CCID descriptor statistics: dwMechanical

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The dwMechanical field is a number value from the CCID USB descriptor:

The value is a bitwise OR operation performed on the following values:
• 00000000h No special characteristics
• 00000001h Card accept mechanism
• 00000002h Card ejection mechanism
• 00000004h Card capture mechanism
• 00000008h Card lock/unlock mechanism

A footnote in the specification also indicates:

These mechanisms of the dwMechanical parameter have been included for completeness; however, these functions of motorized CCIDs are not covered by this release of the specification. A future release may attempt to standardize the interface to these mechanical functions.

dwMechanical	#	%
0x00000000	246	96.85 %
0x00000001	7	2.76 %
0x03000000	1	0.39 %

The normal value should be 0x00000000: "No special characteristics" since this field is not covered by the CCID specification.

1 reader is using 0x03000000 (that should be 0x00000003)

• MYSMART MySMART PAD V2.0

7 readers are using 0x00000001 "Card accept mechanism"

• FujitsuTechnologySolutions GmbH SmartCase KB SCR eSIG
• Hewlett-Packard Company HP USB CCID Smartcard Keyboard
• Identive Identive CLOUD 4500 F Dual Interface Reader
• Identive Identive CLOUD 4510 F Contactless + SAM Reader
• Identive Identive CLOUD 4700 F Dual Interface Reader
• Identive Identive CLOUD 4710 F Contactless + SAM Reader
• Lenovo Lenovo USB Smartcard Keyboard
• SCM Microsystems Inc. SCL010 Contactless Reader
• SCM Microsystems Inc. SCL01x Contactless Reader

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