ID Tech 30, 25, 60, 50 Magnetic Stripe Formatting Selections, Magnetic Stripe Terminator Character

Magnetic Stripe Formatting Selections

Magnetic stripe output can also be formatted with the addition of preambles, postambles, and terminator characters. The settings below will augment magnetic stripe data read by the Omni. A fully-formatted message block reflects the following model:

{Preamble}{Code ID}{Data}{Terminator}{Postamble}

1.Enter MAGNETIC STRIPE SETUP MODE by typing /E/D/FD .

2.Press <ENTER>.

3.Type the one or two-character code for the selection you wish to make.

4.Save your selection by pressing <ENTER>.

5.To review the current setting, enter DY<ENTER>.

6.Exit the group setup mode by entering DZ<ENTER>.

7.To reset the terminal type setting to default, enter DX<ENTER>.

Magnetic Stripe Terminator Character

Enter (CRLF), Return (CR), Field Exit (LF), or None: For some applica- tions, it may be convenient to end a string of magnetic stripe data with a terminator character. For example, with keyboard entry, it is common to have the operator signify the end of the data input with the “Enter” keystroke. The terminator character serves this function.

D1<ENTER>A for ENTER

D1<ENTER>B for CR

D1<ENTER>C for LF

D1<ENTER>D for None

Magnetic Stripe Preamble

0 to 16 ASCII characters: The magnetic stripe preamble is a string of characters that can be added to the beginning of magnetic stripe data. These can be special characters for identifying a specific reading station, to format a message header expected by the receiving host, or a function key from the Function Code Tables in Appendix A.

D2<ENTER><SELECTED CHARACTERS OR FUNCTION KEY>

Magnetic Stripe Postamble

0 to 16 ASCII characters: The magnetic stripe postamble serves the same purpose as the preamble, except it is added to the end of the read data after any terminator characters.

D3<ENTER><SELECTED CHARACTERS OR FUNCTION KEY>

Track Separator

One character: This option allows the user to select the character used to separate data from different tracks. The default is <CR>.

D4<ENTER><SELECTED CHARACTER>

Note: For no track separator, enter N.

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