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1. After installing the software for the first time or after the 15 days grace period 5 When installing the software on a different computer s When an upgrade is obtained When the operating system is upgraded or the hard disk is reformatted To unlock register the software follow the steps below Click on the Unlock button and the following window will appear 24 Registration Click on Register button Serial Number 000 4 after you enter the Register eee j000 Lii Response codes User Codes Click on the Email button z E User Code 1 278 637 562 in order to send the User Register by Email codes by email User Code 2 507 260 65 Response Click on the Close button to save the user codes Close Response 1 and close this window Response 2 To Unlock the software you MUST Click on the Register by Email button The software can be unlocked registered by one of two methods 1 Register by Email If your computer is connected to the Internet click on the Register By Email button It will open our Unlocking web page where you must fill out all required information Remember to checkmark the version type you purchased Please enter or copy and paste User Code 1 and User Code 2 into the appropriate fields After all of the required information is entered click the Submit button of the registration web page The response codes will be sent to the email address provided Then click on the Close
2. adds a single field to the end of the list deletes a single field from the list gt gt adds all the fields to the import list lt lt deletes the import list 4 Click on the Import button to import the file If successful a message will be displayed and the data can be viewed in the Card Data Setup window Reports etc 53 Card Data Report Command Function This command allows you to select data to print reports of the card data stored in the active database It also allows you to select the range of data to print Command Access In order from this command to be available an encoder should be selected and a database should be open From the File menu select Report then select Card Data The following window will appear lt lt N Card Data Print Select Status AI Valid C Account C Expired C Record Date C Both How it works Close 1 Select the range of data to be included in the report as follows All When you select this option all the records based on the Status you choose will be included in the report Account If you would like to see a report of cards with specific account select this option then enter the account in the designated box Record Date Select this option if you would to see a report of all the records that were created on a specific date Then select the date from the calendar provided ES 2 Select the status of the card data
3. Depending on what is causing the communication to fail power the reader on select the correct port and port settings etc Then try again 100 Set Password Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Function The Set Password command allows you to set a new password in the reader or change the existing one Command Access To set a password select the Set Password menu from the Configure menu and the following window will appear L MPR 1000 2000 3000 Set New Password If you are setting a password for the first time Current Password should be blank Change Password Current Password New Password Confirm Password If you re setting a password for the first time Current Password box must remain blank If not enter the old hardware password in the Current Password box then your new password in the New Password box and finally confirm your new password by entering it again in the Confirm Password box Click on the OK button 101 Reset Password Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Function If the login password for the MPR1000 MPR2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC or SPDC is lost you can reset it to default using the Reset Password command This command will set the password back to blank without deleting the data in the reader Command Access From the Configure MPR menu select Reset Password Once selected the following window will appear Exeba COMM ATT
4. 5 Click on the Add button to add the field to the end of the list Or highlight a field in the list and click on the Insert button to add a field before it Use the button to move a field up the list or 2 button to move a field down the list When you are done adding the field for all the tracks in the desired order click on the Save button Update card type To update a card type Move to the record using the Previous or Next button or enter the name in the Name box Select the track To make any changes to the field specification highlight the field in the list and make the necessary to its properties Then click on the Update button 4 To add a new field create the field as described above and then click on the Add or Insert button aoe To change the order of the list use the button or button To delete a field highlight it in the list and click on the Delete button When done with all the updates click on the Save button 63 Card Type Example Card Type name Employee ID Description Employee Identification Card Track 1 Field Value Size Data Type Prefix Delimiter Condition Text CS Field should exist Account Fixed 6 Numeric Field should exist First Name Range 0 15 Alphabetic Field is optional Last Name Range 0 15 Alphabetic Field is optional If your fields contain the following sample data Account 100225 First Name John Last Name
5. Track 2 75 BPI Std T2 y Track 3 5 git Character Std T3 z This window is divided into two sections If you are just reading the card the Write Data Density section will be disabled Select the track s character configuration For example if Track 2 was written using 7 bits per character then select this option When all required selections are made click on the Done button to start reading the card If you don t need to read the card click on the Cancel button When writing a non standard card also select the Non ISO Standard option and click on the Write button The above window will appear In this case you need to select the character configuration as well as the write density When the selection is made click on the Done button Read Card Data The Read button of this window allows you to obtain data read by an encoder in standard and non standard format When this button is clicked the following window appears prompting for a card to be swiped 69 FE Card Swipe Please swipe a card to read Swipe the card to read using the selected encoder If the read operation was successful the data will appear in the tracks If not successful the read function will return an error message After a successful read you may want to store the data in your database Before you click on the Save button select a card type if necessary and click on the Extract Fields button Write Ca
6. Send Command Command Function Send Command allows you to program the reader to get data from it or to test it To senda command to the reader follow the steps below Command Access This command is available in all readers Select Configure PMR or Configure TA menu then select Send Command The Send Command window will appear as shown in the figure below V Send Command Send Enter the command in the box below a O Reader s Response To send a command type the command in the text box provided Then click on the Send button The responses coming back from the reader if any are displayed in the Reader s Response box The responses will appear in the format that they are received However the software eliminates the ACK NAK ETX and STX characters from the string of data received If the reader receives a command a response of ACK will appear as Command Acknowledged and a response of NAK will appear as Command Not Acknowledged The response received will depend on the type of reader being used 137 Chapter Configure Reader MAG DC RS2000 Serial Reader This chapter explains the software commands that are specific to the MAGDC readers and a few commands that are common between the MAGDC and Serial Reader Non Portable The following topics are covered How to reset the reader to factory defaults How to change a password How to set the magstripe options How to obtain information such as version an
7. Title up to 5 alphabetic characters Last Name any alphabetic characters up to 25 First Name any alphabetic characters up to 25 Record Date date format mm dd yyyy Issue Date Date format mm dd yyyy Member Since Numeric data in the following format mmyy Expiration Date Numeric data in the following format yymm Extra Info this field can contain up to 20 alphanumeric character Encoders When you read a card using any of the following encoders that work with the software MT95 MT I 380 KDT4000 AMC 722C MSR206 MSR705 MSR905H MSE630A MSE750 MSR505C or MSRW and the encoder window Readers As described in the previous section data that comes from the reader is automatically extracted into card data according to a default type you select User Created Unlike the Reader Data the Card Data can be created and manipulated one record at a time manually by the user in the Encoder window Import Utility this utility allows you to import data from a text file to the database reader data as explained in section X X Import Database data can be imported from an older version of Exeba COMM Export card data can be exported into a text comma delimited text file Report or you can print the data in the form of a detailed report Encode Data most important function is that you can write this data on a card using any of the encoders used in the software 38 Chapter Setup M
8. Enable Track Filter the data if any will be read when a card is scanned Require Track Filter the corresponding track should have data otherwise the card will not be read Click on the Close button to close this window 119 Set Buzzer Reader s Mini 600 Command Function When the user scans a card the buzzer setting will determine if a sound will come on Command Access From the Configure menu select Set Buzzer The following window will appear FE Set Buzzer On Off Turn Buzzer Off Reader Response m If the reader is communicating properly with the software click on the button to the left of the command to turn the buzzer settings on or off If successful a confirming message will appear in the Reader Response box 120 Set Backlight Duration Reader s Mini 600 Command Function This programming command is available on the Mini600 reader only It is used to set the length of time the back light in the reader should stay on Command Access From the Configure menu select Set Backlight Duration E Set Back Light Duration Mini600 la o Back Light Duration Setting Enter total seconds 0 255 sec Enter the number of seconds in the designated box Then click on the Set button You can also get the current setting in the reader by clicking on the Get button 121 Send Command Reader s Mini 400 Mini 600 MSR 300 MSR 500 MSR 500M Mini 123 Mini
9. Escan Technologies Corporation Exebaa COMM User Guide Magnetic Stripe Reader Writer Software Escan Technologies Corp 41765 Elm Street Suit 102 Murrieta CA 92562 Phone 951 270 1911 Fax 951 304 1267 ESCAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION Exeba COMM User Guide The Exeba COMM user documentation has been written by Escan Technologies Corp No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Escan Technologies Corp We welcome your suggestions and comments regarding improvements to Exeba COMM or this manual Changes will be incorporated in the new editions of this manual and in new versions of Exeba COMM Escan Technologies Corp reserves the right to make improvements or changes to this product at any time without notice While every reasonable precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual and software Escan Technologies Corp assumes no responsibility or liability of any kind for errors or omissions or for the consequences of such errors Exeba COMM is provided as is without warranty of any kind The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Exeba COMM is on the user This documentation was last updated for Version 10 0 of Exeba COMM Document Revision 10 0 0 0 Serial Number License Agreement This license agreement is your proof of license Please treat it as valuable property This
10. If you want to save the polled data in a text file click on this button Then enter a path and name of the file in the File Name text box Then click on the Open button Save Database button This button will save the data that appears in the table to the current database The name of the current database will appear at the header of the Main window Delete Data To delete a record from the database highlight the record in the table and click on the DEL button of your keyboard or the Delete Record button If you need to delete more than one record at a time select the records using the Shift key or the Ctrl key of your keyboard then click on the Delete Record button Purging Reader Data To purge the data in the reader click on the Purge button The data does not need to be polled in order to be purged This button will erase the exiting data in the reader and not the data that appears in the table Preview Print Report To preview or print the report data 1 Select the data range If you select the All Records option then all the records in the database will be included in the report If you select the Date Range option then all the records with dates falling in that range will be included in the report 2 Click on the Preview button Once the Preview window appears you can print the report by clicking on the Print button shown in the menu at the top of the report page Then the following window will appear 150 Pri
11. Exeba COMM will ask you to cancel or ignore the error If you select to cancel the port will be closed 29 Chapter Database Menu The Database menu is used to create and open a database The database Password is also changed from this menu Once the database is unlocked in the software this menu becomes available for all types of readers and encoders E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help Create Database Open Database i Encode Cards Get Coercivity Set Database Password Clear Database Password Status Port is Open Port AUTO Settings Encoder MSRS05H Auto Initialize Message Encoder initialized successfully Coercivity is set to Low Y In this chapter the following topic are explained in details Create a new Database Open an Existing Database Change Password Clear Password Card Data Records Reader Data Records RRR RRR 30 Create Database Command Function This command will create a new database and save it in the location that you specify It will also allow you to set the new database as the default database When the program is used for the first time it is recommended to use this command to create the default database Menu Access From the Database menu select Create Database The standard Save As dialog window will appear as shown below Save As Savein Data Files Y e Er E My Recent Do
12. If the installation program did not start automatically choose Run from the Start menu When the Run dialog box appears type x setup substitute the letter of your CD ROM for x and press Enter a fF OP gt 6 Follow the on screen instructions 23 UNLOCK Register the Software When you start Exeba COMM the window below will appear This window is used to select the hardware you are communicating with to UNLOCK and register the software and to link to the Exeba web site Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional LE MPR 1000 2000 3000 PDCIMPDC SPDC ee E Mini 600 Visit Our Website Mini 400 y MSE630A Encoder 5 E Escan Technologies Corp 41765 Elm Street Suite 102 Murrieta CA 92562 Toll Free 800 653 4252 Int 951 270 1911 Fax 951 304 1382 www exeba com sales exeba com techsupport exeba com Mini 40087 E Serial Reader Hon Portable a MSE750 Encoder A MSR206 Encoder A Keyboard Reader Hon Portable MSR505C Encoder WES J Mini123U SC A Mini 123EX MSR905 Encoder s MSR905H Encoder A MSR705 Encoder 5 MSRW Encoder gy MSR 500 giii MSR 300 T KDT4000 Encoder Y PMR 102 202 gamp _ TA 90 48 4 MT95 Encoder MT 1 380 Encoder gt eee AMC Encoder A one EXIT You need to unlock register the software when the following conditions apply
13. If the unlocking was successful the password will be reset to blank 102 Setup Tracks Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Function Use this command to configure the tracks for MPR PDC readers Command Access From the Configure MPR main menu select Setup Tracks The following window will appear V MPR Tracks Configuration Enable Tracks Track 1 Only Track 2 Only Track 3 Only How it works When the desired selection is made click on the Set button If the command was successfully sent to the reader the tracks will be enabled or disabled accordingly This command will fail if the reader does not have the specified track or if the communication with the reader cannot be established Click on the Close button to exit this window 103 Set Power Mode Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Function Use this command to set the reader to a specific power off time In order to conserve battery power the reader will power off after a specific amount of inactivity time Command Access When the Set Power Mode is selected from the Configure MPR menu the following window will appear Set Power Time PMRs PDCs Power Shutoff Time Turn Power Off after 300 Seconds Enter 0 to leave reader on continuously Please note that The MPR default power off time is 20 seconds Enter the desired time in seconds and then click on the Set button to co
14. MSR905 MSR905H MSR705 MT I 380 Command Function You need to run the Initialize Hardware command in order for the encoder menu options to become available This command warm boots the encoder Once initialized you can set the coercivity and start encoding cards Command Access Once you select the encoder the specific Configure Encoder menu will appear Select the Initialize Hardware command Or click on the Initialize Encoder button of the main button bar You can also set the encoder to be initialized automatically as described in the Encoder Settings topic If successfully initialized the message Encoder initialized successfully will appear 56 Set Coercivity Encoder s MSE630A MSE750 MSRW AMC 722C MSR206 MSR905 MSR705 MT95 MT 1 380 MSR905H Command Function Use this command to set the coercivity for the encoder being used Depending on your requirement you can set the coercivity to high or low Command Access From the Encoder menu select Set Coercivity Then select Low Coercivity or High Coercivity If successful a message such as the figure below will appear Exeba COMM LL The Coercivity is set to High 57 Configure KDT Encoder This section describes the menu commands of the Configure menu of the KDT 4000 encoder Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional LE Database testing mdb Jog Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help Taa ERITI Switch Hardware Ext Initialize Hardware
15. Transmit Don t transmit the direction indicator For multi track readers each track can be programmed to Use the standard character set for the track or another character set Transmit before the other track Set intertrack delimiter The figure above shows all the commands you can program to Track 2 143 To program the magstripe tracks follow these steps 1 If the command has a selection box select the required setting from the list For example the Set Prefix to command has a selection box for you to select the prefix character you want You can enter the character in the list box provided or you can select the character from the list However there are certain characters that you should always select instead of typing These characters are None disable the prefix Space space character Tab tab character 2 Commands such as Set Magstripe Length to 00 requires a change to the 00 in the command to the desired length 3 Click on the command button to the left of the command Note Programming track 1 is equivalent to programming track 3 on readers that read tracks 2 and 3 144 Get Version MAGDC The Get Version command is used to obtain the identification string from the reader This string contains information such as reader model and version number To get the reader identification string from the Configure MAGDC command menu select Get Version The reader identification string
