Setting Up A New Reader; Name And Address Screen - Schlage PIB300 User Manual

Setting Up Sites and Readers

Setting Up a New Reader

Getting Started
Name and
Address Screen
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1. Click Reader in the main menu bar at the top of the screen, and then pick
Add New. This starts the New Reader Wizard.
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2. On the second screen of the New Reader Wizard, indicate whether you
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want to set the reader up by going through each configuration screen,
or whether you want to copy the settings from another reader. Copy the
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settings from another if the settings are identical or even similar to the
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other reader (if you copy settings, you can use Properties on the Reader
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menu to make changes).
3. If you are setting up the reader by going through each configuration
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screen, see the different tabs in the Reader Properties for help with
particular entries. Click the Next button at the bottom of the screen to
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continue with the next screen.
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4. Make sure that the address in the reader matches the address you
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entered on the first reader properties screen; see Configuring the Reader
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for more details.
5. Once the reader is physically connected and set up correctly, enable
the reader. To do this, open the Network window, double-click the site in
the right pane of the window to open the Reader Properties, check the
Enabled box, and then click OK.
When you pick Add New... from the Reader menu, HandNet starts the New
Reader Wizard. This takes you through the process of adding the reader.
This is the first screen that you see when adding a new reader:
Enter the reader's name: Enter any name that clearly describes the reader's
function and location. This name is used in the Activity window and in
activity reports to identify where activity took place.
Choose the site where the new reader is located: Click this to pick the site
(group of readers) that this reader is connected to. You must set the site up
before you can add the reader.
This reader is physically configured for address: HandNet automatically
fills in the first available address that has not been used yet in this site.
For example, if you already have readers 0, 1, and 2 in this site, HandNet
automatically fills in an address of 3. You can change this if you wish. The
first reader in each site my be reader 0; other readers in the site can use
any number up to 254. Readers do not need to be numbered sequentially.
For example, your readers could be numbered 0, 1, 2, 3... or they could
be numbered 0, 100, 110, 137... Within a site, each reader must have a
Adding a New Reader