• This article discusses the operational modes of Magnetic Stripe Readers (MSRs) supported by SEOM PM and how to configure the program to use those devices to process payment transactions for POS Orders.

• You may need to download a utility from the manufacturer’s website to prevent the device from inserting carriage returns and line feeds. Refer to Knowledge Base topic, Magnetic Stripe Readers, for more information.

Supported Devices

SEOM PM is able to use Magnetic Stripe Readers (MSRs) that function in the following modes:

• Keyboard Emulation Mode – this mode makes the MSR appear as a keyboard to the PC, regardless of the actual type of hardware connection.
• USB HID (Human Interface Device) – the program now supports the use of MSRs that are designed as USB HID devices. The device must report itself as a Magnetic Stripe Reader, and there can only be one such device attached to each physical workstation.  Currently, the supported device list is limited to Magtek Mini Mag readers.
• Cherry Keyboards register themselves as “custom” HID devices and are not supported as a USB MSR. You should be able to use it as a keyboard emulation device.

Magnetic Stripe Readers that require the use of a Serial Port are not supported.

Configure SEOM PM to use Magnetic Stripe Reader in Keyboard Emulation Mode

Currently, only MagTek Mini Mag MSRs have been tested and approved for use with SEOM PM. Other Magtek models or other manufacturer’s products may work, but they have not been tested by Stone Edge Technologies Inc., and therefore are not considered to be “supported”.

1. Launch the PM.
2. Select Parameters > System Level Parameters. If for some reason MSR’s attached to different workstations use different control characters, use the Computer Based parameters instead.
3. Under Parameter Group, select Card Reader.
4. Select system parameter, CCReaderModel and set it to Generic – Keyboard Emulation.
5. Optional: The program sets system parameters CCReaderPrefixTrack1-3 and CCReaderSuffixTrack1-3 to the most commonly used characters. If your device is internally configured to use different characters, you must update these parameters accordingly.
6. Click Save.
7. Open Notepad and swipe a card through the device. If the cursor is not immediately following the card data (it is at the beginning of the next line in the file), you need to get the utility from the manufacturer and disable carriage returns (CR) and line feeds (LF) in order for the device to work with Stone Edge.

Configure SEOM PM to use a Magnetic Stripe Reader (as a USB Device)

Currently, only MagTek Mini Mag MSRs have been tested and approved for use with SEOM PM. Other Magtek models or other manufacturer’s products may work, but they have not been tested by Stone Edge Technologies Inc., and therefore are not considered to be “supported”.

1. Launch the PM.
2. Select Parameters > System Level Parameters.  If for some reason MSR’s attached to different workstations use different control characters, use the Computer Based parameters instead.
3. Under Parameter Group, select Card Reader.
4. Select system parameter CCReaderConnectionType and set it to USB.
5. Select system parameter, CCReaderModel and set it to Magtek-MiniMag. As additional manufacturers equipment is tested, this list will be expanded.
6. Click Save.