TOWITOKO-TESTER(1)

📦 version 2.0.7, in ubuntu jammy

👑 TOWITOKO-TESTER 👑

okay bestie so real quick — this is the manual for towitoko-tester, living in the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally the vibe check tool for your Towitoko driver's CT-API interface. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

towitoko-tester — the Towitoko driver CT-API interface tester tool. that's it, that's the name, she's iconic 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

towitoko-tester

that's the whole thing. no flags, no args, she just walks in. main character energy fr 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so towitoko-tester is a simple lil tool that lets you run some simple commands on a smartcard using a Towitoko smartcard reader. it's giving "quality control era" — you use it to test that a smartcard can be properly recognized, and that it can be read and written. 🫶

🧚 the menu, the moment

the tool serves you a text based menu interface. and like… which commands you can actually run through that menu depends on the reader card insertion status and the type of card inserted. context is everything, queen.

here's the tea per card type:

  • memory cards 💾 — it permits reading and writing data bytes, plus checking and changing the PIN.
  • processor cards 🧠 — it permits selecting, reading and updating binary card files.

🌈 multiple readers, multiple ports

yes bestie, you can use several readers on different ports at a time. slay. the text menu lets you open, close and change current port — so you're always in control of which one is the current moment. ✨

and the smartcard? she can be inserted and removed from any initialized reader at any time. chaotic? maybe. supported? absolutely. the tool will automatically detect when the card is inserted and when it's removed, and it will update the information shown in the menu. 🔥

okay but important: you must refresh the menu to see any change reflected. the data is updated, but your eyes need to go get it. don't @ me, that's just how it is. 😭

💀 the pcscd situation

if you have installed the pcscd package, and you've configured your reader to be used by pscsd, then you'll need to stop the pcsc daemon before initializing the reader with towitoko-tester. periodt. two daemons can't both be the main character on the same port, iykyk. 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • ctapi (3) and ctbcs (3)
  • pcscd (8)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Carlos Prados <cprados@debian.org>. thank you for your service, legend 🫡🌸

and that's the whole page bestie — Towitoko Tester(1), straight outta the General Commands Manual, signed off with all the love. go forth and test those smartcards, you absolute icon 💅✨💖

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