NCR RealPOS 50 - Cleaning;Treatment Frequency

8-2 Maintenance
MSR Treatment Card
TheMSRTreatmentCardisusedtoassistinprotectingMagneticStripeReadersfrom
ElectrostaticDischarge(ESD),whichcancausefailureswhenswipingcardsthathave
metallichologramstripes.
SwipethecardthroughtheMSRinasmoothmotion.OnlyswipeitdownONCEand
upONCE.Allowthedeviceto
dryfor5minutesbeforeswipinganyothercards.
Note: Eachlongsideofthecardmaybeusedtwice.Eachshortsideofthecardmaybe
usedonlyonce.Thus,asinglecardcantreat6MSRdeviceswithoneUPandone
DOWNswipeperMSRdevice.Theselimits
shouldnotbeexceededduetothe
possibilityofspreadingcontaminantsfrommachinetomachineand/orreducingESD
protection.
Note:Ifallsixup/downswipesarenotusedonafreshcarditshouldbeplacedina
sealed(Ziploc)bagforfutureuse.
Cleaning/Treatment Frequency
NewMSR:
Priortoplacinginoperation,theMSRdeviceshouldbeswipedwiththeMSR
TreatmentCard.
ExistingMSR:
AnexistingMSRshouldbecleanedusinganMSRCleaningCardbeforetreatingit
withaMSRTreatmentCard.Forlowuseretailestablishments,thecleaningand
treatmentproceduresshouldbefollowed
atleastoncepermonth.Inareasof
extremelyhightraffic(inexcessof500swipesperday)oranoperatingenvironment
thatishighincontaminants,suchasfoundinthefoodserviceindustry,aweekly
cleaningandtreatmentshouldbeperformed.