Like the other card reader/writer we described above, the MSR606 can read and write data on both low and high coercivity mag stripe cards.
The only other difference we saw is that the power adapter included with the MSR606 draws 24V, considerably more than the MSR605. While the manufacturer says the MSR606 can read and write to Driver Licenses, the MSR605 isn’t always advertised as having this ability. The Deftun MSR606 is said to be the professional version of the MSR605. Reader/writer head anticipated lifetime is 1 million passes before failureĭeftun MSR606 HiCo Magnetic Stripe Card Reader Writer Encoder MSR206.Comes with CD containing the driver and software needed to read and write.More features of the Deftun MSR605 magnetic stripe card reader/writer: It’s rated as drawing 2A of current, a little less than the MSR606 below. You can practice on the twenty blank cards included in the box.īesides the USB interface, you’ll need to power the MSR605 with the included 9V power adapter. Track 3 is rarely used, but Tracks 1 and 2 are commonly used for commercial banking cards. It can view and record to all three tracks. That means it can access data for credit cards, hotel door keys, and transit passes. It can read and write both high coercivity and low coercivity cards, from 300 up to 4000 Oe.
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The MSR605 uses a serial connection over USB and proprietary software to read magnetic stripe cards and write to them. Although the MSR605’s instructions say it’s only compatible with the Windows operating system, some users have had success with Mac and Linux running emulator software like Parallels and Wine. Neither one is HID they both require drivers to be installed on a PC in order to communicate with the computer. The Deftun MSR605 is typically less expensive than the MSR606 described below.