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 A Universal Smart Card ReaderGCR410

GCR410
Product Sheet.

A highly accessible, highly convenient solution.

This compact card reader, designed to plug into a PC environment, is the ultimate smart card peripheral for a PC. It is 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 GCR410 is the smartest answer. For the first time, a solution is available that offers impressive possibilities at an exceptional price.

Small is beautiful

At a mere 86 x 85 x 26 mm, the GCR410 will handle the card interface, while your computer supports and manages the applications. Compatible with all major computers and operating systems, the GCR410 is powered from your computer’s keyboard port, free of the constraints associated with other power-source options.

It 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 or entertaining things.

Years of Gemplus technological experience, now available to all

The GCR410 is based on Gemplus’s 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 GCR410 will happily blend with all main environments (DOS, Windows ®* 3.x, Windows ® 95, Windows ® NT, OS/2 ® , etc.), all types of card, and most makes of computer. It will readily adapt to new smart-card services, as they become available.

Compatibility with the GCR400

The GCR410 is compatible with the GCR400 when used with its main power supply block. When the GCR400 is used with a battery, some application software changes may be necessary for compatibility.

GCR410 Features and Application Standards

Feature

Description
Smart-card interface
  • reads from and writes to all ISO7816-1/2/3/4 memory and microprocessor smart cards (T=0, T=1)
  • supports 3V and 5V cards
Communication
  • programmable from 9,600 baud to 115,200 baud with the smart card
  • up to 38,400 baud for communication with PC
Power consumption average of 20 mA in operational mode
Interface modes
  • Serial communication with the PC through RS232 connection
  • TLP224 and GBP (Gemplus Block Protocol)
Power supply 5V maximum
Electro-magnetic standards
  • Europe: 89/336/CEE guideline
  • USA: FCC part 15
Security levels
  • Europe: EN60950
  • USA: UL1950
  • Canada: CSA950

The cable supplied with the GCR410 allows the user to connect both the keyboard and the reader to the same port.