java - working with IC card reader and SLE5528 smart card

Question

Am having an IC contact card reader and SLE5528 smart cards.Am wondering how to get started working with these items really.

The reader is being read and i see no effect when i insert the smart card .

i also installed the smart card shell of opensmart from http://www.openscdp.org/

but i can't get to read any card reader with it.Am wondering whether it has compatibility issues.

Please i know i may have asked the question inappropriately, but am kindly asking anyone there to help me out on this.

Any relevant links or helpful information to get me started and done will be of great help Thanks in-advance.

Answer 1

As stated earlier a 5528 is a memory card, no smart card. The smart card shell mentioned is only able to address real smart cards. Make sure, that your (unmentioned) reader is able to read memory cards at all and how. Neither PCSC nor the java framework as best knwon interfaces to cards will help you here (the latter one being targeted towards JavaCards). That nothing worth noting happens, when you insert a card in the reader is not so unusual - the maximum reaction to be expected is a LED flashing shortly (if the reader has one), comparable to putting a USB stick into the port. Since no standard software knows how to handle a card, there will be no further reaction. Suggestion: search for "5528", "4428" articles here or "memory card" in wikipedia, and prepare to invest some time and work.