EMV contactless readers

THE CRYPTO PRODUCT FAMILY.

Contactless EMV is ideal for fast, low-value payments at attended and unattended point-of-sale devices. The Crypto family of readers are fully certified by the payment industry and built to meet the demands of frequent use, day after day, year after year. They offer a secure and convenient payment method that cuts queues and improves customer experience.


UCRYPTO: EMV PAYMENTS READER

uCrypto is a compact contactless-only payment module designed for integration into attended and unattended point of sale solutions.

Certified to the PCI PTS version 5.1 standard, the reader is a secure solution capable of handling and protecting sensitive cardholder data. It is fully approved by the payments industry with EMV Level 1, Visa and Mastercard certificates, and optional ITSO libraries. A market-proven technology, uCrypto is ideal for transport operators, parking, vending and kiosk machine operators and manufacturers.


PICK AND MIX

HARDWARE OPTIONS.

uCrypto readers are highly configurable and can fit specific technical requirements or budget. There is a large array of ready-to-pick options, such as mechanical fit, interfacing and connectivity, with further customisations possible upon request.

Enclosures

Choose between Raised or Flush tough plastic casings for easy mounting to your POS device.

Interfacing

The available communication interfaces are USB or Serial. Different lengths of cable can be ordered.

Going online

Transaction messages need to be sent over the Internet. See our Telemetry terminal for connectivity options.

THE PERFECT FIT

MECHANICAL DRAWINGS.


THE PAYMENT PROCESS

EXPLAINED.

Crypto is a family of contactless payment modules that shares the same EMV-certified firmware. There is no file system or operating system, which means that the reader can be shut down instantly without corruption of keys or losing configurations; power up is also fast.

The reader communicates via serial interface – RS232 or UART logic levels, or USB CDC. The host (POS computer or telemetry terminal) should implement the Gemini 2000 API library, which takes care of the low-level communications layer. An additional library – Crypto Interface library – is provided to facilitate EMV contactless payment transactions. For more details, please refer to Crypto Interface Library User Manual. For detailed software development documentation refer to Gemini 2000 API4.0 Reference Guide and Crypto Developer Guide.

No two integration projects are alike, but some tasks are common to all. A typical starting point is choosing a reader hardware configuration and establishing communications. But to really get going, detailed understanding of EMV payment specification is key. We’ll point you to reference documentation to study. We also provide a basic payment terminal application project that you’re welcome to study as a basis for your own system development.

Once transactions are successfully processed locally, a next step is to exchange transaction data from the reader with your financial partner for processing and approval.

Finally, your entire payment system needs to be certified to EMV Level 3 before going live. This is tested by your financial partner, who shares test results with the acquirer and card schemes.

An advantage of Crypto is the clear split between open loop and closed loop applications. All EMV payment (open loop) modules within the firmware are certified by EMVCo, Visa and Mastercard. Closed loop schemes, for example reading of Mifare cards or the transport schemes ITSO and Calypso, are executed by the host via the reader’s Pass-through mode. As such, system developers can integrate numerous closed loop schemes independently.

With ever-changing functional, regulatory and security requirements, over-the-air update is a must for any new payment reader deployment. All updates are possible through a Terminal Management System, either built by the customer or provided by Gemini 2000.


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TECHNICAL

DATASHEET.

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions 65x 75 x 28 mm (OEM module)
Weight 40 g (OEM module)
Status indicators Beeper
4 LED indicators
OLED screen (optional)
CONNECTIVITY
Host interface USB CDC, RS232, Serial UART
Power supply 5V DC
Current consumption 350mA@5V peak
CERTIFICATES
EMV Level 1, EMV Level 2 Visa and Mastercard, TQM Label, PCI PTS v5.1
CONTACTLESS INTERFACE
Operating frequency 13.56 MHz
Chipset PN5180
Communication standards NFC ISO/IEC 18092, ISO/IEC 14443 (Type A & B)
CONTACT INTERFACE
Card slots One SAM card slot
SECURITY
PCI PTS v5.1. Cryptography: DES/3DES, AES, RSA, SHA-1, SHA-256

CRYPTO: AN OEM PAYMENTS MODULE

Crypto is a more specialist device aimed at transit applications. It has a larger form factor than uCrypto, supports RS485 and SPI interfaces (not available on uCrypto) and a choice of 12V and 5V power supply (only 5V on uCrypto.) Crypto has no casing options and is available as an OEM module only. Both readers share the same firmware.


TELEMETRY TERMINAL

The uCrypto reader is an embedded module that requires an external computer to complete the payment system and pass EMV Level 3 certification. It hosts the business logic, instructs the reader to initiate transactions and provides added communication interfaces. This can be done on the client’s POS, or our own purpose-built telemetry terminal. The terminal is a Linux platform that is open to developers. Ethernet connectivity comes as standard, and there are optional WiFi or 4G add-ons.