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MCP300 SERIES
MCM300 SERIES
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  • Page 1 VISUAL CARD READER/WRITER MCP300 SERIES MCM300 SERIES PROGRAMMER'S MANUAL...
  • Page 2 • The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. • All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of going to press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them.
  • Page 3 Precautions Please read this manual carefully and follow the instructions to fully understand the contents, before using this product. Misuse can cause an accident, or damage the product and/or the peripherals. At the Installation: 1) This system is a precision type. Install this system at a solid and horizontal plane.
  • Page 4 7) Do not insert any other material in the card slot other than the card. 8) Do not turn off the power switch during card processing. 9) When any of the anomalous (noise, off-flavor, smoke, firing, etc.) is found, turn off the power switch and disconnect the power cable immediately. 10) Do not start the system after changing the environmental condition (tem- perature, humidity etc.), even if under the specified condition.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. OUTLINE ..................1 2. UNPACKING ................2 3. APPEARANCE AND NOMENCLATURE ......... 3 4. CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING ..5 5. DIP SWITCH SETTING .............. 8 6. PROTOCOL ................11 7. HOW TO USE CLEANING CARD ........... 25 8.

  • Page 7: Outline

    OUTLINE The MCP300 series is a reading/writing device for specified IC card or reading device for ISO magnetic stripe type plastic card. It also has print/erase capability to a re-writable human readable area on the sur- face of the card. This series is compatible with most host computers and various P.O.S.

  • Page 8: Unpacking

    UNPACKING After unpacking the unit, check that all the accessories are included in the indi- vidual box. MCP300 housed unit 1 MCP300 2 Power cable 3 Cleaning card (2 pcs) 4 Cleaning liquid 5 Installation manual MCM300 mechanism unit 1 MCM300 2 Cleaning card (2 pcs) 3 Cleaning liquid...

  • Page 9: Appearance And Nomenclature

    APPEARANCE AND NOMENCLATURE 3-1. MCP300 Housed Unit (with IC controller and power supply) 1 Switch Cover This cover protects the power switch of the system. Push to open and close. 2 Power Switch This switch turns the power of the system on/off. 3 POWER LED This LED indicates that the power of the system is on.
  • Page 10 3-2. MCM300 Mechanism unit (without IC controller PCB) 1 Card Slot 2 Control Board (serial interface connector, power supply connector) 3 Driver Board 4 IC connector (usable with MCM310X, MCM390X)

  • Page 11: Connection To External Units And Setting

    CONNECTION TO EXTERNAL UNITS AND SETTING 4-1. MCP300, housed unit (with IC controller PCB and power supply) <Connecting the interface cable> 1 Turn off the power of the host computer and the Reader/Writer. 2 Plug in an end of the interface cable to the Reader/Writer connector and the other end to the serial port of the host computer.
  • Page 12 4-2. MCM300, mechanism unit (without IC controller) 1 Serial interface connector 2 Power supply connector 3 IC connector 1 Serial interface connector Installed connector: Molex 53015-0710 Mating connector: Molex 51004-0700 Main PCB CN1 Pin No. Signal name Direction Function Not connected Signal ground Transmitted data Received data...
  • Page 13 3 IC connector Installed connector: Molex 53015-0810 Mating connector: Molex 51004-0800 Pin No. Contact No. Contact location...

  • Page 14: Dip Switch Setting

    DIP SWITCH SETTING 5-1. MCP300, Housed unit (with IC controller PCB and power supply) Follow these instructions to change the setting. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Turn off the power of host computer and the Reader/writer. IMPORTANT! Before starting, disconnect the power cable from the Reader/Writer to avoid accidents such as electric shock.
  • Page 15 The function of the DIP Switches(DSW) is as follows. This is applied only for US/EC version. Function Default Setting International Code Code Characters #437 #850 The function of the DIP Switches(SW2) is as follows. Function Default Always set to ON State Always set to ON State Baud rate See the table below...
  • Page 16 5-2. MCM300, mechanism unit (without IC controller) 1 Turn off the power of host computer and the Reader/writer. 2 Set up the DIP switches. The function of the DIP Switches(DSW) is as follows. Function Default Always set to ON State Always set to ON State *1 Setting International Code...

