Showing posts with label Card Reader. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Card Reader. Show all posts

Friday, 23 August 2013

Installing Omnikey CardMan 3x21 in Ubuntu

The OmniKey uses the PCSC spesification, PC/SC (short for "Personal Computer/Smart Card") is a specification for smart-card integration into computer environments.

On Ubuntu Raring (13.04) this can be installed via:
sudo apt-get install pcscd 
sudo apt-get install pcsc-tools

Then download the latest firmware from the hidglobal website (search for the PC/SC CCID version) for x64 system it would be : "CardMan 3x21 PC/SC CCID for Linux X64"

Then unpack the file and run the installer:
cd /home/cccam/ifdokccid_lnx_x64-3.7.0/ 
chmod 755 install
sudo ./install

and lastly run the scanner to search for a card reader in a terminal window
cd 
pcsc_scan

if all go according to plan the following should see:
user@pc:~$ pcsc_scan 
PC/SC device scanner
V 1.4.21 (c) 2001-2011, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@free.fr>
Compiled with PC/SC lite version: 1.8.6
Using reader plug'n play mechanism
Scanning present readers...
0: OMNIKEY AG CardMan 3021 00 00
Fri Aug 23 20:08:37 2013
Reader 0: OMNIKEY AG CardMan 3021 00 00
  Card state: Card removed,