Tyco Electronics ESY15A2 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Elo TouchSystems 15A2 User Guide 49
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
Non-operating current: 300u maximum
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
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