  • Page 17: Protocol

    PROTOCOL 6-1 Communication Procedure Basic procedure of communication is as follows. Connected device MCP/MCM 300 → Send Command Receive Command ← Receive ACK Send ACK Command processing ← Receive response Send response → Send ACK Receive ACK 6-2 Command / Response transfer format Command transfer format Command Data...
  • Page 18 6-4 8 bit Code Characters 6-4-1. For Korean Market(KR type) -12-...
  • Page 19 6-4-2. Code Page 437 for EU Market(US/UK/EC type) -13-...
  • Page 20 6-4-3. Code Page 850 for EU Market(US/UK/EC type) -14-...
  • Page 21 6-5 Command and Status Lists Code Contents track Read → Hold Card ISO 1 track Read → Hold Card ISO 2 track Read → Hold Card ISO 3 track Buffer Read → Hold Card ISO 1 track Buffer Read → Hold Card ISO 2 track Buffer Read →...
  • Page 22 6-6 Details of command 6-6-1 Commands for magnetic stripe (1) ISO 1st track Read → Hold Card MCM310X/MCM310R/MCP310TD/MCP310RD This command reads the 1st track, decodes 2nd and 3rd track on the ISO mag- netic stripe, then holds the card. Decoded data is stored in the buffer and is available with the buffer-reading com- mands.
  • Page 23 (4) ISO 1st track Buffer Read → Hold Card MCM310X/MCM310R/MCP310TD/MCP310RD This command reads the 1st track, decodes 2nd and 3rd track on the ISO mag- netic stripe, then holds the card. However, when 1st track data is already in the buffer, it doesn't go read the 1st track, but use the data in the buffer.
  • Page 24 6-6-2 Commands for printing on the human readable area <Note> When printing on the human readable area, double check that you are inserting the card in the right direction. Otherwise the data in the magnetic stripe will be de- stroyed. (1) Print (16 dot font, 2 lines) →...
  • Page 25 (4) Print (12 dot font, 2 lines) → Eject Card All Model This command prints 2 lines of characters in 12 dot font on the human readable area, then ejects the card. Command format Data Response format Status (5) Print (12 dot font, 3 lines) → Eject Card All Model This command prints 3 lines of characters in 12 dot font on the human readable area, then ejects the card.
  • Page 26 (7) Print (Hanguel Character 16 dot font, 3 lines) → Eject Card KR type(for Korean market ) only This command prints 3 lines of Hanguel characters in 16 dot font on the human readable area, then ejects the card. Command format Data Response format Status...
  • Page 27 6-6-3 Commands for IC card MCP310TD/MCP390TD <Note> These commands are only to communicate with specified IC chip card and the further IC card commands are regarded as confidential. Please contact your card manufacturer to receive further information. (1) IC Card Mount This command transfers the card to the IC contact and activates the card.
  • Page 28 (4)IC Card Communication (2K bit card) This command sends specific IC commands to IC card. The commands depend on IC card specification. The command data line has to be the 6 bytes data line, with Byte-1 through Byte-3 of IC card commands characterized. To send read command, please put the number of data bytes in to Byte-3.
  • Page 29 6-6-4 Other Commands (1) Eject Card This command ejects the card. Command format Response format Status (2) IC Contact → Hold Card MCM310X/MCM390X This command feeds the card to the IC contact, then holds the card. The com- mand is for mechanism type only. Command format Response format Status...
  • Page 30 (5) LED / Buzzer Control MCP310TD/MCP390TD/MCP310RD This command controls the LED / Buzzer settings. Command format Data Response format Status The data is composed of the following five bytes. Data train Contents 1st byte Ready-LED setting data 2nd byte OK-LED setting data 3rd byte Error-LED setting data 4th byte...

  • Page 31: How To Use Cleaning Card

    HOW TO USE CLEANING CARD Periodical cleaning is essential for maintaining the MCP300 series' performance level. Two cleaning cards and one bottle of cleaning liquid are supplied in the en- closed plastic bag for cleaning of the magnetic head. (1) Dimensions of cleaning card...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING Difficulties when the power is turned on Symptom Possible cause Remedy Power Power cable is not Properly plug LED lamp Card is not properly plugged in. in power cable does not accepted Power cable is broken. light up. Power fuse is blown Card is LED lamp is broken.

  • Page 33: General Specifications

    GENARAL SPECIFICATIONS MCP300 Housed unit MCM300 Mechanism unit Card Driving method Feed roller feeding Card inserting Face up in one direction direction Card feed speed 300mm/s (high speed) 140mm/s(low speed) Magnetic Number of tracks Track1,Track2,Track3:Read only Recording part Physical ISO7816/1 compatible recording Characteristics part...

  • Page 34: External View And Dimensions

    TROUBLESHOOTING 9. EXTERNAL VIEW AND DIMENSIONS <MCP300 Housed unit> <MCM300 Mechanism unit> (Centre of card line) Installation Point for mechanism -28-...
  • Page 36 STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. Small Printer & Card Sales Section Electronic Products Division 536 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 424-0066, Japan Tel. (int+81)-543-47-0112 Fax. (int+81)-543-48-5271 1998.1.30 80878015...

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