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  "title": "RFID + Magstripe Combo Card — Legacy Reader Bridge",
  "description": "Proud Tek supplies dual-technology credentials that carry a 13.56 MHz RFID chip (MIFARE Classic / DESFire EV3 / NTAG / HID iCLASS) alongside an ISO/IEC...",
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  "imageAlt": "RFID + magnetic-stripe combo cards — MIFARE chip and HiCo 2750 Oe stripe on single ISO CR80 card body",
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  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Does the magnetic stripe interfere with the RFID chip on the same card?",
      "answer": "No. The magstripe is a passive flux-reversal data carrier; the RFID chip communicates via 13.56 MHz ISO/IEC 14443 coupling. Different physical rails, no cross-coupling in normal use. Tens of millions of dual-technology cards ship annually to hospitality, campus, and enterprise programmes without interference."
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    {
      "question": "Should I specify HiCo or LoCo magnetic stripe?",
      "answer": "HiCo (2750 Oe, ISO/IEC 7811-6, or 4000 Oe for high-use airline/transit) is the default for any returning-user credential — hospitality keys, employee badges, campus cards — because it resists demagnetisation from handset magnets, magnetic wallet closures, and lanyard-stack interaction. LoCo (300 Oe, ISO/IEC 7811-7) is only appropriate for disposable / single-visit cards (event badges, single-night stays) where the lower cost and shorter durability are acceptable."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can the same combo card be encoded by both our existing magstripe encoder and our RFID encoder?",
      "answer": "Yes. Standard desktop encoders from HID Fargo, Magicard, Evolis, Entrust, and Zebra support dual-rail encoding in one pass — magstripe tracks and RFID chip programmed simultaneously during print. Proud Tek also offers factory pre-encoding with per-card CSV manifest for bulk issuance scenarios where the operator wants cards arriving ready-to-issue."
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    {
      "question": "Which hospitality and campus platforms does this combo card work with?",
      "answer": "On the hospitality side: Oracle Opera Cloud, Mews, Cloudbeds, Infor HMS, Protel — all integrate at the lock / head-end layer and are card-source-agnostic. On the campus side: CBORD, Transact (formerly Blackboard), Atrium, and Heartland OneCard accept any ISO/IEC 14443-A chip + ISO/IEC 7811-compliant stripe. Factory manifests ship with UID and track-data columns aligned to each platform's import format."
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    {
      "question": "When should we stop ordering combo stock and move to RFID-only?",
      "answer": "When the last legacy magstripe reader in the estate is decommissioned. Typical hospitality portfolios reach that point 18-36 months into a renovation cycle; universities 24-48 months. At that point the combo spec is retired and the same chip SKU ships as RFID-only, saving the ~USD 0.05-0.10 per-card stripe premium."
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