OpenMSR

OpenMSR is a cross-platform GUI application for the MSR605 and MSR605X. The pkg directory also has two Go libraries, libmsr and libtracks which are great if you want to develop your own applications / commands.

Features

• Read, write (WIP), and erase on individual tracks
• BPI, BPC, and parity selection for each track
• IEC 7813 and AAMVA parsing with Luhn validation
• Hi-co / lo-co selection

Installation

Clone and cd into the repository:

git clone https://github.com/egginabucket/openmsr.git && cd openmsr

Build for your OS (requires Go)

make build

An executable should appear in a bin folder.

To run without root privileges, Linux users need to add a udev rule:

# cp 50-msr605x.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/

# udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger

To use the MSR605, make sure your user has access to the serial ports (dialout group for Debian-based, uucp for Arch).

Limitations

• Writing currently has some issues. I'll fix it soon!
• The GUI looks different depending on your system theme; see andlabs/ui
• Refreshing the list of devices just adds onto it.
• Saving / opening files currently doesn't work, as I want to make it compatible with Deftun's MSRX software.