Setting up usable credential numbers
A reader or keypad requires that a person present a valid badge, or key in a valid credential number followed by the # key.
Credential numbers can be very long. Their use is prone to error when someone has to key in a long string of numbers including
leading zeros. You can create a custom, 16-bit credential number (00001 to 65535), which is easier to enter.
- Create a new Wiegand format.
- Configure these properties and click Save:
- Validation Bits: All
- Bit Length: 16
- Credential Length: 16
- Format: NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (the letter “N” entered 16 times)
- To assign this format to a badge, click .
- To create a new badge, click the Add button (
). - Enter a five-digit custom credential in the
Credentialproperty (00001 to 65535). - Click the chevron to the right of the Wiegand Format property and select the 16-bit format you created from the Ref Chooser and click Ok.
- To save the configuration, click Save.