MSR Mini 123 Series User manual

Preliminary

Information
Technical And Operational Description
Card Data Format
Connections
Demo Software
Contents
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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communication.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference
at his own expense.
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Specifications
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Communication Protocol
USB Driver Setup ............................................................................... 23

Information
Mini123 Series Magnetic Swipe Reader
Mini123
Track 1 & 2 & 3
MACHINE TYPE FUNCTION
- 1 -
GET
VER 1.2
N
F-MEM
512 KB
1 2 3
MC
BEEP
OFF
AUTO
OFF
BATTERY
2032 LOW BAT
2032
RTC
2048
REC QUEUE
Lithium Coin For Mini123 Reader
GPCR2032 GP BATTEIES 210mAh http://www.gpbatteries.com.hk
ECR2032 EVEREADY 225mAh http://www.eveready.com
CR2032 VARTA 230mAh http://www.varta.com
DL2032 DURACELL 220mAh http://www.duracell.com
FDK 220mAh http://www.fdk.co.jp
CR2032 PANASONIC 220mAh http://www.panasonic.co.jp
CR2032
CR2032 MAXELL 210mAh http://www.maxell.co.jp
CR2032 Renata 235mAh http://www.renata.com
Model Nominal
capacity (mAh)
Brand Web Site
POWER
LED STATUS
RS-232
Replacement battery information
USBVer 1.1

Information
Standard Package
Main unit
( Mini123 )
- 2 -
RS232 Cable
( WAS-1543 )
Battery 3V
( BAT-T0004 )
CD-ROM
( DISK5196 )
Chain Sling
Option
USB Cable
( WAS-1571 )

Front Panel Display and Operations
CARD
READER
STATUS
INDICATOR
STATUS INDICATOR ( Green color )
Indicating the reader is ready to accept new inputs or memory full.
STATUS INDICATOR ( Red color )
When encountering erroneous input, defective card, misread, low battery
,bad memory or incorrectly encoded data and so on, the device will turn
on the ERROR indicator .
CARD READER
Swipe the card through the entire length of the slot to read.
Technical And Operational Description
- 3 -
BATTERY
BOX
CONNECTOR
BATTERY BOX
Put the battery in box and hold battery .
CONNECTOR
For connection to host computer and external Power from the host
computer .
POWER
BUTTON
POWER BUTTON
Turn the Mini123 on/off power. Keep pushing for about 0.5 seconds to
turn ON/OFF power.

Technical And Operational Description
- 4 -
Display Information
Operational Description
1. Powered by Battery
For normal use, the unit is powered by battery. Push the Power Switch Button
for about 0.5 seconds to turn on the unit. Also push the Power Switch Button for about 1
seconds to turn off the unit. After the unit is turned on, the power would be turned off
automatically if there is no swiping a card on the unit in 15 seconds (Initial value). This means
the unit would be turned off if no swiping a card again in every 15 seconds (Initial value) after
every card swiping. It would have Low Battery Detect/Warning indication when the unit is
powered by battery.
2. Powered by Cable ( Pls refer to the remarks Connect to PC in page 8. )
3. Real Time Clock Setting
4. Low Battery Dectect
When the unit is connected with the PC through the communication Cable (WAS-1543) and the
PC is running MINI123 software and open the COM PORT for the unit, then the unit will be
turned on in about 0.5 second by the PC through the RS-232 COM PORT. Then you can do the
unit Setting, Configuration or data downloading. When the software closes the COM PORT or
exits, the power turn off from the PC immediately. When powered by cable from PC, the Power
Switch would have no function and the unit would have no Low Battery Detect/Warning
function.
Before start using the unit, you must set the Real Time Clock (RTC) inside the unit to your local
time. If there is no battery for quite a while or it is powered by cable for quite a while, this
would cause Real Time clock (RTC) malfunctioned due to no power supply. When put on the
battery to turn on the unit and the Red/Green LED take turns blinking, this means the RTC is
malfunctioning and you must do the RTC time setting before you use the unit.
Status
Power On
Ready
Read OK
Read Error
Memory Full
Memory bad
Low Battery
Green LED
Take turns blink 2 times
On
Blink 1 times
Off
Blink
Off
On
Red LED
Off
Off
Blink 1 times
Off
On
Blink
Read Card
X
O
X
X
X
X
O
Inactive Battery Off X
RTC No Setting Take turns blink O
Auto Power Off XTake turns blink 2 times
Blink 3 times
When powered by battery, it would have Low Battery Detect function. When the battery goes
low, the LED would flash red once every 0.5 second during green light and you must change
new battery immediately, otherwise, the unit would shut down any time without pre-warning.
When the battery goes too low to keep the unit working, the LED would flash red three times
and then shut down immediately.

