BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
Getting Started Guide
Warranty and safety information
Visit www.blackberry.com/products/accessories/
smartcard.shtml for warranty and safety information before
you use the accessory.
If you cannot access these documents, visit
www.blackberry.com and browse to the accessory,
documentation, or legal sections.
Related resources
See the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader - Security White
Paper
for more information about pairing, Bluetooth®
connection options, IT policies, and use of the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader
Package.
™ with the BlackBerry S/MIME Support
Insert the battery
Warning: Use only the battery that Research In Motion®
(RIM®) specifies for use with your reader. See the
and Product Information
about using the battery safely.
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booklet for more information
Safety
1. Slide off the battery cover.
2. Insert the battery so that the connectors align.
3. Replace the battery cover.
Charge the battery
1. Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
2. Connect the larger end of the USB cable to an
available USB port on your computer.
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About the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader driver
The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader driver is preinstalled on
the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
Visit www.blackberry.com/products/accessories/
smartcard.shtml for information about the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader driver system requirements.
Install the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader driver on your BlackBerry device
1. Close the BlackBerry Desktop Software if it is open.
2. Download the .exe file for the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader software from www.blackberry.com/
products/accessories/smartcard.shtml.
3. After the download is complete, double-click the file
on your computer.
4. Complete the on-screen instructions.
5. Connect your BlackBerry device to your computer.
6. On the taskbar, click Start > Programs > BlackBerry >
Desktop > Desktop Manager.
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7. Double-click the Application Loader icon.
8. Click Next.
9. Select the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader check box.
10. Click Next.
11 . Click Finish.
Update the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader driver on your BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
See “View BlackBerry Smart Card Reader status
information” on page 13 for more information about
checking the version number of the software that is
currently installed on your BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
You must reset the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
before you update the driver.
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader” on page 8 for more
information.
1. Close the BlackBerry Desktop Software if it is open.
2. Download the .exe file for the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader software.
See “Reset the
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3. After the download is complete, double-click the file
on your computer.
4. Complete the on-screen instructions.
5. Connect your BlackBerry Smart Card Reader to your
computer.
6. On the taskbar, click Start > Programs > BlackBerry >
Desktop > Desktop Manager.
7. Double-click the Application Loader icon.
8. Click Next.
9. Select the Bluetooth Smart Card Reader check box.
10. Click Next.
11 . Click Finish.
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Status indicators
Action LCD LED
USB
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Turn on or turn off the Bluetooth radio
To turn on the Bluetooth radio, on the BlackBerry Smart
Card Reader, press the Action button.
To turn off the Bluetooth radio, on the BlackBerry Smart
Card Reader, press and hold the Action button.
Reset the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
With the Bluetooth radio off, press and hold the Action
button. “rEsetInG” appears on the screen. Bluetooth pairing
information and the secure pairing key are cleared from the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
Display the Bluetooth address
On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, press the Action
button.
About pairing
Pairing can occur in the following situations:
• initializing two-factor authentication
• processing two-factor authentication
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• importing smart card certificates
• performing private key operations, such as sending a
signed or a signed and encrypted message, or
opening an encrypted or signed and encrypted
message
Pair with a BlackBerry device
1. On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, press the
Action button.
2. On the BlackBerry device, click Options.
3. Click Bluetooth.
4. On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, press the
Action button.
5. On the BlackBerry device, click the trackwheel.
6. Click Add Device.
7. Click Smart Card Reader.
8. In the Enter passkey for BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader field, type the passkey that appears on your
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
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9. Press the Enter key.
10. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.0 or 4.0.2, in your BlackBerry device
options, click BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.1, in your BlackBerry device options, click
Security Options. Click Smart Card. Under
Registered Reader Drivers, click BlackBerry. Click
Driver Settings.
11 . On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, press the
Action button.
12 . Type the secure pairing key that appears on the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
13 . Press the Enter key.
Notes: After the first time that you pair your BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader and your BlackBerry device, pairing is
designed to initiate automatically whenever a connection
is required.
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You are prompted when Bluetooth pairing exists but secure
pairing is not complete, such as when secure pairing
expires. On the BlackBerry device, type the secure pairing
key that appears on the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
Press the Enter key. On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader,
click the Action button.
Clear the secure pairing key
1. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.0 or 4.0.2, in your BlackBerry device
options, click BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.1, in your BlackBerry device options, click
Security Options. Click Smart Card. Under
Registered Reader Drivers, click BlackBerry. Click
Driver Settings.
2. Click Re-key. You are prompted to type the new secure
pairing key.
3. On the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, press the
Action button.
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4. On your BlackBerry device, type the number that
appears on the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
About LED notification
LED Indicates
Flashing red Low battery
Flashing green Pairing
Solid green Discoverable by other Bluetooth-
Flashing blue Bluetooth traffic
enabled devices
Change LED notifications
1. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.0 or 4.0.2, in your BlackBerry device
options, click BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.1, in your BlackBerry device options, click
Security Options. Click Smart Card. Under
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Registered Reader Drivers, click BlackBerry. Click
Driver Settings.
2. Set LED notification information.
3. Click the trackwheel.
4. Click Save.
View BlackBerry Smart Card Reader status information
1. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.0 or 4.0.2, in your BlackBerry device
options, click BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.1, in your BlackBerry device options, click
Security Options. Click Smart Card. Under
Registered Reader Drivers, click BlackBerry. Click
Driver Settings.
2. View the following status information:
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• IT Policy Name: specifies the name of the IT policy
that is applied to the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader
• Policies Match: specifies whether the IT policy
that is applied to the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader matches the IT policy on the BlackBerry
device
• Cryptographic Kernel: specifies the version of the
cryptographic kernel that is running on the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
• Application Version: specifies the version of the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader driver that is
installed on the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
• Platform Version: specifies the version of the
operating system on the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader
• Transaction Count: specifies the number of
transactions that have been completed during the
current pairing
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Set Bluetooth connection options
1. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.0 or 4.0.2, in your BlackBerry device
options, click BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
• If you are running BlackBerry device software
version 4.1, in your BlackBerry device options, click
Security Options. Click Smart Card. Under
Registered Reader Drivers, click BlackBerry. Click
Driver Settings.
2. Set the following options:
• Connection Heart Beat Period: Set the maximum
connection heart beat period. Each period, the
BlackBerry sends a signal (heart beat) that is
acknowledged by the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader. If the heart beat is missed by either the
BlackBerry device or the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader, the Bluetooth connection stops.
• Disconnected Timeout: Specify the period of time
that passes after a Bluetooth connection ends
before pairing information is cleared.
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• Long Term Timeout: Specify the period of time
that passes before pairing information is cleared.
• Inactivity Timeout: Specify the period of idle time
that passes before pairing information is cleared.
• Card Not Present Timeout: Specify the period of
time that passes after the smart card is removed
before pairing information is cleared.
• Number Of Transactions: Specify the number of
transactions that occur before pairing information
is cleared.
• Power Off Timeout: Specify the period of time that
passes without a Bluetooth connection before the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is turned off.
• Maximum Bluetooth Range: Specify the power
level for the Bluetooth radio on the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader. The power level ranges
between 0 and 7, with 0 being the lowest power
setting (shortest range).
• Power Saving Mode: Specify the activity level of
the Bluetooth radio on the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader. In Full mode, the BlackBerry Smart Card
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Reader is only active when performing smart card
operations such as importing certificates. In
Disabled mode, the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
is always active. In Partial mode, the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader is active when it is unlocked.
Higher activity levels improve the performance of
operations but use more battery power than lower
activity levels.
3. Click the trackwheel.
4. Click Save.
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