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Instruction
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All information contained within this document is proprietary to Fingerprint Cards AB.
5.4.1 Sanity check
1. In the main options menu of bep_ref.py, send command 'g' for 'System sub-menu' and
then option 'a' for 'Get software version'.
2. If the communication is working properly, FPC BM-Lite version number will be
received.
5.4.2 Performing Enroll
1. In the main options menu of bep_ref.py, send command 'a' for "Enroll finger".
2. You will receive the messages "Enroll Started" and "Place finger on the sensor".
3. Place your finger on the sensor. There is a timeout on this action which will trigger
unless there is a finger placed on the sensor after a given period of time, default is 6
seconds. If this happens, just try again.
4. When you have placed your finger on the sensor, you will receive the messages "Finger
captured", "Image enrolled, X enrollments left" and "Waiting for finger not present".
5. Lift your finger from the sensor.
6. Repeat step 3-5 until enough images have been saved for a successful enrollment. This
will be communicated with the message "Enroll finished. Finger enrolled".
7. Press enter to return to the main options menu.
8. To store your fingerprint template in the flash memory, send command 'd' for "Save
template to flash and remove from RAM".
9. Enter a number which will be the enrolled fingerprint templates ID-number.
10. You will receive the message "Template saved with id 4. Template removed from
RAM." Press enter to return to the main options menu. Your finger is now enrolled.
5.4.3 Performing Identify on an enrolled finger
1. In the main options menu of bep_ref.py, send command 'b' for "Capture and identify
by template".
2. You will receive the message "Place finger on the sensor".
3. Place your finger on the sensor. There is a timeout on this action which will trigger
unless there is a finger placed on the sensor after a given time period. If this happens,
just try again.
4. When you've placed your finger on the sensor, you will receive the messages "Finger
captured", "Image extracted" and "Identify: match against id X" where X is the ID-
number of your fingerprint template. If your finger does not match an enrolled
template, you will instead receive the message "Identify: no match".
5. If no fingerprint templates are enrolled and you attempt to perform Identify, you will
receive the error message "Failure. Result code -7, "Resources are not available". If
that happens, please repeat the enrollment procedure to make sure you have
successfully enrolled a fingerprint.
6. Congratulations, your product is now safeguarded by the most secure fingerprint
sensor on the market.
