About smart card reader


Information about reader selected in information tree is:

Name
Reader's name as used by operating system (PC/SC).
Vendor
Type
Communication type
Method of communication between reader and system. Most readers are connected via standard PC/SC interface. But some readers can communicate in a different way - they use an external communication library (.so) to communicate.
Connected to
Communication channel (port) used to connect smart card reader to PC.
Card name
ATR name found in system card database.
ATR
Ref. ATR

Program gets information about smart card readers connected via PC/SC from PC/SC modules. External library (.so) for communication gives data about smart card readers using different way of connection. This library doesn't always have to present all required information - then about smart card reader is incomplete.

Most information about smart card reader can be obtained only if a card is inserted into the reader. In other case the information will be incomplete.