User guide iCT2xx
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Card readers
The terminal iCT2xx can handle both magnetic stripe cards and chip cards.
Magnetic stripe cards
A magnetic stripe card is read by swiping the card on the
terminal’s right side. The magnetic stripe shall face the terminal
and can be swiped either up-down or down-up. The magnetic
stripe card is best read by swiping it with a constant speed, not
too slow.
Chip card
The chip card (smart card) reader is located at the front of
the terminal. Insert the chip card horizontal with the chip
faced up.
If a card has chip, it shall always be read by the chip card reader first. If the terminal fails to
read the chip three (3) times in a row, the terminal requests “fallback”. This means that the
card
must be swiped. The terminal will display “Use magstripe” in the display.
Warning!
When performing a transaction with a chip card, the card must be left in the
reader during the whole transaction cycle. A message will be displayed when the card
can be removed.
