Gasboy 1000 Series Technical Reference Manual - Manual (Page 19)

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Section 2
CARD SYSTEMS
DESCRIPTION
Mag or Optical The Series 1000 card system is accessed through specially encoded magnetic or
optical cards. The standard system is equipped with a mag stripe or an optical
card reader. Mag stripe cards have information encoded on a magnetic stripe on
the back of the card (e.g., standard credit card). Optical cards use a series of
holes punched in the card to encode the information.
CFN Network The Series 1000 can be ordered to support Commercial Fueling Network cards.
The Commercial Fueling Network supports magnetic cards only and has several
functional differences from the standard card system. These differences are
documented with the description of each applicable feature.
"A" System The Series 1000 can be ordered to match existing "A" System optical cards. An
order to match "A" System cards presents several functional differences from the
standard card system. These differences are documented with the description of
the applicable feature.
Card Specs Card Dimensions: 3-3/8" x 2-1/2"
Card Thickness: .032" maximum (Mag Card)
.040" maximum (Optical Card)
NOTE: With optical card systems in two-card applications, both cards are
inserted into the card reader simultaneously. Therefore, the combined
total thickness cannot exceed .040". Cards supplied by GASBOY
measure .030" for single cards, and .018" for dual cards.
Mag Stripe: ABA Track II
The Series 1000 can accept cards of either high or low coercivity. Coercivity
relates to amount of magnetic force required to write or overwrite data on the
magnetic stripe. Higher coercivity provides additional resistance to accidental
erasure of encoded data.