Abstract: A method for carrying out an application with the help of a portable data carrier, wherein the data carrier includes two separated communication interfaces. According to the method, a user transmits via a first terminal specified input data for processing by the application to a server via a first data connection between the first terminal and the server. Then, authentication data for authenticating the application based on the input data of the server are transmitted via a second data connection between the server and the data carrier which is connected via the first communication interface with the first terminal. The authentication data are then transmitted from the data carrier via a third data connection to the second terminal. The third data connection is realized by means of the second communication interface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adjusting a bank note processing machine by which threshold values of sensors are defined for recognizing the condition of bank notes. The invention starts out from a method for adjusting a bank note processing machine by which threshold values of sensors are defined for recognizing the condition of bank notes, whereby a number of bank notes is processed by means of the bank note processing machine and data of at least one sensor are stored, the condition of the bank notes is recognized by means of the stored data and at least one threshold value, a relation between the recognized condition of the bank notes and the at least one threshold value is determined and displayed, at least one threshold value is changed on the basis of the displayed relation, and at least the condition and the relation are determined again and the relation is displayed again.