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C. MSR (Magnetic Stripe Reader)
The MSR slot is near the upper edge of the Programmable
Keyboard. The MSR indicator LED is located at the upper left corner of
the block containing the electronic key. There are four choices of the
reader types – ISO 1,2 or 2,3 dual tracks, ISO triple tracks and JIS types.
For card reading, be sure to insert the card to the bottom with magnetic
stripe of ISO card or JIS I track 2 facing downward. The movement of an
ISO card can be either inserting the card from the top surface at the right
end then sliding the card to the left out of the slot, or sliding the card
from the left of the slot till it reaches the right end of the slot (ref. Fig. 4-
3). Yet the movement of a JIS card is limited to the leftward movement,
i.e. inserting the card from the top surface at the right end then sliding
the card to the left out of the slot (ref. Fig. 4-4). The reverse movement
of a JIS card is not guaranteed. The MSR indicator will light up in green
when the MSR is ready to read, blink during reading, and then give a
green light if the reading is successful. The MSR indicator will turn to be
red if the reading fails due to improper sliding or poor magnetic intensity
of the magnetic stripe, the MSR indicator will then turn back to green
when the MSR is again ready to read.
Fig. 4 - 3 Reading magnetic stripe cards of ISO standard
MSR SLOT
MSR INDICATOR
READER HEAD MARK
POWER ON INDICATOR
ISO card
Magnetic stripe
toward user