Format 05

Format 05 is the ISO 9564-1 Format 1 PIN Block represented by the following 16 hexadecimal values:

 

1NP 1 . . P N  R . . R

Where:

N is the PIN length (4 - C),

P 1 . . P N is the N-digit PIN,

R . . R is random padding.

 

The following validity checks are carried out on incoming Format 05 PIN blocks:

 

·         The first character of the PIN block has value 1.
Error code 20 is returned if this check fails.

·         The PIN digits (in positions 3 - (N+2)) are in the range 0 to 9.
Error code 20 is returned if this check fails.

·         The second character (N) is in the hexadecimal range 4 - C.
Error code 24 is returned if this check fails.