How to configure a 75-bit Wiegand PIV card format

How to configure a 75-bit 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 16.

 

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) From the Administration menu, select Card Formats.

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

3) 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].

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


5) Set the Facility Code to 0.

6) Set the Badge Offset Number to 0.

7) Set the Total Number of Bits On Card to 75.

8) Select the following values for the Facility Code, Card Number, and Issue Code:

                                Starting Bit            Number of Bits

- Facility Code:               0                              0 

- Card Number:              1                            48

- Issue Code:                  0                              0

 

9) Set the Number of Even Parity Bits to 38.

 

10) Set the Number of Odd Parity Bits to 37.
 
11) You may also need to select GSA binary PIV AC+SC+CC under the "Special" dropdown menu



Applies To

 

OnGuard 2006 Technology Update (5.12.110) or later
 

Additional Information

Note that when assigning this card format to the reader in the Readers screen in System Administration, make sure to choose a Reader Type containing (Wiegand / Prox). Anything else may yield unpredictable behavior of the reader when a card is presented.