Distributing Encoder Configurations - DataCard SR200 User Manual

Distributing Encoder Configurations

The Datacard SR‐CR retransfer magnetic stripe plug‐in stores configurations in the ID Works\bin
directory in a file named SR200Magstripe.ini. The default location for the ID Works\bin directory
is in C:\Program Files\ Datacard\, but the ID Works installation program offers the option to
install the ID Works files to a different location. Search for the file in Windows Explorer if you do
not know its location.
Because configurations are not stored with ID Works projects, the Export utility in ID Works
Administrator does not include any encoder configurations you may have changed or created for
your card designs. If you will distribute your ID Works project to other computers in your system,
you must ensure that the encoder configurations are available on those computers.
There are three ways to accomplish this:
If you are using ID Works v6.5, select the Include Magnetic Stripe Configurations box when
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you export and import projects.
Recreate the encoder configurations on each computer in your system (requires a copy of
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ID Works Designer on each computer).
Distribute the SR200Magstripe.ini file by copying it (using Windows Explorer) from the
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computer on which it was created to the other computers in your system.
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