How to configure a 200-bit magnetic PIV card format

Procedure Steps

First, set the maximum badge number length to 14 by doing the following:

1) Start System Administration.

2) From the Administration menu, select System Options.

3) Click the Hardware Settings tab.

4) Click [Modify] and change the Maximum badge number length to 14.

5) Click [OK].

6) You will be prompted to perform a full access panel download. Click [Yes] to perform the full download.

7) An information message displays that indicates you have successfully changed the system configuration. Users on other workstations must log out and log on to the applications again in order to use these new settings.

 

Second, create the card format by doing the following:

1) Start System Administration.

2) From the Administration menu select Card Formats.

3) Click [Add]. The Choose Card Format Type window opens. In the listing window, select "Magnetic" and click [OK].

4) If segmentation is not enabled, skip this step. If segmentation is enabled the Segment Membership window opens. Select the segment that this card format will be assigned to. Click [OK].

5) In the Name field, type a unique, descriptive name for this card format.

6) Set the Facility Code to 0.

7) Set the Badge Offset Number to 0.

8) Set the Access Control Track to 2, and the Total Characters on Track 2 to 32.

9) In the Access Control Fields on Track 2 section, specify the following settings:

                               Field Length    Field Order    Offset from start of track 2

- Facility Code:              0                     0                           0

- Card Number:            14                    1                           0

- Issue Code:                 0                     0                           0

10) For Field Order & Offset, select Contiguous Starting at Beginning of Track 2.

11) Click [OK].