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Computer Installation Guide Prox–DU & Prox–SU Prox–DU & Prox–SU Dual interface USB smart card reader Computer Installation Guide www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 1/59...
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For 64bits warning message added during the November 2010 libusb installation OpenSUSE 11.x instead of OpenSUSE 11.0.x Comment about the installation packages supported by the Linux community First release after BSI TR-03119 certification February 2011 BSI TR-03119 conformity paragraph added www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 4/59...
CHECKING THE INSTALLATION ....................43 2K/XP ................. 43 INDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM ................... 43 INDOWS ISTA OPERATING SYSTEM ..................44 INDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM ....................45 INUX OPERATING SYSTEM Checking the installation for experienced user ............. 45 www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 5/59...
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Figure 24 – Synaptic Package Manager Window ..............26 Figure 25 – Synaptic Package Manager Password window ..........26 Figure 26 – Synaptic Package Manager search window ............26 Figure 27 – Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) download window ............36 www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 6/59...
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Figure 63 – AusweisApp contactless reader detection (Mac OS X) ........58 Figure 64 – Device Manager display (Devices by connection view) ........59 Figure 65 – USB Smart Card reader Properties (Details view) ..........59 www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use...
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Computer Installation Guide Prox–DU & Prox–SU Overview Description The Prox–DU and the Prox–SU are Gemalto smart card reader/writers developed by Gemalto to interface contactless and contact smart cards: • The Prox–DU is a dual interface (contact and contactless) USB smart card...
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A stand can be delivered for vertical use: Figure 3 – Prox–DU with the stand for vertical use The Prox–DU and The Prox–SU have been designed for any applications such as logical access control, transportation, identity, banking services and vending machines. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 10/59...
Prox–DU & Prox–SU BSI TR-03119 Conformity The BSI TR-03119 certificate N° BSI-K-TR-0078-2010 recognizes the ability of the Gemalto Prox-SU and Prox-DU smart card readers to interface with the new German electronic identity cards called nPA (neue Personalausweiss) as a “Basic Chip Card Reader Category B”.
ID-1 size format (smart card) ID-000 size format (SIM/SAM) Contact card interface Removable Not removable Product name Gemalto Prox-DU Gemalto Prox-SU The LED of contact interface The LED of contact interface LEDs is blinking when no card is is Off when no SIM/SAM is...
The Prox–DU and a contact smart card: Figure 8 – The contact smart card is fully inserted into the Prox–DU slot www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 13/59...
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Figure 10 – The contact SIM/SAM card is inserted into the Prox–SU connector Note: the SIM/SAM card cannot be installed or removed without opening the casing. The SIM/SAM card is permanently installed into the Prox–SU reader. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use...
Prox–DU a and the Prox– –SU have a 1m80 USB c cable with a s standard US SB A plug. Figur e 12 – Prox– –DU and Pro ox–SU USB A A Plug w.gemalto.com OC119735A Public Use Page 15 5/59...
ISO7816-2 8 pins ISO7816-2 8 pins Landing zone Landing zone Contactless card (No connector) (No connector) One blue LED One blue LED Visual Indicators One yellow LED One yellow LED Table 4 – Interface capability www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 16/59...
Figure 14 – Contactless logo of the landing zone The contactless antenna is integrated into the device just under the landing zone. This contactless interface complies with the ISO14443-A&B standard. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 17/59...
The card is present and active (powered on) Flashing The card communication is in progress Table 5 – Prox–DU and Prox–SU indicator’s status Note: When no SIM/SAM card is inserted into the Prox–SU, the yellow indicator will always be off. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 18/59...
Debian in stallation lease 5.0x an nd higher package ava ailable in the e web site Inbox http://suppo rt.gemalto.co 2 and 64 bit v versions) ux Ubuntu d istribution Use the late est Ubuntu in stallation lease 9.04 a...
