epos

[Dave]

we have, over the years developed an epos system for our business running in
A97.

the system records payments amongst other things

what we wanted to do next was accept card payments through our system so
we dont have to go to the swipe machine and type in the amounts

we have played around with a magnetic card reader. so we know how to get
info off the card

does anyone know how we would emulate a swipe card machine, so when i press
my card
payment button and swipe the card

my system will dial the company, and send my mechant number the card number
and the amount
and in return receive an authorisation number so i can print a receipt for
the customer to sign.

thanks
Dave

[Tony Toews]

"Dave" <[e-mail]> wrote:

we have played around with a magnetic card reader. so we know how to get
info off the card
Just curious. How does the mag card reader interface with a PC and what do you have
to do to read the data?
does anyone know how we would emulate a swipe card machine, so when i press
my card
payment button and swipe the card
You need some payment processing software.
my system will dial the company, and send my mechant number the card number
and the amount
and in return receive an authorisation number so i can print a receipt for
the customer to sign.

You may also need to use some dialing software, sometimes known as RAS dialer.
Possibly

I've saved the following from someone's posting a while back. No idea how relevant or
useful these are but here you go.

http://www.processing.net can be used in conjunction with our processing network to
clear credit cards.

xAuthorize http://www.xauthorize.com/software/xauthorize/

http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/ccvs-vb.htm validates the card number and
type, doesn't guarantee the card is still current.

Tony
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[Dave]

Its a keyboad wedge, so just plug it in and swipe :)
then all the data on the strip ends up in what ever textbox that has the
focus.

we have scanned quite a few cads from different banks
and found there to be more data on the cards than we thought there would be,
we thought just the card number

here is a card swipe fyi (i have changed my name account details etc so dont
get too excited :) )

%B123123123123^SUNAME
/AB.MR^0123456000000000000000123000000?;12341234123 41234=0987654321000000000
0?
the %B is how they all start and all end in a ?
the 1234123412341234 is the card number
then surname , initials and title as appears on the card (although not
always in this order, sometimes its like Mr AB Surname)
then i duuno, then card number again, then i dunno
the dunnos are obviously checks but i dont know how they are calculated
(probably a big secret !!)

"Tony Toews" <tt****@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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"Dave" <[e-mail]> wrote:

we have played around with a magnetic card reader. so we know how to get
info off the card
Just curious. How does the mag card reader interface with a PC and what

do you have to do to read the data?

does anyone know how we would emulate a swipe card machine, so when i pressmy card
payment button and swipe the card
You need some payment processing software.

my system will dial the company, and send my mechant number the card numberand the amount
and in return receive an authorisation number so i can print a receipt forthe customer to sign.

You may also need to use some dialing software, sometimes known as RAS

dialer. Possibly

I've saved the following from someone's posting a while back. No idea how relevant or useful these are but here you go.

http://www.processing.net can be used in conjunction with our processing network to clear credit cards.

xAuthorize http://www.xauthorize.com/software/xauthorize/

http://www.analysisandsolutions.com/code/ccvs-vb.htm validates the card number and type, doesn't guarantee the card is still current.

Tony
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[Tony Toews]

"Dave" <[e-mail]> wrote:

Its a keyboad wedge, so just plug it in and swipe :)
Ah, real easy then.
we have scanned quite a few cads from different banks
and found there to be more data on the cards than we thought there would be,
we thought just the card number
As did I. Except at one place they just happened to show all the data going by on
the screen. I was surprised to see my name there as well.
here is a card swipe fyi
Thanks, very interesting. Your posting has been saved.
(i have changed my name account details etc so dont
get too excited :) )
<chuckle>
the dunnos are obviously checks but i dont know how they are calculated
(probably a big secret !!)

I doubt the check sums are all that secret. You could likely do some searching and
find the details.

Tony
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