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RFIDeas AIR ID User Manual

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  • Page 1 & ® AIR ID Enroll ® USB & RS-232 Configuration Software for use with ® pcProx Proximity Readers, Wiegand to xxx Converters, and ® AIR ID Enroll Contactless Smart Card Read- Only Readers HID, Motorola, Indala, Casi-Rusco, MIFARE, iCLASS Compatible Readers User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 © 1998-2005 RF IDeas, Inc.

  • Page 3: End-User License Agreement

    Radio interference can occur in any place at any time, and thus the communications link may not be absolutely reliable. pcProx or RFID1356 must be used so that a loss of communications due to radio interference or otherwise will not endanger either people or property, and will not cause the loss of valuable data.

  • Page 4: Software Product License

    SOFTWARE PRODUCT LICENSE The PRODUCT is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. The SOFTWARE PORTION OF THE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold. 1. GRANT OF LICENSE. This EULA grants you the following rights: * Software.
  • Page 5 Should you have any questions concerning this EULA, or if you desire to contact OEM for any other reason, please refer to the address provided in the documentation provided. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...
  • Page 6 FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTIES AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO YOUR PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, PLEASE REFER TO YOUR WARRANTY BOOKLET INCLUDED WITH THIS PACKAGE OR PROVIDED WITH THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT PRINTED MATERIALS. © 1998-2005 RF IDeas, Inc.

  • Page 7: Limited Warranty

    Copyright by RF IDeas, Inc. 1997-2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution of this document in whole or in part or in any form is prohibited without express written permission from RF IDeas, Inc. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...
  • Page 8 viii Trademarks All RF IDeas products are trademarks of RF IDeas, Inc. All other product names or names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Disclaimer This User’s Guide is printed in the U.S.A. Any resemblance mentioned in the User’s guide to persons living or dead, or to actual corporations or products is purely coincidental.

  • Page 9: Thank You

    Thank You Congratulations on the purchase of your pcProx or AIR ID Enroll reader system. We at RF IDeas hope you enjoy using your new reader system as much as we enjoyed creating and developing it! Please share your comments and...

  • Page 10: Fcc Compliance Statement

    FCC Compliance Statement FCC ID: M9MPCPROXHUSB100 (HID USB model) FCC ID: M9MPCPROXH100 (HID RS-232 model) FCC ID: M9MPCPROXM101 (Indala model) FCC ID: M9MPCPROXC101 (Casi-Rusco model) FCC ID: M9MRFID1356I100 (MIFARE/iCLASS models) According to FCC part 15.21, "The user’s manual or instruction manual for an intentional or unintentional radiator shall caution the user that changes not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    Magnetic stripe reader and card reliability 9 How Does the System Work? ___________ 9 Who can benefit using the System? _____ 10 What is included with the pcProx or AIR ID Enroll Kit? _________________________ 10 What are the minimum system requirements?
  • Page 12 Configuration Choices ________________ 13 Connect Tab _______________________ 14 Device Connect ___________________ 14 Get/Set Internal Timing _____________ 16 Set Keystroke Data __________________ 18 FAC & ID Data ____________________ 18 Advanced Tab ______________________ 21 LED Control ______________________ 21 Multiple USB Readers on a PC _______ 22 Enter Unique Address ______________ 22 Software Developer Kit Mode ________ 23 Characters Sent When Card is Removed 26...
  • Page 13 ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 14: Proximity Activated Products

    Proximity Activated Products RF IDeas offers a variety of wireless products for hands-free or contact-less identification and security. Please review the following to choose which product best fits your need. If you do not see a solution, please contact us. There are several software developers licensing our technology and the solution you are looking for may already be developed.

  • Page 15: Air Id ® Lt (Active Badge)

    Readers (decoders). pcProx Reader Choices RF IDeas offers several proximity readers. The pcProx line is made of several output choices: (USB, TTL, RS-232, RS-485, Clock/Data). Within these are several models that support the ® ® pcProx...
  • Page 16 - SDK) or asynchronous mode. The SDK supports all readers and is available to developers. The AIR ID Enroll and pcProx RS-232 serial port readers output in an asynchronous mode outputs data in ASCII format. Data is ASCII formatted and there are models for hardware...

  • Page 17: Understanding Wireless Identification

    Understanding Wireless Identification ® What is pcProx Proximity Activated Identification? The pcProx Configuration software together with the pcProx proximity reader makes up proximity activated identification system. This is used to identify users by using their existing proximity token. Typical applications include: •...

  • Page 18: The Rs-232 Reader

    Second, the reader may be set up for operation under the API (application programmer interface) as defined in the pcProx SDK. The pcProx reader attaches to the computer’s USB port. When a proximity token is read, the active application will receive the entire proximity token’s data.

