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PinPadBase Members (POS for .NET v1.12 SDK Documentation)

2/27/2008

Implements all properties and methods for supporting PIN pad devices.

The following tables list the members exposed by the PinPadBase type.

Protected Constructors

  Name Description
PinPadBase Creates an instance of the PinPadBase class.

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Public Fields

  Name Description
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExtendedErrorBadKey  Indicates that an encryption key is corrupted or missing. (inherited from PinPad)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExtendedErrorFirmwareBadFile  Indicates the specified firmware file or files exist, but one or more of those files are either not in the correct format or are corrupted. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExtendedErrorStatistics  Indicates a specified statistic could not be reset or updated. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExtendedErrorStatisticsDependency  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticCommunicationErrorCount  Holds the programmatic name of the Communication Error Count common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticDeviceCategory  Holds the programmatic name of the Device Category common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticFirmwareRevision  Holds the programmatic name of the Firmware Revision common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticHoursPoweredCount  Holds the programmatic name of the Hours Powered On common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticInstallationDate  Holds the programmatic name of the Installation Date common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticInterface  Holds the programmatic name of the Interface common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticInvalidPINEntryCount  Incremented during the ExitPinEntryMode method if PIN entry has failed. (inherited from PinPad)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticManufactureDate  Holds the programmatic name of the Manufacture Date common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticManufacturerName  Holds the programmatic name of the Manufacturer Name common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticMechanicalRevision  Holds the programmatic name of the Mechanical Revision common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticModelName  Holds the programmatic name of the Model Name common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticSerialNumber  Holds the programmatic name of the Serial Number common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticUnifiedPOSVersion  Holds the programmatic name of the Unified POS Version common statistic. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatisticValidPINEntryCount  Incremented during the ExitPinEntryMode method if PIN entry has occurred successfully. (inherited from PinPad)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusPowerOff  Indicates that the device’s power is turned off or it is detached from the terminal. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusPowerOffline  Indicates that the device is powered on but is either not ready or unable to respond to requests. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusPowerOffOffline  Indicates that either the device’s power is off or it is offline. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusPowerOnline  Indicates that the device’s power is turned on and it is ready for use. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareComplete  Indicates the update firmware process has completed successfully. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareCompleteDeviceNotRestored  Indicates the update firmware process succeeded. However, the Service Object and/or the physical device cannot be returned to the state they were in before the update firmware process started.  (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceNeedsFirmware  Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device will not be operational until another attempt to update the firmware is successful. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceOk  Indicates the update firmware process failed. However, the device is still operational. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceUnknown  Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device is in an indeterminate state. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareFailedDeviceUnrecoverable  Indicates the update firmware process failed. The device is either unusable or unrecoverable through software. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateFirmwareProgress  Indicates the update firmware process has completed 1 to 100 percent successfully. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubfield(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif WaitForever  Used as the value for a timeout parameter in common and device-specific methods to indicate the method should wait until it receives a response, instead of timing out. (inherited from PosCommon)

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Public Properties

(see also Protected Properties )

  Name Description
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif AccountNumber Overridden. Holds the user’s account number for the current EFT transaction.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif AdditionalSecurityInformation Overridden. Holds security/encryption information, formatted as a Hex-ASCII string, after a successful PIN entry operation in which the DataEvent event is queued to the application with a DataEventArgs.Status of Success.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Amount Overridden. Holds the amount of the current EFT transaction.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif AvailableLanguagesList Overridden. Holds an array of the languages supported by the pre-defined prompts in the PIN pad device, as defined by the CultureInfo .NET Framework Class.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif AvailablePromptsList Overridden. Holds a comma-separated string of supported values for the Prompt property.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapCompareFirmwareVersion  Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the Service Object/device supports comparing the firmware version in the physical device against that of a firmware file. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapDisplay Overridden. Indicates the operations that the application can perform on the PIN pad display.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapKeyboard Overridden. If set to true, the application can use the PIN pad keyboard to obtain input.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapLanguage Overridden. Indicates the language of pre-defined messages for the PIN pad device (for example, English, French, Arabic, and so on).
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapMacCalculation Overridden. If set to true, the PIN pad supports MAC calculation.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapPowerReporting  Gets the power reporting capabilities of the device. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapStatisticsReporting  Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device can accumulate and can provide various statistics regarding usage. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapTone Overridden. If set to true, the PIN pad has a tone indicator, which is implemented as a ToneIndicator class object.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapUpdateFirmware  Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device's firmware can be updated through the UpdateFirmware method. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CapUpdateStatistics  Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether some or all the device statistics can be reset to 0 (zero) by using the ResetStatistic and ResetStatistics methods, or updated by using the UpdateStatistic and UpdateStatistics methods. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CheckHealthText  Gets a string that indicates the health of the device. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Claimed  Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device is claimed for exclusive access. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Compatibility  Gets the compatibility level of a device. (inherited from PosDevice)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DataCount  Holds the number of data events currently queued by the service object. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DataEventEnabled  When set to true by the application, the service object can deliver the next queued DataEvent event. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceDescription  Gets a string identifying the device and the company that manufactured it. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceEnabled  Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the device has been placed in an operational state. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceName  Gets a short string identifying the device and any pertinent information about it. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif EncryptedPin Overridden. Holds the value of the encrypted PIN after the DataEvent event notifies the application that a PIN entry operation has been completed.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif FreezeEvents  Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether the application has requested that the Service Object not deliver events. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif MaximumPinLength Overridden. Holds the maximum acceptable number of digits to be entered for the PIN.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif MerchantId Overridden. Holds the Merchant ID, as it is known to the EFT Transaction Host.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif MinimumPinLength Overridden. Holds the minimum acceptable number of digits to be entered for a PIN.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif PinEntryEnabled Overridden. Indicates whether the PinPad is ready to accept PIN entry.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif PowerNotify  Gets or sets the type of power notification selection made by the application. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif PowerState  Gets the current power condition. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Prompt Overridden. Holds a pre-defined message to be displayed on the PIN Pad.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif PromptLanguage Overridden. Specifies the language in which the message specified by the Prompt property will be displayed, as defined by the CultureInfo .NET Framework class.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ServiceObjectDescription  Gets a string identifying the Service Object that supports the device and the company that produced it. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ServiceObjectVersion  Gets the Service Object version number. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif State  Gets the current state of the device. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif SynchronizingObject  Gets or sets the object that is used to marshal the event handler calls issued because of a POS event. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif TerminalId Overridden. Holds the Terminal ID, as it is known to the EFT Transaction Host.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Track1Data Overridden. Holds either the decoded Track 1 data from the previous card swipe or an empty string.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Track2Data Overridden. Holds either the decoded Track 2 data from the previous card swipe or an empty string.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Track3Data Overridden. Holds either the decoded Track 3 data from the previous card swipe or an empty string.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Track4Data Overridden. Holds either the decoded Track 4 data from the previous card swipe or an empty string.
Aa460652.pubproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif TransactionType Overridden. Holds the current EFT transaction type.