16. Waiting for response from reader When Exeba COMM displays the message Waiting for response from reader you should release the power button and stop scanning the card If a password was detected in the reader the following screen will appear followed by the initial Log In screen 124 Enter the correct password and click on the Send button If an incorrect password was entered steps 2 and 3 should be repeated Wrong Password You need to log in again When no password is set or when the reader receives the correct password the message Logged In successfully will appear Logged in successfully 125 Log Out Command Function The Log Out menu command under the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 main menu is used to log out from a PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 connection Command Access Use this command when the communication with a PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 should be terminated or when communication needs to be established with a different reader 126 Setup Password Command Function To set a password on the PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 use the Set Password window Command Access From the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 main menu select Setup Password The following window will appear LY Set Password you set in the reader Once a password is set you will not be able to log in to the reader again until the correct password is entered Current Password New Password
17. gt inktialize amp Eject Card to Front e Inkialize amp Eject Card to Back Port Setting Openi Initialize amp Retain Card Status Port is Closed Port 10 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Encoder KDT 4000 0 Initialize Hardware This command initializes or warm boots the selected hardware A confirmation message appears when the initialization is successful There are three different ways for initializing the KDT 4000 Encoder Initialize and eject the card to front This menu Command initialize or warm boots the Encoder Also it ejects the card to the front if there s any card detected Initialize and eject the card to back This menu Command is similar to the above one with the only difference that the card is ejected to the back of the encoder Initialize and retain the card This menu Command warm boots the Encoder and keep the card inside After selecting any of the above referenced menu commands a confirmation message appears if the initialization succeeds Exeba COMM 1 Initializing Hardware completed successfully When an error occurs the following warning message appears 58 Exeba COMM E A Hardware not responding Card Entry This command is used to insert a card into the encoder The Encoder waits for the card as long as no card is detected in the gate entry point The difference between this menu and Retrieve Card menu command is that the Retrieve Card command does not wait
18. 123EX Command Function Most of the reader commands are automated in the software For example if you need to get the version use the Get Version command However this command is provided if you would like to manually send a command to the reader It is essential if the command is not already automated in the software or for testing Command Access This command is available to all readers To send a command to the reader from the Configure menu select Send Command The Send Command window will appear as shown in the figure below V Send Command Send Enterthe command in the box below o Reader s Response How it works Then follow the steps below 1 Type the command in the text box provided 2 Click on the Send button The responses coming back from the reader if any are displayed in the Reader s Response box The responses will appear in the format that they are received However the software eliminates the ACK NAK ETX and STX characters from the string of data received If the reader receives a command a response of ACK will appear as Command Acknowledged and a response of NAK will appear as Command Not Acknowledged The response received will depend on the type of reader being used To clear the command typed click on the Clear button 122 Chapter Configure Reader Reader s PMR 102 PMR 202 TA90 TA48 TA32 Once the PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 or TA32 is selected from the ha
19. 2 If your criterion is by Issue Date or by Record Date then enter the correct date in the Enter Data box Otherwise if your criteria is by Account First Name or Last Name then enter the exact data or part of the data and wild cards any number of character any single characters For example if you know only the first 3 digits of the account enter the 3 digits followed by an asterisk Such as 123 The search function will look for all records that 67 have an account that start with 123 3 Click on the Search button If one or more records are found they will be displayed in the table as shown above Highlight the record you want and double click on it This window will disappear and you will go back to the Encoder window If you need to start over click on the Clear button to clear the Enter Data box To cancel the search at anytime click on the Cancel button If the search function does not find the account in the database the following message will appear Exeba COMM A No records were found Swipe Search Another method for looking for a record in the database is the Swipe Search This method allows you to find out if a card s data is already stored in the database After clicking on this button the following window will appear EZ Card Swipe Please swipe a card to read Swipe a card using the selected encoder If the track information matches a record in th
20. 380 and KDT4000 Encoders W Communication Properties Poll Delay Port y Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits a x Parity None y Stop Bits hy 46 Port Settings Encoder s MT95 The figure below shows the default port settings for the Magtek MT95 Encoder L Communication Properties Poll Delay Port Comi 5 Baud Rate 4800 al Data Bits 7 y Parity Odd Stop Bits 1 47 Poll Delay Settings Command Function The settings of the poll and delay parameters affect the commands that send and receive data to and from the encoder It may be necessary to try different settings until the correct configuration is established for the hardware being used Command Access From the Setup main menu select Poll Delay Settings The following figure will appear The figure below shows the default Poll Delay settings for the encoders supported by this software W Communication Properties Poll Delay Delay 00100 ms Timeout 00100 ms Machine Speed 5 y Poll Delay Options These settings are as follows Delay Used by the polling commands only The delay is the number of milliseconds 00000 99999 the polling function should wait between polls The default is 100 milliseconds Time Out The number of milliseconds 00000 99999 the software should wait after sending a command for a response from the reader before timing out The default is 100 milliseconds Machine Speed Th
21. Confirm Password How it works Enter the existing password in the Current Password box If no password is set yet in the reader enter the default password 00000 Enter the new password in the New Password box and the Confirm Password box The password can be any of 5 digits Then click on the Set button If successful the following message will appear showing the password you set the reader to A Make sure you REMEMBER the password Exeba COMM Pi CHANGED TO 11111 If the communication between the software and reader timed out the PMR or TA32 Log In window will appear 127 Reset Password Command Function If you forgot the password set in the reader you can reset it back to the default password using the Reset Password command You will not lose any data from the reader However this command requires technical support to obtain the password unlocking codes as explained in this topic Command Access Select Get Password from the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 menu Once selected the following window will appear L Unlock Command User Code 1 295 906 615 User Code 2 655 745 8 Enter Response 1 Enter Response 2 How it works Get the password by unlocking this command using one of two following methods 1 Unlock command by Email If your computer is connected to the Internet click on the Email button The Email button will open the Unlocking web page Once all the required informatio
22. Doe When building tracks the result will be as follows for track1 CS100225 John Doe 64 Encode Card Data Command Function When you are ready to read or write the data on magnetic card use the Encode Card Data Besides encoding cards this command allows you to write a batch of cards duplicate a card search for card data in a database and create card data for writing and or storing in the database Command Access You can access this command in two ways from the Card menu select Encode Card Data Or click on the Encode Cards button of the button bar in the main window When this command is selected the following window appears E Card Data Setup ES Report Close Track Data Format Record 1 of 1 Record Date 1 22 2008 150 Standard Card Type Undefined v C Non ISO Standard Title y E First Hame Last Hame Account Validate i Read Card Write Card Prefix Info Issue Date 5 47 2007 Member Since yyy Expiry Date YYMM INVALID Extra Info Notes Swipe Search Track 1 PELIN ADAL IRE 036 Track 2 REMEDIAR 028 Track 3 ee 012 Fields Description This section describes the card data fields Each record can contain one or more of these fields Card Type This field defines the format of the data on the tracks to the Build Tracks function and the Extract Fields function These types are created in the Card Type Setup window or predefined in the da
23. Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model Send any command to the encoder MSR905 Encoder Features Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model Send any command to the encoder MSR905H Encoder Features Automatically detects HID port Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model 4s Send any command to the encoder MSR705 Encoder Features Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model Send any command to the encoder KDT4000 Encoder Features Provides three different ways for initializing the hardware Provides information about the status of the card detected not detected Provide the encoder version Eject the card Retrieve the card Get encoder version 4s Send any encoder command 17 Magtek MT95 Features es R A ARRA Set coercivity to high low or automatic selection where card coercivity is detected automatically by the hardware Supports two different modes for encoding a Normal Mode encoder is set to encode at any time b Secure Mode encoder validates a good read before it encodes a card Get tracks setup Provides the encoder version Provides the encoder configuration Programming commands can be sent to the hardware Magtek 380 Features R RORO ROA Set coercivity to h
24. This command allows you to select the port the reader is connected to If the option Enable Port Settings is selected under the General Settings then you will be able to change the default port settings as well Command Access After you connect the reader to your computer from the Setup main menu select Port Settings The following window will appear W Communication Properties E Poll Delay Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits Mv Port and Port Settings Port Select the port the reader is connected to The software will automatically detect all the available Com ports and HID ports on your computer Baud Rate Select the baud rate The selectable range is 600 to 256000 Data Bit Select 7 or 8 Parity Select Even Odd None Mark or Space Stop Bits Select 1 1 5 or 2 NOTE If the communication port was open before you changed these setting the message Current port should be closed before making any changes Close Port will appear Click on the Yes button so that changes will be in effect 80 Button Functions Default Returns the settings to the recommended port settings for the encoder being used It also saves the default settings Save Before you close this window make sure you save any changes made to the port or port settings by clicking on the Save button Close Close this window and return to the main menu Exit X This button closes the window 81 R
25. To set the inactivity timeout simply select one of the following options Keep Power On Always This option is not recommended since by keeping the reader on all the time the battery will drain quickly Turn Power Off automatically after X min X sec This will allow you to set the length of time the reader will stay on after the last scan then shut off Select the min and sec from the boxes provided Then click on the Set button The Log In window will appear when you log into the reader 132 Set Time Command Function To set the date and time in the PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 reader use the Set Time menu command under the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 menu LY Set Date Time E Select Date Time 5 12 2005 10 58 46 PM Reader Response If necessary change the date and time that appears in the Set Time window Then click on the Set button If the communication between the software and reader timed out the PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 Log In window will appear If the time and date were set successfully the message Time is set will appear in the response box 133 Get Reader Status Command Function The Get Status command displays the PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 or TA32 reader settings This information will include the following Total number of records stored in the reader Total number of tracks Reader password Inactivity timeout Echo mode Reader date
26. button of the window shown above DO NOT click on the Register button until you enter the correct response codes 2 Register by phone Call Escan s support line at 951 270 1911 Provide the customer service representative with the following information User Code 1 User Code 2 and the version type that was purchased 3 The representative will give you two codes Response 1 and Response 2 Enter them in the designated boxes 4 Click on the Register button If the software registration was successful the message Software Unlocked Successfully will appear The software registration will fail if any of the user codes or response codes was invalid Verify the User Codes 8 Response Codes with the customer service representative again Then repeat steps 2 and 4 NOTE The Unlock button of this window will be disabled once the software is unlocked successfully But the Unlock submenu from the Help main menu will always be enabled When you call to register we recommended you be in front of the computer and have the software running with the UNLOCK screen open However if you cannot be in front of the computer please have User Code 1 and User Code 2 available 25 Hardware Types The required hardware models should be activated click on the hardware icon and it will open the menu commands that correspond to that hardware model Before you start the application click on one of the following buttons Magstripe Encoder
27. file Close Use this button to close the window and return to the main menu 52 Import Records Command Function This command is used to import card data records from a comma delimited text file to the active database card data Menu Access From the File menu select Import then select Encoder Data The following window will appear F Import Card Data File Path and Name First Name gt gt Last Name ec Record Date lt lt Issue Date gt Member Since Expiration Date lt Extra Info Card Status Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Notes How it works 1 When creating the text file to import keep the following rules in mind Unless the file contains only one field all fields should be separated with commas The records or lines must end with a carriage return The order of the fields in the file should be the same as the import list fields f arecord contains a blank field it should be replaced by a comma Conform to the format of the fields as described in the topic Database Card Data 2 In the File Name and Path box enter the location and name of the file to import You can also use the browse button When you click on this button the Save As standard window appears Select the drive folder and name of the file to be imported 3 Select the fields list by highlighting the field then clicking on one of the following buttons to add it to the import list
28. is an agreement between you either individual or entity the end user and Escan Technologies Corp If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement promptly return the disk package and accompanying items including written materials and binders or other containers to the place you obtained them for a full refund 1 GRANT OF LICENSE This License Agreement permits you to use one copy of the specified version of the Exeba COMM software product identified above SOFTWARE on any single computer provided the SOFTWARE is in use only on one computer at any time If you have multiple Licenses for the SOFTWARE then at any time you may have as many copies of the SOFTWARE in use as you have Licenses The SOFTWARE is in use on computer when it is loaded into the temporary memory i e RAM or installed into the permanent memory e g hard disk CD ROM or other storage device of that computer except that a copy installed on a network server for the sole purpose of distribution to other computers is not in use If the anticipated number of users of the SOFTWARE will exceed the number of applicable Licenses then you must have a reasonable mechanism or process in place to assure that the number of persons using the SOFTWARE concurrently does not exceed the number of Licenses If the SOFTWARE is permanently installed on the hard disk or other storage device of a computer other than a network server and one person uses that computer more than 80
29. prefix 1 Enter the prefix in the Prefix Value box 2 Click on the Find button If the prefix exists in the database the description will appear in the Organization Name box To print or preview the existing prefixes in the database simply click on the Preview button You can also export the exiting prefixes in the database in a text file by clicking on the Export button then entering the path and name of the file 77 Chapter Reader Setup Menu The Setup menu is used to change the communication settings in the software by accessing the following commands This menu works for the MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC MSR300 MSR500 Mini123U SC MSR500M Mini400 Mini400BT Mini600 Mini 123EX PMR102 PMR 202 TA90 TA48 TA32 MAGDC Serial Reader Non Portable and Keyboard Reader Non Portable FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb fx Setup File Database Configure Mini400 Portable Reader Data Tools Help General Settings Port Settings Open Database Inactivity Time out Text Editor Poll amp Delay Settings Exit Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 19200 N 8 1 Reader Mini400 78 General Settings Command Function Using this command you will be able to change settings for the application in general Menu Access From the Setup main menu select General Settings The following window will appear ee FE Application Default Setti Port Settin
30. stored in the reader Set Password for security purpose Provides a way to retrieve the password Get product version Set the date and time Get the data and time Set inactivity time out Get inactivity time out setting Program track s settings Set buzzer settings Send programming commands MINI600 Reader Features RB RRR RRR RRR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get total number of records stored in reader memory Set Password for security purpose Reset password to default Get product version Set date and time Get date and time Set inactivity power timeout Get inactivity power timeout setting 19 es g es Program tracks settings Send programming commands Set backlight duration MSR300 Reader Features Re BRR RR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get the total number of records stored in the reader Set Password for security purposes Add computer date and time to each record when polling Send programming commands MSR500 Features BO RR BR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get the total number of records stored in the reader Set Password for security purposes Set date and time Get total records stored in reader Get reader version Send programming commands Mini123U SC Reader Features By BOR BB Ry eR BR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get t
