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Magnetic Stripe Card Reader
 MSR210 Series

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Magnetic Stripe Card Reader MSR210 Series is designed to read high or low coercive magnetic cards.  It decodes and verifies up to 3 tracks of data simultaneously.  MSR210 Readers communicate with a host computer or other terminal via the standard PC/AT or PS/2 keyboard interface and now USB(MSR210U) is available.

MSR210 Series is able to read magnetic data from any available track encoded per ISO 7810, 7811, AAMVA, and DMV.   The host system can request the read data from the reader according to the setting sequences.

Features:

  • LED and Buzzer indicators for reading status
  • Single, dual, or triple track versions for ISO, AAMVA and DMV cards
  • Setup by PC/AT or PS/2 keyboard
  • PC boot-up with MSR210, without keyboard
  • Supporting Multi-keyboard interface for multiple language input and settings
  • Programmable data output
  • Smart copy (Reader-to-Reader copy) and communications

Magnetic Stripe Card Reader MSR210 Series is ideal for retail systems, time keeping systems, security systems, ID systems, and any card reader related systems.

Magnetic Stripe Card Reader MSR210
Data Sheet

Electrical

Operating Voltage

 +5VDC +/-10% from PC KB port

Operating Current

 90mA Max.

Communication

 Keyboard Simulator interface
Mechanical

Body material

 ABS 94V-0

Weight

 Approx. 150g

Operation

 Manual swipe, Bi-directional read
Performance

Card Type

 Magnetic card as per ISO 7810, 7811/1-6

AAMVA, JIS and custom data

Read Capability

 Magnetic stripe single, dual or triple track

of low or high coercivity (300-4000Oe)

Read Speed

 5-55ips, ISO standard card

5-50ips, Jitter card +/-15% bit to bit interval

5-50ips, Low Amplitude card 60%

Card Thickness

 0.78~1.2mm

Read Error Rate

 <0.5%

Magnetic Head Life

 Min. 300K swipe, 500K, 1M life optional

Operating Conditions

 -10oC ~ +50oC, 10~85% humidity

Safety Approvals

 FCC/CE Class A, UL, cUL

All specifications subject to change without notice