MagTek MT-211232 RS-232 1 OR 2 TRACK - Manual (Page 30)

MT-211 RS-232 Swipe Reader, 1 or 2 Tracks
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If there is no response when the PINPad button is pressed, perform the steps below.
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If the Reader is set in the buffered operating mode and the card data is present in the memory
buffer, the Reader will not accept a PINPad command from the Host.
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Switch settings for card data format (STX, ETX, ESC, or CR) do not affect PINPad data.
MS-DOS Edit Program
Commands for PINPads cannot be hand-keyed in. This program may be used to enter
Commands. Perform the following steps:
From Windows/95/98/2000/XP, Click on Start, highlight Programs, and the MS-Dos Prompt/
1. Install a floppy disk in drive A.
2. At the command line type edit
C:\WINDOWS>edit
3. An empty window will appear. To enter the initialize command, g, type
the following: Ctrl-b, then g, then Ctrl-p, then Ctrl-c. Since the Ctrl-c has a different
meaning for the editor, the Ctrl-p allows the Ctrl-c to be entered into the string, and the
Ctrl-p does not actually appear in the final string. Other commands may also be used, but
this sequence will test the PINPad. On the screen there will be three characters: a happy
face, the letter g, and a heart. In the text file these will appear as a block, the letter g, and
another block (note that the letter g and any other letters, must be lower case).
4. Click on File, then Save As. Name the drive & file; use the extension of .txt, (for example,
a:\cmdg.txt). Click ok.
5. Edit the g into an a and repeat step 4 (with a new name: cmda.txt).
6. Edit the a into a b and repeat step 4 (with a new name cmdb.txt).
7. Edit the b into a h and repeat step 4 (with a new name: cmdh.txt).
8. You should have 4 separate files on the floppy (cmdg.txt; cmda.txt; cmdb.txt & cmdh.txt)
9. To leave the Editor, select File, then Exit. At the DOS prompt type exit .