Hyper and Standard ranges explained

The Hyper range consists of serial card readers connected to an internal master board. This connects to your server via a USB cable using our own protocol. The operating system will see only one USB-Serial device per card rack, eliminating most USB limitations.

The Standard range consists of compact sets of standard USB PC/SC card readers with internal USB hubs. Any operating system will see as many standard USB PC/SC devices as card readers in the unit. It's a plug and play device with no special software requirements.

Comparison Chart

	Hyper Card Rack™ 120	Hyper Card Rack™ 20	Hyper Card Desktop™ 6	Standard Card Rack 20	Standard Card Desktop 6
Version	Hyper	Hyper	Hyper	Standard	Standard
Ideal for	Card hosting providers	Card hosting providers	Fleets hosting own cards	Card hosting providers	Fleets hosting own cards
Scalable	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Number of slots	30 to 6000 (120 per drawer)	20 to 6000 (20 per unit)	6	20	6
Connection type	USB - serial	USB - serial	USB - serial	USB - PC/SC	USB - PC/SC
Card reader numbering	Fixed	Fixed	Fixed	Random	Random
Number of USB Devices in OS	1 per 120 readers*	1 per 120 readers*	1 per 6 readers	20	6
Low power consumption	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Size per unit	19 in (W) 600 mm (D) 3U (H)	19 in (W) 100 mm** (D) 3U (H)	190 mm (W) 140 mm (D) 70 mm (H)	19 in (W) 100 mm** (D) 3U (H)	190 mm (W) 140 mm (D) 70 mm (H)
Rack mount compatible	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Can be used without rack mount	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Easy to integrate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Raspberry Pi support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Integrated Raspberry Pi	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional	Optional

*Can be extended to 1 per 240 readers if required

**150mm with integrated Raspberry Pi

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