Installation & User Guide
i-BOX Installation And User Guide_V4.2.6
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Format & Statistics
Card Type Information
The i-BOX supports up to 4,000 different card formats and facility codes. The format and
facility code combined is called a card type.
Format is the number of bits programmed in a card and the location of parity checks.
E.g. 26 bits
O F F F F F F F F C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C E
The first and last bit check that the data received is correct.
8 x F
indicates facility code
16 x C
indicates card number location
The card type information tab under Formats and Statistics gives a total system overview of the number of cards
and records in the system.
Details are provided per card format/facility code on:
Total Cardholders in the database
Total active cards
Total lost cards
Total stolen cards
Total suspended cards
Total destroyed cards
Total inactive cards
Total records of card 0 (cardholder details with no
card issued)
Facility Code
This is a unique number allocated to a specific manufacturer. Although multiple sites or manufacturers may use
the same card ranges the Facility Code makes the card unique to that particular system. The i-PAL system
operates with a 50-bit card format as standard and provides the highest level of card security and provides a
higher security than the ‘open standard’, which is not as secure.
A 26-bit format is not recommended since it allows only 256 different facility codes worldwide.
card number
facility code
odd parity 1
to 13
even parity
14 to 26
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