PC/SC Guide
Prox–DU & Prox–SU
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Overview
PC/SC (short for “Personal Computer/Smart Card”) is a specification for smart-card
integration into computing environments.
For detailled information about PC/SC specification, please refer to the PC/SC workgroup
website: http://www.pcscworkgroup.com
Microsoft has implemented PC/SC in Microsoft Windows operating systems:
• The Winscard Smart Card API functions available in Microsoft Windows operating
systems are defined in the following website: http://msdn.microsoft.com
A free implementation of PC/SC, PC/SC Lite, is available for Linux and other unixes.
A forked version comes bundled with Mac OS X.
• The Winscard Smart Card API functions available in Linux or MAC OS X operating
systems are defined in the following website: http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org
This document will provide detailed information about the PC/SC Winscard API functions
and will give some implementation examples.
The Prox–DU and the Prox–SU devices were designed to be fully compliant with the latest
PC/SC V2.0 specification.
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