- Powered through the USB - no external power supply required
- Dual read head
- Magstripe reading during insertion and/or removal of card for reliable card reading
- Reads encoded data that meets ISO/AAMVA standards
- Reads up to three tracks of card data
- Compatible with USB HID specification revision 1.1
- Programmable read direction (insert, withdrawal or both)
- Isolated PCB - isolates electronics from debris and liquids
- Beam-mounted read-heads - improves card tracking capabilities
- Rugged chassis and bezel material - improves temperature and impact performance
- Open chassis design - provides superior debris clearing capability
- Half-card drop out - allows half-size credit cards and coins to be cleared from insert channel
The USB HID insertion reader is a compact magnetic stripe card reader, which conforms to ISO standards. The reader is compatible with any device with a host USB interface. The reader is supplied with dual heads to increase the chance that a card is read correctly - whether inserted with the stripe up or down. Two-track and 3-track models are available. A card is read by inserting it into and/or removing it out of the card slot when the card is oriented such that the card's magnetic stripe contacts a read head.
The reader conforms to the USB HID Class specification version 1.1. This allows host applications designed for most versions of Windows to easily communicate to the device using standard Windows API calls that communicate to the device through the HID driver that comes with Windows.