31. with the software is the IBC Portable Magnetic card reader DC model Serial Reader Non Portable Click on the button when the RS232 serial reader communication type reader is used with the software Mini 123EX Click on this button if the hardware type is a Mini123EX portable reader Keyboard Reader Non Portable Click this button if the hardware type is a Keyboard Reader 26 Quick Start Tutorial Encoder Reader When starting Exeba COMM the hardware selection window will appear From this window select the hardware type being used Once selected the main window appears with different menus and submenus according to your hardware selection The following section explains the features of the main window in details When running the program for the first time you need to create a database and save it as default From the Database Menu select Create Database The default database will always open when an encoder or reader is selected from the hardware menu A database is where polled reader data will be saved It is also used by the encoder when the Encode Card menu is opened Since the default database automatically opens when the encoder or reader is selected from the hardware menu the same database is shared between the encoder and the reader Any data polled from the reader can be accessed by the encoder from the Encode Card menu After your default database is created it is recommended to secure your datab
32. 1 Enter the 5 character password that is set in the reader in the password text box 2 Click on the Disable button Clear Password Use the Clear Password command to turn the password protection off V SMAG DC Reader Password Control E E Disable Password Clearing the password in the reader will turn the password protection off permenantly until a new password is set Enter existing password 141 To clear the password 1 Enter the password set in the reader in the password text box 2 Then click on the Clear button Check Password Use the Check button after setting disabling or clearing the password to check if the command has succeeded or to check if a password exists in the reader 142 Set Magstripe Options Reader s MAGDC The Set Magstripe Options command allows you to program every track available in DC reader This command is located in the Configure MAGDC menu Once selected the following window will appear Mag DC Magstripe Options Track 2 ____Track 182 Set Prefix to None m Set Delimiter to None Transmit Direction Indicator Don t Transmit Direction Indicator C Start On C Start Ott The individual tracks are programmed as follows Enable or disable track Transmit Don t transmit the LRC character Set the magstripe length Transmit Don t transmit stop and start character Select the prefix character Select the delimiter character
33. 10 algorithm 41 Increment of This option will add the increment number you select to the next account For example if you selected Increment of 5 and your account is 10000 then the next account number will be 10005 Emulation Mode This option is available only if an MSE750 encoder is selected It defines what mode the encoder is currently set to The default setting is MSE Before you start using the encoder make sure you match this software setting with your hardware settings Click on the Save button to save any changes made Click on the Close button to close this window 42 Port Settings Command Function This command allows you to select the port the encoder is connected to If the option Enable Port Settings is selected under the General Settings then you will be able to change the default port settings as well Command Access After you connect the encoder to your computer from the Setup main menu select Port Settings The following window will appear E Communication Properties Poll Delay Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits fa y Parity None amp Stop Bits fi y Port and Port Settings Port Select the comm port or HID port the encoder is connected to The software will automatically detect all the available ports on your computer Baud Rate Select the baud rate The selectable range is 600 to 256000 Data Bit Select 7 or 8 Parity Select Even Odd Non
34. 2 or track 3 Click on the button that appears to the left to set the track according to the command If a response is returned from the reader it will be displayed in the Reader Response box 130 Set Track 3 TA32 Command Function This command is available for the readers that are equipped with 3 tracks such as TA32 It allows you to change the options specific to track3 Command Access When a TA32 is selected you can select Setup Track 3 submenu from the Configure menu The following window will appear Woks Set Track 3 to 7 Bits Per Character Set Track 3 to 5 Bits Per Character pa Disable Track 3 FE Setup Track 3 Options Reader response Close There are 3 different options available to change track 3 Click on the button that appears to the left to set the track according to the command If a response is returned from the reader it will be displayed in the Reader Response box 131 Set Inactivity Timeout Command Function The reader can be set to automatically shut down after a specific idle time To change the inactivity timeout in the PMR102 202 TA90 48 or TA32 reader use the Set Inactivity Timeout command Command Access This command can be accessed from the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 main menu IZ Set Inactivity Timeout Auto Power Shutoff Time C Keep Power On Always Turn Power Off automatically after 0 _ min 50 bo pa How it works
35. 51 220 1911 or email the following information to techsupport exeba com TECHNICAL CODE generated by the reader 554 lt 055 4830 The reader Model The reader Serial Inthe email SUBJECT LINE write PASSWORD RESET NOTE If this reader was not purchased from our company there will be a 100 USD fee 3 Contact technical support by email or phone to give them the code For example the figure above shows that the code is 554 lt 055 4830 Before you click on the Ok button make sure you gave the correct code to technical support Then they will give you back the correct password set in the reader 113 Get Version Reader s Mini 400 Mini400 2G Mini 600 MSR 500 MSR 500M Mini 123 Mini 123EX Command Function The Get Version command is used to obtain the identification string from the reader This string contains information such as reader model and version number This command allows you to test the communication between the software and the hardware Also by obtaining the version number the manufacturer will be able to identify the features and updates to the reader Command Access To get the reader identification string from the Configure main menu select Get Version The reader identification string will appear An example of the version number obtained from a reader is shown in the figure below Exeba COMM Mini400 Product Yersion is 1 0R02 114 Get Total Records Readers Mini 400 Mini400 2
36. DC menu click on Set Password The following window will appear V SMAG DC Reader Password Control E m Set Passwor Disable Password Clear Password Make sure you REMEMBER the password you set in the reader Once a password is set you will not be able to upload the data or reprogram the reader until you send the correct password to it Enter existing password 00000 Set Enter new password Set a new Password When no password is set use this command to create a new password or to change the existing one When the password protection is turned on you cannot upload or reprogram the reader until the password is turned off To set a new password 1 Enter the default password 00000 in the Existing Password box 2 Then enter the new password in the New Password box The password can be up to 5 characters in length numeric and or alpha characters 3 Click on the Set button To change the existing password enter the password that is set in the reader in the password text box Then follow the steps 2 through 3 as described above 140 Disable Password Use the Disable Password command to turn off the password protection temporarily V SMAG DC Reader Password Control E Disable Password Clear Password When the password is disabled you can upload and reprogram the reader Once the reader is turned off the password protection will go back in effect Enter existi word To disable the password
37. ENTION To customers with a copy of Exeba COMM BASIC the Professional version of Exeba COMM is required to Unlock the Password in the portable reader To upgrade your existing software call 951 270 1911 or email sales exeba com For more information please visit our website http www exeba com Resetting the password requires contacting Escan Technologies Corp to obtain the response codes Click on the Ok button from the window above and call Escan s support line at the number listed in the message E Reset Password To reset unlock the password on the MPR 10007200073000 PDC MPDC SPDC portable readers call 951 270 1911 and provide the User Codes from the Reset Password screen This will enable us to generate the Response Codes required to reset the password to the manufacturer default 0000 NOTE The data stored in the reader will not be lost IMPORTANT Please make sure you have the reader turned on and connected to the PC Also ensure that you have selected the correct COM port to communicate with the reader User Codes r Response User Code 1 31 3 777 61 7 Response 1 gt Response 2 IS User Code 2 507 260 65 P Provide the User Code information to the customer service representative 1 User Code 1 User Code 2 and the hardware that was purchased 2 The representative will give you two codes Response 1 and Response 2 3 Enter them in the designated boxes and click on the Register button
38. G Mini 600 MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini 123U SC Mini 123EX Command Function This command obtains the total number of records saved in the readers This information is important in determining the maximum memory capacity in the reader Command Access To get the total records from the Configure reader menu select Get Total Records If the communication with the reader was successful a message such as the one appearing in the figure below will be displayed Exeba COMM Total number of records is 13 If the communication with the reader failed the message Reader did not respond will appear 115 Set Time Reader s Mini 400 Mini 600 MSR 500 MSR 500M Mini 123 Mini 123EX Command Function The time in the reader will be initially set to the manufacturer s settings Using the Set Time command you will be able to change the time the reader is set to This is important when Day Savings Time occurs since the reader will not automatically change the time This command will also allow you to get the time from the following readers only Mini 400 Mini 600 Mini123U SC MSR500M Mini 123EX Command Access To set the date and time in any of the readers listed above from the Configure menu select Set Time The following window appears IZ Set Get Date amp Time Mini400 Select Date Time Time Date MN Time 12 8 2006 95454PM E ser Reader Response How it works To set
39. It also allows you to set an existing database as default Menu Access From the Database menu select Open Database Or click on the Open Database button of the button bar The following window will appear Look in gt Data Files gt et ek ae My Recent Documents File name My Network Files of type Database Files mdb y Cancel Places F Open as read only How it works 1 In the Look In box select the drive and folder where the database file is located 2 Inthe File Name box enter or select the name of the database file 3 Click on the Open button to open the database If the database file you selected is password protected the following window will appear FE Database Login Jog Enter Password I Enter the database password Then click on the Ok button The name of the active database file will appear at the top of the main menu 33 Set Database Password Command Function This command is used to create a new password or change the existing one for the active database Menu Access This command is available only if a database file is open From the Database main menu select Set Database Password The following window will appear Set Current Database Password SEE A Make sure you REMEMBER the password you set If lost it may never be retrieved Current Password p New Password Confirm Password How it works 1 In the Current Password bo
40. Response box The responses will appear in the format that they are received However the software eliminates the ACK NAK ETX and STX characters from the string of data received If the reader receives a command a response of ACK will appear as Command Acknowledged and a response of NAK will appear as Command Not Acknowledged The response received will depend on the type of reader being used 147 Chapter Portable Reader Data The previous chapters explained how to change the port settings and the reader settings as necessary This chapter explains how to get the data from the reader once it is scanned and saved how to save the data in the database or in a text file and finally how to purge this data in the reader The Poll commands explained in this chapter also support readers such as the Serial Reader Non Portable which do not store the data E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Configure MAGDC Portable Reader Data Tools Help m 5 Poll Data to Database TIA g9 Poll Data to Text File G Opi Port Setting Poll Reader Data Text Editor Log In Switch Hardware Purge Data from Reader Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Reader MAGDC 148 Poll Data to a database Command Function The data that is stored in the reader after the user scans a card can be obtained by using the Poll command The Poll Data to Database command polls the data and displ
41. TKS 0 ia sect ie oe sca cds o ens in dl A OE 132 AR TOO Command FURIOSA A Sak cael e el an ahaa do e rl ls o 133 Get Reader Status vissesiccsdicssccsdccstesssecctavsdenssavssensbevssesslavssussvavsbessuassiessuavisessuivisisivedtiestudsieisiviese Low Command FUR CH ON ia is S id aaa ee 134 Gt VEFSION A O Command FUNCTION ee RO a ta EES dos 135 Get Hardware Serial Hiss ccssccccccesecsscsssossscansavssesssosvecussnssecussosvesussacsosnssostosusonssaesssosdesassassosnssesvostsseress LOO Send COMMANA ssiciscsiscecssccssesssecovecsserssessessovessscsdeesbess eesesesssessessseessses ses essssessseossessessesedssss setesssesesee OT Command FUTEION ta tl SRG ates ste ea sae ee ie SG 137 Command ACCESS A de dai idad 137 Configure Rede ada as deaerator 190 NAAA IR Command Func cs 139 Set Password N O Command O O di 140 Command Ars a la ares 140 seta NEW PassWord A 140 Disable PassWord Ne 141 Clear PassWord rt 141 E N A e IDA a PAE E PE E AE nde 142 Set Magstripe Options seessseeeessoeesssoosssosesssoccessoesessoessssoesssocesesoeesssoessssoesssosesssoesessosessssesssssesssssess 143 Get Version MAGDC sicccccisdosscisccstecssctensesecssessenctenssacsssecsosctensecossessonssenssacussessosstensessbessonscenssesesss 190 Get Total Records iicicscssiccesccotesesssosesossiesesesssosusevvectescbssesssessietvisssesusevvoctu cbssesesessietvvsssusvcsvvecteiessseses 140 Send Command IS L47 Portable Reader Dala siicsccsiiicr
42. Total cards to Write 100 r C Database Record s From Record To Record Cards written No of Cards written Clear Close There are two methods for writing a batch of card Current Record allows you to write a batch of cards based on the account of the current record To write a batch of card 1 Make sure the account field on the Card Data Setup window is not left blank since this is the field that will be incremented Make sure a specific type other then the Undefined type is selected for the Card Type Select Current Record option Enter the number the account should be incremented by Enter total number of records to write oa fF OD Click on the Start button Starting with the current record this function will increment the account wherever it appears on the tracks as defined by the card type Database Record writes a sequence of card according to the database record number To write a batch of card 1 Select Database Record option 2 Enter a valid number for the From Record field 72 3 Enter a valid number for the To Record field 4 Click on the Start button No matter what option you select once you click on the Start button the following window will appear EZ Card Swipe Please swipe card 1 to write Swipe a card for writing If successful swipe the next card If not successful an error message appears and the process will be s
43. ader Setup Tracks Set Power Mode Set Time Send Command Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 19200 N 8 1 Reader MPR 1000 2000 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC This menu will vary slightly with each reader In this chapter all of the commands are explained in details and these are Log in to the reader Set and reset a password Reset reader Setup tracks configuration Set the power mode Change reader s date and time Send a command NN NNN VV 99 Log In Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Function Log in to the reader is required in order to start the communication process Exeba COMM will automatically log in to the reader if no password is set However if the reader is password protected then you need to log in using the Log In command Command Access The Log In window will appear automatically when communication with the reader fails But you can login manually by selecting Configure menu then Log In Or click on the Log In button in main button bar The following window will appear L MPR 1000 2000 3000 Log In Enter Password If the correct password is entered the Log In window will disappear If the password was entered incorrectly a Wrong Password message will appear as follows Exeba COMM A Invalid password Try Again If the communication failed the following message will appear on the screen Exeba COMM A Unable to communicate with the hardware
44. and Access eco ae diodes 62 Create New TYPO ui ia ica cra 62 Update card per ineinia teen aikido Sek halon Raabe oes Re oe oka al oe ee ae 63 Card Type Example iia A tac pos on Re on pda ee 64 Encode Card Data DOE E O OOE ER OO Command Func E E caves sat civ E E E EE EE E Cis EE E E EE N 65 Command ACCESS renee ii e E dat ced widen E E ETE S EES R EEE EENE 65 Fields Description rasp 65 Creating and Updating Recordsiin ieser en eee ire n rer a o Sa aa Sa aa Senan TSE 66 Navigatio iaa ate 67 Encoding Functions AAA OF Track Data Format dt a le aaa oleo ole o R Deke 69 Read Card Data Talaia ne nese ba Soares A E EA 69 Write Card Dita tati carito tido te e dto tea e caes talles o 70 IA A OR ONO 70 AI AAA TZ Erase Card Data sisicsccssccasccisctecssssseessetesdecsesssessecsastecssseseessesesdecsesssessecsuctecssssseessssecdecsssseeasecsesdesssatsoses 14 Command Funciona ee os SAG aT OE LTE ORE Engines 74 Command ACCESS Lette arate e Paley tench isteach tailed E 74 HOWE a a AVATARE otis atta le noe ad tala ln tia ee ts ly a noia ia 74 Duplicate Card iicccccci ctescedeccsstccestscsccceusscuceststsesesesalesestacesencesodesoatsscevasssciccsotsacedsescacseotcadesstedsessesesesess 10 AS OO NS Command Funcion las Dane Guta di db Lidia a e E 71 Command ACCESS a a ceed ites eva toes cat cunt dc a a daa diia 71 TOWTEWOTS 2 dd ES TERETE ENEN 71 Reader Setup Menusi e aa A RIA Aedes aiii LO AAA LD Command Functions nni idancdescchncdescdsbsdu
45. and time Reader version To get the above information from the reader select Get Status command from the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 menu The reader will return the information as shown in the following figure Exeba COMM Total number of records 7 Tracks Configuration Does not require Track or Track2 data to be valid LRC ignored Inactivity Timeout 10 Minute s 40 Second s Password 00000 Echo Mode OFF Date Time 3 2 2004 08 38 09 PM 134 Get Version Command Function The Get Version command is used to obtain the identification string from the reader This string contains information such as reader model and version number To get the reader identification string from the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 menu select Get Version The reader identification string will appear An example of the version number obtained from a reader is shown in the figure below Exeba COMM Hardware Version 3 33 135 Get Hardware Serial This command is used to retrieve the serial number within the PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 or TA32 reader When this command is selected the following window will appear W Loon 8 x Press the power button or swipe an encoded magstripe card backward to log in After the Log In window appears you will be prompted to enter the password Once the password is entered the following Hardware Serial window will appear Exeba COMM Hardware serial 03508 136
46. ard Data Duplicate Card Get Coercivity Status Port is Open Port AUTO Settings Encoder MSRS05H Auto Initialize Message Encoder initialized successtully Coercivity is set to L 3 61 Card Type Setup Command Function This command allows you to define your own card type template The card type is used by the Build Track function and Extract Fields function By creating a type you are defining what fields should be on the track Command Access Once an encoder is selected this command becomes available Unlike the encoder commands you do not need to initialize the encoder first From the Card menu select Card Type Setup The following window will appear FE Card Types Setup m Save Previous Next A Close Name visal Description Tet Track y Accountt Field Properties Name Accounttt Walue Size Fised 10 Rangel _ Data Type Numeric Only 0 9 y Prefix E Delimiter 7 A E Condition Field should exist y Create New Type To create a new card template follow the steps below 1 Click on the New button This will clear all the fields and initialize some fields to a default value 2 Enter a name for the card type in the Name Box This name should not exist in the database It can be up to 15 characters 3 Enter a description of the card type in the designated box This field is optional and can be up to 100 characters long 4 Select the track you wa
