

A 64 byte USB HID packet is then constructed from a 1 byte header, a chunk of the message, and sometimes some extra bytes to make the packet exactly 64 bytes regardless of the size of the chunk. Messages to be sent over USB are split into chunks with a maximum size of 63 bytes. The MSR605's serial protocol is documented in section 6 of the MSR605 Programmer's Manual. The MSR605X uses 64 byte USB HID packets to encapsulate what appears to be the MSR605's serial protocol. The MSR605X appears as a USB HID device and uses a protocol that appears to be a small wrapper around the older serial protocol used by other MSR This is an in progress library for the MSR605X magstripe reader/writer. I setup the driver, and it still does not read, unless I open the separate program, and even then, it only reads into the windows in the MSR605.WIP MSR605X magstripe reader/writer library

However, I have not been able to get that to work. Connect Power-in cable to Power supply and AC receptacle (110V~240V).ĥ. Connect USB of the MSR605 signal cable to a free serial port. Setup the usb driver(for windows xp or vista) and Setup the driver for MSR605,all driver in the cd.ģ. In the MSR Programmers Manual, it states the following:Ģ. Is there a way to utilized a Magnetic Reader/Writer like the MSR605 as a simple reader? However, I am unable to get it to read info from the cards, unless I have their software open, which sets the card reader to "Read Mode".

I recently purchased the MSR605, which can write as well as read cards.

There is no programming necessary, except to parse the data, etc. These magnetic swipe readers essentially just dump whatever data is on the card to the screen cursur, as if it was typed.įor example, if you had notepad open, and you swiped a card, then it would output the data into notepad. We have an application that allows a CC Reader (such as the MSR206) to be swiped to enter in a credit card number.
