Peripheral Specifications
Magnetic Stripe Reader (MSR)
The MSR is a USB 1.1 device which reads all three data stripes on standard credit cards or driver’s licenses conforming to ISO/ANSI standards. The MSR has foreign language capability. The credit card is read by sliding the credit card through the MSR, stripe side toward the display, forward or backward. The MSR is powered from the USB port; no external power is needed. The specifications are:
•Power source: from USB port
•Message format: ASCII
•Card speed: 3 to 50 IPS
•Electronics MTBF: 125,000 hours
•Mechanical MTBF: 1,000,000 passes
•Operating current: 30 mA maximum
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Customer Display
The Customer Display is a twenty character two line vacuum fluorescent display (VFD). It consists of a VFD and VFD controller.
USB Version
Optional Parameters |
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Characters per row | 20 |
Number of rows | 2 |
Character configuration | 5x7 dot matrix |
Character Height | 9.5mm |
Character width | 6.2mm |
Character configuration | ASCII |
Character color | Blue green |
MTBF | 300,000 hours |
