Hyper Card Racks work with ALL company card hosting software both on Windows and Linux environments.
There are 2 ways of working with our Hyper Card range of products:
1. Using our own Hyper Driver
This allows your software to talk to each card reader as if it were a standard individual USB card reader.
Pros:
1. No development is required.
2. Compatible both with Windows and Linux systems.
Cons:
1. Replacing the system Winscard.dll (Windows)/psclite (Linux) will prevent normal PC/SC USB readers from working.
2. In Windows systems, the Hyper Driver might be replaced with the original winscard.dll during a Windows Update and our driver will need to be reinstalled.
3. Each Hyper Card device connected by one USB connection can only be used by one application at a time
4. The operating system will see the Hyper Card device as a single USB device. Card slots can't be individually virtualized using USB virtualization.
Next Steps:
1. Purchase a Hyper Card device
2. Package the Hyper Driver into your application by following this guide:
2. Integrating our own protocol
This allows you to talk to each card reader through a serial connection.
The Hyper protocol is proprietary to us and we are happy to send you all the documentation required after you have signed an NDA.
Pros:
1. No driver manipulation is required in the system.
2. Compatible both with Windows and Linux systems.
Cons:
1. Requires development time.
2. Requires signing an NDA.
Next Steps:
1. Purchase a Hyper Card device to start integrating our devices with your software.
2. Sign an NDA with Lisle Design.
3. Get all the documentation and begin the integration process.