beautypg.com

Accessing “about gasboy card encoder” details, About mce status messages – Gasboy Magnetic Card Encoder User Manual

Page 39

background image

MDE-4507 Magnetic Card Encoder User’s Manual · June 2006

Page 8-3

Configuring COM Port Settings

Other Options

Accessing “About Gasboy Card Encoder” Details

1

From the Gasboy Card Encoder Main screen, select Help - About Gasboy Card Encoder.
The About Gasboy Card Encoder dialog box appears, displaying the MCE version and the
Database Version.

2

To access System Information, click System Information. The System Information dialog
box appears, displaying the current system's information.

About MCE Status Messages

Tabulated below are some Encoder status messages (

Figure 8-4

), their description and

suggested user action for each message that appears on the Code Card Login screen.

Figure 8-4: Encoder Messages

Message

Description/ Suggested User Action

Read or Write Ok

Successfully read or write to the card.

No response
Reset action failed

Power off on the Encoder Hardware.
Or
Serial connector disconnected.

CTS control line was turned off

Power off on the Encoder Hardware.
Or
Serial connector disconnected.

VRC error

Defective magnetic card. Try another card.

STC error

Card was placed into the Encoder incorrectly. Try
again with the same card inserted with the
magnetic strip in the correct position.