  • Page 19: Why Is It Necessary

    Users experience a short payback period since help desks and repeated reads are no longer necessary. How Does the System Work? Each time proximity token is read, the LED on the pcProx will change from red to green indicating success. ® ® pcProx...

  • Page 20: Who Can Benefit Using The System

    The majority of the costs (deployment and enrollment) are already recovered. What is included with the pcProx or AIR ID Enroll Kit? • HID, Indala/Motorola, Casi-Rusco or other compatible proximity reader – or AIR ID Enroll 13.56 contactless smart...

  • Page 21: Hardware Installation

    PC, or where you feel it is appropriate. pcProx Badge (Passive badge users) The pcProx badge is the same as your supplied passive proximity badge for your facility access control system. Since the pcProx reader is independent of bit length, it is capable of reading any existing proximity badge format.

  • Page 22: Software Installation

    Control Panel’s Add/Remove Programs icon so the system is successfully removed, and reboot. Perform the usual entries associated with installing software. Software Configuration In this section you will: Configure any pcProx settings. © 1998-2005 RF IDeas, Inc.

  • Page 23: Configure Pcprox Templates

    1. Choose between the pcProx operating as a keyboard or as an embedded device requiring the SDK, 2. Specify which bits read from the pcProx reader are used to construct the ASCII number, 3. Specify if any additional keystrokes are...

  • Page 24: Connect Tab

    If you have a connect problem make sure the reader is connected. If you are using the USB model, make sure you are running a version of Windows that supports the USB port. Check the www.RFIDeas.com web site for up to date support information. Status This field is used to display any error messages.
  • Page 25 Device Found This indicates the type of pcProx or AIR ID Enroll reader found (RS-232 or USB). The configuration program automatically checks for a USB reader first, and if it does not find one, it scans COM ports 1 through 8 for a serial port model.

  • Page 26: Get/Set Internal Timing

    Get/Set Internal Timing Data is valid for The time the card ID remains valid in the device. Once this time elapses, the card data is discarded. The minimum value is 900. Inter-key 'Press' time Sets USB inter-key Press' time delay in msecs. This is how long the key is held down.
  • Page 27 Lock-out Time for Repetitive Reads This parameter can prevent the card’s data from being sent continuously if the card is left on the reader. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 28: Set Keystroke Data

    Set Keystroke Data FAC & ID Data This top section of this tab is organized in a manner consistent with the way the card data is organized on generic proximity cards; Leading parity + facility code+ ID code + trailing parity code.
  • Page 29 FAC and ID codes. This char sent between FAC & ID This field holds the character that will be placed between the FAC and ID codes. Note there are ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...
  • Page 30 3 special characters (hex 01, 02, 03) that can be specified. These add an extra measure of difficulty in reproducing card data directly from the keyboard. It may be useful when using the proximity reader as a logon device. Please see application note for more details.

  • Page 31: Advanced Tab

    Normally, the reader goes from red to green when a proximity card is read (i.e. a proximity card being read by a pcProx or AIR ID Enroll reader). This can be restricted by the bit count. For example, if the user configures the reader to ‘read only 26 bit cards’...

  • Page 32: Multiple Usb Readers On A Pc

    COM ports. This field will show how many readers are attached to the PC. User may attach up to 16 different pcProx-USB or AIR ID Enroll USB devices on their PC at one time. End users may determine the card reads from the various readers by configuring a ‘Leading Character’...

  • Page 33: Software Developer Kit Mode

    Software Developer Kit Mode If you are a software developer, and have purchased SDK, you can change the mode of operation of the pcProx reader. For the USB reader this means from ‘keyboard’ to SDK. For the RS-232 reader this means from direct ASCII output asynchronously to the SDK’s...
  • Page 34 reader, will read the card’s data and display the result in the field next to the button. Raw Data This field will contain the number of bits read from the card (less the parity bits stripped) and show the card’s data in hexadecimal format. Filter Mask If the Filter Mask field is empty, the program will try to ‘guess’...
  • Page 35 "PFFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP". This has: 2 “P” - parity bits, 8 “F” - facility code bits, and 16 “I” - ID code bits. This will split the bit-stream into the facility and ID codes. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 36: Characters Sent When Card Is Removed

    Invert Wiegand Data This feature is primarily for those using the HID version of pcProx-U versions 2.2.1 as they will need to invert the Wiegand data lines. Ignore H/W data inversion override This feature is set only if the user needs to override the invert the Wiegand data lines.

  • Page 37: About Tab

    About Tab Version Information This screen describes the version and copyright information. This area shows the version of the firmware (device’s software) as well as the version of the SDK library. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 38: Card Formats Tab

    Card Formats Tab There are several bits constructed together which make up the data sent from the proximity token to the reader. The reader reads all bits for any format card produced. The proximity token has several bits, and these will vary from customer to customer.

