Hi, Chris,
It's not a newbie-ish question. It is kind of confusing out there.
Although we distribute the Linux starter kit at our homepage, we use
neither the Reflex 60 reader, nor the xcard application, so
unfortunately we cannot help you much on your problems. Also,
Schlumberger has dropped support for the starter kit, so you are on
your own.
That said, general PC/SC advice ...
1. Make sure the reader configuration file, /etc/reader.conf, is there and
is correct. Especially the port number (or CHANNELID) part.
2. Make sure the permission of the serial port you attach your reader is
open to you. For example, 666 for /dev/cua0 and /dev/cua1.
3. Try running pay instead of xcard, and type 1 or 2 (card reset). This
way, you can at least tell whether the problem is in the reader driver, or
in the application (xcard or pay, in this case).
Just for your reference, my /etc/reader.conf looks like this.
FRIENDLYNAME "Todos"
DEVICENAME TODOS_AG
LIBPATH /usr/local/pcsc/lib/libtodos_ag.so
CHANNELID 0x0102f8
FRIENDLYNAME "Todos Debug"
DEVICENAME TODOS_AG
LIBPATH /usr/local/pcsc/lib/libtodos_ag_dbg.so
CHANNELID 0x0102f8
FRIENDLYNAME "Towitoko Chipdrive"
DEVICENAME TOW_CHP_DV
LIBPATH /usr/local/pcsc/lib/libtowitoko.so
CHANNELID 0x0102F8
Good luck.
> Hi all
>
> I've gottan pcscd to compile and start up, and it detects card inserts
> and such, so I think that I've got the driver working and the
> middleware, however when I run xCard, it says that it can't locate the
> "Reflex 60" card reader or some such error. So I can't read or write to
> the card. Is this the right tool to be using, or should I be using some
> other piece of software?
>
> I'm running RedHat 6.2 with the 2.4.0 kernel (stable). I know this is a
> really newbie-ish question, but I'm stumped.
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer,
> Chris TenHarmsel
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