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SU reader/wr riter are the ndard drivers s available fo or the Micros soft Windows s operating s systems. No Gemalto oprietary drive ers are need ded, Microsof ft Windows C CE R5.0 & R R6.0 except. r Windows o...
Found New Hardware USB Human Interface Device USB Human Interface Device Found New Hardware Found New Hardware Prox-DU Contactless_xxxxxxxx Prox-DU Contactless_xxxxxxxx Found New Hardware Found New Hardware USB Smart Card reader USB Smart Card reader www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 21/59...
Figure 18 – Windows XP Installation wizard: first window • Click the “Yes, this time only” button to start the Windows Update procedure • Click the “Next” button to continue (in the picture below 09A00235 is the serial www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 22/59...
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Now the installation is finished. Your Prox–DU or Prox–SU device is ready for use. Note: depending on the network configuration, the Windows Update procedure can take a long time. Please wait until the end of the procedure. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use...
The CCID driver is not available by default in the operating system. The CCID driver should be included into the operating system when the CE platform is built. To get information about the CCID driver to be used with CE platforms, please contact the Gemalto support website: http://support.gemalto.com Windows CE 6.0R2 installation...
Linux community and will be included in the next revisions of the Ubuntu distribution. The components considered in the next paragraph are generic components and are not specific to the Gemalto Prox-DU and Prox-SU devices. Installation pre requisites The Linux Ubuntu distribution should be installed on the computer.
Installation procedure for Ubuntu 10.04 64bits First check if the “libusb-1.0-0” and “libpcsclite1” packages are already installed in the system as decribed for Ubuntu 10.4 32bits distribution. You need now to install the CCID driver: www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 27/59...
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The packages are now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Linux computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 28/59...
Linux community and will be included in the next revisions of the Debian distribution. The components considered in the next paragraph are generic components and are not specific to the Gemalto Prox-DU and Prox-SU devices. Installation pre requisites The Linux Debian distribution should be installed on the computer.
The packages are now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Linux computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 30/59...
Linux community and will be included in the next revisions of the OpenSUSE distribution. The components considered in the next paragraph are generic components and are not specific to the Gemalto Prox-DU and Prox-SU devices. Installation pre requisites Download the required OpenSUSE package (a common package for the Prox-DU and the Prox-SU) available in the Gemalto support website: http://support.gemalto.com.
Before installing the new CCID driver, we will have to prepare the packages. Some commands should be entered through a terminal window. First open a terminal window: • For Gnome desktop: Click on “Computer” ► “Gnome Terminal” • For KDE desktop: www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 32/59...
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Press “Enter” at the end of each line. You may have to enter your root password to allow the package installation. • Installation of the CCID driver: In the terminal window type the next command: www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 33/59...
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The packages are now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Linux computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 34/59...
Follow the included documentation to build and install the software. libusb You can get the latest version of libusb at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb/files/libusb1.0/ The latest version at the date of writing this guide is: 1.0.8 Follow the included documentation to build and install the software. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 35/59...
Prox–DU & Prox–SU Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) installation Install the required installation package (a common package for the Prox-DU and the Prox- SU) using the dedicated binary installer available in the Gemalto support website: http://support.gemalto.com: • Download the file on your Mac computer: Figure 27 –...
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The package is now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Mac computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 38/59...
Prox–DU & Prox–SU Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) installation Install the required installation package (a common package for the Prox-DU and the Prox- SU) using the dedicated binary installer available in the Gemalto support website: http://support.gemalto.com: • Download the file on your Mac computer: Figure 29 –...
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The package is now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Mac computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 40/59...
Prox–DU & Prox–SU Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) installation Install the required installation package (a common package for the Prox-DU and the Prox- SU) using the dedicated binary installer available in the Gemalto support website: http://support.gemalto.com: • Download the file on your Mac computer: Figure 31 –...
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The package is now installed on your computer. You can plug the USB cable of the Prox-DU or Prox-SU into a USB port of your Mac computer. The device will then be ready for use. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 42/59...
