21 Apr
2011
21 Apr
'11
8:52 a.m.
Hi David,
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 07:35:11PM -0700, David A. Burgess wrote:
I am looking for a full-card SIM programmer to use
with pySim and GR-Card
SIMs. By full-card I mean it accepts a full-size smart-card with the SIM
still attached. I have tried the Bludrive II unit provided by GR-Card under
both Mac OS X and Ubuntu with no luck. (And yes, I tried downloading and
installing the drivers.) Can anyone recommend something that is known to
work with pySim under Linux or OS X? Or is there some other driver that I
need to install or configure?
Under Linux you can use any PC/SC supported smartcard reader, as long as you
install pcsc-lite, and the device has a PC/SC ifd_handler driver.
My personal recommendation are readers that support the USB CCID specification.
CCID is a vendor-independent USB protocol for smart card readers, very similar
to other generic USB classes like HID for keyboards.
A list of well-known working readers is available from:
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/supported.html
A more verbose list with 'should work' and 'don't work' can be found
at
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/section.html
I'm personally mostly using the Omnikey 3121 / 5121 readers here.
Regards,
Harald
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