ISO 8583 · Data fields
Field 43Card Acceptor Name/Location
What this field describes
This forty byte container holds card acceptor name and location information in the selected profiles.
Check the required internal layout before combining text. The starter profile gives the total container length, not the positions of every name or location component.
Compare the two profiles
| Setting | default | default_ascii |
|---|---|---|
| Value encoding | ASCII | ASCII |
| Length limit | Exactly 40 bytes | Exactly 40 bytes |
| Prefix | None | None |
Length limits describe encoded values. They exclude any length prefix. The profiles can be customized; these settings do not establish the required fields or accepted values for a live connection.
Read the field boundary
40 bytesASCII valueRead exactly 40 value bytes. The next field begins immediately afterwards under this profile; no length prefix belongs to this field.
Find it in the bitmap
- Bitmap
- Primary
- Position
- 43
- Byte
- 6
- Bit in byte
- 3
Positions start at one. Bits are counted from the most significant bit of each bitmap byte. This calculation locates the field’s presence indicator, not its value.