Siemens SIMATIC RF1000 Configuration Manual page 24

Creating and transferring a configuration
6.2 Creating a new configuration
You can add the following components from this area to your configuration.
• Custom LED
You can use this function to change the LED behavior of the reader defined by the host
component.
• Blacklist or Whitelist
Using this function, you can block or allow specific transponders/cards for communication
with the reader based on their UIDs.
• Prioritize Card Types
Using this function, you can define which transponders/card types are handled with priority
during the read operation.
Specific information on the Config Security Code (CSC)
The Config Security Code (CSC) is intended to ensure that a reader cannot be reconfigured,
i.e. manipulated. for example through contactless reconfiguration of the reader by a
potential attacker using a configuration card. For this reason, a CSC is assigned to each
project by means of a random generator as soon as an RFID component has been created for
the first time. If an existing configuration is opened and a change is made to it, i.e. a new
version is created, the CSC remains the same as that of the previous version. This ensures
that updates of the configuration are accepted by the reader.
In the factory state, no CSC is set in the reader. This ensures that any configuration of the
reader can be loaded once at the beginning. If the loaded configuration has then set a CSC,
afterwards you can only load configurations that have the same CSC into the reader. This is
only possible if you know the CSC or you have the configuration file in which the correct CSC
was stored in "*.balcfg" format.
If you want to configure the reader for another project, you need to perform a Factory Reset,
which restores the factory configuration and deletes the CSC.
In principle, it is possible to edit the CSC manually in the Config editor. However, you should
only do this before the first versioning of a project configuration. If the CSC changes between
two versions, this has the result that you can no longer update the reader, among other
consequences. Direct transfer of a configuration file ("*.balcfg") to a reader connected to the
computer is still possible, however, because the CSC is not checked in this case.
Note that the CSC cannot be read out of the reader, a "*.bec2" file or the configuration card. It
can only be read out of the "*.balcfg" file in plain text.
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