The Leap Card Thread

[Mark Gleeson]

The card hold no names, addresses etc.

You need a special encryption key to read the card, however a very small amount of information is publicly available in read only mode, basically the card type and serial number

The access control in my office will beep as normal if I present an Irish Rail card instead of my staff card won't open the door though.

[Charlie Hungerford]

There's a thread on another forum (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showt...p?t=2056564768) stating that Irish Rail has given up on maintaining the validator at Broombridge and is telling Leap customers to buy old-style tickets for it. Is this really true??

[Mark Gleeson]

There never was a working validator at Broombridge, ever

For Irish Rail smart cards there is a resolution for this issue, but you must contact Irish Rail and they will set your card up slightly differently

Leap does not have that ability

[bg07]

Any word on the timelines for adding extra functionality to the card such as compatibility with Irishrail TVMs, auto top up, fare capping or adding prepaid tickets? I presume that it is planned that all of the above will happen at some stage this year, but judging by the time taken to get to this stage maybe not.

[Colm Moore]

Originally Posted by bg07

compatibility with Irishrail TVMs,

Planned to go to testing in about a month.

auto top up, fare capping or adding prepaid tickets?

Later in the year.

[bg07]

Is it just me or are the time stamp for Irishrail and Luas tags generally an hour out when you check your account? Dublin bus ones seem to be right

[Mark Gleeson]

Its an issue with the LEAP back office, the time on the card is always consistent when you check at a luas TVM