47. ase by adding a password using the Set Database Password window Once a database is created or opened the main menu will appear with various options You will notice that some options in the menu may disappear or appear when a different hardware type is selected If you are working with more than one hardware type select the hardware type by clicking on Switch Hardware button In this section you will learn about the various options available while navigating through Exeba COMM Each menu has its own chapter Each Chapter describes the function for each option in more detail 27 Main Menu Window From this window you can access all the software functions EZ Breda COMM 9 0 Professional Database COMMDBO1 mdb SAX Efe Qetabase G e MSR Portable Reader Data Card Tools Hep X amp on o ort Sotting_ M A Data Open Databa Toxt Edtor Log in sched ware Exit Status Poet is Closed Poat 1 1 Settings 008 1 reader MSA 00 eg al Main Menu This menu has several selections It is located at the top of the main window Button Bar It is located under the main menu and contains buttons that can be used to easily access some of the frequently used commands in Exeba COMM Status Bar It is located at the bottom of the main window and displays communication status messages being used in Exeba COMM The following is an explanation of each Status displays any error message retur
48. ays it in a table Command Access Before you access this command it is recommended to open a database first to save the poll data in it if it is not already open To poll the reader select Portable Reader Data then select Poll Data to Database command The following window will appear 17 Portable Reader Data ed Record Transfer r Records to View Load Total Paca Tree C DateRange 5 15 2005 y gt 5 16 2005 y ReefTrek ack rack DTi Total Records in Reader All Records 5 2 2005 11 32 06 AM gt th 490354033494 JOHNSON SKLE R 8088000005910 498354000494 28000000059100 2 8490144444444 TYLER AANE 1888600003591000 4901 44444444 22880000368100 a 5490146922007 BLAKE JACK 88800000351 00000 490146922007 E8980000359100 HE Stop Polling Purge Reader Data Save text file 6 2 2005 11 33 13 AM 2 2005 11 33 13 AM Save Database Delete Record View Records When this window first appears all the data in the active database if any will appear in the table You can limit the records displayed in this table to a specific range of date as follows 1 Click on the Date Range option 2 Select the range of dates you would like to view from the date tables 3 Click on the Load button If you need to view all the records in the database click on the All Records option and then click on the Load button Poll Data To poll the reader make sure the selected reader is connect
49. button lt To remove a field from the Export To List highlight the field then click on this button lt lt To remove all the fields in the list click on this button 93 Export By clicking this button the fields in the list box Export To will be written to the specified text file Close Use this button to close the window and return to the main menu Example Database records Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Date Time ABD999999000123 999999000 1 20 2008 8 00 00 ABF9999990011378 999999001 1 20 2008 8 13 40 If you Export To list looks like the following Track1 Track2 Date Time The exported file will contain data as follows ABD9999990001123 999999000 01 20 2008 8 00 00 ABF999999001 378 999999001 01 20 2008 8 13 40 94 Import Records Command Function This command is used to import records from a text delimited file to an active database reader data Menu Access From the File menu select Import then select Reader Data The following window will appear E Import Reader Data La File Path and Name oo Fields Order File contains Date amp Time fields C Tracki Track2 Track3 Tracki Track2 Tracki Track2 How it works 1 When creating the text file to import keep the following rules in mind Unless the file contains only one field all fields should be separated with commas The records or lines must
50. ckly and easily On line help can be accessed from the Start menu You can also access it while working with Exeba COMM by selecting Help from the main menu User Documentation This manual contains detailed information on how to use Exeba COMM For commands and questions related to the hardware consult the manufacturer s User Guide that is included with this software purchase Customer Support Escan Technologies Corp welcomes your questions suggestions and comments regarding improvements to Exeba COMM and this manual Your comments can be mailed to Escan Technologies Corp or sent electronically via e mail or via our World Wide Web WWW site If you have a bug report that requires immediate attention please contact us as soon as possible If you would like to purchase any of the hardware described in this manual you may contact us for the current price and availability In order to be eligible for technical support you must register your version of Exeba COMM with Escan Technologies Corp In addition to technical support you will receive updates regarding what is new in the upcoming versions of Exeba COMM When reporting a problem please include the following information 2 Company 2 Mailing Address Phone Number Your Name Contact Person E mail Address if available Exeba COMM Serial Number Date of Purchase Operating system Windows Me NT 2000 XP Vista amp 7 Where to
51. cuments E Desktop Je My Documents 59 My Computer a File name COMMOT mdb My Network Save as type Database Files mdb X Cancel Places How it works 1 Inthe Save In box select the drive and folder where the database file will be saved 2 In the File Name box enter the name of the new database file You do not need to enter an extension All database files will be saved with mdb access format extension If the file already exists a warning message will pop up asking you if you want to overwrite it 3 Click on the Save button to create the database 4 Once created you will be asked whether you want to set the new database as the default database As shown in the figure below 31 NY Exeba COMM X Database created successfully Would you like to set the new database as the default When set as default the database file will open automatically every time the program is launched Click on Yes button to set the database as default Click on No if you would like to work with the new database until you exit the program Once the database is created all the database functions will be enabled in the software A new database is not password protected It is recommended to use the Set Database Password to create a new password 32 Open Database Command Function The Open Database command will allow you to open a previously created database
52. d total records saved RR RRR How to send the reader a programming command FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Configure MAGDC Portable Reader Data Tools Help oe Reset Reader g i Set Password d Port Setting Set Magstripe Options activity Time ou Text Editor In Switch Hardware Get Version Get Total Records Send Command Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Reader MAGDC 138 Reset Reader Reader s MAG DC RS2000 Command Function The Reset Reader command is used to reset the reader to factory defaults This command is available to the MAGDC as well as Serial Reader Non Portable When you reset the reader all programming parameters will default back to factory parameters and all transactional data stored in it will be erased To reset the reader from the Configure MAGDC or Configure Serial Reader Non Portable menu select Reset reader If the software is able to communicate with the reader the following window will appear Exeba COMM y WARNING This command will reset the reader to factory defaults Data will be ERASED Lox came 139 Set Password Reader s MAGDC Command Function The Set Password command is used to set the password in the DC reader Additionally you will be able to disable the password protection temporarily or turn it off completely Command Access Access this command from the Configure MAG
53. e Mark or Space Stop Bits Select 1 1 5 or 2 NOTE If the communication port was open before you changed these setting the message Current port should be closed before making any changes Close Port will appear Click on the Yes button so that changes will be in effect 43 Button Functions Default Returns the settings to the recommended port settings for the encoder being used It also saves the default settings Save Before you close this window make sure you save any changes made to the port or port settings by clicking on the Save button Close Close this window and return to the main menu Exit X This button closes the window NOTE If the selected hardware is the MSR905H this function will be disabled The software will automatically detect the HID port which the encoder is connected to The port will also open and close automatically 44 Port Settings Encoder s MSE630A MSE750 AMC Port Settings automatically detected when they are selected from the main menu The figure below shows the default port settings for the MSE630A MSE750 or AMC F Communication Properties Ey Port Poll Delay Port Com 1 Baud Rate 3600 Data Bits 7 Parity Odd Stop Bits fi y 45 Port Settings Encoder s MSRW MSR 505C MSR206 MT 1380 KDT4000 MSR905 MSR705 The figure below shows the default port settings for the MSRW MSR505C MSR206 MSR905 MSR705 Magtek I
54. e database the database record will appear Otherwise the data read will appear in the tracks and the following message will appear SS Exeba COMM Record is NOT found 68 Encoding Functions This section explains how the encoding functions of the Encoder window work Track Data Format Before you start encoding the card you might need to select the track data format Depending on the encoder and version of the software you are using one or both of the following formats will be enabled ISO Standard Select this format if your data conforms to the ISO standard format The following is a brief explanation of this format Track1 Up to 79 alphanumeric characters can be encoded on this track using the standard format Track2 Up to 40 numeric characters can be encoded on this track Track 3 Up to 107 numeric characters can be encoded on this track Non ISO Standard If you need to encode alphanumeric characters on track 2 or you need to encode more data than the maximum allowed for the ISO standard select the Non ISO standard by clicking on this option before you read or write to a card Before you read a card in non standard format select this option and then click on the Read button The following window will appear FE Data Format Density Selection Non ISO Standard Data Format Write Data Density Track 1 Track 1 Track 3 210 BPI Std T1 amp T3 v Track 2 5 Bit Character Std T2
55. e a do e he lt adsl 36 HOWE WO a BALI LIS MAES AD nS 36 Database Reader Data sscssscssesssccssesssscsesssvess sossescsessseessecssescseessvess E O 7 SOUP MCI AAA A E ET EE EE AE TR NO General RATA AO Command FURCTON Sica sek ida 40 MEORUACCESS E E E Dug odd tev A EOE 40 General Settm es A E 40 NN 40 Date Format edi 40 Button FUNCION coctel a AA ae Ada da e ida 40 Encoder Settings ccccscccsscssscscccssecssccseessscscesssscscesssscessssscscesssscssssssccssssssccssssscsssssscssssssscssessses LL Command FUnction cccccccccccccccecessceeeeeeeecensneeeeesaceeeessaeecesesceeesseaeeecsusaeeesseeeeeeseaeeeeeesaeeeceeneeeeeseneeeess 41 Menu ACCESS isk vcd dea coed AE EE pois EEN evse RE A EEE E AAE EA cebeduaoyacouh EES ESEE cade 41 Encoder Settings OptiGnss 2 0 aul ia oi ta 41 A O O COMMANA FUN CIA os dis 43 Command Ace da iia 43 Port and Port Settings cia ais 43 Button Funcion aaa ii 44 AA A NS Port Setti 46 a Eo E A ITEE T T a T S Port Settings 2icscssccecsctsscussdessbucsdtavaussscssesbestssdesscesbassesacassssesesssectoasssoassesssessessesoussccssesesedesseasscesebanscoss AT Poll Delay Settings ssccccscssscssscscscssssscscsscsesssscsscsssscscsssscscsssscssssssccssssssccsesssscssssssccsssssssessssees S Command FUNCTION 2550s A a A athe eas 48 COMMUANG ACCESS ea RT ENE 48 POU De lay O We AAA ints sdetnasasiesusinstogesbanibea okt a E A Eana EAER EE teensy 48 Button Funci ns lt a A EO ac
56. e amount of time Exeba COMM should wait after sending a command and before receiving data from the encoder You can select any number from 1 to 50 The number you select is represented as a multiple of 10 of a milliseconds For example if you select 1 the wait time will be 10 milliseconds The larger the number the slower the data will be transferred However a small value may cause polled data to be fragmented Button Functions Default Sets and saves the poll and delay settings to the recommended settings Save Saves any changes made 48 Close Closes this window and return to the main menu This button closes the window without any warning of unsaved changes Make sure the changes are saved before you exit Exit X Use to exit this window NOTE Exeba COMM allows you to save different settings for each type of encoder used For example you can select two machine speeds for an MSR and an MSE encoder These settings will appear when the specific encoder is selected 49 Chapter Encoder File Menu From the File menu you can access commands to import export and print reports as shown in the figure below This menu is available for the MSE630A AMC MSR206 MSE750 MSR505C MSRW MSR705 MSR905 MSR905H KDT4000 MT95 and MT l 380 encoders This chapter explains in details the following submenus Import Card Data records Export Card Data records Print Card Data Reports FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professiona
57. e as follows hh mm ss Sources Reader When data is polled from any of the following readers currently working with the software MPR 1000 MPR 2000 MPR 3000 MPDC PDC SPDC Mini 400 Mini400BT Mini400 2G Mini 600 MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini123 U SC Mini123 EX MAGDC TA32 PMR 102 PMR 202 TA 90 TA 48 Serial reader Non Portable keyboard reader Non Portable It is saved in the database in the fields listed above Import Utility Using the import utility you can import data from a text file into the database reader data Import Database This utility imports merges reader data from another database Usage The reader data is used by the software as follows Encode After the reader data is obtained from the sources listed above the software will automatically extract the card data using the default card type if the data matches the specification of the card type This will make the data available for encoding Report When this data is saved in the database you will be able to generate reports as explained in section X X Export Utility If you need to use this data with different software this utility will allow you to transfer the data to a text file as explained in section X X 37 Database Card Data Format When data is obtained from the sources list below it will be saved in the database with the following format NNNNN NN N Y Source Account any alphanumeric characters maximum 20
58. e data in the reader click on the Purge button 152 Purge Reader Data When the data is polled a copy of it will remain in the reader To erase the data the Purge command should be used It is recommended to select this operation when the data in the reader is not required or after polling the data using the Poll command To purge the data select Purge Reader Data command from the Portable Reader Data menu 153 Chapter Tools The tools menu is available to all readers and encoders Under this menu you will commands to compacts and if necessary repairs the application database to import an old database and to change the hardware selection E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb la a EJ Setup File Database Configure MAGDC Portable Reader Data Tools Help 5 EA Compact amp Repair Database g Import Database Port Setting Poll Reader Data Open Database Switch Hardware Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Reader MAGDC 4 N 154 Compact and Repair Database As the data is updated the size of the database file grows over time The Compact Database utility compacts and repairs the database thus making it smaller in size It also allows all of the software functions to run more efficiently To compact the database select the Tools menu then click on the Compact and Repair Database Before you use this function make sure all the windows in the sof
59. e text editor By opening another file or by creating a new file By closing the text editor Print a File Exeba COMM text editor allows you to send the contents of the text file to the printer from the Print menu command under the File main menu The printing function is very basic in Exeba COMM Most of the print settings are fixed in the software These settings are The print job is assigned only to the default printer If you have not set up a default printer in Windows please do so before printing from Exeba COMM s text editor 89 The paper size is set to 8 1 2 X 11 The right and top margins are preset in the software The number of lines printed on a page is set to 30 The font is set to Arial and the font size is set to 10 NOTE The font type and font size are the only things that can be changed from the editor window The page number will be printed at the beginning of every page 90 Working with Text Exeba COMM s text editor allows you to cut copy paste and search for text All these options are located under its Edit menu But before you use any of them select the text Under the Edit menu the Select All option allows you to select all the text at once Cut Text Select the text you want to cut Select Edit and then select Cut or click on the Cut button of the toolbar Now you can paste the text you cut anywhere in the document Copy Text To copy text using Exeba COMM s text
60. eader Port Settings Reader s MPR 1000 MPR 2000 MPR 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Mini400 Mini400 2G Mini123EX Mini400BT Port Settings automatically detected when they are selected from the main menu The figure below shows the default port settings for the MPR1000 2000 3000 Mini400 2G Mini123EX Mini400 and Mini400BT readers Communication Properties Port Poll Delay Port Comi y Baud Rate 19200 y Data Bits la x Parity None Stop Bits Mo 82 Reader s MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini123U SC Mini123EX Mini600 PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 TA32 MAGDC Serial Reader Non Portable The figure below shows the default port settings for the MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini123U SC Mini123EX Mini600 PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 TA32 MAGDC and Serial Reader Non Portable W Communication Properties Poll Delay Port Com1 y Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits a Parity None y Stop Bits li y 83 Poll Delay Settings Command Function The settings of the poll and delay parameters affect the commands that send and receive data to and from the reader It may be necessary to try different settings until the correct configuration is established for the hardware being used Command Access From the Setup main menu select Poll Delay Settings The following figure will appear The figure below shows the default Poll Delay settings for the encoders supported by this software W Communication Properties Po
61. ed to the communication port and then click on the Poll Reader Data button The total number of records saved in the reader will appear in the Total Records in Reader box If the polling process succeeds the data will appear in the rows of the table and the Total Records Transferred box will display the total records polled so far Starting from the first record the poll function will poll every record into a single row in the table and every track into a single column The first column will be the record number The data of tracks 1 3 will appear in next 3 columns and the date and time will appear in the last column If 149 the reader does not have a real time clock or there was an error in transferring the date and time the computer s date and time will appear in that column instead The polling process will continue until the total number of records is reached If the reader operates in real mode such as the Serial Reader Non Portable the records are not saved in the reader Every record should be polled before another card is scanned The polling process will run in the same way Cancel Polling To cancel the polling process at any time click on the Stop Polling button Save Data When polled a copy of the data remains in the reader But the data that appears in the table after the polling process terminates will be lost if not saved In order to save the data click on one of the following buttons Save Text File button
