Construction and function
Technical Manual
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CardLink
Principle
Mechatronic CardLink components, i.e. passage ways without connection to a physical net-
work, are generated and configured together with the online components in a central system.
All authorizations can be managed and assigned in a common access profile.
The access rights are stored on the user medium.
Each user medium must be validated at regular intervals at an online reader. If certain condi-
tions (entry-access authorization, participation in CardLink) are met, a type of validity stamp
is written onto the medium. Access is only granted on the CardLink component (4) if the cor-
responding entry-access authorizations are available and the validation is correct. Thanks to
this mechanism, a user medium registered as lost is either actively locked (withdrawal of the
validation) or loses its authorization automatically after validation expires.
Commissioning of the CardLink components
CardLink components can be digital locking cylinders (actuators), cabinet locks, registration
units/readers/terminals, etc.
The Kaba programmer is the link between the system and the standalone component.
The Kaba programmer is used to transmit all basic parametrizations manually to the Card-
Link components: Generally, the following initialization data are transferred to the CardLink
component: Management area number, door number, time zones, validity period of the valid-
ation and component name.
Writing authorization profiles to a badge for the first time
With the help of the software, the authorization profiles for employees, visitors, outside com-
panies, etc. are defined and written once to a segment of the badge, for example using an au-
thorization reader.
Validation function
During validation a new ‘time stamp’ is stored on the badge, while the authorization profiles
remain unchanged. Within the time stamp, the badge user can enter certain areas and pass
through doors in accordance with his authorization profiles. The ‘time stamp’ can be written
on the badge using an authorization reader or a CardLink-capable terminal. After the time
window has expired, the authorization becomes void.
Update function
An update is carried out whenever authorization profiles on a badge undergo changes. This is
the case, for example, when an employee changes in-house to a new area of responsibility and
therefore receives other authorizations for doors, rooms, etc. Upon holding her badge in front
of the time and attendance terminal and pressing the update key, the new authorization pro-
files will be written to the badge. The employee can now move freely in the building inside the
enabled areas and within the stored time zones.
Media
The following badge technologies are supported:
CardLink Version 1.0
LEGIC prime
CardLink Version 1.1
LEGIC advant, MIFARE Classic and MIFARE DESFire
