User guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
SECTION 1.  FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................. 1
FEATURES......................................................................................................................................... 1 
CONFIGURATIONS............................................................................................................................ 2 
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 
HID USAGES...................................................................................................................................... 9 
REPORT DESCRIPTOR ................................................................................................................... 10 
CARD DATA ..................................................................................................................................... 11 
TRACK 1 DECODE STATUS ............................................................................................................ 12 
TRACK 2 DECODE STATUS ............................................................................................................ 12 
TRACK 3 DECODE STATUS ............................................................................................................ 12 
TRACK 1 DATA LENGTH ................................................................................................................. 12 
TRACK 2 DATA LENGTH ................................................................................................................. 12 
TRACK 3 DATA LENGTH ................................................................................................................. 12 
CARD ENCODE TYPE...................................................................................................................... 13 
TRACK DATA ................................................................................................................................... 13 
TRACK 1 DATA ................................................................................................................................ 13 
TRACK 2 DATA ................................................................................................................................ 13 
TRACK 3 DATA ................................................................................................................................ 13 
COMMANDS..................................................................................................................................... 14 
COMMAND NUMBER ....................................................................................................................... 14 
DATA LENGTH ................................................................................................................................. 14 
DATA ................................................................................................................................................ 14 
RESULT CODE................................................................................................................................. 15 
GET AND SET PROPERTY COMMANDS......................................................................................... 15 
SOFTWARE_ID PROPERTY ............................................................................................................ 16 
SERIAL_NUM PROPERTY ............................................................................................................... 17 
POLLING_INTERVAL PROPERTY ................................................................................................... 17 
MAX_PACKET_SIZE PROPERTY .................................................................................................... 18 
INTERFACE_TYPE PROPERTY....................................................................................................... 19 
SECTION 5. DEMO PROGRAM............................................................................................................ 21 
INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................. 21 
OPERATION..................................................................................................................................... 21 
SOURCE CODE................................................................................................................................ 22 
APPENDIX A. USB INTELLIHEAD SWIPE READER .......................................................................... 23 
FIGURES AND TABLES 
Figure 1-1. 3-Track USB IntelliHead ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vi 
Table 1-1. Specifications--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Table 2-1. 5-Pin Connector-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 
Figure A-1. USB IntelliHead P/N 21030006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 