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Protected Properties

  Name Description
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CommonProperties  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceInstanceId  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DevicePath  Gets or sets the hardware path of a device. (inherited from PosCommon)
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ErrorCount  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExternallyClaimed  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif HardwareId  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif IsExclusiveUseDevice  Indicates whether the PinPad is an exclusive-use device. (inherited from PinPad)
Aa460652.protproperty(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Properties Contains getters and setters for PinPadBase and Common properties.

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Public Methods

(see also Protected Methods )

  Name Description
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif BeginEftTransaction Overridden. Informs the PIN Pad’s service object that an EFT Transaction is starting.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CheckHealth  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Claim  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ClearInput  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ClearInputProperties Overridden. Resets the values of properties altered by DataEvent or ErrorEvent.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Close  Releases the device and its resources. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CompareFirmwareVersion  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ComputeMac Overridden. Tells the service object to compute a MAC value and return it to the application.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DirectIO  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Dispose Overloaded.  
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif EnablePinEntry Overridden. Starts PIN entry at the PIN pad device.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif EndEftTransaction Overridden. Takes the PIN pad out of EFT Transaction Mode.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Equals  Overloaded. (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif GetHashCode  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif GetType  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Open Overridden. Opens a device for later input/output processing.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gifAa460652.static(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ReferenceEquals  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Release  Releases exclusive access to the device. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ResetStatistic  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ResetStatistics  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif RetrieveStatistic  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif RetrieveStatistics  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ToString  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif UpdateFirmware  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif UpdateKey Overridden. Provides a new encryption key to the PIN pad service object for those PIN Pad Management Systems in which new key values are sent to the terminal as a field in standard messages from the EFT Transaction Host.
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif UpdateStatistic  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif UpdateStatistics  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.pubmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif VerifyMac Overridden. Tells the service object to verify the MAC value in a message received from an EFT Transaction Host.

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Protected Methods

  Name Description
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif BeginEftTransactionImpl Informs the PIN Pad’s service object that an EFT Transaction is starting.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ClearInputImpl  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ComputeMacImpl The PinPadBase class calls ComputeMacImpl from its ComputeMac method.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif CreateStatistic  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeleteConfigurationProperty  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Dispose Overloaded. Overridden.  
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif EnablePinEntryImpl The PinPadBase class calls EnablePinEntryImpl from its EnablePinEntry method.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif EndEftTransactionImpl The PinPadBase class calls EndEftTransactionImpl from its EndEftTransaction method.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ExitPinEntryMode Overloaded.  
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Finalize  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif GetConfigurationProperty  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif GetStatisticValue  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif IncrementStatistic  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif Invoke  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif MemberwiseClone  (inherited from Object )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif PreFireEvent Overloaded. Overridden.  
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif QueueEvent  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif QueueEventAndWait  Overloaded. (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif SetConfigurationProperty  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif SetStatisticHandlers  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif SetStatisticValue  (inherited from PinPadBasic )
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif UpdateKeyImpl The PinPadBase class calls UpdateKeyImpl from its UpdateKey method.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif VerifyMacImpl The PinPadBase class calls VerifyMacImpl from its VerifyMac method.
Aa460652.protmethod(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif VerifyState  (inherited from PinPadBasic )

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Public Events

(see also Protected Events )

  Name Description
Aa460652.pubevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DataEvent  Raised by the service object to present input data from the PIN pad device to the application. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DirectIOEvent  Raised by the Service Object to communicate information directly to the application. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif ErrorEvent  Raised by the service object when an error is detected while trying to perform a PIN encryption function. (inherited from PinPadBasic)
Aa460652.pubevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StatusUpdateEvent  Raised by the Service Object to alert the application of a device status change. (inherited from PinPadBasic)

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Protected Events

  Name Description
Aa460652.protevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceAddedEvent  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif DeviceRemovedEvent  (inherited from PosCommon )
Aa460652.protevent(en-US,WinEmbedded.11).gif StateChangedEvent  (inherited from PinPadBasic )

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See Also

Reference

PinPadBase Class
Microsoft.PointOfService.BaseServiceObjects Namespace