User's Manual

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Using Various Card Readers
Using Smart Cards (Optional)
With an embedded microcontroller, smart cards have the unique ability to store large
amounts of data, carry out their own on-card functions (e.g., encryption and mutual
authentication), and interact intelligently with a smart card reader.
To insert a smart card:
1. Locate the smart card reader. Open the cover.
2. With the embedded computer chip facing front and near the slot, slide the smart
card into the slot.
3. Close the cover.
To remove a smart card:
1. Make sure that the software is not accessing the smart card.
2. Open the cover.
3. Pull the card out of the slot.
4. Close the cover.
Chip on the other side
of the card.