Peripherals 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 will have 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. Here are its specifications:
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
• 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
Optional Parameters
Characters per row
Number of rows
Character configuration
Character Height
Character width
Character configuration
Character color
MTBF
20
2
5x7 dot matrix
9.5mm
6.2mm
ASCII
Blue green
300,000 hours
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