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 appliance so it works on your system.
- Enroll and configure the interface modules connected to the
appliance.NOTE: Mercury LP controllers and Honeywell controllers (PW6K1IC, PRO32IC, PW7K1IC, and PRO42IC) must be enrolled and configured from Config Tool on the access control unit's Peripherals page.
- Configure the access control behavior of the appliance for both online and offline operations.
- Test and diagnose the interface readers, I/O, and module connections of the appliance.
- Configure the settings specific to Mercury controllers and downstream controllers.
- Configure the reader LED and beeper settings with support for configuration export and import.
- 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 appliance's status and configuration.
- View the capabilities and status of Mercury controllers.
- Upgrade the appliance firmware (Synergis™ Softwire) and interface module firmware.
- Apply the latest cumulative security rollup to the Synergis appliance.
- Verify how much space is available on the Synergis appliance and perform storage cleanups.
- Restart the appliance's hardware or software.
Tasks that must be done in Config Tool
You cannot perform the following tasks through the portal. Use Security Center Config Tool instead.- Assign devices (input/output contacts, readers) to doors and zones.
- Configure individual door and zone properties.
- Configure I/O linking.
- Configure Card and PIN readers so that 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.