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.
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