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SECTION 5. ONLINE PROGRAMMING
Refer to this section if user-developed software is to be used. If Mag-Tek Software is to be
used, refer to
Model MT-80 RS-232 Magnetic Stripe Encoder Software Installation and
Operation Manual
, P/N 99815005. This section contains encoded message formats, examples,
online commands, online encoded track formats, online modes, and track character sets.
Note
In this section, the ASCII values from 0x00 to 0x1F (hex) are
represented by their respective mnemonics enclosed in brackets
(for example, the hex value 02, Start Of Text, has the mnemonic
“STX” and is shown as
<STX>
).
ENCODED MESSAGE FORMAT
The format of the encoded data for three tracks is as follows:
<STX> <SS> track data <ES> <SS> track data <ES> <SS> track 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 combination of the three tracks. The order that they are
sent does not matter. For example, track three can be sent first,
then track one or track one then track three. The Start Sentinels are
as follows:
Track SS Symbol
Format
1
%
(percent sign)
7-bit format
2
;
(semicolon)
5-bit format
3
+
(plus sign)
5-bit format
3 #
(pound sign)
7-bit format
track data
is the actual data to be encoded on each track. These must be legal
characters for that track. That is, you cannot encode letters on
Tracks 2 and 3 in 5-bit format, so these should not be sent.
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