Extensive ID System Experience Tapped

CORNELIUS, NC – February 13, 2002 – As part of their continued business development and expansion, ColorID, LLC announced today that they have named Nate Jenkins, Manager of Technical Services. Jenkins, who has many years of experience in the identification industry, has significant knowledge of DataCard and Fargo hardware and software products. 

February 14, 2002 - Lowell Adkins announces the opening of a consulting practice for higher education. Recognized as one of the pioneers in the development and implementation of card systems for higher education, Lowell was Director of the DukeCard System at Duke University. Under his leadership, the DukeCard program became one of the nation’s leading comprehensive campus card programs. 

Pair brings 27 Years of Combined Campus Card Syste

Tallahassee, FL, February 11, 2002 - As part of continued expansion, CyberMark recently named Richard Lewis Vice President of Sales and Laura Snyder Director of Marketing. The campus card system veterans will spearhead the company1s new sales and marketing headquarters located in Atlanta, GA. 

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Ithaca, New York—The CBORD Group, Inc., a leading supplier of housing management systems and campus-wide card systems, is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Best Access Systems of Indianapolis, Indiana. Best Access Systems (formerly Best Lock Corporation), has been a provider of security products for over 75 years, having designed and supplied access control systems for some of the largest corporations, institutions, and educational facilities in the United States and beyond. The partnership, to be announced at the annual meeting of NACCU (the National Association of Campus Card Users), brings integrated solutions with BEST’s door access systems together with CBORD’s campus-wide card systems. The BEST B.A.S.I.S. on line-off line access control software / CBORD Odyssey PCS Interface allows automatic updates to both systems when there are changes in just one of the systems. The interface also enables end users to populate cardholder information in the database of BOTH systems with a single entry. This includes the ability to notify the other system when a card is lost, reissued, or number is changed. “We are thrilled with this alliance,” stated Bruce Lane, Vice President of Communicating Systems for CBORD, “… because it allows us to provide more comprehensive solutions to our clients, which is our number one goal.” 

Editors Note: Over the years we have received more requests for this magnetic stripe information than any other, with a mix of technical and application information. However, if you feel yourself glazing-over through some of the technical data, be sure and see the section “What does this mean to my campus?” for your strategic reference and then forward this to your technical staff for their entertainment! 

The ANSI/ISO BCD Data format is format defines the data in encoding for Track 2. It uses 5-bits of data (zeros and ones) to create the character set. In reality, only 4 bits are used for character creation while the fifth bit is a parity bit that always leaves the character with an odd number of 1’s. Using this check, a reader can monitor its own read-accuracy (if it has an odd number of 1’s it assumes that a valid read occurred, if not then an error has occurred and the card must be re-swiped.