Variation Of Card Reader

Many card reader type using on ATM, this article will be describe what kind of card reader on atm. The most popular card reader is motorized, another that is DIP card reader, Swipe Card reader and Hybrid card reader. Every card reader have advantages and disadvantages if we compare each other.

- Motorized card reader
This card reader have 3 stage area, first is a gate area. In this area have a head for read magnetic card and shutter gate. So ‘if a card don’t have magnetic stripe the shutter gate can’t be open. After a card pass a shutter gate, there is a motor with belt, who will be carry out the card to head read/write area. In this area the card will reading or writing by head magnetic if the track 2 form magnetic stripe on the card have valid data, the application by card reader will be granted acces for customer. But if not !, depend the application, returned to customer or retained ?, if application set to retained card bin, the card move to the reject bin area

- Hybrid Card Readed
Same as like Motorized Card reader, but on this kind card reader have head for card with chip or smart card. So this card can read card from magnetic stripe or smart card, depend the application set.

- DIP card Reader
The dip card reader is a manually operated mechanism designed to accept and read magnetic identification cards (as described in ISO standard 7810- 7813). Typical dip card reader operation consists of prompting the consumer to insert and then remove the card. The consumer inserts the card horizontally with the magnetic stripe down and to the right. The dip card reader reads the card twice: once when the consumer inserts the card and once when the consumer removes the card. The dip card reader uses a good read obtained during either the insertion or the removal of the card to process the transaction.The dip card reader cannot retract, capture, or retain cards

- Swipe Card Reader
The dip card reader is a manually operated mechanism designed to accept and read magnetic identification cards (as described in ISO standard 7810- 7813).
Typical swipe card reader operation consists of prompting the consumer to insert the card into either end of the card reader and move the card through the card reader. The magnetic stripe can be up or down (or to the left or right) since the swipe card reader has a reader on both sides. The swipe card reader reads the card as the consumer moves the card through the reader. The swipe card reader cannot retract, capture, or retain cards.