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USB HID INTELLIHEAD
FOR SWIPE READERS
TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
Manual Part Number 99875320-5
OCTOBER 2008
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© Copyright 2008 ® MagTek , Inc. Printed in the United States of America Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of MagTek, Inc. MagTek is a registered trademark of MagTek, Inc. ™ IntelliHead is a trademark of MagTek, Inc. © USB (Universal Serial Bus) Specification is Copyright 1998
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LIMITED WARRANTY MagTek warrants that the products sold to Reseller pursuant to this Agreement will perform in accordance with MagTek’s published specifications. This warranty shall be provided only for a period of one year from the date of the shipment of the product from MagTek (the “Warranty Period”). This warranty shall apply only to the original purchaser unless the buyer is authorized by MagTek to resell the products, in which event, this warranty shall apply only to the first rep
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FCC WARNING STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio comm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................... 1 FEATURES............................................................................................................................................... 1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS........................................................................................................... 2 ACCESSORIES...................................................
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TABLES AND FIGURES Figure 1-1. USB IntelliHead 3-Track ..........................................................................................................viii Table 1-1. Specifications.............................................................................................................................. 3 Table 2-1. 5-Pin Connector.......................................................................................................................... 5 Figure A-1. USB HID
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Figure 1-1. USB IntelliHead 3-Track viii
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SECTION 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS The USB (Universal Serial Bus) HID (Human Interface Device) IntelliHead Swipe Reader is a compact magnetic stripe card reader that conforms to ISO standards. The Reader is compatible with any device with a USB host interface. A card is read by sliding it past the head either forward or backward. The Reader conforms to the USB HID Class specification Version 1.1. This allows host applications designed for most versions of Windows to easily co
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USB HID IntelliHead Swipe Reader HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS The hardware configurations are as shown in the table below. Drawings of each model are included in Appendix A. Cable Length and Part Description Rail or Housing Number Connector Type 21030006 USB HID IntelliHead on spring 125mm, 5 pin Molex None 440mm, 5 pin Molex 21030010 USB HID IntelliHead on spring None (reverse pin out) 280mm, 5 pin Molex 21030032 USB HID IntelliHead on spring None (reverse pin out) 21030042 US
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Section 1. Features and Specifications SPECIFICATIONS Table 1-1 lists the specifications for the USB IntelliHead. Table 1-1. Specifications Reference Standards ISO 7810, ISO 7811, AAMVA and JIS X 6302* Power Input 5V from USB bus Recording Method Two-frequency coherent phase (F2F) Message Format ASCII Card Speed 3 to 60 ips (7.62 – 152.4 cm/s) ELECTRICAL Current Normal Mode 15mA Suspend Mode 200 µA MECHANICAL Weight 1.1 oz. (31 gr.) Cable length See related drawing
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SECTION 2. INSTALLATION This section describes the cable connection, the Windows Plug and Play Setup, and the physical mounting of the unit. USB CONNECTION Since the USB IntelliHead is supplied as an OEM product, the installation and system integration will be unique for each application. The reader module must be attached to an appropriate connector which, in turn, connects to the USB port or hub. The pin numbers for the 5-pin connector are shown in Figure 2-1. Pin numbers
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SECTION 3. OPERATION CARD READ A card may be swiped past the read head at any time. The magnetic stripe must face toward the head and may be swiped in either direction. If there is data encoded on the card, the device will attempt to decode the data and then send the results to the host via a USB HID input report. After the results are sent to the host, the device will be ready to read the next card. 7
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SECTION 4. USB COMMUNICATIONS This device conforms to the USB specification revision 1.1. This device also conforms with the Human Interface Device (HID) class specification version 1.1. The device communicates to the host as a vendor-defined HID device. The details about how the card data and commands are structured into HID reports follow later in this section. The latest versions of the Windows operating systems come with a standard Windows USB HID driver. Windows applications
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USB HID IntelliHead Swipe Reader have a usage page in the range 0xFF00 – 0xFFFF. All usages for this device use vendor-defined magnetic stripe reader usage page 0xFF00. The usage IDs for this device are defined in the following table. The usage types are also listed. These usage types are defined in the HID Usage Tables document. Magnetic Stripe Reader usage page 0xFF00: Usage ID Usage Name Usage Report (Hex) Type Type 01 Decoding reader device Collection None 20 Track 1 deco
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Section 4. USB Communications Item Value (Hex) Input (Data, Variable, Absolute, Buffered Bytes) 82 02 01 Usage (Track 3 data) 09 32 Report Count (110) 95 6E Input (Data, Variable, Absolute, Buffered Bytes) 82 02 01 Usage (Command message) 09 20 Report Count (24) 95 18 Feature (Data, Variable, Absolute, Buffered Bytes) B2 02 01 End Collection C0 CARD DATA Card data is only sent to the host on the Interrupt In pipe using an Input Report. The device will send only one Input Re
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USB HID IntelliHead Swipe Reader TRACK 2 DECODE STATUS Bits 7-1 0 Value Reserved Error This is a one-byte value, which indicates the status of decoding track 2. Bit position zero indicates if there was an error decoding track 2 if this bit is set to one. If it is zero, then no error occurred. If a track has data on it that is not noise, and it is not decodable, then a decode error is indicated. If a decode error is indicated, the corresponding track data length value for the tra
