Adding a Standard EM-100 Controller (with Only an Entry Reader)

To add a new standard Identiv EM-100 controller (which supports only an entry reader) to your ICPAM system using a controller template, perform the steps in the following procedure.

Note:  Controllers can also be automatically added to the configuration. See Provisioned (Pre-Populated) vs. Discovered Controller Configurations.

  1. If necessary, create the locations for the new controller’s door and its devices.  (If the locations have already been created, skip to Step 2.)
    1. Select the Doors > Door/Location-based Hardware command.
    2. To create a new site, click the Add Base… button in the toolbar.
    3. To create a sub-location, right-click on a location and choose New [Element] from the pop-up menu.
    4. To change the properties for of an element, right-click on a location and select choose Edit from the pop-up menu.

Tip:   You can create any combination of location elements, and door configurations can be assigned to any level of the hierarchical tree. For more information, see Creating the Location Map.

  1. Open the Hardware Tree module by selecting Doors > Hardware - Tree, and if necessary select View > Device.
  2. Expand the Driver Manager portion of the tree so the appropriate Identiv EM-100 Driver is visible, then right-click on it and choose the New Identiv EM-100 Controller Wizard… command from the pop-up menu.
  3. On the resulting Choose Template page of the wizard:


    1. In the Template drop-down list, accept the default selection of the EM-100 template. This template is used for a standard Identiv EM-100 controller (which supports only an entry reader).
    2. Click Next.
  4. On the resulting Device Name page of the wizard, specify the new controller's name:


    1. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for this controller, which must be unique within the Identiv EM-100 Driver portion of the Hardware Tree.
    2. Leave the Append device model to name option checked if you want to have the text “EM-100” added to the end of the controller’s name, or clear the check box if you do not want that text added to the controller’s name.
    3. Click Next.
  5. On the resulting Location page of the wizard, specify the new controller’s location:


    1. Check the box for the Inherit location from parent option if you want this controller to inherit its location from the location specified for the Identiv EM-100 device driver.
    2. If the hierarchical location map has been defined for your ICPAM system, then you can select this controller’s location from the Location drop-down list.
    1. For more information about locations, see Viewing Doors and Devices by Location and Creating the Location Map.
    2. (Optional) Type the Latitude and Longitude coordinates for this controller's location. If this controller is attached to a Network Time Protocol server, the Latitude and Longitude fields are automatically populated.
    3. Click Next.
  6. On the resulting Controller page of the wizard, specify the address and time zone for this new controller:


    1. In the 'Host / IP address' field, type the designated IP v4 address for this controller. (Hostname is not supported for an EM-100 controller.)

This value must match the value specified using the EM-100 controller’s built-in configuration utility. For details, see Configuring an EM-100 Controller in the ICPAM Installation Guide.

    1. (Optional)  In the MAC address field, type the Media Access Control address of this controller, which is a unique 12-digit hexadecimal number (such as 00:06:8E:40:XX:XX) plus 5 colons separating the 6 pairs of hex digits.

      The MAC address is printed on a label located on the bottom edge of the EM-100 controller.
    2. From the Time Zone drop-down list, select the time zone where this controller is currently located.
    3. Click Next.
  1. On the resulting Door 1 page of the wizard, configure the door and its entry reader:


    1. In the Name field, type a name for this door, which must be unique within the Identiv EM-100 Driver portion of the Hardware Tree. (If your site does not follow a specific naming convention, you might want to use a descriptive name such as “Enter QA Lab”.)

    2. From the Access mode drop-down list, select the access mode for this door’s entry reader.  Depending on your System Configuration settings, the choices might include Card only, PIN only, Card and PIN, and Card or PIN.

Note: Use one of the PIN access modes, the card reader must be equipped with a numeric keypad, and user credentials must include a PIN code. For more information, refer to Configuring an EM-100 Controller with the Desired Access Mode.

    1. If this door is equipped with a contact switch, select the type of supervision to be applied for that switch, from the Door contact supervision drop-down list.

    2. If this door has an associated Request to Exit (REX) button, select the type of supervision to be applied for that button, from the REX supervision drop-down list.

    3. From the Keypad type drop-down list, select the appropriate value for this exit reader. The choices are [no keypad], 4-bit burst mode, 8-bit burst mode, or Mercury.

    4. Click Finish to close this wizard.

This new controller and its door are added to the hardware tree.

  1. (Optional) If necessary, modify the door and device properties.
    1. Open the Locations hierarchical map by selecting the Doors > Location & Doors command.
    2. Expand the hierarchy as needed and navigate to the new door.  (The door appears where you specified on the Location page of the wizard for adding a new EM-100 controller, in Step 6 of this procedure.)
    3. Open the door’s properties window, either by double-clicking on it, or by right-clicking on it and choosing Edit from the pop-up menu.

      For example:

For more information, see Door Configuration Properties and Device Configuration Properties.

  1. Download the configuration to this new EM-100 controller, by right-clicking on that controller (in either the Hardware Tree or the Locations hierarchy) and choosing the Apply Configuration Changes command from the pop-up menu.

For more information, see Applying Configuration Changes to Controllers.

  1. Restart the Identiv EM-100 Driver to activate the new controller.

 

See also:

Understanding Controller and Door Configurations

Configuring Door and Device Templates