62. editor follow these steps 1 Select the text you want to copy 2 Select Edit and then select Copy or click on the Copy button in the COMM text editor s toolbar The copied text can be pasted in another location in the document using he paste command Paste Text The text should be copied or cut before it be can pasted To paste text follow these steps 1 Place the insertion point where you want to paste the text 2 From the Edit menu select Paste Search for Text From COMM s text editor Search menu you can access commands that help you locate specific words or characters quickly and easily To locate text 1 Inthe document click where you want to start searching 2 From the Search menu select Find The Find Text window will appear V Find Text Find What Direction Match Case s g Cancel 3 In the Find What text box type the text you want the text editor to look for 4 Check the Match Case box if you want to find the text that matches the upper and lower 91 case of the text you typed 5 The text editor will start searching the document from the insertion point and in the direction you specify in the Find dialog box 6 Click on the Find button 7 If you want to find additional instance of the same text select Search and then select Find Next 92 Export Records Command Function This command exports reader data records saved in the active database into a comma text delimited file It all
63. eeeecccccccccccsesesecccccsccusssseccccssccuusseescccssscuuseescccssseuususeessccsssuuueeeececssseuenness 57 Command ACCESS cssccccccccccccssseeeccccccccccussseccccssscuuseseccccssscusssesecccssseuuseessecssssuuseesscessssuuuesecececsssueusness 57 Configure KDT Encoder cccccssscsssssscscscssecssscscecsscssccssscccesesscscsssscssesssscssssssscssssssssssssscssessssees OO JENS Hardware AAA eiar EEEa EESE ERN EENS SERERE EENEN ESER Eek aeina an EEEE kESN EES 58 Initialize and eject the card to Tont ore eee eesecssceceseceseecseecsceceseecesseecsaeecseecsteeessseessaeesseeesee 58 Initialize and eject the card to Dack oire reenen ore epee e oresar ee eko en Eae aeee EEEE Enap Eiir es 58 Initialize and retain the card ooooooococnnonococonononcnononcnononnnnnnnnonnnonnnnnn nn non nn nn rnnnnnnn nano nn rnnnn cnn nnnnnnnnnnnnns 58 o AN 59 Card NN 59 By ct Cardo odds 59 Retrieve Ejected Cardiaca obtain 59 Configure MT95 Emcoder cccccsccssssssscsscssccssscscecsscsccsssscccessssssessssccsssssscsssssscsssssscessssscsssssssees OO sSetEncode Mode MTI Discordia suet stag evens Ne a nOs seed stuns ten des deg ae eg cose naa des se 60 Normal Mode SETE E A EEE A catan nee dance stubs nenedeesvepbinsennpedensbeees 60 Secure Mode elevates dee daa at bes 60 Encoding Cards scaiccssviviecsssssccssacsssssvscesecstacesssesecessusietessssscevansiscvdsuatecoaeuasecoasaasssedenssesetsnssesesanesesesavesscese OL A O Command Func a ete 62 Comm
64. eesdsesdact sssescsdeesdectsscedecsdsessecsesecssed OL Command EU EIN O Os 101 Command Actes a rise RN Es Cita dede Rakhi neds idos ria ALA 101 Reset Password iscisicssiscciessscccsccssecsdesssccssesssccsdecdsecssessgnssdestecessessscsdivedsccssecsacssdestsscdsesdsesdivedsecdecesscsess LOZ Command FUNCTION ecccccccccceeeccccccccccceesssccccccccuusseccccccsseuusececcessssuuuseecccssseuuuseeescessssuuusseeececssseueneess 102 Command ACCESS cssscccccccccccsssseeccccccccccuesesccccssccuuusesecccssseuuusseescecsssuuuseecccssseuuusecececsssuuuseescecsssuuueness 102 SOtUP TRACKS ON NAS COMMON FUNCHON AAA 103 Command ACCESS eetl en E oe Beetle A alias 103 TOW TE WOTKS A e e e e ae a n eana ten aeea td td tl die 103 Set Power AAA TOA Command FUNCTION eccccccccceesscccccccccccesseeccccscccusssecececcsscuusesecccssssuuuseeecccssseuuusseeeccssssuuusseeccecssseuseeess 104 COMMANA ACCESS A es olenediesves EN AE A OA adenda dias 104 SOU A NU COMMARAA CCESS asas 105 Send Command sveecsscsssccsecsdecsssesdsevderodecsdsesdeesdeesdeesdessdeesdersdecsseesteesseesteessessteesdescdsesssestessseestessssesseesse 00 Command funcio A so 106 Command Act ios 106 HOWE EE it i ss BSS ot bb iets 106 Configure Reader ooo ii as dL OF NN COMMANGPUNEHON GH seco A A a O td a RA tl o 108 COMMANG ACCESS A A E O e e Se IM e Bas 108 HOW TEWOTKS Date a daras ae Cod el e gh e relate kc e lol e a AE nek fed Fall cae Lae Ae a 108 Set Password sisiescsscsdestsecsdesssessse
65. efault card type Setup a prefix database and manipulate it Read and write standard ISO card data Copy and write data from one card to another Erase multiple cards Write multiple cards Advanced search for card data records Swipe search for card data records Extract fields from tracks data Build tracks from card data fields Set coercivity to high or low Create multiple database records with different accounts in sequence 15 In addition to all the features listed above each encoder has the following specific commands AMC Encoder Features es g g Get coercivity settings in the encoder Get encoder version Send a command to the encoder MSE630A Encoder Features A AANA Read non ISO standard format Change track data format Write non ISO standard format Change Write density Send a command to encoder MSE750 Encoder Features A A Re Bk Switch between two different emulation modes MSE MSR Read non ISO standard format Change track data format Write non ISO standard format Change Write density Send a command to encoder MSR206 Encoder Features es g es e Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model Send any command to the encoder MSR505C Encoder Features g g g g Get coercivity settings from the encoder Get encoder version Get encoder model Send any command to the encoder 16 MSRW Encoder Features
66. eliminates the ACK NAK ETX and STX characters from the string of data received If the reader receives a command a response of ACK will appear as Command Acknowledged and a response of NAK will appear as Command Not Acknowledged The response received will depend on the type of reader being used 106 Chapter Configure Reader Reader s Mini400 Mini400BT Mini600 MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini123EX and MSR 500M Mini 123 When a reader from the group above is selected a corresponding configuration menu will become accessible This menu will differ depending on the type of reader selected This chapter describes the different menus and commands for this group of readers The following window shows the configuration menu and the commands for the Mini 400 reader E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Configure Mini400 Portable Reader Data Tools Help Log In eo Get Password x a Port Setting Inactivity Time out Text Editor Set Password Get Total Records Get Version Set Power Mode Set Time Set Buzzer Send Command Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 19200 N 8 1 Reader Mini400 107 Log In Readers Mini 400 Min i400 2G Mini 600 MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini 123U SC Mini 123EX Command Function Log in to the reader is required in order to start the communication process Exeba COMM will automatically log in to the reader if no pas
67. end with a carriage return The fields in the file should be in one of the following eight formats Track1 Track2 Track3 Track1 Track2 Track1 Track2 Track Track2 Track3 Date Time Track1 Track2 Date Time Track1 Date Time Track2 Date Time RRR RRR RB Track1 Track2 and Track3 can each be up to 150 alphanumeric characters The Date should be in the following format mm dd yyyy The Time should be in the following format hh mm ss f a record contains a blank field it should be replaced by a comma For example if the format you specified is as follows Track1 Track2 Date Time and your record contains 95 only data for Track1 then it should look as follows 1234 01 20 2008 08 00 00 where 1234 is the data of track1 2 In the File Name and Path box enter the location and name of the file to import You can also use the browse button When you click on this button the Save As standard window appears Select the drive folder and name of the file to be imported 3 Select the file format as follows Check the File Contains Date amp Time box if you are importing the date and time data If this field is not checked the import utility will automatically save the record in the database with the computer date and time Then select one of the following options according to your file format Track1 Track2 Track3 Track1 Track2 Track1 Track2 4 Click on the Import button to import the file If succe
68. enu The Setup menu is available to all types of encoders that work with the software It allows you to make changes to the following The software general settings The encoders settings in the software The port number and port settings The delay machine speed and timeout settings Once you select the encoder from the hardware selection window click on the Setup menu The following window will appear E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional LE Database testing mdb Setup File Database Configure Mini600 Portable Reader Data Tools Help General sets A X Ta Un i 4 ES Open Database Inactivity Time out Text Editor Log In Switch Hardware E Port Settings Poll amp Delay Settings Exit Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Reader Mini600 0 This chapter explains each submenu as well as the default communication settings for each encoder 39 General Settings Command Function Using this command you will be able to change settings for the application in general Menu Access From the Setup main menu select General Settings The following window will appear P FE Application Default Setti Port Settings C Port Settings Disabled Port Settings Enabled Date Format American Date mm dd yy C European Date dd mm py Save Close General Settings Options Currently there are two settings to change under the general se
69. eussesceseussseeccesssseeuseessseecesssseeesseseseees 16 MSR206 Encoder Features socorro 16 MSR505C Encoder Features cccccccsssssssssesccccssssccccccsscessccssesccsscecsseecsescsseeesescssccsscesseseesesessees 16 MSRW Encoder Features added 17 MSR905 Encoder Features cccccccccccccsccessseccseeessssecccsseccsseeeusesceceuseeeccesssseuessesseecscssseeessessseees 17 MSR905H Encoder Features cccccccsssssssovescccsssvecccccceecsecesssevsscccesssvcscescceeensssscssescvescsensssessseses 17 MSR705 Encoder Features ccccccoccssssssssocccscesssvesccccceccsevensssvseceneessesssescsenenseessvsscvescasevssevssenes 17 KDT4000 Encoder Features ccccccccsssssssoveccccsssvvssccccceesecessssvssccecsssvcscecccensnssssessesccescenesseesenses 17 Mastek MT9S Features cerca REENEN EESE EE SERENE ESSERNE 18 Ma tek FISO ROUTE eneee eeo lia id 18 Reader General Features 0 ccccccsecccccccccceecccccsccesssecccccscccssecusssesssseuesseecccsssseuessessesccecesneesseecsseees 18 MPR 1000 2000 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Reader Features occccccnnoooonnnnnnncononcnnonononccnonannnnnnnnnnos 18 MINI400 Mini400 BT Mini400 2G Reader Features occccccnnnnnccncnnnnnonononiocnnnnonononacoroconcnnnnnanicicononos 19 MINI600 Reader Features cccccccccccceeseececcccsccessseeccccsseceeseseccessseeueseseccesssseueseseccessseeeeeeeseseseseees 19 MSR300 Reader Features ccccccccccccssssesecccccccesssseccccsseues
70. for a card to be inserted Card Status This command is used to find out if a card is detected inside the Encoder Eject Card This menu is used to eject the card from the front or back depending on the user s selection If the card is ejected from the front it can be retrieved and inserted using the Retrieve Card menu command The Retrieve Card command cannot be used if the card is removed from the encoder Retrieve Ejected Card Retrieve an ejected card that is not removed This menu command does not work after Initialize amp Eject Card front or back It only works after the Eject Card command The difference between Card Entry and Retrieve Ejected Card is that Retrieve Ejected Card does not wait for the card to be inserted 59 Configure MT95 Encoder This section describes some of the command of the Configure MT95 menu Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help Initialize Hardware ee Set Coercivity gt FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb SAX GA Port Setting Open Set Encode Mode b g r Switch Hardw Get Tracks Setup Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 7 1 Encoder MT 95 Set Encode Mode MT95 This option is used to select either Normal Mode or Secure Mode for Magtek MT95 encoder When this selection is made the following menu appears Normal Mode In Normal Mode the MT95 operates as a simple card reader and card encoder W
71. for encoders only From the Setup menu select Encoder Settings The following window will appear FE Application Encoder Settings MV Auto Initialize on Startup Read Write Tracks Settings Account Sequence Tracki Y Read lv Write Enable Next Function Track2 Y Read Y Write ol Track3 Y Read v Write C Default Card Type Emulation Mode Card Type Undefined C MSR le MSE Save Close Encoder Settings Options Auto Initialize on Startup check this option if you would like the encoder to be initialized automatically once the software is started Read Write Tracks Settings Enable and disable each track individually according to your requirements For example if track 3 is not used uncheck the Read and Write options for this track Then track 3 will be disabled throughout the software Default Card Type Select from this list the card type that you mainly work with For example if your cards are encoded for Employee Cards once you setup this type in the Card Type Setup window you can select it from this list Account Sequence These options are used by the Next function of the Encode Card window It will show the next number in sequence based on the option you choose This function can be enabled and disabled according to the Enable Next Function option If enabled select one of two sequences as following Mod 10 When selected the next account will be based on modulus 10 or mod
72. from the following options Valid For a report of only the card with a non expired date select this option Expired Contrary to the above option if you would like to see a report of the expired cards select this option Both selecting this option will include expired and valid cards in the report 3 Click on one of the following buttons View this button allows you to preview a report before printing it Then you can click on the printer icon of this window to print the report Print click on this button to print a report without viewing it 54 Chapter Encoder Menu In this chapter you will learn how to configure the encoder before encoding any card All of the commands explained in this chapter are available under the Encoder menu These commands will differ slightly depending on the type of encoder selected FF Peba COUM 10 0 Professional LE Database testing mab Quay Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help w Initialize Hardware Set Coercivity Port Setting penl Get Coercivity Info Status Port is Open Port 1 Settings 3600 N 8 1 Encoder MSR206 Auto Inibalze Message Encoder initialized successfull Encoder is not responding This chapter discusses the following topics Initialize Encoder Set Coercivity Get Coercivity Set Encoder Mode Get Tracks Setup Eject Card RRR RR RK 55 Initialize Hardware Encoder s MSE630A MSE750 AMC 722C MSR206 MSRW
73. g password Then click on the Clear button to clear the password If the password you entered is correct then the following message will appear and the window will be closed automatically Clearing the password will Exeba COMM Database password was cleared successfully Otherwise the following message will appear Exeba COMM Error 3031 x Not a valid password Enter the password and try again If you do not wish to clear the password then click on the Cancel button The following message will appear and the window will be closed automatically Exeba COMM Db Database password will NOT be changed 36 Database Reader Data The reader data referred to in the software is the database record with the format explained in this section Format When the data is obtained from the different sources listed below it will be saved in the following fields in the database 2 Track 1 this field can contain up to 150 alphanumeric characters For example data from track 1 will be automatically saved to this field Track 2 this field can contain a maximum of 150 alphanumeric characters 2 Track 3 this field can contain a maximum of 150 alphanumeric characters Date whether the source is the reader or computer date this field will save data in one of the following formats mm dd yyyy or dd mm yyyy according to your date selection 2 Time this field will save the tim
74. gs C Port Settings Disabled Port Settings Enabled Date Format e American Date mm dd yy European Date dd mm py Save Close General Settings Options Currently there are two settings to change under the general settings Port Settings Port Settings Disabled When you select the Port Settings Disabled option you are disabling the selection of the following port parameters Baud Rate Data Bits Parity and Stop Bits Port Settings Enabled Contrary to the above settings when the Port Settings Enabled option is selected the user is allowed to make changes to the port settings described later in this chapter Date Format The date field is used extensively throughout the software It is used when polling data from the reader importing and exporting data reports etc The date format defines how you would like the date field to appear in the software Select one of the following date formats according to your requirements and according to your computer date settings American Date This is the default settings select this option if you computer is set to American date format where the month is followed by the day and year European Date Select this option if your computer is set to European date where the day comes before the month Button Function Click on the Save button to save any changes made Click on the Close button to close this window 79 Port Settings Command Function
75. he total number of records stored in the reader Set Password for security purposes Get password set in reader Get product version Set the date and time Set power off options Get power off setting Setup tracks options Set buzzer settings Send programming commands 20 Mini123EX Reader Features RRR RRR RR RR RRR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get the total number of records stored in the reader Set Password for security purposes Get password set in reader Get product version Set the date and time Get the date and time Set power mode Get power modes setting Setup tracks options Set buzzer settings Send programming commands PMR102 202 TA90 48 Reader Features RB R RR BeBe OO OR BE ROR Detects reader type automatically Provides easy log in out process Provides a menu to change the reader password Provides two different log in modes with a password for security or without a password for faster log in Provides a way to get the reader password without deleting the reader s data Set echo mode Set the inactivity time out Change the reader date and time Get reader version Get reader status Get the hardware serial Change the settings for tracks 1 amp 2 Send programming commands TA32 Reader Features es g amp S Provides two different log in modes with password for security or without password for faster log in Prov
76. hen a card is inserted and swiped all track information will be transmitted via the RS232 connection to the PC After the card has been successfully read the card should be removed from the slot If a card is to be encoded the PC will prepare the track data and transmit it to the encoder The unit will beep and prompt the user for a card to be inserted into the slot for encoding Secure Mode In some applications it may be necessary to ensure that the information that is encoded onto a card goes back onto the same card that it came from This may occur in a financial institution when a customer s card is read and only a portion of the track data is modified such as with a PIN change In this case the MT95 will ensure that the card is not removed from the unit between the read and encode operations This will help to prevent skimming of cards 60 Chapter Encoding Cards Once the encoder is initialized all the commands that communicate with it such as Encode Cards will be enabled in the software In this chapter you will learn how to create a card template how to read and write card data and how to write a batch of card Also you will learn how to erase the card data and duplicate a card The commands described in this chapter are accessible to all encoder types FZ Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help Setup Card Types Encode Card Data Open Database Erase C
