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Is there a JavaScript (or other) library to read driver's licenses?

I'm working on a JavaScript project that involves reading credit cards and driver's licenses from a USB magnetic stripe reader in keyboard emulation mode. It turns out getting credit cards working was extremely easy, as they're all in the same…
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Magnetc Stripe Reader Issue in Motorola MC65 device

I have an issue with Magnet Stripe Reader in Motorola MC 65 ( OS : Windows Mobile ). If I try to open the Reader, I'm getting an exception of MSR_Open MSR_Err_OpenFailure. Code: Symbol.MagStripe.Device MyDevice = new…
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Where can I find magnetic strip (track) test data?

I have written a library of functions that parses track 1 and track 2 data from magnetic strips on cards (credit cards, IDs etc.) as per ISO/IEC 7813. I am looking to test this library rigorously against some valid (but obviously not real credit…
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Difference Between POS Entry Modes (Field 22)

I was wondering if anyone could help me understand difference between ISO 8583 Field 22 i.e. POS Entry Mode. I already know that: 52 means ICC Card 80 in case of fallback But what I want to know is difference between 22 (Magnetic Stripe) and…
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Storage capacity for a magnetic swipe card

Any idea regarding the usual storage capacity of a magnetic swipe card ( like the ones that are used in ATM's ) ? (PS : Tried googling but didn't get anything satisfactory and point on)
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How to getting started with magnetic stripe cards?

I am newbie in the field of Magnetic-Stripe cards. But if I don't have any idea about the structure of these kind of cards, I can't develop software for them also. Searching a lot, gave me this information only : This cards have 3 different Tracks…
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Concat KeyDown event (Keys) to one C# (wpf) string

I have a magnetic card reader that uses the keyboard input to send data. I am using a KeyDown event where I get this object (C# WPF): KeyEventArgs e I want to take the keys that I get and make them one string. I tried to concat e.Key.ToString(),…
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How is this data from a magnetic card encoded?

I have some information about magnetic cards that control the building access, and need to reverse engineer the way the software stores data on the cards to make something with more features. (We have lost contact with the original programmer.) I…
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Get Raw Magstripe Data with audio jack reader

So i have recently acquired a few paypal magstripe card readers for free. My goal is to use this to get the raw data via the audio jack on an android device. My best guess at how to do this would be to use the AudioRecord stuff in android, then…
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PHP - Reading data from magnetic card

I have to make a application where card reader will be attached to system and I have to read magnetic card reader data if someone swap card on card reader attached. Magnetic card basically holds user details for registration. So user will give card…
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Qt c++ isolate keyboards

I'm working on a project on a raspberry pi in Qt. I have a usb keyboard and a usb magnetic card reader (which reads as a keyboard) plugged in. I need to be able to isolate the card reader input so that it can't be used to fill a regular text box and…
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Amex track data format

I am having troubles with track data processing: It would appear that various Amex cards labelled as ‘ANSI’ cards within various Amex test cases do not contain a service code. There is no indication that the service code is not contained in the…
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Longitudinal Redundancy Check fails

I have an application that decodes data from a magnetic stripe reader. But, I'm having difficulty getting my calculated LRC check byte to match the one on the cards. If I were to grab 3 cards each with 3 tracks, I would guess the algorithm below…
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stripe.js magenetic card reader php

Have a web php web app for POS. Looking to see if its possible to integrate the stripe.js in order to take the details from the card and process in the transaction. Card reader is audio jack like the ones you see from Square or Cardflight but I want…
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Java: need to get input line while in a GUI, is only working in console

My friends and I have written a program in Java with a GUI, made for touchscreen terminals with no keyboard/mouse. Everything occurs within the GUI, and most of the input is button presses. We want to attach a magnetic card reader (in keyboard mode)…
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