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.\" Process this file with
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.\" groff -man -Tascii reader_conf.8
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.TH READER_CONF 8 "April 2004" Linux "User Manual"
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reader.conf - configuration file for pcscd readers' drivers
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.I @confdir@/reader.conf
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file contains configuration informations for serial and (some) PCMCIA
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USB readers SHALL NOT be configured using this file.
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uses another mechanism to automatically load USB drivers.
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.I @confdir@/reader.conf
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is a regular text file. Each reader must be defined by four fields:
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FRIENDLYNAME TEXT_STRING
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The "FRIENDLYNAME" field is an arbitrary text used to identify the
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reader. This text is displayed by commands like
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that prints the names of all the connected and detected readers.
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The "DEVICENAME" field was not used for old drivers (using the IFD
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handler version 2.0 or previous). It is now (IFD handler version 3.0) used
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to identify the physical port on which the reader is connected. This
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is the device name of this port. It is dependant of the OS kernel. The
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first serial port device is called
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The "LIBPATH" field is the filename of the driver code. The driver is
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a dynamically loaded piece of code (generaly a
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The "CHANNELID" is no more used for recent drivers (IFD handler 3.0) and
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has been superseeded by "DEVICENAME". If you have an old driver this
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field is used to indicate the port to use. You should read your driver
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documentation to know what information is needed here. It should be the
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serial port number for a serial reader.
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# Gemplus GemPCTwin reader with serial communication
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# connected to the first serial port
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FRIENDLYNAME "GemPCTwin serial"
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LIBPATH @usbdropdir@/serial/libccidtwin.so.0.4.1
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In order to set up your
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.I @confdir@/reader.conf
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file correctly you may want to have debug messages from
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I recommand you to start
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in the foreground using:
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If everything seems OK you can use the
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command to print the list of correctly detected readers and try to get
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the ATR of your smart cards.
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Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>