General Advice; Introduction; General Description; Description Of The Magnetic Stripe Card Reader - Cherry 8000 series User Manual

1.General Advice

Cherry continually optimizes its products
in accordance with technological
developments. We therefore reserve the
right to make any technical alterations.
The establishment of reliability as well as
the definition of technical details takes
place according to Cherry's internal
examinations, which comply with
generally recognized regulations or
standards. Requirements which deviate
from these norms are to be covered
through the determined operating
conditions by the user. lf necessary, we
are also available to help. Improper
handling, storage, external influences
and/or further processing can lead to
disturbances and defects during use. We
stress that we do not grant any warranty
or accept any liability if our product is
altered by the user, the exception being
that this is released expressly in writing
for the specific case of use. This is also
especially valid if repairs and maintenance
work have not been carried out by
trained personnel. To avoid danger of
explosion, the optional lithium battery
may only be exchanged by an expert.
Possible compensation claims against us
whatever the legal are out of the
question as long as they do not concern
intent or negligence on our behalf. The
abovementioned restriction does not
apply to compensation claims, according
to the Product Liability Law. The
following operating instructions are only
valid for the accompanying product.
Please look in the Internet
(http://www.cherry.de) for the
most up-to-date information.

2. Introduction

2.1 General Description

The Cherry G 81-8000 (standard format)
and G 81-7000 (19" compact format) as
8100, CorePlus and 8300 are a new
generation of chip card reader keyboards.
With this keyboard chip cards, magnetic
cards and barcode readers, plug ins and
touchpad can be handled within one
application.
2.2 Description of the magnetic
stripe card reader
The integrated swipe-type magnetic
stripe card reader is capable of reading
all magnetic stripe card types described
in DIN ISO 7812. The versions with a 3-
track magnetic card allow the possibility
to read the max. 3 tracks separately, in
pairs or all together. The selection of the
tracks can be chosen by the user. The 2-
track versions offer the possibility to read
the tracks separately or simultaneously.
The magnetic card data is converted to
the conresponding keyboard scan codes
and then transmitted via the keyboard
interface to the computer.
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