New about this balance reader is, that it can be controlled via an ISO 7816 compatible command.

Smart card, such as the JavaCard^®, MultOS^® or the BasicCard^® are capable of learning new "ISO7816 commands". This simplifies the adaption of a balance reader to one of the smart cards mentioned above. Thus expensive adaptions of the pocket card reader are not necessary.

The balance reader is equipped with a 10 character display. It can show data from a smart card, such as sums of money, loyalty points or a PIN.

When you want to use the balance reader with the BasicCard, this will take 10 min. of your time to program this small device. How to do, please read here: (PDF-Doc, 143 kBytes)