DataCard SD260 Installation And Administration Guide

SD Series Installation and Administrator’s Guide 53
Changesettingsasneeded,andthenclickSetCurrenttoapplychanges.
• Attempts—Specifythenumberofattempts(automaticretries)theprinter
makestoencodethemagneticstripedata.Thisvaluealsoisusedforthe
numberoftimestoattempttoreadmagneticstripedata.
Ifyousetthisnumbertoalowervalue,itincreases thethroughputofthe
printerbutcandecreasethereliabilityofmagneticstripeencoding.
Ifyousetthenumbertoahighervalue,itdecreasesthethroughputofthe
printerbutcanincreasethereliabilityofmagneticstripeencoding.
Avalueof1meansnoretryattempts.
• Coercivity—Selectthecoercivitysettingthatmatchesthecardsyouareusing.
Coercivitymeasurestheresistanceofmagneticmaterialtotheremovalof
encodeddata.Highcoercivity(HICO)requiresmoreelectricalforcetoencode
dataandthedataismoreresistanttomagneticinterference.Thechoicesare
HICO,LOCO,NTT1,NTT2,NTT3.
• DataFormat(1,2,3)—Specifythenamesoftheda taformatsusedfortracks
1,2,and3.
Forsingle‐trackmagneticstripeencoding,setDataFormat1toJISand
DataFormat2andDataFormat3toNONE.
Touseacustomdataformat,definetheformatsfortracks1,2,and/or3using
theMagStripeCustomTrack(1,2,3)settingsandthensetthecorresponding
DataFormatsettingstoCUSTOM.
• NoDataDisableTrack—Disablethemagneticstripewriteheadforatrackifthe
trackcontainsnodata.Whenthisisdisabled,anytrackthatwasnotgiven
dataiserased.
• ReadT r ack(1,2,3)—Allowmagneticstripereadactionstoreadfromtracks1,
2,and3.
• SSA(1,2,3)—Setthestartsentineladjustmentfortracks1,2,and3.(SSA3
alsosetsthestartsentinelforasingletrack.)Thestartsentinelisencodedon
themagneticstripeimmediatelybeforethefirstdatacharacterandindicates
thebeginningofdata.Enteravaluefrom-4to4.
• StripeEncoderMultiplier—Thisvalueisinformationonlyandcannotbe
changed.ItisdeterminedwhenanSSAte stisrun.
• WriteTrack(1,2,3)—Allowmagneticstripewriteactionstowritetotracks1,
2,and3.

DataCard SD260 Specifications

General

Windows operating systems supported	Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64
Color	Yes
Print speed (color)	200 card/h
Product color	Blue, Grey

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	391 mm
Width	175 mm
Height	224 mm