What type of magnetic data can be encoded?

The data that can be encoded on the track depends on the encoding format/standard:

  • ISO1 accepts up to 76 alphanumeric characters, from A to Z and from 0 to 9
  • ISO2 accepts up to 37 numeric characters, from 0 to 9
  • ISO3 accepts up to 104 numeric characters, from 0 to 9
  • SIPASS accepts up to 21 numeric characters
  • C2: custom mode
  • JIS2: Japanese industrial standard.