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Testing and Troubleshooting
Testing 1210/1220K (keyboard interface)
Hold the 1210/1220K magnetic stripe
card reader or secure it on a flat
surface. Slide a magnetic stripe card
through the bi-directional card slot,
making sure that the magnetic stripe
is facing the magnetic head of the
card reader.
Model 1210/1220K will beep to
indicate a successful read. The card
data will display on the screen in the
format which was programmed into
the card reader.
In order to test the RS232 interface,
the computer must be operating in a
terminal or on-line mode. This can be
done by using terminal-emulation
utility software such as TELIX and
PROCOMM. Alternatively, a simple
program written in BASIC is sufficient
for this purpose:
10 openCOM1:9600,N,8,1,rs,ds,cs as #1
20 input #1, A$
30 print A$
40 go to 20
With this program running, slide a
magnetic stripe card through the bi-
directional card slot, making sure
Testing 1210/1220R (RS232 interface)