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write
Function
Data encode command.
Syntax
/write
Errors
/write
Encode is not supported on this device.
/write
The data field was in the incorrect format.
/write
The
write
/write
Device in wrong mode (e.g., if /read already issued)
/write
Error during write operation (e.g., on MT-95)
Remarks
The data field is in the following format:
[
an-data
%
an-data is alphanumeric data (ASCII characters ' ' to '_' (0x20 to 0x7f))
n-data is numeric data (ASCII characters '0' to '?' (0x30 to 0x3f))
The data should not contain the end sentinel character (
If the application sends data for an alphanumeric track that contains lowercase
characters (ASCII values beyond 0x60), they will be capitalized if
. To disable this and send the data as-is to the device, set the
1
to
. The three sub-sections of the data string represent the three tracks on the
0
magnetic card. The data for each track begins with a start sentinel character, which
defines both the track number and the data format for the track:
%
;
@
+
!
#
&
Note that any or all of the data may be missing, but the order of the data for the
tracks must always be in order (1, 2, 3). A missing track is interpreted as "don't
write" for the data encode command – that track will not be overwritten by the
encode operation.
The response sent for this command is:
status is
See the definitions of the status values in Appendix C. Status Codes.
Example
Encode tracks 1 and 2:
Command
Response
data
94<LF>
34<LF>
82<LF>
command was canceled.
45<LF>
60<LF>
][
n-data
|
a-data
?
;
?
@
identifies track 1 (7-bit alphanumeric)
identifies track 2 (5-bit numeric)
identifies track 2 (7-bit alphanumeric)
identifies track 3 (5-bit numeric)
identifies track 3 (CA Driver License)
identifies track 3 (alphanumeric, AAMVA)
identifies track 3 (7-bit alphanumeric)
if the encode succeeded and non-zero if it failed.
00
/write %B12345^TEST^0000?;12345?<LF>
/write
][(
n-data
|
an-data
?
+
?
#
?
status.
/write
00<LF>
Section 3. Commands
|
an-data
|
an-data)]
?
!
?
&
).
capitalize
property
capitalize
=
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