Technical And Operational Description
- 5 -
Replace Battery
1. Turn off power
5. Take new battery
3. Pull the cover away
2. Press the cover down
to take off the battery
cover
6. Put new battery in
7. Press the battery down
firmly
Note Positive electrode
direction
8. Put the cover back in
place
4. Use a small screw
driver to take battery
away

Connections
- 6 -
PC
RS-232
PORT
Connect to PC
External
Power
WAS-1543
* DSB 9P FEMALE Pin 4 for power supply
DTR
TXD
RXD
FUNCTION
GND
MINI USB 4P
4
3
2
1
DSB 9P FEMALE PIN
3
2
4*
5
Powered form PC COM port
Note:
When youuse the application software tosave the data, allrecords stored in Mini123will be deleted automatically after saving. For
this procedure consumes much power, Mini123 will reset itself if the PC COM Port does not provide enough power supply. Therefore,
it is recommended to installthe battery in Mini123 before saving. The terminal will automatically connect to the battery power to
replenish the power supply when saving the data, and will spontaneously disconnect to the battery after the saving is done. The
battery power is consumed only at the moment of saving the data. Other operations won't consume any battery power at all.
1500+-30

- 7 -
PC
USB
PORT
Connect to PC
External
Power
WAS-1571
USB 4P FEMALE PIN
Powered form PC COM port
Note:
When youuse the application softwareto save the data, allrecords stored in Mini123 will be deleted automaticallyafter saving. For
this procedure consumes much power, Mini123 will reset itself if the PC COM Port does not provide enough power supply. Therefore,
it is recommended to install the battery in Mini123 before saving. The terminal will automatically connect to the battery power to
replenish the power supply when saving the data, and will spontaneously disconnect to the battery after the saving is done. The
battery power is consumed only at the moment of saving the data. Other operations won't consume any battery power at all.
1
3
2
4
1
1
FUNCTION
VCC
D -
D +
GND
MINI USB 4P
1
3
2
4
FUNCTION
RXD
TXD
DTR
GND
Connections

Card Data Format
TRACK1 DATA
CARD DATA STRING
TRACK 1
SS ES
1. SS is the start sentinel ( % ).
2. ES is the end sentinel ( ? ).
3. Card Id up to 76 alphanumeric data characters.
- 8 -
CARD ID% ?
SS ESTRACK2 DATA SS ESTRACK3 DATA
TRACK1 DATA% ? ; ?TRACK2 DATA + ?TRACK3 DATA
TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3
Bits Per Inch 210
Bits Per Character 7
Track 1 IATA
Alphanumeric Characters 79
TRACK 2
1. SS is the start sentinel ( ; ).
2. ES is the end sentinel ( ? ).
3. Card Id up to 37 numeric data characters.
CARD ID; ?
Bits Per Inch 75
Bits Per Character 5
Track 2 ABA
Numeric Characters 40
TRACK 3
1. SS is the start sentinel ( + ).
2. ES is the end sentinel ( ? ).
3. Card Id up to 104 numeric data characters.
CARD ID+ ? Bits Per Inch 210
Bits Per Character 5
Track 3 Thrift
Numeric Characters 107
DATE & TIME
SP DATE SP TIME SP WEEK
DATE TIME WEEK
SP DATE
DATE&TIME&WEEK
SP TIME WEEKSP
1. SP is the SPACE characters ( 20h ).
2. TIME is 24hr .
YYYY/MM/DD SP HH:MM:SS WSP
WEEK
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Note: Track 3 can read both ISO TK3 format and ISO TK1 format.

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STEP 1 : RUN Mini123
STEP 2 : CHOOSE COM PORT (Do not choose TCP/IP)
START
Mini123
SOFTWARE
Demo Software
CHOOSE
COM PORT
* BAUDRATE : 9600 BPS

ENTER
GET VERSION
STEP 4 :ENTER GET TIME
( TO SHOW THE DATE&TIME IN Mini123 WHEN NEEDED)
STEP 5 : ENTER GET VERSION
( TO SHOW Mini123 FIRMWARE VERSON WHEN NEEDED)
Demo Software
- 10 -
STEP 3 : ENTER SET TIME TO SET PC CURRENT TIME TO Mini123
( WHEN NEEDED)
ENTER
SET TIME
NOTE: MAKE SURE YOUR PC CURRENT TIME IS CORRECT BEFORE YOU
SET PC TIME TO Mini123.
SHOW THE DATE&TIME
IN Mini123
ENTER
GET TIME
Mini123 FIRMWARE VERSION

Demo Software
STEP 6 : ENTER POWER MODE (Timer set min 10 second /max 30 minute)
ENTER
POWER MODE
STEP 7 : ENTER USER NAME , CURRENT USER NAME
ENTER
USER NAME
- 11 -
DISPLAY
USER NAME

Demo Software
- 12 -
Change
Password
STEP 8 : ENABLE PASSWORD FUNCTION
Setting password
Function Enable
STEP 9 : CHANGE PASSWORD AND SET UP PASSWORD HINT.
Reenter new password
for confirmation
Default is
blank
Within 10
digits
Enter any character for
reminding of password
NOTE : IF YOU RESTART Mini123 SOFTWARE, YOU HAVE TO ENTER PASSWORD THEN
AFTER YOU HAVE ENABLED PASSWORD FUNCTION.

STEP 11 : ENTER UPLOAD TO UPLOAD DATA
PRESS
UPLOAD
UPLOAD
DATA
DATE
- 13 -
Demo Software
Enter password hint for
reminding of password
Enter correct password
according to the showed
hint, and it will enter
Mini123 program.
STEP 10 : THE FUNCTION OF PASSWORD HINT.

