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.
- 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.)
- Select the Doors
> Door/Location-based Hardware
command.
- To create a new site, click
the Add Base… button in
the toolbar.
- To create a sub-location,
right-click on a location and choose New
[Element] from the pop-up menu.
- 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.
- Open the Hardware Tree module by selecting Doors
> Hardware - Tree, and
if necessary select View >
Device.
- 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.
- On the resulting Choose Template page of the wizard:

- 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).
- Click Next.
- On the resulting Device Name page of the wizard, specify the new
controller's name:

- 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.
- 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.
- Click Next.
- On the resulting Location page of the wizard, specify the new controller’s
location:

- 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.
- 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.
- To view the available locations as the hierarchical location
map (instead of a flat drop-down list), click the Choose…
button.
- To clear the current value displayed in the Location drop-down
list, click the Clear
button.
- For more information about locations, see Viewing
Doors and Devices by Location and Creating
the Location Map.
- (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.
- Click Next.
- On the resulting Controller page of the wizard, specify the address
and time zone for this new controller:

- 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.
- (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.
- From the Time Zone drop-down list, select the time zone where
this controller is currently located.
- Click Next.
- On the resulting Door 1 page of the wizard, configure the door
and its entry reader:

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”.)
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.
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.
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.
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.
Click
Finish to close this wizard.
This new controller and its door are added
to the hardware tree.
- (Optional) If necessary, modify the door and device properties.
- Open the Locations hierarchical map by selecting the Doors > Location
& Doors command.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- Restart the Identiv EM-100 Driver to activate the new controller.
See also:
Understanding
Controller and Door Configurations
Configuring
Door and Device Templates