Loading... Please wait...This is a simple three track magnetic card reader with serial output. This reader takes power from the serial port and outputs a 9600bps 8N1 ASCII serial stream. Plug the reader into a serial port, swipe your frequent shopper card, and you'll see the account number plain and unencrypted on the screen. We couldn't find a card the reader couldn't read. No drivers needed. No software needed. Just pure, wonderful serial.
Please note we have noticed issues with these not working when conected using some USB to RS-232 converters, they do however work fine using RS-232.
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