GemPC Serial-SL Applications
A highly accessible, highly convenient solution.
Those compact card readers, designed to plug into a PC environment, are the ultimate
smart card peripherals for a PC. They are also very simple to use and install. The user
needs no technical knowledge. If you need electronic commerce, home banking or e-purse
facilities, secure computer access or any of a multitude of other applications, the
GemPC Serial-SL is the smartest answer. For the first time, a solution is available that offers
impressive possibilities at an exceptional price.
They will open up many possibilities, including:
- computer-access control,
- electronic commerce,
- home banking facilities,
- e-purse facilities,
- electronic smart-card personalization,
- development of smart-card application software,
- lots of other interesting and entertaining applications.
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GemPC Serial-SL Benefits
Small is beautiful
The GemPC Serial-SL products will handle the card interface, while your
computer supports and manages the applications. Compatible with all major computers and
operating systems, the GemPC Serial-SL readers are powered from your computer’s keyboard
port, free of the constraints associated with other power-source options.
One reference is available :
| Model name |
Casing |
Dimension |
| GemPC Serial-SL |
Flat |
70 x 98 x 15 mm |
PC-Link readers can now be ordered on Gemplus webstore : http://store.gemplus.com
PC serial-SL drivers can be
downloaded from support.gemalto.com. |
Years of Gemplus technological experience, now available to all
The GemPC Serial-SL is based on Gemplus’ GemCore
® hardware and firmware, which means it can handle all types of ISO7816- compatible smart
cards without compatibility problems. It is user-friendly, and operating or using it
requires no technical expertise. The GemPC Serial-SL will happily blend with all
main environments (Windows ® 98, Windows ® 2000, Windows ® Xp, etc.), all types of
card, and most
makes of computer. It will readily adapt to new smart-card services, as they become
available.
The GemPC Serial-SL has successfully passed the Microsoft Windows
Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL)
test session and is eligible for the "Designed for Microsoft Windows" logo for
both Windows 2000 and Windows Xp.
The GemPC Serial-SL is based on the Gemcore Twin Pro
IFM, which has received the EMVCo letter of approval
( # 11607 0103 400 20 LGA) and is listed to support EMV Level 1 compliant 4.0 device in the
EMVCo
web site.
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GemPC Serial-SL Technical Specifications
Feature
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Description
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Smart-card
interface
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- support ISO7816 Class A, B and C ( 5V, 3V, 1.8V )
- support all ISO7816 TA1 parameters ( up to 344 Kbds )
- Read from and writes to all ISO 7816-1,2,3,4 microprocessor cards,
T=0 and T=1 ( memory cards support upon request )
- Short circuit detection
- smart card connector is 8 friction contacts - ISO location,
guarantee for 100,000 insertion cycles - EMV level 1 mechanically
compliant.
- embossed smart cards are supported.
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Human
Interface
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Host Interface
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- Serial RS232
- programmable transmission from 9600 to 115,200 bps
- cable 1,5 meter long
- serial DB9 connector
- power supply thru PS/2 port
- operating voltage 5V +/- 10%
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Operating/storage Temperature
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- Operating : +5°C / +55°C
- Storage : -25°C / +60°C
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Electro-magnetic standards
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- Europe: 89/336/CEE guideline
- EN 55022: 1994 Class B
- EN 50082-1: 1994
- EN 50081-1: 1992
- EN 61000-4-2: 1995
- EN 61000-4-3: 1997
- EN 61000-4-4: 1995
- Comply with EMC directive 89/336/EEC
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Security levels
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- Europe: EN60950
- IEC950: 1991, Am,3: 1995
- USA: UL1950 third edition, dated July 28, 1995
- Canada: CSA950
- Comply with low voltage directive 73/23/EEC
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Standards/certifications
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- ISO/IEC 7816-1,2,3,4: IC Cards with contacts
- EMV level 1, EMV2000 version 4.0 for Gemcore Twin Pro IFM
- Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), Windows Logo
Program WLP 2.0
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Operating systems
supported
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- Windows 95OSR2, NT4, 98, 98SE, Me, 2000 and Xp
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Xp 64 bits and Server 64 bits
- Linux Redhat WS3.0, WS4.0, Suse Professional 9.2, DEBIAN
"Sarge"
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API's |
- Microsoft PC/SC environment with associated drivers
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