What are Track 1, Track 2 and Track 3 in Magnetic Swipe badge?
On Magnetic Stripe badge or card, based on the positions with stripe, there are information stored in these different positions which are called Track 1, Track 2 and Track 3. Track one is a “track” of information that has a 79 characters alphanumeric field of information. Track two is a “track” of information that has 40 characters field for information. Track three is a “track” of information that has 107 characters field for alphanumeric information. Credit card contains information on both Track 1 and Track 2. Q. I have Magnetic Swipe Reader, but I can not read the badges I have. A: Please check which track the badge contains information. Make sure your Magnetic Stripe Reader is capable reading the information in that track. For instance, if you have a badge contains information on Track 1, 2 and 3, and you have a dual track (1, 2 or 2, 3) reader, you won’t be able to read that badge for sure. If you have a Dual Track reader, it may be set up to read dual track (1, 2 or 2, 3) badge
