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title: "How to program a Magtek USB card reader"
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updated: 2024-04-02T12:42:14Z
published: 2024-04-02T12:42:14Z
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# How to program a Magtek USB card reader

### Question:

How to program a Magtek USB Card reader.

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### Information:

Below are the codes needed to reprogram a Magtek card reader with the USB Swipe and Insert Reader found on the Magtek website at:

[http://www.magtek.com/support/software/demo_programs/usb_swipe_insert.asp](http://www.magtek.com/support/software/demo_programs/usb_swipe_insert.asp)

After installing, plug in the reader in an empty USB slot and run the application called USBMSR Demo from the Programs > MagTek menu.

In the white box adjacent to the Send Msg button seen in the screen shot below, enter the appropriate code and hit Send Msg. Anytime a code is entered one must type in a 02 and hit Send Msg again to execute the code.

See attached file for screen shots.

Codes

**01 1001 CONVERT TO KB**

**01 10 00 CONVERT TO HID**

**FC 55 AA DEFAULT SETTINGS-TO HID**

**01 03 01 TRACK 1 ONLY**

**01 03 04 TRACK 2 ONLY**

**01 03 10 TRACK 3 ONLY**

**01 03 05 TRACK 1,2**

**01 03 95 Track 1, 2 & 3**

**01 03 14 TRACK 2,3**

**01 04 03 DON'T SEND SS/ES**

**01 04 63 SEND SS/ES**

**01 02 10 SLOW DOWN -**

**01 05 8D CR AFTER EACH TRACK**

**01 05 0D CR AT END**

**01 05 08 BACKSPACE INSTEAD OF CR**

**01 14 31 SUBSTITUTE 1 FOR SS ON TRK 1**

**01 15 32 SUBSTITUTE 2 FOR SS ON TRK 2**

**01 05 00 REMOVE CR AT END**

**01 13 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 AFTER REMOVING CR, CAN REMOVE**

**UP TO 7 TRAILING DIGITS**

**ALWAYS SENT AN 02 AFTER SENDING ABOVE CODES. CLEAR SEND MESSAGE BOX AND THEN SEND 02.**

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