Traka cabinets can be opened using an access card, a keypad ID (code), a personal
identification number (PIN), or any combination of these authentication methods. If access
control cards are used, you must select the format that is in use. If only a PIN, a keypad code,
or both a PIN and keypad code are used, you must create and select custom card
formats.
What you should know
- It is recommended to do this procedure before you connect to the Traka system for the first time.
- The plugin does not support custom card formats.
- The card format selected in the plugin role must match the format of the cards used at
the readers of the Traka cabinets.
- The Traka system does not define card formats. Instead, it stores card numbers, PINs,
and keypad codes in the user accounts. However, Security Center needs the card format to identify which
bits from an incoming reader request contain the card number, facility code, PIN, and
keypad ID.
- The card formats that you select in the plugin role's Properties
page are only applied to newly imported Traka users and newly created Traka
cardholders. Changing the card format in the plugin role does not change the credentials
of existing Traka cardholders. So, if you change the format after you have created Traka
cardholders, you must update their credentials from the Credential
management or Cardholder management tasks.
Procedure
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From the Config
Tool home page, open the
Plugins task.
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In the Plugins task, select the plugin role from the
entity browser, and click the Properties tab.
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In the Traka users created in Security Center section, configure the
following:
- Card format
- The format of the cards supported by the card reader on the Traka cabinets.
- CSN in hexadecimal
- Only applies when the CSN card format is in use; for any other card format, this
switch is ignored.
- If the readers at the Traka cabinets support CSN, and the Traka Integration Engine
sends the CSN data as hexadecimal, slide the switch to ON.
- If CSN data is sent as decimals, slide the switch to OFF.
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In the Traka users imported into Security Center as cardholders section,
configure the following:
- Card format
- The format of the cards supported by the card
reader on the Traka cabinets. If cabinets do not have card readers, and Traka users only
enter a PIN, create a custom card format for the PIN, and select it here.
- Facility code
- Assigns a default facility code to a cardholder's Traka credential, which is
created when the Traka users are synchronized with Security Center cardholders. The facility code is a
number from 0 to 9999.
- In multi-tenant deployments or multiple sites managed by separate Traka servers,
it is possible to have duplicate card numbers. The facility code ensures that all
card numbers are unique.
- Cardholder group
- The default cardholder group to which imported Traka users are assigned.
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If a keypad ID is not used to open a cabinet, in the Custom card
format list, select None.
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If a keypad ID is used to open a cabinet, in the Custom card
format list, select the custom card format created for Traka.
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In the Credential synchronization section select the credential
types you want to synchronize.
NOTE: The Credential synchronization settings correspond to those
in the Access Rules configuration page in the Traka Asset Management
plugin.
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Click Apply.