Hello,

I recently purchased an ACS Smartcard Kit. I knew that I might have
some difficulty because I am choosing Linux as my platform of
development, but I am already writing under linux for other packages and
would like the smartcard to be usable in my other work.

My initial difficulty has been the driver itself. The one packaged in
the kit is for the ACS Cybermouse ... which I assume works with the
ACR30 serial smartcard reader, but I do not see any indication of
compatibility in the kit. Also, the version number seems VERY low
(0.3.5). A trip to the MUSCLE site for a newer driver took me straight
back to acs.com.hk where I see only the 0.3.5 driver that got with my kit.

Next, I noticed that pcsc-lite was version 0.7.8 on the kit's disk but
that MUSCLE declares that there is a stable release of version 1.1.1.

So, in my ingorance, I am trying to use the 0.3.5 driver with the 1.1.1
pcsc-lite.

When compile the driver code and install it, then compile the pcsc-lite
code and install it as well (Ran installifd to set the reader.conf.), I
then run the daemon. Nothing really seems to happen -- it doesn't core
dump. When I ps -A, I see three processes running. So, I decide to run
the ./testpcsc ... which tells me there is an error.

After investigating the situation further, I determined that a message
is being sent to the reader, but it is not receiving any response.

After all my rambling here, I am convinced that I really do not know
what I am doing and need a little friendly advise.

1) Is that the correct driver for the ACS30 serial?
2) Is there an alternate method to detect the smartcard reader?
3) On another note, the development kit says that the devices are
readers and writers but the device itself says nothing about being a
writer. So, does it write cards too? Seems pretty useless as a
development kit if it does not both read and write.
4) If the driver mentioned above does work with the device, then is
there a more recent version?

Answers, insights, and cross-examintions are very welcome.

Matthew A. Raymer

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