I'm trying to set up newcs to read my original via*cess redlight card in my phoenix, but I keep getting [unknown card] at the end and the server will not start.

Here's the (other) rub. It read my expired card no problem, so this is a new thing.

Could the card be faulty? could vi*ccess have changed the card somehow? or does anyone know of any sneaky tricks to use with the new viac*ess cards?

I managed to "fool" wincsc into reading the card by sneakily swapping cards between reads, but I don't want to keep doing this as It may damage the card.