Swipe Reader Wire Colors
Magtek Serial
| 2 | Yellow | swipe data | ||
| 3 | Green | pc txd | ||
| 4 | Orange | VCC | ||
| 5 | Brown | GND | ||
Magtek PS2
| 4 | B | Yellow | VCC | VCC |
| 3 | B | Orange | GND | GND |
| 3 | B | Bare | GND | GND |
| 5 | M | Blue | NC | CLK |
| 1 | M | Green | NC | DATA |
| 1 | F | Red | DATA | NC |
| 5 | F | Brown | CLK | NC |
IDTech P/S-2
| Pin | ? | Color | KBD | CMP |
| 4 | B | Yellow | VCC | VCC |
| 3 | B | Black | GND | GND |
| 3 | B | Bare | GND | GND |
| N | B | Blue | NC | NC |
| 5 | M | White | NC | CLK |
| 1 | M | Green | NC | DATA |
| 1 | F | Gray | DATA | NC |
| 5 | F | Brown | CLK | NC |
1. For keyboard wedge reader(Model IDT3331-xx or WCR3331-xxQ), type following code in Notepad and press the Enter key, if the code is being accepted by the reader, it should sounds one beep. (2 beeps indicate an error, try again):
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