Using the Gemalto smart card reader

TKE 9.0 and later supports Gemalto smart card readers.

Important: Gemalto CT700 readers only work with smart cards that have applets that are loaded from TKE 8.1 or later. Therefore, you must carry Omnikey Cardman 3821 smart card readers forward to use smart cards with pre-TKE 8.1 applets on TKE 9.0 and later. See Table 1 for the actions that are required to move to smart cards that work in Gemalto smart card readers.

The smart card reader has a PIN pad, a display window, and some LED indicators. On the PIN pad, TKE supports the numeric buttons (0-9), the red cancel button, the yellow clear button, and the green Enter button.

The display is blank if the reader is not attached. When attached, the display shows 'Insert Card' and the green LED flashes. When you insert a smart card, the display goes blank and the green LED goes to a solid color.

Only one smart card application can be opened at a time. If more than one is opened, you get an error message that indicates that smart card functions are not available or smart card readers are not available, depending on the application.

The smart card has a gold plated contact. Insert the gold plated contact so that it faces you and pointed down into the smart card reader.

When prompted to insert a smart card, insert the smart card until the green LED light stops flashing. If the display still shows 'Insert Card', the smart card was not inserted correctly.

When prompted for a PIN, enter your PIN by using the numeric buttons on the PIN pad and press Enter. If a PIN is not entered promptly, the PIN prompt times out and a timeout message is displayed for the application. You must then restart the task.

The Clear button works like a backspace button. If you press the wrong button when you are entering your PIN, you can backspace a character or characters by pressing the clear button.

The Cancel button can be used to cancel the task anytime while you are completing a smart card operation.

The other buttons on the PIN pad are not operational.

For information on the procedures that must be followed if you want to use smart cards that are supported by Gemalto smart card readers, see TKE upgrade and migration actions.