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Instructions for Running Basic Programs to Generate Character/symbol Flux Profiles

Install the GWBasic.exe program in a directory labeled MICR, for example. Download from web site http://www.geocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.html
Install all the flux generating basic programs (13 of them) in the same directory. Note: There are only 13 Basic programs for generating the data files for the 14 characters/symbols. The character seven did not lend itself to a mathematical solution, so instead its corresponding data file was developed by using a 10 times scale drawing and data points taken by using a ruler and conversion factors. To run these basic programs, use the command prompt, install the GWBASIC program, then load each basic program one by one. You may edit the basic programs in line number 10 to place the output file in whichever directory you wish. To provide adequate resolution, the data samples are calculated at 30 samples per 0.013 inch.
The last file is the data file for the character seven, which is called SEV_MIC.DAT. This file was generated by hand.
Download and unzip from link MICR_BASIC_PROGRAMS.zip
To finish the waveform generation, you must use MathCad, a program available from MathSoft. See the MathCad_MICR link for the listings which use the XXX_MIC.DAT files to perform convolution and filtering per the ASC X9.27 Specification.