Recycling cards
In order to recycle previously used cards for new transactions, it is possible to completely clear the media. This action erases the printed text on the card and wipes out any encoding in the chip, including any information encoded in the Siriusware segment.
1. Create an item called, “Clear Cards” (or similar) and enter this for the Axess Smart Printer layout:
<ClearMedia>1</ClearMedia>
2. Gather the recycled cards and sell a quantity of the Clear Cards item that is equal to the number of cards collected.
3. When the sale is finalized, the operator is prompted to feed each card through the printer.
4. Load the cleared stock into the hopper or add them to the stack of cards to be used for new media sales.
Note: This process has recently been improved in the latest version of AXCoding.
The Clear Media function now totally erases all of the printed text and wipes out all encoding in the chip, including the Siriusware segment of the chip, in order to essentially get back to the same state as a brand new piece of media. It is still possible to only “cancel” any valid segments instead of totally erasing all encoding and printing by using the tags <CancelMedia>1</CancelMedia>.