The MFC docs claim it to be ISO 7816 compliant. Is there anyone who has
has success reading IBM MFC cards with a GemPlus reader?
Rich
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Peter Tomlinson wrote:
> >From ISO 7816-3:1997, ATR looks like:
>
> 3B Direct data convention
> EF TB1, TC1, TD1 present, 15 historical bytes
> 00 TB1 Vpp not used
> FF TC1 Min delay between character transmissions is default value (11 etu
> for T=1)
> 81 TD1 T=1 protocol only, TD2 is present
> 31 TD2 TB3 and TC3 present
> FF TB3 BWI for T=1 not as per ISO (value F is 'reserved'), CWI for T=1 = 15
> 65 TC3 Bit 0 says LRC used in T=1, other bits should be all be set to zero
> for ISO 7816
> Historical bytes say: IBM MFC92292890, where the first byte (49) both says
> that the hist bytes are not coded as per 7816-4 and also is the character
> 'I' as the start of 'IBM'
>
> I seem to remember that the IBM MFC card is an ETSI TE9 / CEN EN726
> (telecoms standard) card, and not an ISO 7816 card...
>
> Peter T
> Bristol UK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Wareham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 9:49 AM
> Subject: MUSCLE Error using an IBM MFC in GemPlus readers.
>
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am currently porting some Windows software for the management of
> > smartcards over to Linux, the cards in question are IBM MFC 4.22 smart
> > cards. I get the same error on card power up from both the GemPlus 410
> > serial and GemPlus 430 USB card reader when using the PCSClite drivers. In
> > both cases the drivers send the following OROS command:
> >
> > 12
> >
> > which attempts to power up the card and return the ATR, the response is
> >
> > A0 3B EF 00 FF 81 31 FF 65 49 42 4D 20 4D 46 43 39 32 32 39 32 38 39 30 17
> >
> > The first byte is an error code which is, according to the GemPlus docs,
> > "Error in the card reset response, such as unknown exchange protocol, or
> > byte TA1 not recognized [sic]. The card is not supported by OROS. The card
> > reset response is nevertheless returned."
> >
> > Since I'm rather new to smart-card programming, could someone tell me what
> > this means and who is at fault.
> >
> > BTW, the same readers and cards work fine with PC/SC under Windows.
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > --
> > rich
> >
> > The box says 'Requires Win95 or better' so it /must/ run under Linux
> >
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rich
The box says 'Requires Win95 or better' so it /must/ run under Linux
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