Magnetic card reader

I have 2 different magnetic card readers.
A MSR100 and a Magtek. Bother are OSX compatible. Both say to just plug them into a USB and it will read mag cards and return the info like a keyboard. But neither is doing so.
There are no drivers or apps for said readers.
I do not see anything in preferences for HID's.
Dont have a clue how to go about getting these to work on a MAC.
Mac Mini running 10.6.8
Tx for your time.

Neither have drivers for MAC.
For OSX all drivers are native. All have same exact "install instructions" which is to simply plug in via usb and that is it. That it will read and send data via text as a keyboard would.
Was hoping someone had at least use a mag card reader of any sort with their Mac.

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Magnetic card reader and java

hi all
I am doing a project in java in which i need to read the magnetic card reader in my program.so please tell me how to read the text ,that the card reads, in java.Basically my project is to develop an attendence system in java that will use ATM card of the person.I need to read the string that the reader reads, in java.Please help me how to do this.Thanks in eadvanc

Alright,let me give you an idea of what stratergies which we can follow with regards to your requirement assuming that the magenetic card contains just a stream of information.
1).If you are using Magnectic card Over Serial / LPT ports,Try to use Java Communication Api.
write a class using it which pools all the available initiated ports continuosly.If you find ready data avalable with regards to that device connect to that port & then fetch the data and then throgh an event with regards to that data obtained now parse the data accordingly and then use for your business means.
http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-05-1998/jw-05-javadev.html
http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/javaprogramming/cookbook/11.pdf
the above links would guide you through in acheiving the stated solution.
2). If the stated Magenetic Card or Specified device already has a Driver in place and set of native methods(in low level languages) in place.all you ought to do is to make use of JNI and write a native Linking library using JNI specification which can make use of those native methods and export them to java and use them accordingly.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jni/spec/jniTOC.html
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-1999/jw-10-jni.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/j-dw-javajni-i.html
Hope the might help you in taking you through :)
REGARDS,
RaHuL

Credit card reader API

Is there any API available by which i can access a Magnetic Card Reader attached my PC thro USB?
Thanx

talk to the vendor of the mag stripe reader, for a start. additionally, many of them ship with a driver which redirects the mag stripe data to stdin. this will be a native driver, so moving your code from platform to platform will be trickier, but for an app. that's reading credit cards, this isn't often an issue anyway. not many people decide to suddenly port their PoS app to another OS halfway through a project! (but I've seen it done)

Sony card reader / Sony X-tra power memory / extra adaptor for card reader

I've been researching for hours and have several questions, but the one I want to know about the most is: *what exactly does a card reader do?* I ask because I always thought that a card reader was meant to help transfer the raw files from the camcorder to inside the computer.
That's why I am confused by what this person wrote in a Review at Amazon of a product he bought:
*“I think a memory stick is a memory stick. But the USB Reader makes this worth the price. I can take my pics anywhere without having to take my camera and cords. Just plug the reader into any USB port and view pictures instantly.*
Lorna says:
I am inferring that he is saying that he wants to immediately see the video that he took as opposed to getting all the clips onto his computer not necessarily to look at right now. So: What is the purpose of a Card Reader?
And I have also been studying up on Memory Sticks (Proprietary with Sony). After reading a bunch of definitions, I conclude that the more letters you have after ”Memory Stick“, the better/faster the card is.
# Memory Stick™ General/Specifications
* Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ "HX"
* Memory Stick PRO-HG™
* Memory Stick PRO™
* Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™)
* Memory Stick™ (with MagicGate™)
* Memory Stick Duo™
Therefore, since the user manual for the TG5V that I downloaded from the Sony site mentions MEMORY STICK PRO DUO and MEMORY STICK PRO HG DUO, _I am going to buy the second one because it has an extra blazing fast turns-everything-to-gold capacity._ I will also pay dearly for it.
Please tell me whether or not I will need to get an adaptor for the reader if I am getting a Memory Stick with four extra pins in it.
I am sorry to be coming here so often, but reading these reviews and instructional pages often makes it necessary to ask yet more questions. They answer one question and raise enough dust to require two more clarifying questions.
~ L
Message was edited by: Lorna from Hawaii

AppleMan, actually I know what a memory stick is, although I did not know the depth to which you explained it (about the magnetic platters and sensors). I know that a memory card/stick is removable memory and that a card reader is something into which you stick the Sony memory card.
When I spoke of the upload being faster on a card reader, I meant/thought *that simply by virtue of going through a card reader, the upload would be faster* — faster than merely plugging a USB cable between the camcorder and the computer. In my mind. I was not assuming that there are different grades/speeds of card readers. I noticed that they are all fairly inexpensive, which means, no classifications of speed.
What I was and am concerned about is the actual Sony memory card/stick that can carry 4, 6, 8, 16, 32, gigabytes of memory. From what I read last night at some sites (and posted here) was that Sony has a bunch of crazy making names to confuse the buyer. +Memory stick, Memory stick duo, Memory Stick Duo Pro, Memory Stick Duo Pro HG, Memory Stick HS Duo Pro HG etc.+
I was early on confused with this array of choices, but I later realized last night that each little acronym signifies an extra capability.
I will look for a card reader and am going to assume that all card readers are universal for all card sizes and camcorders. Am I right or wrong in that?
-Lorna

