User's Manual

11 Chapter 2 Hardware

USB Readers and Wiegand Converters

The pcProx USB keystroke device operates in two primary modes:

•USBkeyboard.ItreadsthecarddataandsendsitaskeystrokesasiftheusertypedtheID

data on a keyboard.

•Undertheapplicationprogrammerinterface(API)definedinthepcProxSDK.Whenitreads

card data, the active application receives the entire card data.

RS-232 Readers and Converters

The RS-232, Ethernet, or virtual COM port device operates in two primary modes:

1. ASCII output device. In this mode the user card data is read and sent as a decimal or

hexadecimal number in ASCII characters.

2. API defined in the pcProx SDK. The device attaches to a computer serial port. When it reads

card data, the active application receives the entire card data.

Once the configuration settings are correctly configured and written to flash memory, the device can

immediately be deployed.

Minimum System Requirements

HARDWARE Pentium class PC

MEMORY 32 MB RAM

DISK 25 MB hard disk space

I/O 1 available RS-232 or USB Port

Operating System Any operating system that supports a USB keyboard including

Microsoft Windows 2000®, XP®, Vista®, 7®, Server 2003®,

Server 2008®, Linux, Macintosh®. Can be used for keystroke

applications

Note: The software does not perform any data validation checking. The data must be known before it is

read to verify its validity.