of an external device 3 ...

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Page 53: ...ode Change Online 31 Encode mode select 11 Encode Timeout 39 Encoded message format 29 Encoder parts 4 End of Text ETX 30 End Sentinel 30 34 F Features 4777 Emulation Mode 1 Standard Mode 1 Features and Specifications 1 4 Field Separator 25 34 Fixed Format Encoding 15 22 Format Card Create 24 Free Format Encoding 15 20 H Hardware installation 5 HiCo 1 10 16 Hidden commands 12 I Idle Message 38 Ins...

Page 54: ...Lists 43 PROM number and version 8 R Rear panel 6 Requirements 2 4777 Emulation Mode 2 4777 Emulation MT 95 5 Standard Mode 2 Revision number EPROM 8 RTS 43 RXD 43 S Secure Mode 11 34 Setup 8 Setup IntelliCoder 13 Specifications 3 Standalone Operation 15 26 Start of Text STX 29 Start Sentinel 29 34 Stop bits select 10 T Track Character Sets 34 Track data 29 TXD 43 U User Messages 40 ...

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