DataCard SD260 - Magnetic Stripe Design; Magnetic Stripe Data Formats; Three-Track Option (ISO;IAT)

SD Series Installation and Administrator’s Guide 25
Magnetic Stripe Design
Theprintercontainsamagneticstripemoduletoprocessmagneticstripedata.
Therearetwomagneticstripeconfigurationoptions:ISOandJIS.UsethePrinter
ConfigurationLabel(describedintheprinter’sUser’sGuide)todeterminethe
typeofmoduleinstalled.
Magnetic Stripe Data Formats
Themoduleformat(ISOorJIS)definesthetypeand
formatoftheinformationtoencode.ThestandardISO
format(alsoknownasIAT)isathree‐trackoption.The
JISformatisasingle‐trackoption.Bothformatsinclude
defaultdatasettingsthatdeterminehowmany
characterscanbeencodedoneachtrack,andwhich
characterscanbeencoded.
Yourcardscanusethedefaultformatforeachtrack,or
canuseadifferentcombinationoftracksanddata
formats.
Three-Track Option (ISO/IAT)
Thedefaultdataformatsforathree‐trackmagneticstripeoptionare:
• Track1—IATA
• Track2—ABA
• Track3—TTS
ThiscombinationisoftenabbreviatedIAT.ThisformatisalsocalledISOformat.
IATA (International Air Transport Association)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforIATAformatdatais76characters.These
characterscanincludespaces,uppercasealphabeticcharacters,numeric
characters,andthefollowingspecialcharacters:
!#$%'()*+,‐./;:<@>=^]\["&
_
ABA (American Bankers Association)
ThemaximumnumberofcharactersforABAformatis37characters.Numeric
charactersandthe followingspecialcharactersareallowed:
:;<=>