VeriFone MX800 Series - CHAPTER 11 Contactless RF Card Reader Module; Library API Functions

M
X
800 SERIES PROGRAMMERS GUIDE 231
CHAPTER 11
Contactless RF Card Reader Module
The M
x
800 series of terminals supports the Contactless RF Card Reader Module.
The module communicates over the COM4 serial port (/dev/ttySAC2) at
19200bps 8N1 using a simple command and response protocol.
The user space shared library libvfirfcr and the RFCRapi.h header file
helps to interface common features of the module and are detailed in this chapter.
The routines in the API shall begin with RFCR for RF Card Reader.
Library API
Functions
The succeeding sections discusses the library API functions used in the M
x
800
series of terminals to support the RF Card Reader.
NOTE
The application can also use the low level commands to communicate with the
module. Please refer to the Omni 7xxx and M
x
800 Contactless Modules
Programmers Manual, VDN 23309, for command protocol, status, and error
returns.