Mag Command Structure Required For Iso Standard Encoding; Appendix A - Magicard Rio User's Reference Manual

Appendix A

Mag Command Structure Required for ISO Standard Encoding

Listed below are the command instructions which must be placed in the image file control
header for an ISO standard encoding string:
Command
MAG
BPI
MPC
COE
Card Data Format
All user data selected for encoding must be sent in UPPER CASE characters. The Magnetic
Stripe data formats that can be encoded on tracks 1, 2 or 3 is as follows:
Track 1 Data Format
Track 2 Data Format
Track 3 Data Format
Valid ISO Card Track Data Characters
Track 1:
Track 2:
Track 3:
To encode the word "MAGTEST" on Track 1 at 210 Bits Per Inch (BPI) and 7 Bits Per
Character (MPC), on a Hi-Co card, the data added to the file header would be as follows:
~1,BPI210,MPC7,COEH,%MAGTEST?
Windows Applications
When encoding from a Windows Application only true type fonts may be used. The user data
that has been selected for encoding must have the tilde symbol (~) at the start.
To encode the word "1234567890" on Track 2 at 75 Bits Per Inch (BPI) and 5 Bits Per
Character (MPC), on a Hi-Co card the data added to the file header would be as follows:
~2,BPI75,MPC5,COEH,;1234567890?
Should this data be put onto an image or id badge the Windows Driver would replace the tilde
symbol with the MAG command and add it to the file header before it was sent to the
encoder.
To encode all 3 tracks at once with data, the header file must contain the three separate
command lists. For example:
~1,BPI210,MPC7,COEH,%MAGTEST?
~2,BPI75,MPC5,COEH,;1234567890?
~3,BPI210,MPC5,COEH,;1234567890?
Parameter
1, 2, 3
75, 210
7, 5
H, L
210 BPI, 7 BPC,
75 BPI, 5 BPC,
210 BPI, 5 BPC,
Start Sentinel %
Field Separator ^
End Sentinel ?
Start Sentinel ;
Field Separator =
End Sentinel ?
Start Sentinel ;
Field Separator =
End Sentinel ?
Function
Track 1, 2 or 3
Bits per inch
Bits per character
High or low Coercivity
79 alphanumeric characters
40 numeric characters
107 numeric characters
= Start of data to be encoded.
= Space character.
= End of encoded data.
= Start of data to be encoded.
= Space character.
= End of encoded data.
= Start of data to be encoded.
= Space character.
= End of encoded data.
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