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ViVOpay OEM S500 Technical Reference

multiplexesthecardreadersignalsfromitselfandtheexistingcardreaderand

passesthemtothehost.TheReaderisinvisibletothehostandbehaveslikethe

existingmagneticcardreader.Thisconfigurationrequiresasecondcableidenticalto

theoneconnectingtheexistingcardreadertothehost.

Connectthecablefromthe

existingcardreadertotheJ1connectorontheInterfacePCA,andconnectthesecond

cablefromtheJ2connectortothehost.Thehostdoesnotneedanyotherchange.

NotetheHostControllermustsupply+5VDCtobothdevices.

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HostController

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RS‐232orSingleEmulatedMagneticCardReaderConnections

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HostController

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DualMagneticCardReaderConnections

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ApplyingPower

TheViVOpayOEMS500doesnothaveaswitchtoturnon/offpower.After

connectingthecablefromtheReadertothehostapplypowertothehostand/or

powersupply.TheReaderwillperformapower‐upsequenceasfollows:

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• AllLEDswillilluminateaninternalself‐test

isbeingperformed.

• ThedefaultRS‐232parameters(19,200bps,8data,1stop,noparity)willbeset.

• Ifself‐testandinitializationissuccessfulthebeeperwillemittwoshortbeeps

andtheleftmostLEDwillremainilluminatedindicatingtheReaderisready.

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Withthepower‐up

sequencesuccessfullycompleted,theunitwillreadavalidcard

ortagifpresentedandsendthedatatothehost.

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Document:740‐0005‐00Rev.1.0 6Proprietary&Confidential