Category: Windows

  • SpringCard PC/SC SDK version 2.12

    The version 2.12 of our PC/SC SDK is now available for download: pcsc-sdk_2-12.zip. You can use it with our products in the SpringCard CSB6 Family (CSB6, Prox’N’Roll PC/SC, EasyFinger and CrazyWriter) and our NFC readers/encoders (H512, NFC’Roll).

  • Using SCardControl under Linux and from a Java program

    SCardControl is the PC/SC function that makes it possible for the application to invoke ‘proprietary’ functions, implemented either in the PC/SC reader itself (CSB6, Prox’N’Roll PC/SC, EasyFinger or CrazyWriter) , or in its driver running on the PC, or in the PC/SC middleware. The prototype is: LONG SCardControl( SCARDHANDLE hCard, DWORD dwControlCode, LPCVOID lpInBuffer, DWORD nInBufferSize, LPVOID lpOutBuffer, DWORD nOutBufferSize, LPDWORD…

  • Retrieving the firmware version of your SpringCard PC/SC reader

    In order to retrieve the firmware version of your SpringCard PC/SC reader (CSB6, Prox’N’Roll PC/SC, EasyFinger and CrazyWriter), you’ll need the Springcard PC/SC Diagnostic Tool, available in our SDK (PcscDiag2.exe). Once launched, the tool should display your smart card reader. In the following snapshots, the reader is a Prox’N’Roll PC/SC, but it would be same for other PC/SC readers (CSB6,…

  • New WHQL-certified PC/SC driver

    Edited 24/04/2012: an updated version has been published to correct a few bugs. Please read this article. Our new PC/SC driver is now online and ready for download! This driver (code name : SDD480-BA) has been certified my Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Qualification Labs (WHQL) for both 32 and 64 bits operating systems. It targets all…

  • Windows 7 complains on missing driver for smartcards – a practical workaround

    Smartcards and smartcard-aware applications using application level commands (APDUs) are older than Windows and worked very well in the past, until Microsoft suddently decided that a smartcard shouldn’t be handheld directly by the applications anymore, and introduced the concept of smartcard driver software (ICC Service Provider withing the PC/SC framework). This issue sometimes occurs with our…