# Appendix A Magnetic Stripe Data Format for Qwantum ASIC ## **Magnetic Stripe Data Format**


ASIC Status (32 bits)	Track A Data (92 bytes = 2+88+2)	Track B Data (92 bytes = 2+88+2)	Track C Data (92 bytes = 2+88+2)	Qwantum Token (Standard Mode: 54 bytes Extended Mode: 198 bytes)

ASIC

Status

(32 bits)

Track A Data

(92 bytes

= 2+88+2)

Track B Data

(92 bytes

= 2+88+2)

Track C Data

(92 bytes

= 2+88+2)

Qwantum Token (Standard Mode: 54 bytes Extended Mode: 198 bytes)

{% hint style="info" %} **NOTES:** * Each track data includes two bytes of leading bits and two bytes of trailing bits. * The leading & trailing bits are ignored and filled with zeros in the SPI mode. {% endhint %} ## **ASIC Status Bits (32 bits)**


Byte #	Bit Number	Description	Qwantum ASIC SPI	Qwantum ASIC Data Strobe
Byte #3	31 ~ 25	Unused (all zeros)	0000000	0000000
Byte #3	24	Obfuscation (0=Disabled; 1=Enabled)	0 or 1 (cfg)	0
Byte #2	23	Interface (0=Data Strobe; 1=SPI)	1	0
Byte #2	22	Qwantum ASIC (0=Other ASIC; 1=Qwantum ASIC)	1	1
Byte #2	21	Swipe Direction (0=Forward; 1=Reverse)	0 or 1 (stat1)	0 or 1
Byte #2	20	No Noise Status	Not supported	0 or 1
Byte #2	19	Too Fast (0=Normal; 1=Too fast)	Not supported	0 or 1
Byte #2	18	Too Slow (0=Normal; 1=Too slow)	Not supported	0 or 1
Byte #2	17 ~ 16	Reserved (all zeros)	00	00
Byte #1	15 ~ 12	Unused (all zeros)	0000	0000
Byte #1	11 ~ 08	ASIC Minor Revision (SPI mode only)	0001 (rev)	0000
Byte #0	07 ~ 04	ASIC Major Revision	0011 (rev)	0011
Byte #0	03 ~ 01	Qwantum Token Mode (000=Std; 111=Ext)	000 or 111 (cfg)	000 or 111
Byte #0	0	Qwantum Token Capable (0=Not Capable; 1=Capable)	0=Disabled; 1=Enabled (cfg)	1

## **Qwantum Token (54 bytes for Standard Mode or 198 bytes for Extended Mode)**


	Bit 7	Bit 6	Bit 5	Bit 4	Bit 3	Bit 2	Bit 1	Bit 0
Byte #0	0	0	0	0	Rev	Rev	Rev	Rev
Byte #1	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Byte #2	x	x	x	0	Swipe Direction	x	x	X
Byte #3	x	x	x	x	x	x	0	0

## **Qwantum Token Revision (Byte #0 in Qwantum Token Status)**


	Standard Mode	Extended Mode
MagnePrint ASIC (Data Strobe)	0x02	0x03
Qwantum ASIC (Date Strobe Mode)	0x04	0x05
Qwantum ASIC (SPI Mode with obfuscation disabled)	0x04	0x05
Qwantum ASIC (SPI Mode with obfuscation enabled)	0x06	0x07

Standard Mode

Extended Mode

MagnePrint ASIC (Data Strobe)

0x02

0x03

Qwantum ASIC (Date Strobe Mode)

0x04

0x05

Qwantum ASIC

(SPI Mode with obfuscation disabled)

0x04

0x05

Qwantum ASIC

(SPI Mode with obfuscation enabled)

0x06

0x07

## **ASIC Status & Qwantum Token Status Examples**


Qwantum Token Mode / Swipe Dir	Qwantum ASIC in Data Strobe Mode (Byte #0 .. #3)	Qwantum ASIC in Data Strobe Mode (Byte #0 .. #3)	Qwantum ASIC in SPI Mode Obfuscation disabled (Byte #0 .. #3)	Qwantum ASIC in SPI Mode Obfuscation disabled (Byte #0 .. #3)
Qwantum Token Mode / Swipe Dir	ASIC Status (4 bytes)	Qwantum Token Status (4 bytes)	ASIC Status (4 bytes)	Qwantum Token Status (4 bytes)
Standard / Forward	0040_0031	0400_0000	00C0_0131	0400_0000
Standard / Forward	0060_0031	0400_0800	00E0_0131	0400_0800
Standard / Forward	0040_003F	0580_0000	00C0_013F	0500_0000
Standard / Forward	0060_003F	0580_0800	00E0_013F	0500_0800

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