CS2 won't open files from card reader

Suddenly CS2 on my eMac will not open files imported from CF card reader. I have tried two different card readers and three different CF cards with the same result:
"Could not complete your request because of on unknown or invalid JPEG marker type is found."
Tried to open JPEG's and Raw files with same error message.
Elements 4.0 gives same message. Bridge will display icon only (JPEG or NEF) but will not display image. Both CS2 and Elements 4.0 will open old stored files without problem.
Replaced the Adobe/Unit Types file, but no help. There is no CD/DVD in the drive.
The images on the CF cards are not damaged. I know this since they will open in CS2/Elements on my lap top (Mac Book).
The files will open in Preview if I try Preview first. However, if I try to open them in Photoshop first and then in Preview, I get an error message from Preview also.
What have I done now?!?
TJ

>
"It's a eMac 17 inch with 1.7 Ghz."
There were no eMacs made with 1.7GHz processors.
That may seem like I'm just being picky for the heck of it, but when it comes to computing and troubleshooting and asking questions, the details
matter
. In this case, probably not so much. But being sloppy about details is a bad habit to get into.

How much would it be to get the sim card reader fixed

i would like to know how much the new sim card reader is.

$7Billion dollars.
Or simply clarify the issue the device is actually having.
Apple does not repair devices, they offer Out of Warranty replacements for $199 (4S) or $149 (older models) in the US.

Flex 14 SD card reader not working with larger cards on Windows 8.1

The card reader in my Flex 14 is behaving very oddly. When I insert a 16GB SDHC card it makes the 'USB inserted' noise and the card shows up under device manager but I can't access it through file explorer. The card reader works fine with smaller SD cards that I have. I tried the card in another, Win7 laptop and it worked fine.
I see a number of other people are having a similar problem and I have followed all of the troubleshooting advice I can find, but nothing is working. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
This is what I have tried:
1. Leaving the card in the camera and attaching the camera via USB cable to the laptop: same result, noise, but can't access the card.
2. Trying to reassign the drive letter through storage controller: it shows the card but if you right click it to assign it a drive letter it says the 'file is missing'.
3. Downloaded the Win8.1 x64 driver from Lenovo website and installed. This stopped the card being recognised at all.
4. Installed the Win8 xc4 driver: this got me back to the noise but no action stage.
5. Updated Windows.
6. Uninstalled and reinstalled the driver numerous times both with the card inserted and without it and with restarting the computer after unistall and after reinstall.
7. Ran Ubunutu from a live USB: This allowed me to see the card and copy its contents to the laptop's HDD.
So it seems to be some incompatibility between the Lenovo drivers and Win8.1. Potentially it's to do with the USB drivers rather than the card reader drivers as the result when using the USB cable and the camera was the same as putting the card in the card reader. Is there a way to update these?
Any other troubleshooting steps I could take?
Thanks.

What size are the cards?
Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.
Plug the USB flash drive (works the same with an SD card) into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
Using The iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101
Secrets of the iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57401068-285/secrets-of-the-ipad-camera-conn ection-kit/
 Cheers, Tom

Media Card Reader does not work on W541 (is O2Micro, not the RealTek)

Can not read an SD card on my W541. It reads fine on a W530. Reviewed the ReadMe, and tried to find the driver in the WIndows "Device Manager" but no luck.Experimented and found that if I did the following:Brought up Device ManagerUnder "View" menu, chose "Devices by Type" (this should really be in the instructions, although perhaps not necessary).Under "Action" menu, chose "Scan for hardware changes"found that the node labelled "Storage Controller" finally appeared (towards the bottom, just above "Storage Volumes") There was one entry under the node, that of "ByHubTech/O2Micr Integrated MMC/SD controller". The icon preceding this entry had a yellow triangle, so at least the system detected something was wrong. Right clicked on the entry and chose "Properties" and resulting dialog had the following text in the "Device Status" area (on the "General" tab): This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use.
(Code 12)
If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system. I have no idea what "resources" are being referred to in the message (a case of "I've got a secret"?), so it is a little hard for me to understand what other devices I might want to free up. Bios is version 2.20The "BayHubTEch/O2Micro Integrated MMC/SD controller" driver version is 2.2.2.1057 (which is the latest as of 6/26/2015).Runnin Win 7 Enterprise + SP1, 32GB RAM.

Hello,
I don't have a W541 myself, but here are a few things to check, in no particular order:
Have you checked with your IT department? Maybe they set a poilicy to disable the card reader.
Is the card reader correctly enabled in the UEFI firmware?
Have you run ThinkVantage System Update and Microsoft Update to confirm all of the various Lenovo and Microsoft updates are installed?
Do you still have the OS image the device originally shipped with? If so, does the card reader work under that?
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky

Why does my card reader not work on my iPad since upgrade?

