
542 WIN-PAK User Guide
Magnetic Stripe Encoding
Track 1, 2, and 3 tabs on the Badge Object
Properties window are used when magnetic stripe
data is defined for the badge.
NOTE: Some encoders and some cards do not support
Track 3. Check your printer and card supplier before using
this feature.
For each track, specify the magnetic stripe format:
IATA, ABA, or TTS. The industry standards for
track/format assignment are:
• Track 1 - IATA: The NR-2-WR and NR-
6-WR read ABA on Track 1.
• Track 2 - ABA: The NR-1-WR, NR-3-
WR, NR-5 and the NR-5-KP read ABA on
Track 2.
• Track 3 - TTS: The NR7 reads ABA on
Track 3.
Each track can have a number of data items. The
number of items is limited by the amount of data
that will fit on a given track. See your printer
documentation for the number of characters that can
be encoded using each format. Only certain ASCII
characters can be used, depending on the format
selected for that track.
IATA accepts the alphanumeric characters 0 – 9,
and A – Z, plus various punctuation characters
(ASCII 32 - 95). Lower case letters are forced to
uppercase as IATA doesn't understand lowercase. If
a field separator is required, it is designated by the ^
character.
ABA accepts only numeric characters 0–9 and
various punctuation characters (ASCII 48–63).
TTS accepts numeric characters 0–9, and various
punctuation characters (ASCII 32–95).
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