77. ia 48 Encoder File Menta tc AAA sacs see AAA AAA tU Export RecoT OS wvciccscscssesssscssessscvsevesssvsacesdevsscassossscesdsvssessdsevtecsdensessssouscessdensasesdvessedsussssesensssossusessesone DL Command F O EE EE EER RE a eR a 51 Menu Access to an Es 51 HOWE WOTKS Cotes de an delo ed nd neo tada red elas dolida ide 51 VILA AN ALA ON ARA A OER OE OR 52 Import Records icssiccitoctococc niaccc cantan acessaesectusaeseccseassssteacsa sousasossssaescosencssosseacsosaescsosesesssosusasosessbasssens DOD Command Fun a AE OE EE OER EE RE OS 53 Menm Accesso ta ees RU sea TE ae see eal CE OC ERB IN sal INE IM eee O Oh Bet 53 TOW TE WOTKS fev rl De a Nees co detal dio cant Soy tala Dn Get ea Ceol ads and Teo da o st dea maak dos il Se CR 53 CCAA Command Function masnak en n en ta ci ad 54 E1 1170111 a RE AIIE LEA TE EAEE E AEE EEEE EEE ii is 54 TIOWTEWOTKS La ETEA ET EEES cd a accel eines E EE ESTA ETEA TEE E EE 54 Encoder MenU io ooioiisiioiciidioiindsocsiicdoocsiicdecosiio deco siniionosiia dono siicdecosiia dono siniinnnsiiadonnsicn dec osiia ia osisicss OD Initialize Hard war e cssecisecssesssecssevssecsecsesecdessdeecsecsseesseessessseesosestessdescteesseesssesdsesdessosestsesssesseesseesssesess OO Command FUNCTION 2 2 EAA AAE EIEN EES TE os 56 COMMANGACCESS ie Ate A ei is Ren Lhe as ta a eel ce ee lie de io ott 56 na Set Coercive osons seara orones es SEE aora Sarean ea oo aas A ORE aR oono AERE aE a O Command FUNCTION ecccccccccc
78. ides a menu to change the reader password Provides a way to get the reader password without deleting or updating the reader s data 21 Set echo mode Set the inactivity time out Change the reader date and time Get reader version Get reader status Get the hardware serial Change the settings for tracks 1 2 and 3 BeBe hs Ry eB A Send programming command MAGDC Reader Features Get the total number of records saved in the reader Program the reader by sending reader commands Enable and disable the password in the reader Configure tracks 1 amp 2 Set the date and time Get reader version Reset reader to manufacture defaults O NL OR Send programming commands Serial Reader Non Portable Features ws Get reader version Reset reader to manufacture defaults Send programming commands to reader Keyboard Reader Non Portable Features Poll data to a text file 22 Installing Exeba COMM The installation program installs Exeba COMM from a CD Before you begin ensure that your computer meets the requirements listed below System Requirements Exeba COMM has the following system requirements An IBM PC or compatible computer Microsoft Windows Me 2000 XP NT Vista amp 7 A Pentium processor Approximately 30 MB of available disk space Installation Start Microsoft Windows Close other applications Insert the Exeba COMM CD ROM into your CD ROM drive
79. igh low or automatic selection where card coercivity is detected automatically by the hardware Provides hardware model Eject card command Setup encoder Programming commands can be sent to the hardware In addition to the general features all readers share the following features Reader General Features Be Oe Re Oe Bo CR GB Build in text editor Poll data from readers Purge data in the readers Save data to a database Save data in a text file View data in the same format stored in reader View data formatted to tracks and date and time fields View data in a tabular format View and manipulate date in American or European format Query data to view Query report data In addition to the general software features and the reader general features each reader has specific features Here is a list for each reader MPR 1000 2000 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Reader Features 18 A ee es Rs iO Be a Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Set reader password for security purpose Reset password without deleting the data file Reset reader to manufacture default and erasing all data Set the length of time before the reader powers OFF Change the reader s date and time Set track s configuration Send programming commands MINI400 Mini400 BT Mini400 2G Reader Features RRR RRR RRR RRA AR Manual log in to the reader Automatic log in to the reader Get the total number of records
80. l FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Encoder Card System Tools Help Export Records gt z e Import Records s ES Report p Be Initialize Encoder Encode Cards Get Coercivity Duplicate Card Erase Cards Switch Hardware Status Portis Open Port AUTO Settings Encoder MSR905H Auto Initialize Message Encoder initialized successfully Coercivity is set to Low 50 Export Records Command Function This command exports data saved in the active Database into a comma text delimited file Menu Access This command is available when any encoder is selected and a database is open From the File menu select Export Records then select Card Data The following window will appear FE Export Card Data Sex File Path and Name Records Range All Records Card Type es Export From List Export To List Card Type Account Title First Name Last Name Record Date Issue Date Member Since Expiration Date Extra Info Card Status C Record Date gt C Issue Date gt How it works 1 Enter the location and name of the file in the File Path and Name box You can also click on the Browse button to locate or create the file using the Save as standard window When this window appears select the drive folder and name of the file to export the data to 2 Then select the range of data you would like to include in the file The available o
81. licates information from one card to another The user will be prompted in an alternating cycle for the card from which the data will be read then the card to which the data will be written Upon pressing the Cancel button the process terminates From the Card menu select Duplicate Card The following window will appear FE Card Swipe Please swipe a card to read Swipe the card to copy the data from If successfully read the following message will appear FE Card Swipe Please swipe a card to write Swipe an empty card to copy to If successful the following message will appear Exeba COMM Card data copied successfully 76 Setup Prefix Command Function Exeba COMM comes with a database of prefix This database includes over 1500 records of known card type prefixes If you like to add or delete any of these prefix use the Setup Prefix command Command Access From the System main menu select Setup Prefix The following window will appear L Add Remove Prefix Prefix Info Prefix Value Organization Name H A Ex Add Delete Find Export Preview Close 1 Enter the prefix in the Prefix Value box How it works To add a prefix 2 Enter a description for the prefix in the Organization Name box 3 Click on the Add button To delete a prefix 1 Enter the prefix in the Prefix Value box 2 Click on the Delete button To search for a
82. ll Delay Delay 00100 ms Timeout 00100 ms Machine Speed 5 y Poll Delay Options These settings are as follows Delay Used by the polling commands only The delay is the number of milliseconds 00000 99999 the polling function should wait between polls The default is 100 milliseconds Time Out The number of milliseconds 00000 99999 the software should wait after sending a command for a response from the reader before timing out The default is 100 milliseconds Machine Speed The amount of time Exeba COMM should wait after sending a command and before receiving data from the encoder You can select any number from 1 to 50 The number you select is represented as a multiple of 10 of a milliseconds For example if you select 1 the wait time will be 10 milliseconds The larger the number the slower the data will be transferred However a small value may cause polled data to be fragmented Button Functions Default Sets and saves the poll and delay settings to the recommended settings Save Saves any changes made 84 Close Closes this window and return to the main menu This button closes the window without any warning of unsaved changes Make sure the changes are saved before you exit Exit X Use to exit this window NOTE Exeba COMM allows you to save different settings for each type of reader used For example you can select two machine speeds for an MSR 500 and a Mini 400 reader These se
83. menu select Open or click on the Open File button in the toolbar 2 From the Look In list box select the drive and folder where the file is located 3 Double click on the file name or highlight it and click on the Open button Note The editor cannot open files that are larger than 65k Save a File After you make changes to a file in the editor window save it To save a new file from the File menu select Save As The Save As dialog window will appear 88 Savein COMM e EJ A d 4 My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer My Network Save as type Tent Fies bt Cancel Places 5 In the File name text box type the file name 6 Inthe Save as type list box select the file type 7 Inthe Save In list box select the path drive name and folder where you want the file to be saved The default is the application path 8 Then click on the Save button to save the file The Cancel button in this dialog box cancels the save operation To save the changes to an existing file follow these steps From the File menu select Save The file will automatically be saved under the path and name that appears in the title bar If you want to change the name or location of the file use the Save as command as described above Close aFile Exeba COMM cannot upload or download to and from a file if it is being used by any application including its text editor There are two ways to close an open file in th
84. n is entered click on the Submit button The response codes will be emailed to the email address provided NOTE Please copy and paste your User Code 1 and User Code 2 into the appropriate fields Then click on the Close button 2 Unlock command by Phone Call Escan s support line at 951 270 1911 Ext 222 Please provide the customer support representative the following information User Code 1 User Code 2 and the hardware that was purchased The representative will provide you with two codes Response 1 and Response 2 Enter them in the designated boxes and then click on the Register button NOTE It is necessary for you to be in front of your computer and have the software running when you call to unlock After unlocking the password will be displayed on the screen If logging into the reader is required the Log In window will appear 128 Set Echo Mode Command Function This command is used to change the mode in which data is transferred between the reader and the PC Command Access To change the Echo Mode from the Configure main menu select Set Echo Mode The window above will appear Lf Set Echo Mode L Echo Mode OFF Echo Mode ON data Stored in memory Echo Mode ON data not Stored in memory Reader response How it works Click on the button to the left of each command to change the echo mode The different echo modes are explained below Echo Mode OFF The data is stored on the reader a
85. n the account this field determines the issuing institution for certain types of credit cards This information will automatically appear if it is predefined You will not be able to enter data for this field on this window Notes Use this field for any notes regarding this record Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 These fields contain the data that has been read from or will be written to the corresponding tracks on the magnetic stripe When a card is read the data will appear exactly as it is on each of the three tracks The data can be replaced or modified simply by pressing the Edit Tracks button Creating and Updating Records There are three way for creating encoder data You can read a card and then save the data in the database as explained later in this chapter or you can create it manually as explained in this section Encoder records are also created automatically when polling or importing reader data which will be extracted using a default data type To create a new record manually 1 Click on the New button This button clears all the fields and displays default values for some fields to allow you to enter data 2 Enter information for the card data fields on this window as required You can use the Build Tracks button to create the tracks 3 Click on the Save button To update data for an existing record 1 Move to the record using the navigation buttons as explained later in this chapter 2 Update the fields as req
86. nd must be downloaded to the PC Echo Mode ON data stored in memory The data is transferred directed to the PC and also stored in reader s memory Echo Mode ON data not stored in memory The data is transferred directed to the PC and not stored in reader s memory NOTE The reader must be connected to the PC via a serial or USB cable in order for the data to be transferred to the PC If the reader responded a corresponding message will appear in the Reader response 129 Setup Tracks Command Function This command is used to set the magstripe options in the reader Command Access Select Setup Tracks command from the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 main menu If the reader is a PMR 102 PMR 202 TA 90 or TA 48 then the following window will appear Va Magstripe Track Options Require either track 1 or track 2 data to be valid Reader response PO If the reader is a TA32 the following window will appear Magstripe Track Options LJ Does nat require Track or Track or Track3 deta to be valid m Require either track 1 amp 3 data to be valid Require either track 2 amp 3 data to be valid E Require either track 1 amp 2 amp 3 data to be valid Require either track 1 or track 2 or track 3 data to be valid Require either track 1 or track 3 data to be valid Require either track 2 or track 3 data to be valid Reader response There are different options available to change track 1 track
87. ned from the port Port displays the port number for the selected port Settings displays the current port settings for the selected reader Reader Encoder displays the current settings for the selected reader encoder Encoder Settings the last panel of the status bar displays encoder settings such as coercivity The status bar might be slightly different depending on the hardware selected 28 Opening the port When you select any of the menu commands that require the communication port USB or RS232 to be open Exeba COMM will open the port automatically Exeba COMM will open the port only if it is closed It will also reopen it when the port settings are modified To open the port manually click on the light bulb icon in the Status Bar The light bulb icon also serves as an indicator for the status of the port A green bulb icon indicates that the port is open A red bulb icon indicates that the port is closed The status bar for the main window displays the status and settings for the communication port NOTE When communicating with an HID hardware Exeba COMM will automatically select and open the port or allow you to select between a list of HID ports Closing the Port Once the port is opened it will not automatically close To close the port click on the light bulb icon in the status bar The port is closed automatically when you exit Exeba0 COMMTM NOTE When a communication error occurs
88. nfigure the reader Click on the Close button to exit this window without saving the setting 104 Set Time Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command Access To set the date and time in the MPR reader use the Set Time menu command under the Configure MPR menu 14 Set Date Time E a Select Date Time LL Date 4 17 2005 3 28 29 PM Reader Response Select the desired date and time Then click on the Set button to set the time in the reader If the communication between the software and reader timed out the MPR Log In window will appear If the time and date were set successfully the message Time is set will appear in the response box 105 Send Command Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC Command function Send Command allows you to program the reader to get data from the reader or to test the reader Command Access From the Configure menu select Send Command The Send Command window will appear as shown in the figure below LY Send Command Send Enter the command in the box below ee Reader s Response How it works To send a command to the reader follow the steps below 1 Type the command in the text box provided 2 Click on the Send button The responses coming back from the reader if any are displayed in the Reader s Response box The responses will appear in the format that they are received However the software
89. nical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 or subparagraphs c 1 and 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California COPYRIGHT Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Escan Technologies Corp The software described in this document is subject to the license agreement that is included with Exeba COMM in whole or in part in print or in any other storage and retrieval system is prohibited No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form by any means for any purpose other the purchaser s personal use without express written permission of Escan Technologies Corp Copyright 2012 Escan Technologies Corp All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America This manual was produced using Microsoft Word for Windows TRADEMARKS Exeba and the Exeba logo are registered trademarks of Escan Technologies Corporation Escan Technologies Corp and the Escan Technologies Corp logo are registered trademarks of Escan Technologies Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Visual Basic is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation True DBGrid is registered trademark of Apex Software Corp
90. nother The Switch Hardware submenu is found in the Tools menu When the Switch Hardware command is selected the following hardware window will appear Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional LE MPR 1000 2000 3000 PDCIMPDC SPDC Mini 600 a MSE630A Encoder ES 9 Exeba Website Mini 400 Ages Mini 40087 MSE750 Encoder iB i i MSR206 Encoder Serial Reader a Hon Portable Keyboard Reader tag maze xg Mini 400 26 lion Portable O MSR505C Encoder WES ke e MSR905 Encoder Mini123U SC 6 Escan Technologies Corp 41765 Elm Street Suite 102 Murrieta CA 92562 Toll Free 800 653 4252 Int 951 270 1911 Fax 951 304 1382 wWww execba com sales exeba com techsupport exeba com MSR905H Encoder MSR705 Encoder 3 MSRW Encoder A MAGDC PMR 102 202 KDT4000 Encoder Y TA 90 48 MT95 Encoder a J gt MT 1 380 Encoder AMC Encoder q jini i j EXIT 157 Product Support variety of resources are available to help you use Exeba COMM These resources are covered in this appendix and can be divided into the following sections On line documentation User Guides 2 On line technical support 2 Escan technical support 158 On Line Help Exeba COMM has a comprehensive on line help system that allows you to locate information qui
91. nt to define from the tracks list Then start adding the fields list to the track as follows Under the Field Properties select the name of the field from the list provided The Text field is any fixed text you want to include on the track If selected enter the text in the Value box Select the size of the field If the field is fixed size select this option then enter a number for the size Or if the size varies select the Range option and enter the minimum and 62 maximum sizes Select the data type for the field This can be numeric alphanumeric or alphabetic Enter prefix if any For example the Title field in some financial cards should be preceded by a period Mr Enter up to three possible delimiters in the order of importance For example the First Name field in a Visa type card can be delimited by a period if a title follows John Mr or by a space John or by a carat John 0901 Select one of the following conditions from the Condition list Field should exist that is the field should not be left blank in order for the Build Track and Extract Fields functions to work Field is optional in this case the field may or may not contain data Either field or delimiter exists this means when building tracks if the field data is blank the delimiter is inserted on the track instead and vise versa For example if the expiry date is missing on a Visa type card a delimiter will be in place