- 14 -
Demo Software
STEP 12 : ENTER SAVE TO SAVE DATA ( Pls refer to the remarks Connect to
PC in page 8. )
DATA
STEP 13 : SAVE DATA TO A FILE
STEP 14 : EXIT Mini123 SOFTWARE
ENTER
EXIT
ENTER
SAVE
ENTER
EXIT
CURRENT
FILENAME

Specifications
Magnetic Stripe Card :
RS232 Interface :
Power Supply :
Dimensions :
Mounting :
Environment :
TRACK 1 / IATA / 210 bpi / 79 Alphanumeric Characters
TRACK 2 / ABA / 75 bpi / 40 Numeric Characters
TRACK 3 / Thrift / 210 bpi / 107 Numeric Characters
RS232 , Half-Duplex , 8N1 , 9600 bps
Battery Power :
CR2032 3 Volt and Low Battery Detect
AC DC External Power from RS232 Pin 4 Data Terminal Ready (DTR)
L 50 x W 30 x H 38 mm
%
C/F Operating Temp : 0 ~ 55 Deg.C
Storage Temp : -10 ~ 55 Deg.C
Humidity : 10 ~ 90 % relative
Portable or Any surface
- 15 -
RS-232
1 2 3
MC
GNET
VER 1.2 Communication Protocol :
Net Version 1.2 (GNET V1.2)
Memory Size for Storing Data :
RTC CLOCK :
CMOS Serial Flash Memory 512K bytes
Real Time Clock (RTC) module and back-up capacitor
Up to 2048 records ( 256 Bytes / Record )
2048
REC QUEUE
BATTERY
2032
USB Interface ( for DT105U )
USB V1.1 & USB HID Class V1.0
RTS ( Request To Send ) & DTR ( Data Terminal Ready ) be used
USBVer 1.1

ACK
Communication Protocol
TX1
ACK
RX
NACK
TX2 TX4RX
RX
ERR
TIME
OUT
RX1 RX2
RX
NO
RX4
TX3
WAIT
RX
ACK
RX
NACK TIME OUT
Support TTY (TELE TYPE) OPERATION -
Use TTY to send commands and messages.
NACK
TX3
RX3
NACK
GNET FEATURES
Simple handshaking -
One enquiry one answer back.
Multi-link capability
Expandability -
GNET provides 4 major functions:
1. POLLING
2. LOGIN / LOGOUT
3. DATABASE
4. INFORMATION
Also can be expandable.
Simple format
Use ASCII value for each field and use Separator "," between two
Fields.
GNET Handshaking
GNET
V1.2
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STX CMD CONTENTS CHKSUM CR
GNET PACKET
STX
CMD
CONTENTS
CHKSUM
CR
2^B Start of Text02
STX REPLY CONTENTS CHKSUM CR
ITEM Dec Control Key FunctionHex
13 ^M Carriage Return0d
Ascii Ascii Command CodeAscii
Ascii Ascii Contents DataAscii
Ascii Ascii Check SumAscii
REPLY (78) 65 (N) A (Negative) Acknowledge(4e) 41

Communication Protocol
Command Index Table
Topic
SETTING
Command
F
S
T
Contents
-
Date,Time,Week
-
Description
Get Product Version
Set Date,Time and Week
Get Date and Time
- 17 -
Reply Index Table
ACK
NAK
Topic Reply
A
NReply Information
Contents
See Error Index Table ACK+Information
Description
NAK+Information
Error Index Table ( For Reply NAK )
ACCESS LEVEL
COMMAND CODE
Topic Error Index
00
01 Access Denied or Password Error
Description
Command packet is too long
DATABASE
FILE
02
03 Command packet is empty
Command code is out of range
04
05 Illegal Command or Data
Database and Register is Empty
06 Record number is out of range
07
08 Check Sum Error Memory Not Enough
0A File Not Exist
DATABASE N G
E
-
Number
-
Get Number of Record
Read Record by Number
Erase All Record
09 Action Failure
C
BNumber+Param+ChkSum Number Set Register by Number Get Register by Number

Communication Protocol
3. ERASE ALL RECORD :
STX ECR
STX ACR
02 E0d
ERASE ALL RECORD
02 A0d
EXAMPLE
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1. GET NUMBER OF RECORD :
STX NCR
STX ACR
02 N0d
The Total of Record Count : 12
02 A0d
EXAMPLE
NUMBER
000C
CHKSUM
NUMBER Record Count . 4 Bytes Width ( 0000h ~ 0080h )
14
2. READ RECORD BY NUMBER :
STX GCR
STX ACR
02 G0d
Read Record Number : 12
TRACK1 ID : ABCD , TRACK2 ID : 2222 , TRACK3 ID : 3333
02 A0d
EXAMPLE
NUMBER
000B
CHKSUM
NUMBER Record Count . 4 Bytes Width ( 0000h ~ 007Fh )
C7
NUMBER
DATA,
DATA Record Data ( TRACK1 , TRACK2 , TRACK3 )
000B
,ABCD
%? ; ?2222 + ?3333