If you are developing an application for one of the IntelliStripe or other MCP-based products on a non-Windows platform, the MCP Developers Kit provides the essential elements to communicate with these devices and offers an easy transition from your program to the hardware layer. The kit contains source code that can be used to implement the MCP protocol. The protocol source code is written in C code and contains an API. An example application is provided, written in Visual C++ for Windows, that can be used to demonstrate the MCP protocol. This application also demonstrates magnetic stripe card reading.

This program demonstrates features, such as magnetic card reading and Smart Card communications for the IntelliStripe family of devices. This demo can be used to communicate to devices that use the MCP protocol.

When using the IntelliStripe family of products, MCP provides an important role in structuring the communication between magnetic stripe cards or smart cards and the application. This driver may be used to communicate to devices that use the MCP protocol. This driver supports both the RS232 and USB devices, and only works on current Microsoft Windows Platforms. Users that are developing applications for platforms other than Windows should use the MCP Developers Kit. The MCP driver package combines three versions of the MCP drivers: 1) The Kernel Mode Driver is included for Windows XP/Vista/Win7 (for 32-bit versions only, see #3 below for information on 64-bit operating systems). This driver also supports MCP USB devices. 2) A User Mode Driver/Library is included for installations that cannot support Kernel Mode drivers. This User Mode Library can be installed for 64-bit operating systems, as well as Citrix and other thin-client installations where a Kernel Mode driver cannot be used. 3) A 64-bit driver for Windows XP/Vista/Win7 64-bit. This driver supports MCP RS232 and USB devices. The included Protocol Switching Utility may be used to switch MCP devices from native (MCP) mode to ASCII mode. In ASCII mode, the device is set to communicate at a specific baud rate (9600,8,N,1), rather than negotiating with the device to establish this value on each power up. This mode of operation is required to effect communication with MCP devices under 64-bit Windows operating systems and thin-client environments. This utility may only be used under a 32-bit Windows Operating System in conjunction with the MCP driver. Once the device has been set to ASCII mode, it may be used in the desired 64-bit or thin-client environment.

This is a Virtual COM Port (VCP) driver for MICRSafe check reader and IntelliStripe 380 encoder. IntelliStripe 380 encoders must be set to ASCII mode for this driver to be used. Operating System: Windows® 2000 / 2003 / XP / VISTA / 7 / 8 / 8.1 /10