Synergis™ IX controllers support a wide range of access control features that depend on the version of Synergis™ Softwire you use.
Synergis™
Softwire
11.2 supports the following Synergis™ IX controller features.
The following is the legend for some common values
found in the Supported column:
- Yes
- Feature is offered by the interface module and is supported by Synergis™ Softwire.
- No
- Feature is offered by the interface module but is not supported by Synergis™ Softwire.
- Not applicable
- Feature is not offered by the interface module.
| Features | Supported |
|---|---|
| General characteristics | |
| Category of interface module (SY-SIX-CTRL-DIN or SY-SIX-CTRL-DIN-1D) | Intelligent controller |
| Communication protocol | IP |
| Encrypted communication | Yes (TLS 1.2) |
| Online operation (connected to the Synergis™ unit) | |
| Standalone mode | Yes |
| Supervised mode | No |
| Dependent mode | No |
| Offline operation (no connection to the Synergis™ unit) | |
| Standalone mode | Yes |
| Degraded mode | Not applicable |
| Reader communication protocols | |
| Wiegand | Yes |
| OSDP | Yes3 |
| OSDP (Secure Channel) | Yes3 |
| Clock and Data (Magnetic Stripe), also known as ABA format | No |
| F2F | Not applicable |
| Proprietary | Yes |
| Scalability | |
| Maximum number of credentials (for autonomous decision making) | 100,0002 for up to 4 controllers 25,0002 for up to 16 controllers |
| Maximum credential length (in bits)1 | 40 |
| Maximum number of interface modules per Synergis™ unit RS-485 channel | Not applicable |
| Recommended maximum number of interface modules per Synergis™ unit | 16 |
1 All credentials stored on a given Synergis™ IX controller must be of the same bit length.
2 Includes the two factory default users, which are read-only.
3 The only readers supported are HID Signo readers and Synergis™ IX OSDP readers. The minimum required versions for OSDP support are Synergis™ Softwire 11.2, Synergis™ IX controller firmware 4.00_649_L1C3, and reader expander firmware 1.12.585 L021.