You must enroll BEST Wi-Q gateways through Mercury LP4502 controllers in Config
Tool before you can add BEST Wi-Q locks and
wireless access controllers.
What you should know
Mercury controllers enrolled on a
Synergis
unit are not visible from the
Synergis™ Appliance Portal
Hardware page.
Procedure
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Enroll the Mercury LP4502 controller in Config
Tool.
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From the Config
Tool home page, open
the Access control task.
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Click Roles and units, and then click the Synergis unit.
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Click Peripherals, and then click Add an
item ().
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Enter the following information:
- Model
- Select LP4502.
- IP address
- Static IP address assigned to the controller by your IT department.
- Port
- Communication port (default=3001). The port must match the value configured on
the Mercury Device Manager web page.
- Channel
- Channel ID corresponding to this controller. The channel ID can be any value
from 0 to 63, and must be unique within the Synergis unit. After it is assigned, it must
not be changed.
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Add the BEST Wi-Q gateway as an interface for the Mercury controller.
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Under the Interfaces list, click Add an
item ().
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In the dialog box that opens, select BEST Wi-Q Gateway as
the Model, enter the MAC Address.
NOTE: Ensure that the MAC address is entered using capital letters, is 12 characters
long, and does not contain periods, colons, or dashes. For example,
A1B2C3D4E5F6.
Results
The Mercury controller and BEST Wi-Q gateway are online on the
Peripherals page of the
Synergis Cloud Link
unit in
Config
Tool, and the connection is
established on the web page of the BEST Wi-Q gateway.
After you finish
Pair the BEST Wi-Q locks or wireless access controllers with the BEST Wi-Q gateway, and
then assign them ACR (access control reader) IDs from the web page of the BEST Wi-Q gateway,
so that they can be added in
Config
Tool later.
For more information about pairing devices to the gateway, see the BEST Wi-Q
documentation.