Magnetic cards and readers
lazarus / 32-Linux

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fredycc · 2012-10-31 19:57

Have anybody worked with magnetic cards, magnetic readers of any
manufacturer with Lazarus and Linux? Appreciate their comments.

Thanks

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Laksen · 2012-10-31 20:24

Yes. What do you want to know? What kind of reader and cardtype are
you looking at using?

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fredycc · 2012-10-31 23:09

Thanks for answer Laksen, I wish to use credit card reader, something
like MagTek, but i'm not sure if this kind of device can use in linux
and Lazarus.

regards

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avra · 2012-11-01 08:06

Most magnetic card, RFID and other readers use Wiegand protocol, but
you can only use that directly with some board like Raspberry Pi
through GPIO pins and custom made driver. Since I doubt you want that,
it would be best if you look for magnetic readers with RS232, PS2
keyboard output (this is probably simplest for you), or USB (the one
which creates a virtual COM port on your pc). More info here:

http://forum.e-lab.de/topic.php?t=1347&highlight=wiegand

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AilsaPF · 2016-03-02 03:45

Quote from: fredycc on November 01, 2012, 12:09:41 amThanks for answer
Laksen, I wish to use credit card reader, something like MagTek, but
i'm not sure if this kind of device can use in linux and Lazarus.

regards
Hi, you can take a look at Syncotek magnetic card reader writer, the
device can work in lunux. But Lazarus, you need ask the  manufacturer.
Hope this helps!