User's Guide

User Guide
6-5
Test and Encoding
The magnetic card is read and written in the magnetic encoding area.
The Track Area contains the fields (ISO Standard or JIS-II Standard) where the magnetic tracks can be
read or written.
Printer Driver
Track Status
Track
Label
Track Window Result Box
Enabled
Black
Active (inside, the text displayed in grey shows how the track is
set for the printer driver)
Active (empty)
Disabled
Grey
light
Not Active, the background is slightly grey (inside, the text
displayed
in light grey shows how the track is set for the printer driver)
Not Active
(empty)
When the read mode is selected, the characters read are displayed in the Read/Write window. When the
write mode is selected the characters to be encoded are written in this window.
In the write window, certain checks have to be performed on the characters typed. Characters have to
be compatible with the ISO or JIS-II standard chosen for the printer driver, otherwise an error message
is displayed.
1)
Load Button
Click to start a batch job, consisting of:
a) Taking the card from the selected or default input (see card path in the printer driver Card tab)
b) Moving the card to the magnetic encoding area.
2) Encode button
Click to encode a magnetic card.
To encode the card, it must firstly be positioned in the magnetic encoder by clicking Load .
a)
Card encoding for the enabled tracks, reads the characters written in the track window and encodes
them.
b)
The results window displays whether the operation was executed correctly or not.
c)
Upon completion of the card writing, the card remains in the magnetic encoding area until clicking
Eject , at which point the card is then ejected to the specified card path.
d)
If an error occurs during encoding, the card is sent to the Reject bin.
3)
Read Button
Click to read a magnetic card.
To read the card, it must firstly be positioned in the magnetic encoder by clicking Load .
a) For enabled Tracks, it displays the value read in the track windows. In the results window, it indicates
whether the operation was executed correctly or not.
b) Upon completion of the card reading, the card remains in the magnetic encoding area until clicking
Eject , at which point the card is then ejected to the specified card path.
4) Eject Button
Click to move the card that has been left inside the printer to the selected or default output (see
card path in the printer driver Card tab).