Card Reader Setup for Kiosk Administrators

This page gives instructions on setting up your card reader to work with the Card Reader Java Applet.  These instructions assume that

• Your machine is running Windows 2000 or XP.


• You are accessing the Kiosk Login page with the Internet Explorer 5.5. Service Pack 2 or higher.


• Internet Explorer is configured to use the TIME recommended Sun Java Plug-in: https://www.fms.indiana.edu/time/jv.asp.

Follow these steps:

1. Make sure that the card reader is plugged in to the COM1 port (if your computer has only one COM port, it should be COM1). 

2. Determine the path name of Java Runtime Environment. This path name will vary depending on the version of Java that you have installed. For the remainder of the instructions you'll want replace all occurrences of jdreXXXX with the name of the folder where the default JRE is installed.

   • Go to C:\Program Files\Java\ to see the installed JREs. If there is only one then copy the name of the folder and continue to step 3. If more than one version of Java exists on your machine you'll want to determine what the Java Plug-in is using by default:
     1. Open the Java Plug-in control panel by going to Start --> Settings --> Control Panel. Double click on Java Plug-in icon.
     2. Go to the tab labeled "About". This will tell you which JRE the Java Plug-in is using by default.
     3. Verify that the version number listed by Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition is listed under c:\Program Files\Java. Copy the name of that folder and continue to the next step (step 3).
     
     
   • Make sure that three files have been placed in the appropriate directories (right-click the links below to download the files.) 
   • win32com.dll must be placed in C:\Program Files\Java\jdreXXXX\bin
   • javax.comm.properties must be placed in C:\Program Files\Java\jdreXXXX\lib
   • comm.jar must be placed in C:\Program Files\Java\jdreXXXX\lib\ext
   
   
   • Verify your java.policy file
     • Open your java.policy file which is located in C:\Program Files\Java\jdreXXXX\lib\security
     • By default your java.policy file will look like this one default_java.policy. If you've change it, for whatever reasons, just make sure you have granted all permissions to the standard java extensions. You can do this by copying lines 3-8 from default_java.policy into your own java.policy file.
     
     
   • Go to TIME and test your card reader.
     • Go to the TIME Kiosk Login page.
     • Choose "Always" when asked if you trust the applet signed by TIME so that you don't continue to receive this message in the future. You must choose either "Yes" or "Always" in order for the Card Reader Applet to work. If you'd like more information about this please send a message to the support list.

Your card reader should now respond properly to the Card Reader Applet on the Kiosk Login screen.