User guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
SECTION 1.  FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................. 1 
FEATURES......................................................................................................................................... 1 
HARDWARE CONFIGURATIONS....................................................................................................... 1 
ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................................................. 2 
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS............................................................................................................... 2 
SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 3 
SECTION 2.  INSTALLATION................................................................................................................. 5 
USB CONNECTION............................................................................................................................ 5 
WINDOWS PLUG AND PLAY SETUP................................................................................................. 5 
MOUNTING ........................................................................................................................................ 5 
SECTION 3.  OPERATION...................................................................................................................... 7 
CARD READ....................................................................................................................................... 7 
SECTION 4. USB COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................. 9 
HOST APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 9 
CARD DATA ....................................................................................................................................... 9 
PROGRAMMABLE CONFIGURATION OPTIONS............................................................................. 11 
LOW LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................... 11 
HID USAGES.................................................................................................................................... 11 
REPORT DESCRIPTOR ................................................................................................................... 12 
COMMANDS..................................................................................................................................... 13 
COMMAND NUMBER ....................................................................................................................... 13 
DATA LENGTH ................................................................................................................................. 13 
DATA ................................................................................................................................................ 13 
RESULT CODE................................................................................................................................. 14 
GET AND SET PROPERTY COMMANDS......................................................................................... 14 
SOFTWARE_ID PROPERTY ............................................................................................................ 15 
SERIAL_NUM PROPERTY ............................................................................................................... 16 
POLLING_INTERVAL PROPERTY ................................................................................................... 16 
TRACK_ID_ENABLE PROPERTY .................................................................................................... 17 
TRACK_DATA_SEND_FLAGS PROPERTY ..................................................................................... 18 
TERMINATION_CHAR PROPERTY.................................................................................................. 19 
SS_TK2_7BITS PROPERTY............................................................................................................. 19 
SS_TK3_ISO_ABA PROPERTY........................................................................................................ 20 
SS_TK3_AAMVA PROPERTY .......................................................................................................... 20 
SS_TK3_7BITS PROPERTY............................................................................................................. 20 
PRE_CARD_CHAR PROPERTY....................................................................................................... 21 
POST_CARD_CHAR PROPERTY .................................................................................................... 21 
PRE_TK_CHAR PROPERTY ............................................................................................................ 22 
POST_TK_CHAR PROPERTY.......................................................................................................... 22 
ASCII_TO_KEYPRESS_CONVERSION_TYPE PROPERTY............................................................. 22 
INTERFACE_TYPE PROPERTY....................................................................................................... 23 
SECTION 5. DEMO PROGRAM............................................................................................................ 25 
INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................. 25 
OPERATION..................................................................................................................................... 25 
SOURCE CODE................................................................................................................................ 26 
APPENDIX A. USB INTELLIHEAD SWIPE READER .......................................................................... 27 
FIGURES 
Figure 1-1. 3-Track USB Keyboard Emulation IntelliHead ------------------------------------------------------------ vi 
TABLES 
Table 1-2. Specifications--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 
Table 2-1. 4-Pin Connector-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 










