SCM Microsystems USB Smart Card Reader (SCR3310)

by Scm Microsystems

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 2.1 x 6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0012K5P02
• Item model number: SCR3310
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (103 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #1 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Scanner Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

SCM Microsystems SCR 3310 Smart Card Reader is the first of a new family of smart card readers based on SCM's STC II chip, which includes support for multiple interfaces, multiple reader devices and relevant standards. Together, these features provide SCM with the unique ability to offer high performance and cost effective solutions. The SCR 3310 is EMV certified.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Army CAC Cards, December 17, 2008

By 

eagle458 (Winston Salem, NC) - See all my reviews

This product worked great for me, however there are some steps you have to go through to use any CAC card reader for the military CAC cards. You must to the CAC Card site on AKO and follow the steps there. You have to download and install the 1) drivers, 2) certificates, and 3) middleware. After I did that, it worked great.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works As Expected, No Frills, April 28, 2009

By 

Jumesan (Alexandria, VA United States) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

Product is exactly as pictured, came bubble-wrapped but no instructions, packaging, or software (as expected). Product works fine with Windows XP after downloading middleware from AF Portal. I also had to update the Windows drivers from MS (XP prompted me automatically), which I think updated the firmware on the reader also (not sure). This only took a total of about 10 minutes. For Mac users, after updating on XP side, product worked fine on my MacBook with no software added of any kind (although I used the instruction from Army's AKOnline to put the CAC certificates in the Keychain properly. They have a very nice guide if you search their site).

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works as advertised, January 3, 2009

By 

Colin Allen - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This card reader works just fine on DoD websites after installing the required ActivClient software and making your certificates available to Windows (right click on cert in ActivClient, select "make available"). The whole installation process took less than five minutes and was very easy. Recommended for anybody trying to access CAC enabled websites from home.