Section 4. USB Communications
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CARD ENCODE TYPE
This one-byte value indicates the type of encoding that was found on the card. T he following
table defines the possible values.
Value Encode Type Description
0ISO/ABA ISO/ABA encode format
1AAMVA AAMVA encode format
2reserved
3Blank The card is blank.
4Other The card has a non-standard encode format. For example,
ISO/ABA track 1 format on track 2.
5Undetermined The card encode type could not be determined because no
tracks could be decoded.
6None No decode has occurred. This type occurs if no magnetic stripe
data has been acquired since the data has been cleared or
since the device was powered on. This device only sends an
Input report when a card has been swiped so this value will
never occur.
TRACK DATA
If decodable track data exits for a given track, it is located in the track data field that corresponds
to the track number. The length of each track data field is fixed at 110 bytes, but the length of
valid data in each field is determined by the track data length field that corresponds to the track
number. Track data located in positions greater that the track data length field indicates are
undefined and should be ignored. The HID specification requires that reports be fixed in size,
but the number of bytes encoded on a card may vary. Therefore, the Input Rep ort always
contains the maximum amount of bytes that can be encoded on the card and t he number of valid
bytes in each track is indicated by the track data length field. The track dat a is decoded and
converted to ASCII. The track data includes all data starting with the start sent inel and ending
with the end sentinel.
TRACK 1 DATA
This field contains the decoded track data for track 1.
TRACK 2 DATA
This field contains the decoded track data for track 2.
TRACK 3 DATA
This field contains the decoded track data for track 3.