Generic CardTerminal Download Page
This page describes how to download, and
install the Generic CardTerminal components
for Gemplus Serial Smart Card Readers (PC links).
See also the
Generic CardTerlminal Home-Page
for a complete on-line documentation set about this component.
This is a first version and is provided AS-IS. See the
Important Note section below. |
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IMPORTANT NOTE: The presented Java software code
is a beta-version for developers
and IS PROVIDED AS-IS by Gemplus and potentially many
contributors (see the
RCS log files).
Thus this code is provided to you
without any warranty of any kind! Please see the
LICENSE file for more details.
Therefore, this code has not been tested by many people yet; it may
contain bugs or even semantic misbehaviour; and it has not been reviewed
as a supported Gemplus product.
Comments, problem reports, or even submissions of source code
enhancements or patches
are highly welcome.
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Two distribution files are available: one in "tar.gz"
format, and one in "zip" format. Select the one
corresponding to your platform and/or available unpacking tools, e.g.,
Note that the "tar.gz" file is significantly
smaller (30% smaller), so if you have the right WINZIP plugin for
"tar.gz" files, it is advised to choose this one.
This sections explains how to install Serial Readers CardTerminals.
For other types of CardTerminals, see their related "Download Page".
Note that if you are not using the CardTable
platform, there are some prerequisites
before being able to use OpenCard components. See the prerequisites page
for more details.
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For installing Gemplus Serial Readers CardTerminals component:
- first, download "gemplus-terminals-4.1.zip" or
"gemplus-terminals-4.1.tar.gz" (see above),
- unpack the distribution in the directory containing
OCF, this should provide new files and directories
among which: "lib/gemplus-terminals-4.1.jar",
- insert "lib/gemplus-terminals-4.1.jar" into your
CLASSPATH environment variable (JDK 1.x)
or copy this JAR file into your jre/lib/ext/
directory (JDK 1.2 or 1.3).
- develop your own CardServices and Smart Card enabled applications
that requests and make use of CardTerminals (see the
OpenCard Programmer's Guide
for more details).
- configure your "opencard.properties" in order
to use the GemplusCardTerminalFactory factory.
More detailed User's information on the CardTerminals component (e.g.,
syntax of property files, supported readers, etc.) and Developer's
informartion (e.g., architecture, pointers to Javadocs and sources)
is given in the
Gemplus CardTerminals Home-Page.
Please send any comments,
enhancements suggestions, or problem reports
to the
webmaster
who will take your comment into account or dispatch it to the right person.
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