  • Page 39: How To Determine Your Format And Masking

    As an example let’s assume you have a card and expect to receive the following number: 816159 If all bits are selected you find waving the card results in the following number: 144238654 ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...
  • Page 40 Using the Calculator supplied with Windows, select the scientific mode and find the binary equivalents for each of the above decimal numbers. 1000100110001110100000111110 (144238654) 11000111010000011111 (816159) Notice how deselecting the 1 7 bits and the last parity bit results in the same binary number! Select bits 2 through 21 and deselect all others will provide the result desired for this customer’s format and example.

  • Page 41: File Open

    All data associated with the configuration selections are saved to the Default.HWG file. Save As All data associated with the configuration selections are saved to the user specified filename (.HWG ) file. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 42: Auto-Run Operation

    Auto-Run Operation In auto mode, the user specifies a configuration file (ex. Default.hwg) using a shortcut properties link as defined in the Windows environment. First, the user makes all desired configuration settings. Second, once the settings are defined, the user creates a (.HWG) by using the Save As selection under the File menu system.
  • Page 43 Shortcut’ menu item. Fourth, once the shortcut is created, the Properties need to be modified by adding the filename of the (.HWG) file after the quote in the target field as shown below. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 44: Application Note: Log-On Reader

    Application Note: Log-on Reader Overview This document describes how the pcProx or AIR ID Enroll USB proximity reader may be used as a log-on or automatic password entry device without the need to install software at the client or server. The card can automatically enter...

  • Page 45: Configuration Utility

    TAB, or ENTER either before or after the card data. However, it is best to have no appending keys configured until you have reset all of your desired passwords using the card. ® ® pcProx and AIR ID Enroll Readers...

  • Page 46: Usage Under Windows 98, 2000 And Xp

    Usage under Windows 98, 2000 and In order to use the pcProx-USB reader as a logon device under Windows there are a few considerations to review. Administrator Considerations The issues the administrator will face include: Automatic Change Password. To increase security several company have...

  • Page 47: Change Password

    The user will first need to perform a change password-see below. Change Password To use the pcProx reader as a password device the user must first change their password. This operation is performed differently for each operating system and application. Please refer to your User’s Manual for detail.

  • Page 48: Unlocking The Workstation

    TAB key, or define one of the pre-card data keystrokes in the pcProx reader to send the TAB keystroke for you. © 1998-2005 RF IDeas, Inc.

  • Page 49: Increasing Security

    Once the cursor is in the Password field, the user may safely wave their proximity token over the pcProx reader and the field is stuffed with the password. The user may finish off the operation by pressing the ENTER key, or the reader may be configured to add the ENTER keystroke as an appended keystroke.

  • Page 50: Security Of The Card Data

    One-Factor In a one-factor system, the user simply waves the proximity token. Therefore the reader may be configured to add TAB keystrokes ahead of the data as well as a TAB or ENTER keystroke behind the data. Two-Factor In a one-factor system, the user may enter the PIN either before or after the proximity token data is inserted into the field.
  • Page 51 The reader factory default, without the special configuration, you would see: 15202752 in any application. In pcProx and most text-based applications you would see: ??0007423?0000448? In Microsoft Word or Notepad it looks like: ☻♥0007423☺0000448☻ or depending on settings: 0000975 0062336...

  • Page 52: Auto-Locking The Workstation

    To improve the security the best solution is to use the pcProx-Sonar. This is a presence detector that usually mounts to the top lip of the monitor. It sends the keystrokes the user needs sent every time.

  • Page 53: What Is Sonar Proximity Detection

    Now when you walk away from your system, you will benefit from a hands-free means of locking your computer. How Does the System Work? The concept of the pcProx-Sonar is easy to understand. The unit incorporates a sophisticated ultrasonic sensor to detect the presence of the user.

  • Page 54: Who Can Benefit Using The System

    The second event is when you return to your work zone. The pcProx can now detect this event and send some preparatory keystrokes for you. For example, on return to their computer, Windows 2000 users must hit the CTL-ALT-DEL key sequence to prepare the computer for the password entry.

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    (pcProx) and the software configuration screen agrees with the reader attached. 4. Verify the Port agrees with the connector on the PC. 5. If trouble continues, unplug the pcProx unit, use the Control Panel’s Add/Remove Hardware to remove ‘General USB Device’, and reboot the PC.

  • Page 56: Index

    AIR ID SDK, 12 Motorola, 9 API, 7 PARITY BIT, 27 ASCI number, 12 passive badge, 10 ASCII number, 12 pcPROX Badge, 10 auto mode, 31 requirements, 9 auto-run, 12 SDK, 5, 24 factory defaults, 14 Shortcut, 32 HID, 9...

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