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Use maintenance mode to recover an inaccessible Ethernet Card Reader

This procedure provides the basic steps for using maintenance mode to recover Ethernet Card Reader firmware.

An Ethernet Card Reader might become inaccessible if there are issues with the configured card reader settings. This may occur when:

  • The card reader was originally assigned to a different system.
  • The card reader’s network settings aren’t compatible with the network.
  • The card reader was deleted from the system without resetting it to its factory default settings.

Maintenance mode temporarily restores the default settings, so you can perform a factory reset and reconfigure the card reader.

To use maintenance mode to reconfigure a card reader, do the following:

  1. Connect the power supply.
  2. Connect the network cable to the Printer port only.
    The LED light blinks red and green.

    3. The Ethernet Card Reader connected in Maintenance Mode.

  3. Reset the Ethernet Card Reader.
The card reader cannot be configured any further until it is taken out of maintenance mode by restoring its normal network and printer connections.