Configuring an EM-100 Controller for Access Using a Card and a PIN Code

If you want a user to be granted access only when they both present a valid card and enter the associated PIN code (at a card reader with a keypad, such as an IDENTIV 8235 TS Scramblepad Reader), then you must configure your EM-100 controller and its card reader in ICPAM so that:

 

CAUTION  If badges were previously created when the Require PIN to be unique option (located on the Badges page of the System Configuration window) was not checked, it is possible that some of those badges might have the same PIN value. Review the existing badges in your system, and if necessary, reissue some badges to ensure that each one has a unique PIN value.

After making these three configuration changes, you must perform an Apply Configuration / Credential Changes command at the EM-100 controller or driver level.  For example: