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pcProx® Plus, pcProx® Enroll & Wiegand Converter Configuration Utility User Manual 99009010 ev A.5 Thank You( Congratulations on the purchase of your pcProx® Enroll, pcProx® Plus, or Wiegand device)s). F ,Deas hopes you en.oy using the readers as much as 0e en.oyed creating and developing them. Configuration is easy, so you 0ill 1e a1le to 2uickly take advantage of a more secure environment in your 1usiness, school, or organi3ation. Please call our Sales department if you have any 2uestions or are interested in our OEM and ,ndependent Developer6s programs. We look for0ard to your comments and suggestions for our product line( Please go to 000. F,Deas.com and follo0 the Support a 7earning Center link for more details a1out our product line. We are al0ays discovering ne0 applications for our product line)s). There are several soft0are developer6s licensing our technology so the solution you are looking for may already 1e developed. Thank you, The F ,Deas Staff 8eed Assistance9 Ph: 847.870.1723 Fx: 847.483.1129 E: Sales@ F,Deas.com TechSupport@ F,Deas.com Alossary Of Terms ASC,,: The American Standard Code for ,nformation ,nterchange codes represent text in computers, communications e2uipment, and other devices that use text. Contactless: The high fre2uency 13.56 MC3 smart card technology. FAC: Facility Access Code OEM: The proximity card and 1adge reader availa1le in selfDcontained electronic modules for easy system integration. pcProx Contactless: The registered F ,Deas 1rand name given to all 13.56 MC3 contactless card reader products. pcProx Proximity: The registered F ,Deas 1rand name given to all 125 kC3 proximity reader products. Proximity: The lo0 fre2uency 125 kC3 F,D technology. SDE: Soft0are Developer6s Eit. Soft0are Developer6s Eits from F ,Deas provide the high level command capa1ilities to integrate soft0are applications to our devices. Contents 2 Thank You( 45 Chapter 4: ASC,, Command Protocol 45 ASC,, Overvie0 3 Alossary Of Terms 46 Connect Serial Communications Program 47 Command Structure 5 Chapter 1: The Fasics 50 Celp Command 5 Wireless ,dentification Overvie0 54 Garia1le Command 6 ,D Card eader System 58 ACP Error Codes 6 pcProx Output Formats 7 Credential Form Factors 59 Chapter 5: Tips and Trou1leshooting 8 Card Compati1ility 59 Trou1leshooting 8 eader Configuration Purposes 60 Fre2uently Asked Huestions 8 pcProx Plus & 8onDPlus eader Differences 63 Precautions 63 Fefore You Call Technical Support 9 Chapter 2:Card0are 63 Talking To The Technician 9 What6s ,n Your Part 8um1er9 10 ,nterface )Connectors) 66 ,ndex 11 USF eaders and Wiegand Converters 11 SD232 eaders and Converters 67 Appendix 11 Minimum System e2uirements 12 eader SetDUp Fasics 69 Other Products and Accessories 12 7ED Feeper 13 Chapter 3: Soft0are 13 pcProx Configuration Utility 13 Utility Overvie0 14 Menu Tool 1ar 19 ,con Tool 1ar 22 pcProx Plus Configuration 23 Standard Configuration 23 Connect Ta1 25 Output Test Area 26 Data Format Ta1 28 Delimeters Ta1 30 Timing Ta1 31 SDE Ta1 35 CCU,D Ta1 The Fasics 1 Wireless ,dentification Overvie0 pcProx® Activated ,dentification Employers are more security conscious than ever. More 1uildings, machines, systems, and applications re2uire identification information to gain access. F ,Deas devices allo0 the 1uilding access cards to 1e used as a digital identifier throughout the 0orkplace. Garious pcProx applications include: I Card Enrollment I Application logDon I Form filler to existing soft0are applications I PC/7A8 7og On I Cafeteria Purchases/Gending I Machine Access I P7C and em1edded controllers I Time/Attendance Our pcProx Plus devices are easily configured to increase security and relia1ility. Companies using proximity and/or contactless technology for 1uilding access immediately 1enefit, as their employee identification cards can also 1e used 0ith the proximity/contactless device for additional authentication applications. Thus, the ma.ority of deployment and enrollment costs are 2uickly recovered. The diagram on the follo0ing page is a high level overvie0 of ho0 the reader 0orks. The reader sends F signals to the card and the card sends signals 1ack to send data. The card data is output 1y the reader in keystrokes or ASC,, characters. This card data can 1e configured to include delimiters to separate the data. This reader can 1e used as a standalone system or seamlessly integrated 0ith other soft0are applications using the optional Soft0are Developer6s Eit )SDE). ,D Card eader System Output Formats Credential Form Factors Credentials are inactive electronic devices that rely on readers to supply the re2uired po0er for startDup and communication. The credential itself, consists of antennas that produce proximity or contactless fre2uencies. Proximity and contactless smart card technology cards allo0 users to effortlessly manage multiple applications through a single credential. Data: The data on access cards are a string of 1inary num1ers set 0ith a fixed