1. General Description ................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. USING PCSC.EXE ................................................................................................................................................... 3
3. TESTING THE MIFARE CARD .............................................................................................................................. 5
4. TESTING THE SAM CARD .................................................................................................................................... 7
5. TESTING THE SAM AND MIFARE CARD ........................................................................................................... 9
Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 1. General Description Hamster Pro Duo CL™ is a combination fingerprint reader and contactless smart card reader that supports the USB (Universal Serial Bus) 1.1 and 2.0 interface, utilizes the Plug & Play architecture, and is hot swappable.
Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 2. USING PCSC.EXE PCSC.EXE must be invoked in a command prompt so that the necessary command-line arguments can be specified 2.1 Invoking PCSC with no command-line arguments When the PCSC.EXE utility is invoked without command-line arguments, the available smart card readers will be displayed as shown below.
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Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide Two readers should be enumerated: 1. ACS ACR1251 1S CL Reader PICC 0 – This is the contactless card reader. The MIFARE 1K card is used with this reader 2. ACS ACR1251 1S CL Reader SAM 0 – This is the SAM reader.
Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 2.2 PCSC Command-line Arguments PCSC is invoked with three command-line arguments; PCSC.EXE <reader> <delay> <test> <reader> - The number of the enumerated reader <delay> - The number of milliseconds to delay between smart card commands.
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Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 3.2 Invoke PCSC.EXE with the correct command-line options 3.3 The test will start. The Answer-to-Reset (ATR) of the card will be reported and then the test will proceed with repetitive read and write operations to the card.
Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 3.4 Press <Ctrl>-C to end the test. 4. TESTING THE SAM CARD 4.1 Insert the SAM Card in the receiver. 4.2 Invoke PCSC.EXE with the correct command-line options 4.3 The test will start. The Answer-to-Reset (ATR) of the card will be reported and then the test will proceed with repetitive formatting, read and write operations to the card.
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Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 4.4 Press <Ctrl>-C to end the test. 5. TESTING THE SAM AND MIFARE CARD 5.1 Place the SAM and MIFARE 1K cards as described in sections 3 and 4 above. 5.2 Invoke PCSC.EXE with the correct command-line options 5.3 The test will start.
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Hamster Pro Duo CL™ PCSC User Guide 5.4 Press <Ctrl>-C to end the test. PCSC User Guide Page 11...
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