OPERATION GUIDE
HICO/LOCO ENCODING UTILITY
MSE SERIES
Version 2.0
June 2006
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MSE Hico/Loco Encoding Utility
Operation
Guide
Table
of Contents
About MSE Utility.........................................................................................................4
Initial Setup ...................................................................................................................4
Figure 1: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Initial Setup...........................................4
Figure 2: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Communications
Error..........................5
Main Menu ....................................................................................................................5
Figure 3: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Startup ............................5
Read Operation ...........................................................................................................6
Figure 4: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Read Swipe
Prompt...............................6
Figure 5: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Successful Read from Card Swipe ...........................................................................................................6
Figure 6: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Read Swipe
Error..................................7
Write Operation...........................................................................................................7
Figure 7: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Keyed Entry.....................7
Figure 8: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Write Swipe
Prompt ..............................8
Figure 9: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Write Complete................8
Figure 10: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Write Swipe
Error ...............................9
Copy Operation...........................................................................................................9
Figure 11: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Copy Swipe
Prompt – Read Source .....9
Figure 12: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Copy (Read Source).....10
Figure 13: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Copy Swipe
Prompt – Write Target ...10
Figure 14: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Copy (Write Target) ....11
Figure 15: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Copy Read
Swipe Error.....................11
Figure 16: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Copy Write
Swipe Error ....................12
Erase Operation ........................................................................................................12
Figure 17: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Erase – Track
Selection.....................12
Figure 18: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Erase Swipe
Prompt..........................13
Figure 19: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Erase Swipe
Error.............................13
Encode from File Operation ......................................................................................13
Figure 20: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Encode –
Open – Look in ...........14
Figure 21: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Encode –
File Format Error.......14
Figure 22: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Encode from File (Read
Record) ......................................................................................................15
Figure 23: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Encode
Prompt – Write Record..15
Figure 24: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Encode from File (Write
Record) ......................................................................................................16
Figure 25: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Encode
Complete .......................16
Figure 26: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Encode
Write Error....................17
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Save to File Operation...............................................................................................17
Figure 27: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Save –
Save As – Save in ............18
Figure 28: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Save –
Read Swipe Prompt.........18
Figure 29: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Successful Read from
Card Swipe ................................................................................................19
Figure 30: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: File Save -
Read Swipe Error ............19
Figure 31: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
File Save Complete......20
Incremental Encode Operation..................................................................................21
Figure 32: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Incremental
Encode – Track Selection
..................................................................................................................21
Figure 33: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Incremental
Encode – Base Record
Entry..........................................................................................................21
Figure 34: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Incremental
Encode Prompt..............22
Figure 35: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Incremental Encode
(Write Target) ............................................................................................22
Figure 36: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Incremental
Encode Complete...........23
Figure 37: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Incremental
Encode Write Error .......23
Non-ISO Read/Write Operation.................................................................................23
Figure 38: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO
Read/Write – Data Format
Selection ....................................................................................................24
Figure 39: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Read
Swipe Prompt ............24
Figure 40: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Read
(ASCII Representation)
..................................................................................................................25
Figure 41: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Read
(Hex Representation) .25
Figure 42: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Write
– Select Data Density 26
Figure 43: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Write
(ASCII Representation)
..................................................................................................................27
Figure 44: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Write
(Hex Representation) 28
Figure 45: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Write
Swipe Prompt............28
Figure 46: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Non-ISO Write
Swipe Error...............29
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About MSE Utility
This productivity tool is intended primarily for
use with ISO/ANSI-compliant magstripe
cards. ISO or ANSI specifies 7 bits per
character as the standard data format for track 1,
and 5 bits per character for both track 2 and
track 3. ISO or ANSI also specifies 210 BPI
as the encoding density for tracks 1 and 3, and
75 BPI for track 2. We use ISO, ANSI, or
ISO/ANSI interchangeably throughout this
document.
This utility also provides support for
non-ISO/ANSI card reading and writing.
Initial Setup
Select the RS-232 parameters and Emulation Mode
of the utility to be compatible with
the DIP switch settings of the encoder to
establish communications between the software
and the hardware. The COM port could be a
physical port where the encoder is attached
to or a USB Serial virtual port.
Also choose the write coercivity to match that
of your magstripe card.
Figure 1: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Initial Setup
In case of any communications error, follow the
prompts listed in the error window to
troubleshoot the problem:
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Figure 2: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Communications
Error
Main Menu
Upon successful initialization of the
communications link between the utility and the
encoder, you are now ready to interact with the
encoder through the Main Menu:
Figure 3: TYSSO MSE-700 Utility: Main Menu –
Startup
