Before you can use credentials of up to 240 bits with your Mercury controllers, you
must enable support for long credentials on your
Synergis™
unit.
Before you begin
Ensure the following:
- Your Synergis
is running Synergis™ Softwire 11.0 or
later, and that it is online and connected to your network.
- The Mercury controllers that you want to use long credential support with are
running firmware version 1.29.1 or later.
What you should know
Because credentials of 64 bits or longer are not automatically synchronized with
Mercury, you must manually enable them.
Procedure
-
Log on to the
Synergis
unit.
-
Click .
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Click the Database layout settings tab from the side menu,
and then select the Long credentials database layout from the
list.
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Click the Long credential formats tab from the side menu,
and then enter the credential length you want to use.
The value must be from 64 to 240.
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Click Add.
You can add up to eight different credential formats.
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Click Save.
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Perform a software restart:
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In the top menu, click .
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After the software restart, log back on to the
Synergis
unit.
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On the Mercury controller settings page, click the
Buses tab from the side menu.
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Click Reset for the controllers that require long credential
support.
Results
The new credential formats that you enabled can be used with your Mercury
controllers.