The Synergis™ Appliance Portal is the web-based administration tool used to configure and administer the Synergis™ appliance and upgrade its firmware.
You can perform the following tasks through the portal:
- Change the password required to connect to the Synergis™ appliance.
- Configure the network settings on the Synergis™ appliance so it works on your system.
- Enroll and configure the interface modules connected to the Synergis™ appliance.NOTE: Mercury LP controllers and Honeywell controllers (PW6K1IC and PRO32IC) must be enrolled and configured from the access control unit's Peripherals page in Config Tool.
- Configure the access control behavior of the appliance for both online and offline operations.
- Test and diagnose the interface readers, I/Os, and module connections of the Synergis™ appliance.
- Configure the settings specific to Mercury controllers and downstream controllers.
- Configure MIFARE DESFire on OSDP and STid readers.
- Enable SAM card-based cryptography on Synergis™ units with expansion modules.
- Manage X.509 certificates.
- View and export the Synergis™ appliance's status and configuration.
- View the capabilities and status of Mercury controllers.
- Upgrade the Synergis™ appliance's firmware (Synergis™ Softwire) and interface module firmware.
- Apply the latest cumulative security rollup to the appliance.
- Verify how much space is available on the appliance and perform storage cleanups.
- Restart the Synergis™ appliance's hardware or software.
Tasks that must be done in Config Tool
You cannot perform the following tasks through the portal. You have to use Security Center Config Tool instead.- Assign devices (I/O contacts, readers) to doors and zones.
- Configure individual door and zone properties.
- Configure I/O linking.
- Configure Card and PIN readers so both the card and the PIN are required to grant access.
For more information about deploying Synergis™, see the following chapters in the
Security Center Administrator
Guide:
- For configuring doors and Card and PIN readers, see Areas, doors, and elevators in Config Tool.
- For configuring zones and I/O linking, see Zones and intrusion detection in Config Tool.