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ViVOpay OEM S500 Technical Reference
MagneticStripeCardReaderEmulation
TheReaderemulatesaMagneticStripeCardReaderbysendingthedatareadfroma
card/tagoutasTrack1andTrack2datausingthe–IT1D,–IT1CLK,–IT2D,–IT2CLK,
and–ICPsignalslocatedatJ2ontheControlPCA.TheoutputsignalsareTTL(+5V)
levels.
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Data
readfromacard/tagissenttothehostonlyifvalidTrack1and/orTrack2data
ispresentonthecard.Track1dataissentusingthe–IT1D,–IT1CLKsignals;Track2
dataissentusingthe–IT2Dand–IT2CLKsignals.DataisvalidforbothTrack1
and
Track2whenthe–ICPsignalisactive.
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ThetimingdiagrambelowillustratesthetimingusedwithMagneticCardemulation.
Thetimingrepresentsanaveragecardswipingspeedof20cm/s.
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t0
0000 0  1 1  1  0  0110
720usec.
480usec.
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‐ICP
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‐ITD
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‐ITCLK
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EmulatedMagneticCardReaderTiming
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MagneticStripCardEmulation
TheReadercanalsooutputTrack1andTrack2magneticstripeF2Fencodeddata
whichcanbeinjectedintotheheadsofamagneticstripcardreaderandreadbyit.
LowpowerTrack1andTrack2analogdataisoutputontheJ2StripDrivesignals
TRACK1and
TRACK2.HighPowerStripDrive9Vdifferentialsignalsareoutputon
TRACK2+andTRACK2‐.NotethatoperationoftheHighPowerStripDrivesignals
requiresanadditional9VDC,500ma.powerinputonJ2pin4.
Document:740‐0005‐00Rev.1.0 8Proprietary&Confidential