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How Do I Check the Encryption Status for my IDTECH Device?

How Do I Check the Encryption Status for my IDTECH Device?

Scope: This article applies to ID TECH NEO, NEO 2, and NEO 3 products, including Kiosk IV, Kiosk V, Vendi, VP5300, VP6300, VP6800, VP3300, VP3350, VP6825, VP7200, and related devices.

Check the encryption status by using the Get Data Encryption Enable Flag (C7-37) command, as outlined in the NEO and NEO 2 IDG. Contact your ID TECH sales representative for details.

Run the C7-37 command from the ID TECH SDK Demo app.

  1. In the demo, open Device, then select Send NEO Command.

  2. Enter C7 in the CMD field and 37 in the Sub-command field.

  3. After filling in the fields, select Execute Command.

  4. The results window returns a 1-byte response that indicates the device encryption status. See the screenshot below.

There are four possible encryption states:

  1. 00: No encryption

  2. 01: MSR encryption only

  3. 02: EMV encryption only

  4. 03: MSR and EMV encryption

Note: A device can report an encryption status greater than 00 even if no key has been injected. Encryption status is not the same as key status. A reader without a data encryption key will not output encrypted data. An SRED reader without an injected data encryption key will not output any data, whether clear text or encrypted.