MagTek MT-215 TTL HALF CARD - Manual (Page 7)

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SECTION 1. FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS
The MT-215 TTL Half Card Insertion Reader reads the magnetic stripes on cards that have only
a part of the stripe encoded. The Reader conforms to industry specifications including
ANSI/ISO Standards 7810, 7811, 7812, and 7813.
The Half Card Reader is used primarily for access control but may also be used in security
systems, ID card checking terminals, car parking systems, gaming, and hotel management
systems.
Design simplification provides easy and reliable handling by minimizing the number of
components. The wide card and speed range provides high accuracy readings to every user at
speeds of 3 to 50 inches per second.
Reading capacities for tracks are as follows:
Track Bits Per Inch Number of Characters
1
210 34 alphanumeric
2 75 16 numeric
2 128 27 numeric
CONFIGURATIONS
The Reader is available in the following configurations:
Part Number Track
21066014
2
21066015 1
RELATED DOCUMENTS
The Half Card Reader will read cards that meet the standards defined by ISO (International
Standards Organization) except for the number of characters:
ISO 7811
Identification Cards - Mag-stripe Cards, Tracks 1-3
ISO 7810 Identification Cards - Physical Specifications (ID-1 Cards)
Available from ANSI, Phone 212-642-4900; www.ANSI.org.
For further information about magnetic stripe readers, refer to MagTek part number 99875148,
I/O Interface for TTL Magnetic Stripe Readers, Technical Reference Manual.