Gasboy Magnetic Card Encoder - Manual (Page 21)

MDE-4507 Magnetic Card Encoder User’s Manual · June 2006 Page 4-5
Creating a Card Layout Working with MCE
Inserting Field Separators
Constant field separator “-” (hyphen) is used when a field separator needs to appear on the
card.
Click Insert Field Separator ( Figure 4-7 ) to update the Card Layout and PIN Layout fields
( Figure 4-8 ).
Figure 4-7: Constant Field Separator
Figure 4-8: Card Layout and PIN Layout Fields with Field Separator
Note: The software automatically places a space between the fields entered via the buttons.
This space is not encoded on the card. If you enter the values directly, you must insert a
space between the fields.
Inserting First Sequential Number
The MCE software allows you to add up to three different sequential number fields to the card
layout.
A sequential number up to 10 digits can be added to the layout. The number can be in an
incrementing or decrementing order. To add the first sequential number to the card layout,
enter the number of characters, starting number, and select the increment or decrement type.
Select the Include in PIN Layout check box, if applicable. The program keeps track of the
last sequential number that was loaded into the card data file. If you are entering the value
directly, "I" should always be used as the first sequential field.
Click Insert 1st Sequential Field ( Figure 4-9 ). The Card Layout and PIN Layout fields are
updated ( Figure 4-10 on page 4-6 ).
Figure 4-9: First Sequential Number