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What specifications do I need follow when having Gift Cards made for use with RMS?
Track 1 or 2? Starting and Ending Symbols? HiCo Encoding or LoCo Encoding?
Thanks for the help...
Philip
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Hello Phillip,
Thank you for your questions.
The gift card number is the only data that needs to be read. I would use a Track 1 gift card.
I don't think it matters if the cards have HiCo or LoCo encoding. This should only be a factor if you plan on writing to the magstripe on the cards.
Magstripes come in two main varieties: high-coercivity (HiCo and low-coercivity (LoCo).
High-coercivity magstripes are harder to erase, and therefore are appropriate for cards that are frequently used or that need to have a long life.
Low-coercivity magstripes require a lower amount of magnetic energy to record, and hence the card writers are much cheaper than machines which are capable of recording high-coercivity magstripes.
Normally, card readers can read either type of magstripe, and a high-coercivity card writer may write both high and low-coercivity cards (most have two settings, but writing a LoCo card in HiCo may sometimes work), while a low-coercivity card writer may write only low-coercivity cards.
Let us know if you have any questions.
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