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Technology => Technophiliacs & Technophiles => Topic started by: SBTlauien on October 12, 2014, 05:55:54 am

Title: Smart Cards
Post by: SBTlauien on October 12, 2014, 05:55:54 am

I have this smart card that I would like to read/write to/from.  The part of the card looks just like the one in the lower left of this image.

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/SBTlauien/Smart%20Cards/2_zpsfff4fd7b.png)

I bought a cheap smart card reader/writer(it's actually a multi reader/write, SIM card, MICRO SIM, USB, M2?, MS, SD) and I am having trouble getting it to even read.  When I plug it into a USB port(I've tried different ones) my PC recognizes it and installs the drivers.  When I plug in a USB flash drive or a micro SD card, my PC recognizes them and will load the storage media.  However, when I plug in this smart card, nothing happens except the little light on the reader will change, indicating that it's reading.

I was reading about it and found out that I may need some middleware.  So I found a small program and installed it.  The program recognizes the reader(I ran the program with the reader unplugged and ran it with the reader plugged in), but nothing happens when I plug in my smart card.

Here's a picture showing what the program shows when I have it running and I have the smart card plugged in...

(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/SBTlauien/Smart%20Cards/1_zps73aa39c1.png)

Title: Re: Smart Cards
Post by: aldra on October 13, 2014, 04:54:17 am

I have nothing to add, but you've reminded me I need to read about how a SIM stores data. given the low volume, you may be able to just access the device in RAW mode and decode the data...

Title: Re: Smart Cards
Post by: SBTlauien on October 13, 2014, 06:48:46 pm

It doesn't seem to detect the card at all.  It does detect SIM cards, USB flash drives, micro SIM cards, just not the smart card.

I'm wondering if it's a security thing.  Maybe it's flipped on the smart card I have to throw people off.

Title: Re: Smart Cards
Post by: aldra on October 13, 2014, 11:27:48 pm

in all of those above images, you can see that the top-right terminal is connected to the middle section (ground?) - is yours laid out the same way? if not, you might be right in needing to rotate it to be read correctly.

Title: Re: Smart Cards
Post by: SBTlauien on October 14, 2014, 02:46:06 am

Quote from: aldra on October 13, 2014, 11:27:48 pm

in all of those above images, you can see that the top-right terminal is connected to the middle section (ground?) - is yours laid out the same way? if not, you might be right in needing to rotate it to be read correctly.

Mine is the same.  Maybe it's the reader I bought, it was cheap...

http://www.amazon.com/SGT121-Smart-Multi-Memory-Reader-3-Port/dp/B003ZSBU8K/

After reading through some of the negative reviews I think it may be the reader.