New Features
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In general the following
features were added: |
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The following new functions were added to the ENCODER and
many enhancements were made to the existing
features: |
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The
ability to read and write a Non-ISO standard card
data. |
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Capable of
generating multiple valid account # - using financial standard
format! |
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Buliding /
Extracting tracks |
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Now you
can view, create, update, and print the card data at any time
without requiring an encoder to be connected and
initialized. |
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The
following fields were added to the card data: creation date, issue
date, member since, expiration status, and extra
info. |
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Based on a
certain criteria you will be able to check the validity of an
account # and to determine what the next account # should
be. |
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New
options were added to the Incremental Encoding
function. |
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In
addition to the existing card data search, the user can now search
by Issue Date and Record Date. You can also use wild
cards when searching by a name or account #. |
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The
Wipe Card Data function was changed to allow you to erase
multiple cards. |
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The
Abort command was added to several encoder
types. |
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When the
application first starts, the encoder coercivity setting is
displayed in the status bar on the main window. NOTE: When the
encoder is turned ON or OFF, the coercivity setting automatically
defaults to high. |
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The
Card Type Setup function is added to allow the user to define
a card template. This will prevent errors made during encoding. It
will also ensure that all the required fields are
included. |
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The
ability to select the Data Density when writing to a card in
Non-ISO standard. |
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The
ability to read and save multiple cards. |
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The
following are improved features in the DATABASE: |
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Clear
Password, Retrieve Password, Convert Database, and
Merge Database files. |
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Able to
print TO and FROM the database |
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The New
Save to Database function allows you to select the records
before saving and eliminates duplicate records. |
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The following
features were added for all the PORTABLE
READERS: |
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Enhanced
polling functions and error checking. |
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Able to
poll data from a single track. |
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Get Serial
# feature (TA and PMR readers only) |
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Set Auto
Power Off |
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No more
loss of data, when there is a corrupted record in the reader
memory. |
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Several
programming commands were implemented for various reader types:
i.e., turning Beeper On/Off. |
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The new functions that were added to support the
KB2000 KEYBOARD READER: |
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The
Poll Reader function captures the data from the reader and
displays it as is or in a tabular format. It also saves the data
in a text file or database. |
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The user
can select which track data should be transferred from the reader
and it also allows for the enabling or disabling of the start and
end sentinel. |
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The new
PRINT QUERY window allows you to: |
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Print a
simple listing or detailed report. |
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Select all
data, by Account #, Prefix, or Date Created
range… etc. |
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Include or exclude Expired
accounts. |
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Sort by
Account #, Record Date or
Prefix. |
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