L.A. 2600 - August 2, 1996 Meeting Recap Errata

L.A. 2600

Thanks to enigma over at netninja.com for originally writing this report.

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Card Data Format

Track	Recording Density (bits per inch)	Character Configuration (including Parity Bit)	Information Content

Track 1	210 bpi	7 bits per character	79 alphanumeric characters
Track 2	75 bpi	5 bits per character	40 numeric characters
Track 3	210 bpi	5 bits per character	107 numeric characters

Track 1

SS FC PAN FS Name FS Additional Data ES LRC
% { Primary Account Number
(19 digits max.) { Name
(29 alphanumeric
characters max.) { * Expiration Date
* Restriction or Type
* Offset or PVN
discretionary Data ?

Shaded area identifies control characters
SS Start Sentinel %
FS Field Separator {
ES End Sentinel ?
FC Format Code
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check character

Notes

Track 1 is limited to 79 characters including Start Sentinel, End Sentinel, and LRC

MasterCard PAN is variable up to 16 characters maximum

VISA is 13 or 16 characters, including mod 10 check digit

Track 2

SS PAN FS Additional Data ES LRC
0x0B Primary Account Number
(19 digits max.) 0x0D * Expiration Date
* Restriction or Type
* Offset or PVN
Discretionary Data 0x0F

Shaded area identifies control characters
SS Start Sentinel Hex B %
FS Field Separator Hex D {
ES End Sentinel Hex F ?
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check character

Notes

Track 2 is limited to 40 characters including Start Sentinel, End Sentinel, and LRC

MasterCard PAN is variable up to 16 characters maximum

VISA is 13 or 16 characters, including mod 10 check digit

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