EMV CT1 – EMV CT2
Alcinéo’s EMV® contact suite is a proven payment solution that enables a card acceptance device to process EMV transactions. Alcinéo’s suite is fully compliant with the EMV 4.3 specification.
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EMV CT1
Alcinéo’s EMV CT1 is a software protocol stack for smartcard readers. It implements the reader side of ISO 7816-3 and EMV 4.3 (Book 1) specifications. The EMV CT1 is a lightweight, highly portable software library that enables a terminal to process low level transactions, driving the physical and electrical characteristics and the transmission protocol.
Technical overview
- Smartcard Interface:
- T=0 and T=1 protocol
- PPS functionality (Protocol and parameter selection)
- EMV cards
- Loop-back application
Main features
- Decrease customer’s time to market, thanks to its well designed interface
- Portable and compact, no matter the targeted hardware
- High transaction speed enabled
- Ready for EMV Certification
Support and services
- Technical consulting
- ICS
- Full support during certification process
Applications
- POS, mPOS
- Mobile Payment
- Kiosk, Vending machine
- ATM
- Healthcare
EMV CT2
Technical overview
- All EMV defined application selection mechanisms (PSE, AID or partial AID),
- All EMV defined authentication methods (SDA, DDA and CDA) with support for default DDOL,
- All EMV defined CVMs (Plain text PIN, Online enciphered PIN, Offline Enciphered PIN, Signature paper, No CVM, Fail CVM, Bypass PIN),
- “Get data” for PIN try counter (thus, cardholders can be notified before PIN blocking)
- Advanced TRM functionality (Floor limit checking, random transaction selection, velocity checking, exception file, terminal risk management based on AIP),
- Terminal action analysis with terminal action codes (TACs) with support for transaction forced online by the merchant and default TDOLs
- Batch and data online capturing,
- Issuer script processing,
- Configurable terminal capabilities, additional terminal capabilities and terminal type,
- Multi language enabled with support for multiple code tables.
Main Features
- Portable and compact
- Rapid Portability
- Modularity
- Fully featured
- Environments :
- Windows™
- iOS, Android
- Linux
- Bare metal
- Java
- Multi-platform designed
- Ready for certification
Support and services
- Technical consulting
- ICS
- Full support during certification process
Applications
- POS, mPOS
- Mobile payment
- Kiosk, vending machine
- ATM
- Unattended payment device
- Toll system