Configuring TI EntryPoint authentication on a Mercury LP4502 in Synergis Softwire - Synergis Softwire

To bring your physical access control system into conformity with the US government's Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201), you can enable Personal Identity Verification (PIV), Personal Identity Verification-Interoperable (PIV-I), or Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) credentials using EntryPoint authentication on a Mercury LP4502 controller.

1. Upload the Mercury firmware onto the Synergis unit:
   1. Download the latest firmware from the GTAP Product Download page by selecting the latest version of Synergis Softwire from the Download Finder list, and downloading the latest .sfw file listed in the Third Party Firmware Packages section.
   2. Save the .sfw file on your local drive.
   3. Log on to the Synergis unit.
   4. Click Maintenance > Softwire upgrade.
   5. Click Select upgrade file.
   6. In the file browser that opens, select the .sfw firmware file, and click Open.
   7. Click Upgrade now.
2. For Synergis Softwire 11.1 and later, change the database layout to the Ficam layout by doing the following:
   1. Log on to your Synergis unit, and click Configuration > Mercury controller settings.
   2. Expand the Database layout settings section, select Ficam from the list, and click Save.
   3. Perform a software restart on the Synergis unit.
      
3. For Synergis Softwire versions earlier than 11.1, change the database layout to the Ficam layout by doing the following:
   1. Log on to your Synergis unit, using the following URL:
      https://<IP address>/MercuryEP/UnitWide/DefaultDbSettings/Set?value=FicamLayout

      NOTE: <IP address> is the IP address of your Synergis unit.
   2. On the redirect page that opens, click the link to apply the database layout change.
   3. Perform a software restart on the Synergis unit.
4. Log back on to your unit using the following URL:
   https://<IP address>/MercuryEP/FirmwareVersions
5. On the FirmwareVersions page, click Install TI EntryPoint Embedded package <version>, where <version> is the latest package version.
   Installing and enabling the plugin can take a few minutes.
6. Perform a software restart on the Synergis unit.
7. For Synergis Softwire 11.1 and later, enable TI EntryPoint:
   1. Log back on to your Synergis unit, and click Configuration > Mercury controller settings.
   2. Expand the Auxiliary authentication module section, select TIEntryPoint from the list, and click Save.
   3. Perform a software restart on the Synergis unit.
      
8. For Synergis Softwire versions earlier than 11.1, enable TI EntryPoint:
   1. Go to the following:
      https://<IP address>/MercuryEP/UnitWide/AAM/Set?value=TIEntryPoint
   2. On the redirect page that opens, click the link.
   3. Perform a software restart on the Synergis unit.
9. In Config Tool, create a door and associate the hardware to it.
10. Create numeric custom fields for DoorInReaderType and DoorOutReaderType.
    NOTE: Leave the Default value set to 0, and use the same Group name for both custom fields.
    

    The following values are used by EntryPoint-Embedded:

    0

    No EntryPoint-Embedded (Default setting)

    1

    CAK

    2

    PKI

    3

    PKI + BIO

11. In the Area view task, click the door's Custom fields tab.
12. Set the custom field values for the reader types to 0.