configuration and length. Fre2uencies: F ,Deas6 access control readers and credentials utili3e the lo0Dfre2uency 125 kC3 )proximity) 1and and/or the highDfre2uency 13.56 MC3 )contactless) 1and. Credential Form Factors: With over 300 million physical access credentials in use 0orld0ide, there are a variety of lo0 and high fre2uency form factors customers can choose from to meet their particular needs. The 1elo0 illustrates some of the various form factors availa1le. CS8: Also kno0n as the Card Serial 8um1er, is part of the ,SO 15693 standard for vicinity cards operating at the 13.56 MC3 fre2uency. U,D: The User ,D or User ,dentification, can 1e encoded as data on the card 0hen a security key is needed. Manufacturer/Gendor Card Compati1ility Please go to 000. F,Deas.com for specific device part num1ers associated to card types. eader Configuration Purposes The method of encoding data on a card and transmitting data to the reader differs accordingly to each technology involved. The reader itself is not a0are of the makeup of the card data format or access privileges for the cardholder. This information is only accessi1le through the configuration process of the reader utili3ing the supplied soft0are. The reader is very flexi1le and may need to 1e configured in order to present an exact desired output for the user, such as, singling out FAC or ,D, o1taining a desired 1ase )i.e. decimal, lo0ercase, upperD case, hexadecimal). Differences Fet0een pcProx Plus eader 8onDPlus eader The pcProx Plus is a dual fre2uency programma1le reader that com1ines 125 kC3 and 13.56 MC3 technologies into the same reader. ,t6s the only reader in the industry that reads t0o cards of your choice among 35 card types, delivering flexi1ility to any customer struggling 0ith different card technologies. ,n contrast to the pcProx Plus reader, our standard pcProx Enroll proximity and contactless readers function on a single fre2uency 1and, 0hich is either 125 kC3 proximity or 13.56 MC3 contactless. Card0are 2 What6s ,n Your Part 8um1er9 All F ,Deas reader part num1ers follo0 a distinct system of categori3ation to allo0 for an ease of differentiation 1et0een products. Felo0 is the 1asic part num1er scheme. D D 6 3 8 1 A E U eader Type Fre2uency Card Type Model Cousing Color ,nterface Cousing Gersion eader Type: The reader type distinguishes 1et0een standard reader, OEM, converter, magDstripe, or a kit. Fre2uency: F ,Deas6 access control readers are availa1le in lo0Dfre2uency 125 kC3 )proximity) or highDfre2uency 13.56 MC3 )contactless). Card Type: The card type allo0s for the selection of over 35 different card types for reader compati1ility )Please visit 000. F,Deas.com, choose a product and locate the Part 8um1ers ta1 for specific device part num1ers associated to card types). Cousing: This option provides the user to select the form factor housing for the desired reader. The housings includeK desktop, 0all mount, USF dongle, PCMC,A, 1are 1oard, ExpressCard, or custom. )For more on form factors, please visit 000. F,Deas.com) Model: The model selection corresponds to the type of reader, 0hether it is a standard, 0riter )13.56 MC3 contactless only), play1ack )13.56 MC3 contactless only), SDE, or analy3er. Gersion: The version refers to the selection of either our standard or custom 1uild. Cousing Color: The color category simply allo0s for the selection of either our 1lack or pearl housings. )Applies only to desktop and 0all mount housings) ,nterface: This option specifies the type of connection for the reader )i.e. USF, SD232, PCMC,A, etc). ,nterface )Connectors) CTO88ECTO S OUTPUT USF eaders and Wiegand Converters The pcProx USF keystroke device operates in t0o primary modes: I USF key1oard. ,t reads the card data and sends it as keystrokes as if the user typed the ,D data on a key1oard. I Under the application programmer interface )AP,) defined in the pcProx SDE. When it reads card data, the active application receives the entire card data. 8ote: The pcProx ExpressCard operates as a USF reader. SD232 eaders and Converters The SD232, Ethernet, or virtual COM port device operates in t0o primary modes: 1. ASC,, output device. ,n this mode the user card data is read and sent as a decimal or hexadecimal num1er in ASC,, characters. 2. AP, defined in the pcProx SDE. The device attaches to a computer serial port. When it reads card data, the active application receives the entire card data. Once the configuration settings are correctly configured and 0ritten to flash memory, the device can immediately 1e deployed. 8ote: The pcProx PCMC,A operates as an SD232 reader. Minimum System e2uirements Minimum System e2uirements CA DWA E Pentium class PC MEMO Y 32 MF AM D,SE 25 MF hard disk space ,/O 1 availa1le SD232 or USF Port Operating System Any operating system that supports a USF key1oard including Microsoft Windo0s 2000®, LP®, Gista®, 7®, Server 2003®, Server 2008®, 7inux, Macintosh®. Can 1e used for keystroke applications 8ote: The soft0are does not perform any data validation checking.