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enCheck 2500 check reader-- when supported?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:20 pm
by gwbowers
The enCheck is pretty popular these days. Will it be supportted?
Do you have programming codes for its support in PowerChurch 9?
Thanks-Gary
Re: enCheck 2500 check reader-- when supported?
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:01 am
by NeilZ
gwbowers wrote:The enCheck is pretty popular these days. Will it be supportted?
Do you have programming codes for its support in PowerChurch 9?
Thanks-Gary
FWIW .. we bought a check reader from a third-party (actually found it on eBay). It was programmable to allow it to read almost any encoding scheme. I just programmed it to use the encoding scheme that PC+ requires. I checked out the enCheck data sheet, and its manufacturer says it is programmable too .. so I would assume it would work.
Where can I find specs on how to set it
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 10:24 pm
by gwbowers
Neil:
Thanks for your input. Where on web is program manual, or how-to? I am having NO luck finding this. If you need, please contact me offline 704-458-2701 cell or
gwbowers@bellsouth.net;
Would appreciate any help.
Thanks all.
--Gary
Re: Where can I find specs on how to set it
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:14 am
by NeilZ
gwbowers wrote:Neil:
Thanks for your input. Where on web is program manual, or how-to? I am having NO luck finding this. If you need, please contact me offline 704-458-2701 cell or
gwbowers@bellsouth.net;
Would appreciate any help.
Thanks all.
--Gary
I had to do a Google search to find a company that sells it, and downloaded the data sheet. There are other check readers on the market that will do as good.
For instance, the Magtek MaxiWedge which I have. There's one on eBay right now for $10.00 starting bid. You will have to find a few keyboard adapters as it looks like it has the older keyboard cable adapters, but you can have a good checkreader for under $25.00.
And MAGTEK provides all its manuals, as well as a program to configure the readers online.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:44 am
by jeffkoke
We run a MagTek check reader and I purchased it online.
Unless they have changed/updated the program, it requires a Win9x OS to run. Just an advance warning...if you need to program the unit.
Jeff
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:06 am
by Zaphod
jeffkoke wrote:Unless they have changed/updated the program, it requires a Win9x OS to run.
Just to clarify, that's the Magtek check reader programming application,
not PowerChurch that requires Win9x.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:10 am
by jeffkoke
Oops, sorry for any confusion.
The programming software (provided free of charge by MagTek) to change the MagTek reader requires Win9x last I checked.
Jeff
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:39 am
by Zaphod
When I read your post, I thought, "Wait! We tested with XP and 2K!!" Then I re-read it.
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:26 pm
by NeilZ
jeffkoke wrote:Oops, sorry for any confusion.
The programming software (provided free of charge by MagTek) to change the MagTek reader requires Win9x last I checked.
Jeff
Strange .. cause I believe I ran it fine under WinXP ! Just checked the Magtek website, the MICRBase setup program is listed there as running under WinXP.
The link is:
http://www.magtek.com/support/software/ ... p_prog.asp
Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 3:08 pm
by Zaphod
Awesome, that means they've updated it. It used to only work with 95/98/Me.
The reason Magtek gave us was something about the keyboard buffer being different. I don't remember exactly.