ACT-IR103SL & IR8203L, v0.1.1-030208
IrFM POS Adapter & Protocol IC
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ACTiSYS Confidential
About IrFM:
The Infrared Financial Messaging (IrFM
) “Point & Pay” Specification v1.0 was
published on Jan. 15, 2003 for free download from IrDA website (
www.irda.org
). It
utilizes existing financial services infrastructures to process wireless payment
transactions (credit, debit and smart cards, checks, and loyalty cards) at the point of
sale (POS). It easily and inexpensively enables existing POS devices (card readers,
ATMs, kiosks, gas pumps, turnstiles, toll booths, etc.) to receive and send consumer
payment information and approvals wirelessly between POS and handheld devices. It is
built upon proven IrDA standards for cell phones, PDAs and terminal adapters. It also
provides a compatibility path for RF technologies; e.g. Bluetooth, WAP, 3GPP.
Changes in existing IrDA Standards was necessary in order to provide much faster
connect time capability for express payment environments such as mass transit
turnstiles, toll booths and vending machines (less than 0.2 seconds). These
modifications (IrLAP Fast Connect) have now been incorporated into this recently
released IrFM
v1.0 Standard, an improvement that will provide significant overall IrDA
user benefits. At the same time, requirements for vouchers, loyalty programs and
coupons were also being added.
About ACTiSYS Corp.
ACTiSYS Corp., has been offering wireless connectivity hardware and software
solutions for the mobile applications since 1990. We offered the IR wireless printing and
PC data transfer two-in-one adapter for PDAs in 1991. We are the leading supplier of
IrDA adapters for PC-RS232, USB, motherboard, and parallel and serial printers.
We also offer IrDA protocol processor, and external RS232 adapter and internal PCB
for embedded systems. We supply the effective IrDA BER (Bit Error Rate) handheld
tester and is one of the five IrDA certification centers approved by IrDA Test Council.
ACTiSYS was one of the early members of IrDA since 1992. Our executives were
elected by the IrDA member companies to be chair of Technical committee, and
Test/Interoperability committee. We continue develop unique IR and RF solutions for
vertical markets as well as volume products for the consumer market. The company is
privately funded and is headquartered in Fremont, California. Visit
www.actisys.com
for
more information.