92. nter Printer Name Printer Driver Printer Port m Copies Number of Copies fi From this window select the printer name printer driver printer port and the number of copies and then click on the OK button To close this window click on the Close button 151 Poll data to a text File This command polls the saved data from the reader and saves it in a text file only To access this command select Poll Data To Text File from the Portable Reader Data menu The following window will appear V Reader Data View Window Record Transfer Poll Dat Poll Dat oll Data oll Data Transfesred Raw Formatted 2 Pug Soe cme Poll Data Poll Data Raw This button transfers the data in the same format in which the reader saves it Poll Data Formatted This button transfers the data from the reader and formats it into comma delimited fields The data will appear in the box shown above Saving the data formatted allows you to import it into the database using the Import utility Stop Polling The polling function will continue until all the data is polled from the reader To cancel the polling process at any time click on the Stop button Save Data To save the data to a text file click on the Save button then enter or select the name and path of the file in the dialog window that appears The data will be saved in the same format in which it appears in the text box Purge To erase th
93. of the time it is in use then that person may also use the SOFTWARE on the portable or home computer 2 COPYRIGHT The SOFTWARE is owned by Escan Technologies Corp or its suppliers and is protected by United States copyright laws and International treaty provisions Therefore you must treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyrighted material e g book or musical recording except that you may either a make one copy of the SOFTWARE solely for backup or archival purposes or b transfer the SOFTWARE to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes You may not copy the written materials accompanying the SOFTWARE 3 OTHER RESTRICTIONS This Exeba COMM License Agreement is your proof of license to exercise the rights granted herein and must be retained by you You may not rent or lease the SOFTWARE but you may transfer your rights under this Exeba COMM License Agreement on a permanent basis provided you transfer this License Agreement the SOFTWARE and all accompanying written materials and retain no copies and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement You may not reverse engineering decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE Any transfer of the SOFTWARE must include the most recent update and all prior versions 4 DUAL MEDIA SOFTWARE If the SOFTWARE package contains both 3 5 inch disks and CD ROM then you must use only the media appropriate for your single designated computer or net
94. og In Switch Hardware Olea se l Status Port 5 Closed Port 1 Seitings 19200 N 8 1 Reader Mini400 The Exeba COMM text editor is a basic editor that is used to create and save a text file It is also used to view the log files or polled data files uploaded from the reader Main Menu File used to create open and save a file Edit used to edit the text in an open file Search used to search for text in an open file Options used to show or hide the editor s toolbar Toolbar The toolbar has buttons that quickly provide access the editor s features These buttons are New File used to create a new file Open File used to open an existing file Save File used to save a new or existing file Copy used to copy text Cut used to cut text Paste used to paste text Find used to search for text 87 Working with Files Create a New File To create a new text file follow the steps below 1 From the editor s main menu select File 2 Then select New or click on the New File button in the toolbar 3 If changes are made to an open file Exeba COMM will prompt you to save the changes Save the file if necessary and continue to the next step 3 Once created the file is created begin typing NOTE When the Exeba COMM text editor is first opened a new file is automatically created Open a File To open a file in COMM text editor follow these steps 1 From the File
95. ommand is to retrieve the login password from the reader when lost Command Access In order to retrieve the password you need to call the technical support to obtain the password unlocking codes Then from the reader Configure menu select Get Password The following window will appear Ez Get Password IMPORTANT For customers with a copy of Exeba COMM you will require the Professional version of Exeba COMM to Unlock the Password in the portable reader To upgrade your existing software email sales exeba com For more information please visit our website http www exeba com To obtain the password set in the Minil23 123E 400 600 portable readers email technical support techsupport exeba com the following information TECHNICAL CODE generated by the reader The reader Model The reader Serial Inthe email SUBJECT LINE write PASSWORD RESET NOTE If this reader was not purchased from our company there will be a 100 USD fee PLEASE ALLOW 1 to 24 HOURS TO RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE How it works You need to provide the technical support representative with a code obtained from the reader Here s how you obtain this code 1 Click on the Ok button of the window above If the code was successfully obtained from the reader a window as the one shown below will appear 112 E Password Technical Code To obtain the password set in the Minil23 123E 400 600 portable readers call technical support at 9
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97. ord menu command from the Configure menu and the following window will appear EE Set Password Mini400 characters Default password is 0000 Make sure you REMEMBER the password you set in the reader Once a password is set you will not be able to log in to the reader again until the correct password is entered A The Password should be 4 alphanumeric Current Password l New Password Confirm Password How it works If you re setting a password for the first time you should leave the current password box blank Otherwise enter the existing password Then enter the new password in the New Password box Confirm your new password by entering it again in the Confirm Password box If for example you entered a value of 1111 for the new password and the changes were successful the following message will appear Exeba COMM Lh Password changed to 1111 If you click on the Cancel button no changes will be made to the password 110 NOTE The password can contain digits only It should be exactly 4 digits Before you click on the Set button write down the password Once it is lost it can not be retrieved Once a password is set Exeba COMM will not be able to communicate with the reader unless the correct password is entered in the Log In window 111 Get Password Reader s Mini400 Mini 400 2G Mini400BT Mini123EX Mini123U SC Command Function The function of this c
98. ows you to select the fields and fields order in the export file Menu Access From the File menu select Export then select Reader Data The following window will appear FE Export Reader Data m File Path and Name oo H Records Range Export From Export To All Records C Date Range gt How it works 1 Enter the location and name of the file in the File Path and Name box You can also click on the Browse button to locate or create the file using the Save As standard window When this window appears select the drive folder and name of the file to export data to 2 Then select the range of data you would like to include in the file The available options are All Records this option will export all the reader data in the current database Date Range this option will export all the records that have a log in date between specific date ranges Once selected select the date range from the provided calendars 3 The next step would be to select the field s to export and in the order required There are mainly two lists Export From List displays all the fields that can be exported Export To List displays the fields you select The following four buttons allow you to select the fields in order gt Highlight the field in the Export From list then click on this button to add the highlighted field to the Export To list gt gt To export all the fields in the list click on this
99. ptions are All Records will basically export all the card data in the current database Card Type if you prefer to export only the data of a specific card type then click on this option and select the card type from the list Record Date if you need to export only the records that were created between specific dates select this option then select the range of dates Issue Date if you only need the records that have an issue date between specific dates select this option and select the range of date 3 The next step would be to select the field s to export and in the order required Export From List This box lists all the available fields that can be exported Export To List This box shows the fields that you select to export 51 Field Selection To select the fields use the following buttons gt This button will add a single field to the end of the Export To List Highlight the field in the Export From List then click on this button gt gt This button will move all the fields in the Export From List to the Export To List The contents of the Export To List will be replaced by the Export From List lt To remove a field from the export list highlight the field in the Export To List and click on this button lt lt To remove all the fields in the export list click on this button Export By clicking this button the fields in the list box Export To List will be written to the specified text
100. rd Data When this button is clicked the following window appears prompting for a card to be swiped FE Card Swipe Please swipe a card to write After the card is swiped a confirmation message appears if the write action was successful or a warning message is displayed if the action failed In this case change the coercivity or swipe the card at a slower pace Edit Tracks By default the data for the tracks fields is locked The Edit Tracks function unlocks the data so that you are able to make changes to it after reading a card or before writing data to a card Simply click on this button any time and make any necessary changes to the tracks Build Tracks This function allows you to create the track data from a card type template Some templates are predefined in the software such as Visa card type others can be created using the Card Type Setup window as explained in this chapter To build tracks Select the required card type for the Card Type field Enter the field that should appear on the tracks in the designated boxes Click on the Build Tracks button If successful the data will appear on the tracks according to the card type specifications If any problem occurs an error message will appear 70 Extract Fields Contrary to Build Tracks function this function obtains the fields data from the tracks In other words use this function in order to determine which fields are on the track
101. rdware type menu the Configure PMR or Configure TA32 menu will appear in main window as follows E Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Setup File Database Configure PMR Portable Reader Data Tools Help Log In TERES X amp Port Setting Inactivity Time out Text Editor Setup Password Get Password Set Echo Mode Setup Tracks Setup Inactivity Timeout Set Time Get Status Get Version Get Hardware Serial Send Command Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 9600 N 8 1 Reader PMR 102 202 TA90 48 The chapter describes each menu command 123 Log In Command Function Logging into the reader is required to start the communication process between the software and the reader Exeba COMM automatically logs in to the reader if no password is set However if the reader is password protected then the Log In window will appear automatically when required Command Access To log into the reader manually Select Configure PMR or Configure TA32 and then select Log In The following screen will appear Press the power button or swipe an encoded magstripe card backward to log How it works Press the power button on the reader In addition to turning the power on some readers require a backward swipe of an encoded magstripe card To cancel the log in process at any time press the Cancel button If the reader responds the following screen will appear L Login
102. reader to be shut off automatically The reader will remain on until the power is manually turned off Click on the Set button if successfully set the following message will appear Exeba COMM Reader is set to be always powered ON 117 Turn Power Off Enter the number of minutes and seconds mm hh in the designated box Then click on the Set button The figure above shows that the reader is set to be powered off automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity If the Auto Power off was set successfully the following message will appear Exeba COMM Auto Power Off time is set Click on the Close button to exit this window Get Power This function allows you to get the auto power setting from the reader Use it before you set the power to determine if any changes are required or after you set the power to make sure it is set to the correct setting 118 Setup Tracks Reader s Mini 600 Mini 123EX Mini400 Mini400 2G Mini400 BT Mini123 SC Command Function On any of the readers listed above you may want to enable or disable the tracks filter EE Set Track Options L Disable Track Fiter Reader response Click on the button to the left of the command to program the reader If successful a message will appear in the Reader Response box When a reader is configured to Disable Track Filter data on the corresponding track will not be read when a card is read
103. s To extract fields Select the required card type from the Card Type list Make sure the tracks contain the data from reading a card an existing record in the database etc Click on the Extract Fields button Validate Function When creating an account use this function to check if the number you entered is correct This function uses Mod 10 algorithm to check the last digit in the account If correct a confirmation message will appear Otherwise a message with the correct account will appear Enter this number manually for the account Next Based on the current account and the settings of the Next function in the Encoder settings this function will automatically create the next record s in sequence in the database Click on the Next button The following window will appear Exeba COMM Enter total cards to create Cancel ag A ES AO O O S Enter the total number of records to be created in sequence Click on the Ok button For example if your record has an account of 292810002048 and the sequence is set to an Increment of 3 Then the next record will be created with an account number of 292810002051 then next one is 292810002054 etc 71 White Batch This command allows you to write multiple cards at the same time Click on the Write Batch button the following window will appear E Write Batch m E Record Source Current Record Increment Account By fi
104. s MSE630A Encoder Click on the button when the MSE630A encoder is used with the software MSE750 Encoder Click on the button when the MSE750 encoder is used with the software MSR206 Encoder Click on the button when the MSR206 encoder is used with the software MSR505C Encoder Click on the button when the MSR505C encoder is used with the software MSR 905H Encoder Click on this button when the MSR905H encoder is used with the software MSR 705 Encoder Click on this button when the MSR705 encoder is used with the software MSRW Encoder Click on the button when the MSRW encoder is used with the software KDT4000 Click on the button when the KDT4000 encoder is used with the software This will make the KDT 4000 menu appear in the application s main window MT95 Encoder Click on the button when the MT95 encoder is used with the software This will make the MT95 menu appear in the application s main window MT 1 380 Encoder Click on the button when the MT 1 380 encoder is used with the software This will make the MT I 380 menu appear in the application s main window AMC Encoder Click on the button when the AMC C722 encoder is used with the software Magstripe Portable Readers MPR 1000 2000 3000 MPDC PDC SPDC Click on this button when a MPR1000 MPR2000 MPR3000 MPDC PDC or SPDC reader is used with the software This will make the MPR menu appear in the application s main window MINI400 Click on this button
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106. send your registration correspondence Email Address techsupport exeba com Telephone Fax Tel 951 270 1911 8 00 am 4 00 pm PST Fax 951 304 1267 159 Standard Mailing Address Escan Technologies Corp 41765 Elm Street Suite 102 Murrieta CA 92562 On line Support As an alternative to mailing your registration you may visit our www site In addition to on line registration comments or suggestions are posted read about upcoming versions of Exeba COMM related software and download up to date files Our WWW site is at the following addresses http www e scan com http www exeba com Notes 160
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109. sseeccesssseeusseseccsssseueeesecesssseuueeeeseessseaes 20 MSRS500 Feature cccccececcccesseccceecccceuscceceusccecseccssueccesueecesseecesssccsseeccsuueecessuecessueeceseaeceses 20 Minit 23 UES Cask tease Les nl es dd ee Lo do AA SA AA 20 Readers BELETRII EEEE ce cacc es ee de Sut oe esas a E 20 Minil23EX Reader Features c ccccccceeseeseccccscceesssscccccsseeessseecccsssceueeseeccccssseueeeescesssseeeeeesseseseues 21 PMR102 202 TA90 48 Reader Features cccccccccccccccccccccccccccececceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess 21 TA32 Reader Features ccccecceccccccccccessceccccsecesssssecccssseeeueseccessseeuuseeccessseeueeeeccesssseueeeeessesseeaes 21 MAGDC Reader Features 0 ccccccccccccsssesseccccscceessscccccsseceseseccesssseuesseeccessssuuesseeccessseeuueeeeseesssuaes 22 Serial Reader Non Portable Features cccccssccccccccssesssseceeececessesseeeeececessessaeeeeeeeessessaeeeeeeeeees 22 Keyboard Reader Non Portable Features cc ccccssseccceeeseeeeeeeneecceeeneeecseaeeeceseaeeecsenaeeeseeneeeeeeeas 22 Installing Exeba COMM ccssssccsscsssccssssescsscscesssscsscessscscecssscsesssscssesssscssesesscsessssccssesessseeees 23 System Requirements oi ita ss 23 Installation asa td ad Li o oo Ln do e dl ao de dl do dl alo Le a o do ed 23 UNLOCK Register the Software mmooooommmmsssmesm 24 Hardware Type sscccsssssscsssssscccscssccssscscccssssseessss
110. ssessssesssssssesessses DO Create a NG W Biles daa 88 Open a File sisareni ense e iin aia alii chal aaa hie 88 Savall ia 88 Close Alias 89 Printia Bile ans 89 Paste Tex ren a do Ea eas 91 SA O A ROO 91 ID NN NN COMMUANG FUNGCHON ll ate aid a aM bere o ados it elo bh sila cl ol 2d o el take polen Sal o dl de nl po 93 Menw ACCOS Sa ta NI A RS A A E E A Lt ET e E A EE 93 LOW WOTRS Lera ares Erro ante ciel get ns int Se tl rd e cat ol do Se Er ola o inl deal nae a Ae la al 93 A A O NN Command Funcion tr do E A dead cnc e do No a 95 Menu Access tine ra nada dies E Ra 95 HOWE WOTKS atacada eo E e nO da ln OE can 95 Reader Data Report ccscsscccsscsssccsscsscsscscesssscsesssscscecescsesssscsssssssscssssscsssscscssssssccsssssscssessees OT Command FUNCOM sacs Ben ios at ah oat palo ados lel a beh Bn oh ce pb a alo eel Bob fl Seah taal o Se AR 97 Men ACCESS a AG cei tte Cee NT UI Sec a Cited E OP A et a dees Uae ath Dres 97 Configure Reader vvisicscsnisicssssssieiesactivccstesesoiatesedesecebasciecesavevecebabedecsbetasecebetesecuovandessonacdeseteissesebatssevsvacess DO Log Uiiivccssscsvecsensicavsaesscncessossnssesssensssessensssecsavessessuasssocsenssecceasscocbeassocsvenssceusadsssensadessasennesonsavsesersscoesel OD COMMANG FUNCTIONS 222A REE EEE ERE IES EES 100 Command ACC a at he de Sees Ch a De e ed et Ch ie eos oe 100 Set PassWord sisicssiccsctesecesccssacdecsessdescsdsesdecsssecdeesdsesdactesssescsdsesdectssecd
111. ssful a message will be displayed and the data can be viewed in the Poll Reader window Reports or even in the encoder data 96 Reader Data Report Command Function This command allows you to print reports from the database Also before printing this command allows you to select data to print Menu Access From the File menu select Report then select Reader Data The following window will appear FE Reader Data Report Query m Records Range gosesososeresecsseseeseseseg RAS C Date Range gt Close To print a report select all the records Or you can narrow it down to the records with a specific date range Once you make your selection click on the View button to preview a report and print it Or click on the Print button to print it When done with the report click on the Close button to close this window 97 98 Chapter Configure Reader Reader s MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR3000 PDC MPDC SPDC This chapter provides instructions on how to configure the readers listed above When any of these readers is selected from the main hardware menu the MPR menu will appear in Main window as follows FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Wolke Setup File Database Configure MPR Portable Reader Data Tools Help Log In Y 4 his g wa Set Password E Port Setting Poll F Reset Password base Inactivity Time out Text Editor Log In Switch Hardware Reset Re
