El Capitan and ActivIdentity USB reader v3.0

Has anyone managed to get this reader to work on OS X 10.11? It seems that this reader used to work on Yosemite.

So far, I've ran the El Capitan installer from http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/installers Also had no luck with disabling System Integrity Protection in recovery mode (csrutil disable).

I've also had no luck with another reader, SCR-3500A, which should work on El Capitan: http://www.thursby.com/support/faq/scr-3500a-and-os-x


A "CAC" is listed in Keychain Access and can be unlocked with the correct code. Yet no items are listed, but they should be as they're listed in Windows 7.

And System Information seems to correctly recognise the reader:

USB Reader V3:


Product ID: 0x0013

Vendor ID: 0x09c3 (ACTIVCARD, INC.)

Version: 2.03

Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec

Manufacturer: ActivIdentity

Location ID: 0x14200000 / 8

Current Available (mA): 1000

Current Required (mA): 100

Extra Operating Current (mA): 0


Can you recommend any other "smart card reader" that works flawlessly on latest OS X? Or knows the correct steps to make the two readers above (ActivIdentity and SCR-3500A) work? Thank you.


PS. Has anyone had any luck with buying ActivClient for OS X?

http://buycacreaders.com/cac-software/activclient-for-mac-non-refundable.html

http://txsystems.com/activclient-for-mac.html

Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Mar 5, 2016 2:48 AM

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Mar 5, 2016 11:47 PM in response to TheBlaiseM

I just use an SCR-3310 with Centrify middleware.


I don't think ActiveClient (or any of that type of stuff) works on OS X.


As to getting a card reader to work, I think it depends on what you mean by "work."

It will likely never work like it does on Windows.

You can use certificates on websites, but you may have to set up a "certificate preference" for each site you access.

In Keychain Access, right-click on the certificate and choose New Certificate Preference. Add the website URL.

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