Connecting a smart card reader

The SDK supports a smart card reader connection (JSR 177).

To connect a smart card reader to the SDK:

  1. In the main window, select Tools > Preferences and click the General tab.

  2. In the Additional settings section, check Smart card interface (APDU) and connect the smart card reader to your PC.

    Note: If you do not check the Smart Card interface (APDU) option, the SDK does not recognize any smart card readers that you have connected to your PC.

  3. Select OK.

    A confirmation window appears.

  4. Select OK.

  5. Restart the SDK.

    Note: Insert the smart card into the reader before SDK start-up. The smart card interface is cold swappable

On start-up, a pop-up window appears with the following information:

  • If there is only one smart card reader connected to your PC, the options are either No reader attached or the name of the reader you have attached.

  • If there are more than one smart card readers connected to your PC, all the readers are listed. You can select only one reader at a time from the list. After selecting the reader, the options are either No reader attached or the name of the reader you chose from the list.

If you experience problems with the smart card reader connectivity, you can redirect the possible errors to a chosen log file of the SDK. This log file is not automatically generated.

Logging smart card reader information

To capture the smart card reader information in a log file:

  1. Start the SDK instance and the monitoring to file the CLI, using the output redirection functionality.

  2. To start the logging, use the following:

    emulator > log.061208.

    Note: That you can use the same log file for MIDP tracing.

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