I have a project which need to play with memory card. I need to read and write into the card.
My reader model is: Alcor Micro AU9540 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-HIGH-SPEED-USB-EMV-PS-SC-SMART-CARD-CHIP-READER-AND-WRITER-SUPPORT-ISO-7816-/172165900399?hash=item2815e3286f:g:zJoAAOSwDuJWxOcc)
The card I use is: SLE4442 memory card (I lost the link)
I do this on ubuntu with pcsc-lite and pcsc-tools
When I use 'pcsc_scan' command, it can read the reader model successfully, but unresponsive card. Things like this:
leo@leo-ThinkPad-S3-S431:~$ pcsc_scan
PC/SC device scanner
V 1.4.23 (c) 2001-2011, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
Compiled with PC/SC lite version: 1.8.11
Using reader plug'n play mechanism
Scanning present readers...
0: Alcor Micro AU9540 00 00
Tue Aug 9 01:57:39 2016
Reader 0: Alcor Micro AU9540 00 00
Card state: Card inserted, Unresponsive card,
But if I use my own in-use bank card (I know it is not memory card), but things like this, it got an ATR response:
Tue Aug 9 01:58:36 2016
Reader 0: Alcor Micro AU9540 00 00
Card state: Card inserted,
ATR: 3B 68 00 00 00 73 C8 40 13 00 90 00
ATR: 3B 68 00 00 00 73 C8 40 13 00 90 00
+ TS = 3B --> Direct Convention
+ T0 = 68, Y(1): 0110, K: 8 (historical bytes)
TB(1) = 00 --> VPP is not electrically connected
TC(1) = 00 --> Extra guard time: 0
+ Historical bytes: 00 73 C8 40 13 00 90 00
Category indicator byte: 00 (compact TLV data object)
Tag: 7, len: 3 (card capabilities)
Selection methods: C8
- DF selection by full DF name
- DF selection by partial DF name
- Implicit DF selection
Data coding byte: 40
- Behaviour of write functions: write OR
- Value 'FF' for the first byte of BER-TLV tag fields: invalid
- Data unit in quartets: 1
Command chaining, length fields and logical channels: 13
- Logical channel number assignment: by the card
- Maximum number of logical channels: 4
Mandatory status indicator (3 last bytes)
LCS (life card cycle): 00 (No information given)
SW: 9000 (Normal processing.)
Possibly identified card (using /usr/share/pcsc/smartcard_list.txt):
3B 68 00 00 00 73 C8 40 13 00 90 00
MASTERCARD issued by MLP (Marschollek, Lautenschl?ger and Partner)
G&D 12696-GDM-10/11 DEBIT CARD issued by BANCO DE CREDITO DEL PERU
With the compare, it seems problem is on the card.
I also guess if it is because the card I bought does not match the reader? On eBay, the details of the card like this: [card selling page][1]
[1]: https://i.sstatic.net/O6v1o.png It provides some models of card reader the card supports (some of the card support all the readers). Maybe my card does not support my reader?
Or maybe I need to do anything on the card first then I can get an ATR response?
A card can't do much to become compatible with a reader, its the other way round. Note that SLE4442 is a memory card, which means the communication is synchronous and uses two-wire protocol instead of asynchronous T=0 or T=1.
According to Alcor Micro the reader chip supports two-wire, so your card may be defective.
