HID FARGO DTC4500e - 4.5.1 Using the Magnetic Encoding Tab - ISO Standards

October 2013
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DTC4500e Card Printer User Guide, PLT-01669, 1.0
4.5.1 Using the Magnetic Encoding Tab – ISO Standards
You can change the encoding mode and coercivity setting or modify the ISO standards for
Tracks 1, 2 and 3. This can be done by correctly modifying these Magnetic Encoding options.
Window Tab Procedure Procedure (continued)
If you select ISO Encoding, you
send down a formatted set of
characters.
This selection activates the track tabs.
However, all functions on the Track
tabs are inactive or gray and display
ISO defaults, which are the defaults
listed for each track below. The Shift
Data Left check box remains
unchecked and inactive.
If you select Custom Encoding,
all options are active.
The Default is ISO Encoding. Note:
The defaults are the same as the ISO
Encoding defaults.
All functions on the Magnetic Track
Options tabs are active.
If you select Raw Binary
Encoding, you send down a
raw binary string rather than a
formatted set of characters.
The Coercivity dropdown function is
active and the Shift Data Left
checkbox is not active.
All functions on the Magnetic Track
Options tabs are inactive except for Bit
Density.
If you select JIS II Encoding,
specific standards are used.
This selection disables all the Magnetic
Track Options tabs. It also disables the
Coercivity dropdown function and Shift
Data Left checkbox option.
The default Coercivity is 600 Oe.
Select the Coercivity option
(Oersted) that matches the card
type.
High Coercivity 4000 Oersted
FARGO’s High Coercivity UltraCard IIIs
are 2750 Oersted
Medium Coercivity=600 Oersted
Low Coercivity = 300 Oersted
Select this option to shift the
recorded magnetic data to the
left-hand side of the card's
Magnetic Stripe.
This is useful in situations that require
cards to be readable with insert type
readers.
Select the Magnetic Track
Selection option to specify
which track is to be configured
through the Magnetic Track
Options.
This applies if the application being
used requires customization of the
standard ISO encoding process.