I use my iPad mini to download photos from my camera when I'm on the road. In the summer I bought the "3 in 1 Card Reader Adapter Cable Camera Connection Kit, 3 Port Card Reader for iPad 4 and iPad Mini by Eurekka" and it worked wonderfully. I was able to download photos (jpg and RAW) directly to the iPad and off the camera, and once home it was a flawless upload to my iMac.
However, once I upgraded to iOS 7 last week I get a message saying the device is not supported. What gives? Will this be fixed or will Apple products only accept Apple accessories from now on?

No but I was just trying to find a way in to your help desk. I didn't find
your web page very helpful in this regard.
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SanDisk USB 3.0 Card Reader does not work with OSX Mavericks.

Since updating to OSX Mavericks (10.9) My USB 3.0 SanDisk "ImageMate All-in-One" Card Reader has begun to fail.
It all seems to work proper at first. The memory card shows up in finder and I'm able to browse the files. But when I try to transfer any files it un-mounts from finder and only transfers the first file.
This does not happen under previous OSX versions. I have tried on other computers since, so the card reader is fine.
My USB 2.0 card reader saved my life this time. It works totally fine.
Is this a known problem? Are you guys working on it?

Solved in this post here:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24016337#24016337

Tecra 9000: SD card reader will not work with XP

I have made some progress with this subject, it seems that Cardbus devices cannot share IRQs, although the main issue is that the memory address FFDFB200-FFDFB3FF is shared by both the SD card controller and the SD Card Memory Device. Unless a way to modify the registry can be found to resolve this memory conflict, the simple answer is that the SD card reader won't work under XP.
I think this would take some major surgery of the registry or re-writing of the drivers to move the memory address used by the SD card device, I am still working on this for now.
Can someone from Toshiba Support or Toshiba Marketing please explain to me why my Tecra T9100 has a sticker with "Designed for Windows XP and Windows 2000" on it, when Toshiba don't fully support XP on the 9000 series?
David
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Hi David
Unfortunately, I dont think that you will find here someone from Toshiba marketing or other departments. This is ONLY a user to user forum.
What you say is simply NOT true.
The Tecra 9000 was delivered with 3 different OS.
It was delivered with Windows XP Pro, W2k and Win98. You can order all this Toshiba images from the Toshiba service partner. Therefore Tecra 9000 does support Windows XP!
Tecra 9100 was delivered with Windows XP and Windows 2000 and supports also Windows XP!
Of course there are different models with different hardware configuration but all supports WinXP.
I dont know why you get this error message or why you cannot use the SD card but I assume you dont use the Toshiba image. Therefore you have installed your OS not correctly. Because youre a newbie you dont know that the whole Toshiba driver installation must be done in the right order and all the Microsoft QFEs must be also installed.
As you see you have to pay attention to many important things if you want to install the OS manually.
Have a nice day

Camera connective kit does not work with card reader

Can I only use my USB camer connective kit with my camera and not a card reader?

Which card reader? Are you using an SD card in it or some other form factor?
As long as you're targeting an SD card with photos or movies, it should work same as connecting to a camera....but in that case, there is really no need since the camera kit includes an SD reader.

I just bought a Quantaray All-in-one card reader. It does not work with my Macbook OSX.

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HP Envy Touchsmart 15-J104sa Memory Card Reader not working

I took delivery of an HP Envy Touchsmart 15-J104sa running Windows 8.1 this week and the internal memory card reader isn't working. It doesn't recognise any SD cards (I've tried more than one) and continues as if nothing has been inserted; showing no error messages. All of the cards work on my previous HP laptop. The only way to get the laptop to show an inserted SD card is to run the driver update software (http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp63001-63500/sp63415.exe) every time an SD card is inserted; this must be done with the card in the reader. If the software is run and then the card is inserted nothing happens. If the card is ejected and then re-inserted (or a new card inserted) it isn't recognised and the process has to be restarted and the driver reinstalled even though nothing has changed.
Can somebody please help me with this issue or I will have to return the laptop to HP. I do a lot of photography so being able to read an SD card quickly and reliably is extremely important for me; it's not a problem I expected from a brand new laptop straight out of the box.
Thank you all.
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Unfortunately non of the driver updates solved the problem but a BIOS update through the HP Support application seems to have remedied the issue. Whilst I appreciate there were no specific drivers available I find it hard to accept that HP should be able to release a model where they know the hardware will not be fully supported by the OS and in this case not function.

I have a Mac Mini, and it won't accept connecting my Sony video camera. So I got a SD mem card reader to unload my movies from. It worked the first time I used it a few months ago. This time it says it doesn't recognize the format I am trying to use?

I have all thenecessary updates. I have switched over from a PC to Mac back in April and have nad nothing but problems adapting. I don't know why this worked the first time, and put my videos inti imovie, and now it doesn't recognize it at all. And the Mem card reader does work, because I just put the SD card from my regular camera into it and it downloaded those fine, it just won't take my movies!

Which sony camera? I have a Sony HDR-CX550 right now and have been able to use the SD card as well as connect the camera directly. I also had CX110 that work too. You may want to try to copy the complete top level folder from the SD card to the Hard drive, then try to "import from Camera archive" and select that folder.

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