How to Install your DIGIPASS for eID

How to install your DIGIPASS 905 Connected Reader

Microsoft Windows XP

Note: for Windows Vista and Windows 7, no installation needed.

The steps needed to be done in order to intall your DIGIPASS 905, are:

  1. Download the driver for your eID card reader.
  2. Download the eID software from Fedict.

    This is an application enabling you to read, validate and print the content stored on your electronic identity card.
  3. Connect your card reader to the computer via the USB port.
  4. Your DIGIPASS eID card reader is now ready for use!

Apple Mac OSX 10.4

Go to http://www.opensc-project.org/sca/ and download and install the following:

  1. SCA
  2. SCA-Reader

Now open a terminal window and use the following commands:

  • “/Library/OpenSC/bin/opensc-tool -a”, this should return the ATR of the card
  • “/Library/OpenSC/bin/opensc-tool -s 00:A4:04:00:07:A0:00:00:00:04:80:02:00”, this should return MasterCard.

Ubuntu 10.7 (32b & 64b)

To check the device is recognized run the command “lsusb”. There should be a device with ID 1a44:0001.

Install the following modules:

  1. pcscd (install: type in terminal: “sudo apt-get install pcscd”)
  2. opensc-tool (install: type in terminal: “sudo apt-get install opensc”)
  3. openct-tool (install: type in terminal: “sudo apt-get install openct”)

 Now edit “/etc/libccid_Info.plist” and add the VendorID (1a44), ProductID (0001) and a Description (e.g. “VASCO DP905”).

Stop the pcscd daemon:

  1. type in terminal “ps -A” and which Process ID pcscd has.
  2. type in terminal “sudo kill

Start the pcscd daemon (as super user: “sudo pcscd”), you could include parameter “-f” for foreground mode.
Now open a terminal window and use the following commands:

  • “sudo opensc-tool -a”, this should return the ATR of the card
  • “sudo opensc-tool -s 00:A4:04:00:07:A0:00:00:00:04:80:02:00”, this should return MasterCard.

OpenSuse 10.3

In the default installation of Suse, pcsc-lite, openct and opensc are installed by default.
The only thing that needs to be installed is pcsc-ccid. This can be done via the Yast software installation program.

Now edit “/usr/lib/readers/ifd-ccid.bundle/Contents/Info.plist” and add the VendorID (1a44), ProductID (0001) and a Description (e.g. “VASCO DP905”).

Start the pcscd daemon (as super user: “sudo pcscd”), you could include parameter “-f” for foreground mode.

If the pcscd daemon was already started you have to stop it first. You can do this as follows:

  1. type in terminal “ps -A” and which Process ID pcscd has.
  2. type in terminal “sudo kill

Now open a terminal window and use the following commands:

  • “sudo opensc-tool -a”, this should return the ATR of the card
  • “sudo opensc-tool -s 00:A4:04:00:07:A0:00:00:00:04:80:02:00”, this should return MasterCard.
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