ARQC (or TC/AAC) Verification and/or ARPC Generation

Command:

Validate an ARQC (or TC/AAC) and, optionally, generate an ARPC. Alternatively, the command can be used to generate an ARPC alone. This function is a general purpose command which will validate an ARQC, TC or AAC.

Notes:

Diagnostic data is produced by this command only if the HSM is in Authorised State.

 

Field

Length & Type

Details

COMMAND MESSAGE

Message header

m A

(Subsequently returned to the Host unchanged).

Command code

2 A

Value KQ.

Mode Flag

1 H

Mode of operation:

0 = Perform ARQC verification only

1 = Perform ARQC Verification and ARPC generation

2 = Perform ARPC Generation only

Scheme ID

1 H

Identifier of the EMV scheme;

0 = Visa VSDC or UKIS

1 = Europay or MasterCard M/Chip

*MK-AC(LMK)

32H or 1A+32H

The Issuer Master Key for Application Cryptograms encrypted under Variant 1 of LMK pair 28-29.

PAN/PAN Sequence No

8 B

Pre-formatted PAN/PAN Sequence No.

ATC

2 B

Application Transaction Counter.  Present for all modes. Any two byte value must be supplied, though it is not used, for Scheme ID = 0.

UN

4 B

Unpredictable Number.  Present for all modes.  Any four byte value must be supplied, though it is not used, for Scheme ID = 0

Transaction Data Length

2 H

Length of next field. Can be any length from 1 to 255 bytes. Only present for Modes 0 and 1.

Transaction Data

n B

Variable length data. Only present for Modes 0 and 1.  If the data supplied is a multiple of 8 bytes, no extra padding is added.  If it is not a multiple of 8 bytes additional zero padding is added.

Delimiter

1A

Delimiter, to indicate end of Transaction Data, value “;”. Only present for Modes 0 and 1.

ARQC/TC/AAC

8 B

ARQC/TC/AAC to be validated and/or used for ARPC generation. Present for both Mode 0,1 and 2.

ARC

2 B

Authorization Response Code to be used for ARPC Generation. Not required for Mode 0. Must be present for Mode 1 and Mode 2.

End message delimiter

1 C

Optional. Must be present if a message trailer is present. Value X’19.

Message trailer

n A

Optional. Maximum length 32 characters.


 

Field

Length & Type

Details

 RESPONSE MESSAGE

Message header

n A

Returned to the Host unchanged.

Response code

2 A

Value KR.

Error Code

2 N

00 : No error

01 : ARQC/TC/AAC verification failed

04 : Mode Flag not 0, 1 or 2

05 : Unrecognised Scheme ID

10 : MK parity error

12 : No keys in user storage

13 : LMK parity error

15 : Error in input data

21 : Invalid user storage index

80 : Data length error

81 : Zero length Transaction Data

ARPC

8 B

The calculated ARPC. Only present for Modes 1 and 2 if no error is encountered.

Diagnostic data

8 B

Calculated ARQC/TC/AAC returned only if the error code is 01 and the HSM is in Authorised State.

End message delimiter

1 C

Present only if present in the command message. Value X’19.

Message trailer

n A

Present only if present in the command message. Maximum length 32 characters.