This article includes updates for Nexus Card SDK 6.1.

This article contains requirements and interoperability data for Nexus Card SDK.

Requirements

Supported platforms for client PC

Supported Windows platforms for client PC:

Windows 10 (32 and 64 bit)
Windows 11 (32 and 64 bit)

It is recommended to fully update Windows before installing CardSDK.

Regarding outdated Windows platforms

As soon as Microsoft announces End of Support for a certain Windows platform, Nexus will no longer support this specific Windows version. Therefore that Windows version will be removed from the officially supported platforms.

Nevertheless, Nexus typically does not remove any functionalities in the software (for example drivers) as long as there is no technical need to do this. So, customers can still use Nexus Card SDK on outdated environments at their own responsibility and risk. The software will still work in most of the cases, but Nexus will no longer do tests and bug fixing related to outdated Windows platforms and will also no longer support these setups.

Regarding 64-bit operating system

Both the applications of Nexus Card SDK and the ActiveX components run as 32-bit applications, even if the environment is a 64-bit operating system (which is automatically recognized by the Windows operating system).

Therefore, all the drivers required for the connection and operation of external devices (for example, encoders, scanners, printers, etc.) have to support 32-bit mode, that is, they must be accessible from a 32-bit application.
Note: The drivers included in the program package (for example, the dongle driver) support 32/64 bit mode by default.

Disk space

Disk space required:

Approximately 150 MB

PKI clients

To manage certificates on cards, for example on admin client, card production client and end user client, the following requirement applies:

Java 11 must be installed

The platform architecture of middleware must match the Java platform architecture, that is, if 32-bit middleware is used, a 32-bit Java is required, for 64-bit middleware clients, the 64-bit Java is necessary.

Interoperability

Card printers

Encoding methods

Encoders

Smartcard

Smartcards are only supported from Nexus Card SDK in conjunction with:

Smart ID Identity Manager - For more information, see IDM 23.10.3 - Requirements and interoperability.

For more information, see the appropriate Technical Specifications of the above mentioned applications and program packages.

Cameras

Signature pads

For the capture of signatures, devices from the following manufacturers (amongst others) are supported:

SignoTec Sigma (via TWAIN driver)
SignoTec Omega (via TWAIN driver)
StepOver duraSign Pad Brilliance

Devices from other manufacturers and specific device designations on request.

Fingerprint scanners

Preferred device:

Crossmatch "Verifier 300 USB"

Other devices can also be connected if they have a 32-bit TWAIN driver for the respective client operating system.

Document/image scanners

Generally, most devices with a 32-bit TWAIN driver for the respective client operating system can be connected as document/image scanners.

ID scanners

Standard device for scanning of bar codes and QR codes:

Datalogic Magellan 1100i

Standard device for scanning the MRZ code of national ID cards and passports:

3M Passport Reader AT9000 MK2

Languages

The following languages are supported:

Arabic
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Card SDK requirements and interoperability

Interoperability