I have this card reader. i didn't find any driver to it in the internet.
it has RS232 connection.
i need it to work with windows 98 and windows2000

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Clarification of Question by sharon_de_salmon-ga on 05 Sep 2004 01:39 PDT

I tried connecting to it through com1 with hypertermilal in different settings.
I only managed to get the led on and off and make it beep once
connected but i got no read.

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Clarification of Question by sharon_de_salmon-ga on 05 Sep 2004 06:54 PDT

I tried this parameters but did not get any read. 
I have no application that use it I will try later on to read it from
visual basic code.

The card reader really shouldn't need drivers per se. The application
that uses this card reader should just need to know where to look for
the reader (which COM port).

If you're attempting to "roll your own" connection to the card reader,
you can check it out with connections using Hyperterminal. Once
connected to Hyperterminal and the proper com port, you can scan a
test card using various baud rates. I can't tell you for sure, but
maybe 1200 or 2400 baud, 8 bits/No parity/1 stop bit will read the
card (7/E/2 is another option). Just try different configs until the
scan is legible.

Most scanners are supposed to be as invisible to the system as
possible. That is to say, they should plug and play just like a
keyboard. An RS232 connection should be rather painless, but not as
much as a keyboard wedge.

I really don't think drivers will be necessary.

Though this is NOT an olivetti, perhaps these settings can work:
9600 baud or higher, 8 bits Even parity 1 stop bit. (from a magtek manual)
9600 8N1 or 9600 8E1 X-On/Xoff seems to be popular among mag stripe readers. 

Do you have an application already or are you adapting the hardware to
an application?