112. ssziasevosicsiisnsrcesevosicsces scesero sises isastest esascs asss ass Poll Data to a database ccccccssssssssssssscssssssssssscssssssssssssccssscessssssssccssssssssssssscsssssssssssssssssssssssses 149 Command Function Command ENTAI E EEE EEA EE E E E E EE EE E E EE A View Records ad es 1270 B D ata des Ll e dt A E end Cancel Polling dd Mae Atos Save Data e de e ln ds Le o A Delete Dita ct Purgi e Reader Datavionioninianiciniainiada adan ii el dasdestadan dds 150 Preview Print Reportiumiiindiraa Mii lida ai nila 150 Poll data t a text A ET OD Poll Data A aul anaes E een Mie Ah os oh eee Loss 152 Save Data ta il a do dd aio dis dd o o deso dl no 4 tl o Ae lo a o Ae ba 152 12 Tools O A 153 154 155 Import Database 156 Command FUNCTION eccccccccccessseccccccccccsecccccccssccusssececccssseuusssesssscsssessssecscssssessssesssesssssesssessssssssseesees LOO Command ACCESS A A RB Ev RR ENDO 157 158 159 159 Customer Support 159 Email Address 0 verte 159 Telephones Faro ata OE Standard Mailing Address oooooocnonccconcconnncnnnnconoonnnonccnonanonnanonnccnnnconana nono cnn a nonnnc cnn conan ccran na nonnn os LOO 160 Purge Reader Data Compact and Repair Database Switch Hardware Product Support On Line Help User Documentation On line Support 13 Chapter Quick Start Exeba COMM is magne
113. sword is set Command Access If any of the readers listed above is password protected then the Log In window will appear automatically when communication with the reader is required Or you can login manually by accessing the Log In window from the Configure menu As show in the figure below L Log In Mini400 Enter Password esea How it works Enter the existing password if any The default password is 0000 Then click on the Ok button If the log in process was completed successfully the Log In window will disappear If the communication failed the following message will appear Exeba COMM Check your communication parameters and try again If the password was entered incorrectly a Wrong Password message will appear as follows Exeba COMM A Invalid password Try Again 108 If the hardware power is off the following message will appear on the screen Exeba COMM The reader appears to be shut down Please push the Wakeup button of the reader Then click on the Ok button of this message Turn the power on the reader and try again 109 Set Password Readers Mini 400 Mini400 2G Mini 600 MSR 300 MSR 500 Mini123EX and Mini 123U SC Command Function Using the Set Password you can change the password protection setting in the reader In other words you can create a new password turn off password protection or change an existing one Command Access Select the Set Passw
114. tabase Select from the list provided If not selected it will be defaulted to the settings of the Default Card Type field of the Encoder Settings Record Date This field is not currently encoded on the track It is automatically created once a new record is saved in the database It indicated the date the record was created Title This field is limited to the list provided If you like to add a title select from this list First Name Last Name This is the first and last name of the account holder or the person you are creating the card data record for Enter up to 25 characters for each of the first or last name or as you define it in the card type 65 Account This is the account number for the current record You can enter up to 20 digits or characters Expiry Date This field displays the account s expiration date The expiry date is entered as YYMM The first two digits represent the year 00 99 and the last two digits represent the month 01 12 Issue Date This could be the account issue date the card issue date or anyway you define it The data type of this field is date Member Since This could be the year the account holder became a member lt can be stored on the card as a year in the following format YYYY e g 2008 Extra Info This field can contain up to 20 characters You can use it for any purpose to store extra information that the other fields do not provide Prefix Info Based o
115. the time first make sure the reader is communicating properly with the software It is very important that the reader is polled and purged before you change the date and time Then change the date and time if necessary Then click on the Set button to change the time in the reader If the communication between the software and reader timed out the Log In window will appear If the time and date were set successfully the message Time is set will appear in the response box To make sure the reader is set to the time and date desired click on the Get button to obtain the current time in the reader 116 Set Power Mode Reader s Mini 400 Mini 600 MSR 500M Mini 123 Mini 123EX Command Function Use this command to set the Mini400 Mini400BT MIini600 Mini123EX or Mini123U SC MSR500M reader to a specific power off time In order to conserve battery power the reader will power off after a specific amount of inactivity time The default power off time is 20 seconds Command Access When the Set Power Mode is selected from the Configure menu the following window will appear F Set Power Mode Mini400 Power Mode C Real Time Control Turn Power Off after 00 03 mm ss C Keep Power On Always How it works Select on of the following three options Real Time Control Exeba COMM Reader is set to Real Time Control Keep Power On Always Select this option if you don t need the
116. tic stripe reader encoder software It has two main functions first to obtain the data from various magnetic card readers second to send the data to be encoded on magnetic cards using an encoder or to obtain the data read by an encoder In this chapter you will learn About the main features of the software How to install the software How to unlock the software About the main window features RRR RR How to get started 14 Software Features Exeba COMM works with many different hardware This topic lists the general features of the software as well the specific reader or encoder features General Software Features The following features are available to all encoders and readers BS RRR RRR Select different ports and port settings Adjust delays and time out according to the hardware requirements Select between American and European date formats Create and manipulate a database Set a default database Provides database security setup a new password or change an existing one Compact and repair a database Import a database Encoder General Features The following is a list of features available to all the encoders RRR RRR RRR RR RRR RRA A Auto initializes encoders on startup Enable and disable each individual track Select between two different account sequences Import card data from a text file Export card data to a text file Query report data and print Setup a card type template and set a d
117. topped The number of cards written successfully appears at the bottom of that window 73 Erase Card Data Command Function Use this command to erase the data written to a single or multiple magnetic card Command Access Before you access this command make sure the encoder is initialized From the Card menu select Erase Card Data The following window will appear cig mt EE Erase Card Data Select the track s to erase MV Track2 How it works Depending on the track s setting of the Encoder Settings when this window appears the tracks will be enabled or disabled To delete the data Select the specific track s to perform a secure erase of data on a magnetic stripe card Click on the Erase button The following message will appear Erase Card Data Erasing card data Please swipe cardit 1 Swipe the card to be erased or click on the Stop button to cancel the process The following confirmation message appears when the swipe function is successful 74 FE Erase Card Data Erasing card data Please swipe cardi 2 The following track s of card 1 were erased successfully Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 This message will display the tracks that were erased and the number of cards erased so far To erase more cards swipe the card and wait for a confirmation message To stop at anytime click on the Stop button 75 Duplicate Card This Command dup
118. ttings Port Settings Port Settings Disabled When you select the Port Settings Disabled option you are disabling the selection of the following port parameters Baud Rate Data Bits Parity and Stop Bits Port Settings Enabled Contrary to the above settings when the Port Settings Enabled option is selected the user is allowed to make changes to the port settings described later in this chapter Date Format The date field is used extensively throughout the software It is used when polling data from the reader setting up a card record importing and exporting data reports etc The date format defines how you would like the date field to appear in the software Select one of the following date formats according to your requirements and according to your computer date settings American Date This is the default settings select this option if you computer is set to American date format where the month is followed by the day and year European Date Select this option if your computer is set to European date where the day comes before the month Button Function Click on the Save button to save any changes made Click on the Close button to close this window 40 Encoder Settings Command Function As the name indicates this command allows you to change the software encoder settings only In other words it allows you to change the default encoder settings in the application Menu Access This command is available
119. ttings will appear when the specific reader is selected 85 Chapter Portable Reader File Menu The File menu allows you to save and change the data polled from the reader in a text file The importing and exporting of records is also done from this menu This menu works for the MPR1000 MPR 2000 MPR 3000 PDC MPDC SPDC MSR300 MSR500 Mini123U SC MSR500M Mini400 Mini400BT Mi123EX Mini600 PMR102 PMR202 TA90 TA48 TA32 and MAGDC portable readers It can also be used for Serial Reader Non Portable From this menu you can also print reader data reports FE Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb Ll Setup File Database Configure Mini 00 Portable Reader Data Tools Help Text Editor O X Ta Pr j z Export Records gt te Import Records gt Data Open Database Inactivity Time out Text Editor Log In Switch Hardware Report b Status Port is Closed Port 1 Settings 19200 N 8 1 Reader Mini4oo This chapter explains the following submenus Text Editor Export Records Import Records Print Report A ARARA 86 Text Editor This command launches the file editor When this command is selected the following window appears EZ Exeba COMM 10 0 Professional FC Database testing mdb COMM Text Editor Untitled BAX File Edit Search Options a x CX Bt amp w BD La Port Setting Poll Reader Data Open Database Inactivity Time out Text Editor L
120. tware are closed and only a single user is running the software If the database is corrupted the Compact Database utility will attempt to repair it Since this utility cannot fix all the possible forms of database corruption it is recommended to always back up the database files to avoid unrecoverable data loss The Compact and Repair Database submenu is found in Tools menu The following menu will appear when you click on the Tools menu 155 Import Database Command Function If you have the older version of Exeba COMM 6 2 use this utility to import the database into this new version Command Access From the Tools menu select Import Database The following window will appear Find Exeba COMM Database Look in E SC Ver 6 2 52 e Ue a 2Testi mdb test2 mdb My Recent Fal Documents test5 mdb E Desktop My Documents My Computer p a File name Test1 may My Network Files of type Data Files mdb X Cancel Pl ca Open as read only Locate the database and click on the Open button of the above window If the database is imported successfully a confirmation message will appear When the data is imported into the database the reader data will be added as new records For the encoder data this utility uses the default card type to extract the fields according to the specification of the new database 156 Switch Hardware This command is used to switch from one hardware type to a
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122. uired To update the tracks you need to click on the Edit Tracks window 3 Click on the Save button To delete a record from the database 1 Move to the record using the navigation buttons 2 Click on the Delete button 66 Navigating The Record field displays the number for the current record and the total number of records in the active database This field cannot be modified It will only change as you move between the records or if records are added or deleted The following buttons let you navigate through the active database Previous Displays the previous database record that follows the current record Next Displays the next database record that follows the current record Move To Instead of moving one record at a time using the above buttons you can move to any record by entering its number When you click on this button the following window will appear Exeba COMM Enter record Cancel Enter the number of the record in the box then click on the Ok button Search This command is used to search for a specific record based on criteria When you click on this button the following window will appear E Search for Record Muy Select Search option Using this utility you can search for a record based on an account First Name Last Name Issue Date or Record Date To search for a record 1 Select the criteria from the Search For list
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124. vencdosadensesencenctoensascsoal 27 Command FUNCTION 320i ctecks ia Bsitthe tks Potts do Tote ates the cunt she metal Pa oe A Ste Boa cote ba Md Poda 127 COMMUNE ACCESS tea dodaci NEL 127 VA LOIREI a CLARE clots E ide toa tala atte toa tatac Mak Ue fatal laces datos Edo ralla baie AE 127 Reset Password A Command Funcionan ce dt dns adela t n OEE LEE 128 E N AIAI A E e LLORES 128 HOWIEWOTS IM e E EE E aE 128 Set ECHO ModE wcisssisisstsscssescsecsvesesessvasesecssesesecssesesesesesesedesssesessvesesesesesesesesesesessesssesssesesesstesssesssesesesso 29 COMMGNGFUNGHON sah tee xo ele al eh T ek a dd oh el ce ph nl adh ol ha on rl ce Uh al od N 129 Command ACCES si Ae cried ae eesti mas Reels do ae a d oe ost hotels os se oe Lie Ctd de coca 129 TOWLE WOLKS Pees fetid cessed mee Sects ot e e re tato din cael Sey celo a o ani e cols dos el Deo celo a os tt fe tal Do ae JO 129 11 Setup Tracks A NN Set Track 3 TA32 vssstiicsdsccsscsdestssessscesscdsestsscssoccsoossecdsocssocesoc sosessessooesooseecessessssessdssosesscssosesosssesesocse LOU Command FUNCION A cos Bees Recs a Re aoa at a at atl ke a las a T e Mel alah hee el e ba Hal 131 COMMANAA CCSS A ec RIS ott NER ci Re OI cert NED IM rl Cd heh eo beaten 131 Set Inactivity Timeout ccccssscsscsssecsscssecssssscessscsscessscccssscscscsssscssssssssssssscscssesscsssssscssessssssers L32 Command FUNCT ON serosa eS eS SEE EEE TORRE IEA ERB 132 COMMANG ACCESS ee A A 132 TT OWE WO
125. when a Mini400 reader is used with the software This will make the Mini400 menu appear in the application s main window MINI400BT Click on this button when a Min400BT reader is used with the software This will make the Mini400BT menu appear in the application s main window MINI400 2G Click on this button when a Mini400 2G reader is used with the software This will make the Mini400 menu appear in the application s main window MINI600 Click on this button when a Mini600 reader is used with the software This will make the Mini 600 menu appear in the application s main window MSR300 Click on this button when a MSR300 reader is used with the software This will make the MSR menu appear in the application s main window MSR500 Click on this button when a MSR500 reader is used with the software This will make the MSR menu appear in the application s main window Mini123U SC Click on this button when a Mini123U SC reader is used with the software This will make the Mini123 menu appear in the application s main window PMR 102 202 TA90 48 Click on this button when a PMR102 PMR202 TA 90 or TA 48 reader is used with the software This will make the PMR menu appear in the application s main window TA32 Click on this button when a TA32 reader is used with the software This will make the TA32 menu appear in the application s main window MAGDC Click on this button if the hardware type you will be using
126. will appear An example of the version number obtained from a reader is shown in the figure below Exeba COMM Hardware Version 3 33 145 Get Total Records Reader s MAGDC The Get Total Records command is used to obtain the total number of records stored in the reader and uploaded from the reader This information is important in determining the maximum memory capacity in the reader To access the reader s total records from the Configure MAGDC command menu select Get Total Records Total number of slots This is the total number of records the reader can save Total number of slots used This is the total number of records the reader has saved To determine the number of available slots subtract the total number of slots used from the total number of slots Total number of records uploaded This figure shows how many records have been uploaded from the reader 146 Send Command This command is available in all readers Send Command allows you to program the reader to get data from it or to test it To senda command to the reader follow the steps below Select Configure MAGDC then select Send Command The Send Command window will appear as shown in the figure below 14 Send Command Send Enter the command in the box below Reader s Response Type the command in the text box provided Click on the Send button The responses coming back from the reader if any are displayed in the Reader s
127. work server You must not use the other media on another computer or computer networks or loan rent lease or transfer them to another user except as part of a transfer or other use as expressly permitted by this Exeba COMM License Agreement LIMITED WARRANTY Escan Technologies Corp warrants that a the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the accompanying written materials for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of receipt and b any hardware accompanying the SOFTWARE will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of one 1 year from the date of receipt Any implied warranties on the SOFTWARE and hardware are limited to thirty 30 days and one 1 year respectively Some states do not allow limitations on duration of an implied warranty so the above limitation may not apply to you CUSTOMER REMEDIES Escan Technologies Corp s entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be at Escan Technologies Corp s option either a return of the price paid or b repair or replacement of the SOFTWARE or hardware that does not meet Escan Technologies Corp s Limited Warranty and that is returned to Escan Technologies Corp with a copy of your receipt This limited warranty is void if failure of the SOFTWARE or hardware had resulted from accident abuse or misapplication Any replacement SOFTWARE will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thir
128. x enter the existing password for the active database if any Leave this field blank if you are creating a password for the first time 2 In the New password box enter a new password The password can be up to 14 alphanumeric characters Passwords are case sensitive You cannot leave the new password blank 3 Reenter the new password in the Confirm password box Make sure you write down the new password Once lost you will not be able to open the database file again 4 Before you click on the Ok button if you decided not change the existing password click on the Cancel button The following window will appear and this window will be closed automatically Exeba COMM e Y Database password will NOT be changed 4 Click on the Ok button to save the changes made to the password If any of the Current Password New Password or Confirm Password are invalid the following message will appear 34 If the changes were successful the following message will appear and the window will be closed automatically 35 Clear Database Password Command Function Use this command to clear the existing database password Menu Access From the Database menu select Clear Database Password The following window will appear FZ Clear Database Password turn the database protection off permenantly until a new password is set Current Password vee How it works In the Current Password box enter the existin

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