ID TECHs UniPay 1.5 is one of the latest addition to the audio jack family of mobile card readers. The UniPay 1.5 incorporates a chip card slot for contact EMV card reading and along with reliable magnetic stripe decoding, this device proves to be a versatile compact mobile reader. Its small form factor and audio jack interface is ideal for most tablet and mobile phone applications.
UniPay 1.5 communicates to the host via the audio jack port and is able to be supported on Apple, Android and Windows platforms with the use of the SDK. There is also a USB port to allow for charging or communication to a PC. UniPay 1.5 was designed to minimize power consumption to preserve battery life.
The UniPay 1.5 is EMV L1 certified and host ID TECHs common L2 kernel in the hardware. It allows for TDES/AES encryption and DUKPT key management for protection of sensitive cardholder data for a secure transmission of information to the host.