Click the “Smart card readers” icon Two “USB Smart Card reader” icons should be displayed as shown in the next figure: Figure 35 – Smart card reader icons in the Device Manager window (Windows Vista) www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 43/59...
Figure 37 – Smart card reader icons in the Device Manager window (Windows 7) • Click the “Human Interface Devices” icon Two “HID devices” icons should be displayed as shown in the next figure: Figure 38 – USB HID icons in the Device Manager window (Windows 7) www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 44/59...
First install the libpcsclite-dev package (using the package manager or an apt-get command) Then the installation of the pcsc-tools package and all the dependencies is required: • Get the pcsc-tools package included into the dowloaded Gemalto package, • Extract the tar.gz package into you home directory (e.g. /home/yourname/Desktop), •...
Check that the device is recognized by the computer: • Open the “Terminal” application of your computer, • Enter the “pcsctest” command and type the “Enter” key • The next window will be displayed: www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 47/59...
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Note: According to Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) and Snow Leopard (10.6) limitations the contact smart card reader is displayed twice (Reader 02 & Reader 03). Reader 03 is a ghost device and should not be used. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use...
Note: The yellow LED should return to the blinking state after a short time depending on the computer operating system. The smart card used for the check should be of course ISO7816-3 compliant. Otherwise, no LED change will occur. The second test is not available for the Prox–SU model. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 49/59...
The string name depends on the operating system. Windows operating systems The name will comply with the following string format: • “Gemalto Prox-DU Contactless_xxxxxxxx N1” for the Prox–DU contactless interface • “Gemalto Prox-DU Contact_xxxxxxxx N2” for the Prox–DU contact interface •...
Linux and Mac OS X operating systems The name will comply with the following string format: • “Gemalto Prox-DU (xxxxxxxx) N1 00” for the Prox–DU contactless interface • “Gemalto Prox-DU (xxxxxxxx) N1 01” for the Prox–DU contact interface •...
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Computer Installation Guide Prox–DU & Prox–SU second Prox–DU device. Note: The application should use the name of the device for connecting the appropriate smart card interface. www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 52/59...
Germany to interface the contactless new electronic identity card named “nPA” (neue Personal Ausweis). That paragraph will explain to the user how to connect the Gemalto Prox-SU or Prox-DU device to the AusweisApp application using the name returned by the application. The Prox- SU device is used in the next paragraphs.
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Figure 54 – AusweisApp contact reader detection (Windows XP) The name of the reader is “Gemalto Prox-SU Contact_xxxxxxxx 1” where xxxxxxxx is the serial number printed on the label located in the rear of the plastic cabinet of the device.
Figure 58 – AusweisApp contact reader detection (Linux Ubuntu) The name of the reader is “Gemalto Prox-SU (xxxxxxxx) 00 01” where xxxxxxxx is the serial number printed on the label located in the rear of the plastic cabinet of the device.
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Figure 59 – AusweisApp contactless reader detection (Linux Ubuntu) The name of the reader is “Gemalto Prox-SU (xxxxxxxx) 00 00” where xxxxxxxx is the serial number printed on the label located in the rear of the plastic cabinet of the device.
Figure 62 – AusweisApp contact reader detection (Mac OS X) The name of the reader is “Gemalto Prox-SU (xxxxxxxx) 00 01” where xxxxxxxx is the serial number printed on the label located in the rear of the plastic cabinet of the device.
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Figure 63 – AusweisApp contactless reader detection (Mac OS X) The name of the reader is “Gemalto Prox-SU (xxxxxxxx) 00 00” where xxxxxxxx is the serial number printed on the label located in the rear of the plastic cabinet of the device.
No more than one card can be presented at the reader’s antenna. Only one card is selected as active for data exchange with the reader. For a safe operation, only use one contactless smart card. End of Document ——————————————————————————————————————— www.gemalto.com DOC119735A Public Use Page 59/59...
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