Magstripe Reader Project

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I have a spark fun magnetic card reader that I cut the cords on to connect to my arduino (+5v, gnd, rx, tx)

here is the model: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11096?

I connected the TX and RX to pins 2 + 3, and am using SoftwareSerial to read the incoming data.

Here is the code that i'm working with:

#include <SoftwareSerial.h>

SoftwareSerial mySerial(2, 3); // RX, TX

byte inByte;

void setup()
{
// Open serial communications and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);

mySerial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() // run over and over
{
if (mySerial.available()){
inByte = mySerial.read();

//Serial.write(inByte);
Serial.print(inByte, DEC);
}
}

When I swipe my school's id, I get this string of ascii numbers:

981721502142461182224624686172182182222286111150

I'm wondering if anyone has any insight to get this data into a readable format. In the reader's datasheet it says the data should be separated like this:
Track 1 start character?? End character??
Track 2 start character?? End character??
Track 3 start character?? End character??
Enter key is end character of the whole data packet.

Any help would be greattly appreciated!!!