iGuard FPS110
P.42
The Company Code and the Branch Code
Two new codes, the
Company Code
and the
Branch Code
, are introduced for the
units with the Smart Card option. The Company Code is used to make sure that the
unit only reads the smart cards issued by the company. For example, if the
Company Code of the unit is
1234
, it only reads the smart cards with the same
Company Code, and will ignore the cards with different company code.
All the units in the same company must have the same company code, and this
company code should be kept confidentially. The company code is set up in the web
page
Administration – Terminal Setup
via the web browser.
On the other hand, the Branch Code is to identify different branches of the same
company. Each branch should have its own unique branch code. For example, the
Branch Code of the Hong Kong Branch can be assigned as
HKG
, and the one for the
USA branch can be assigned as
USA
.
The purpose of the branch code is to uniquely identify a person. For example, there
may be a user with a user ID
A123
in branch
HKG
, and there is another user in
branch
USA
with the same ID, and they are differentiated by this branch code.
Please note that in the Master / Slave configuration, all the Slave units will have the
same branch code as the Master unit.
Basic Operation
Similar to the basic model, all the users must enroll in the device first. The
enrollment procedure is identical to the one in the basic model (i.e., via the
Function
1
in the Setup Menu described in page 16). After the enrollment procedure, the user
ID and the fingerprint template is stored in the Internal Memory.
You can modify the user information, such as the user name, via the web browser as
in the basic model. You can also assign the departments that the user belongs to.
The Internal Memory page is similar to the Employee List page described in previous
sections.
Also, similar to the basic model, users can authenticate by entering his user ID and
then present his finger to the sensor. The Auto-Match feature is also available to
these users too.
Once the user information is stored in the Internal Memory, you can
write
the
information from the Internal Memory to the user’s Smart Card (via
Function 9
of
the Setup Menu). During the write procedure, all the user information, including the
fingerprint template, is written to the smart card. And at the same time, an extra
copy of the user information is created in the Smart Card Memory. The information
includes the User ID, user name, user’s personal password… . etc., except the
fingerprint template. In addition, the serial number of the smart card is also included.
After writing to the smart card, you have an option whether to delete the user
information from the Internal Memory or not. In most cases you should delete the
