NA 177

DIN Standards Committee Finance

Project

Extensions for Financial Services (XFS) interface specification Release 3.20 - Part 73: Card Embossing Unit Device Class Interface Migration from Version 3.10 (CWA 15748) to Version 3.20 (this CWA) Programmer's Reference

Abstract

This section describes the functions provided by a generic card embossing unit (CEU). These descriptions include definitions of the service-specific commands that can be issued, using the WFSAsyncExecute, WFSExecute, WFSGetInfo and WFSAsyncGetInfo functions.Embossing card units are generally viewed by XFS as compound devices with the following capabilities and features:- Embossing or printing of magnetic stripe card/ smart card.- Reading/encoding magnetic stripe tracks 1, 2, and 3.- Reading/writing smart card.- LCD display/ keypad input.The XFS services supporting the various embossing card unit components are outlined as follows:- Embossing or printing of magnetic stripe card/ smart card - Card Embossing Unit (CEU) service.- Reading/encoding magnetic stripe tracks 1, 2, and 3 - ID Card (IDC) service, however when combined encoding/ embossing is performed the CEU service class is used.- Reading/writing smart cards - ID Card (IDC) service, however when combined writing smart card/ embossing is performed the CEU service class is used.- LCD display/ keypad input - Text Terminal Unit (TTU) service.

Begin

2011-10-19

WI

WSXFS201

Planned document number

DIN CWA 16374-73

Project number

62000123

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