BioMetric Veriprox Operation Manual

Summary of Veriprox

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    Td1136_rev0700 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Veriprox operations manual.

  • Page 2: Notices

    Page 1 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Notices biometric id strives to comply with the most stringent standards, however at the time this document went to press, the following approvals were still pending for the veriprox. Fcc pending approval ul pending listing clu pending listing ce pending ...

  • Page 3: Trademark Disclosures

    Page 2 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Trademark disclosures biometricid has made every effort to provide disclosures when using trademarks owned by other companies. Trademarked designations appear throughout this publication. The publisher states that it is using the designations only for edi...

  • Page 4: Biometric Id Warranty Policy

    Page 3 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Biometric id warranty policy biometric identification, inc . ( biometric id ) warrants its products to be free from defects caused by faulty materials or poor workmanship for a period of one year from date of shipment from biometric id. Biometric id makes...

  • Page 5: Privacy Statement

    Page 4 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Authorization will be subject to review. After biometric id's examination, warranty or out- of-warranty status will be determined. If, upon biometric id's examination, a warranted defect exists, the product(s) will be repaired at no charge and shipped, pr...

  • Page 6: Table of Contents

    Page 5 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Table of contents notices ............................................................................................................................................................1 fcc.......................................................................

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    Page 6 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Transfer templates........................................................................................................................................32 download to pc ......................................................................................

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  • Page 9: Notes

    Page 8 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Notes.

  • Page 10: Introduction

    I n t r o d u c t i o n page 9 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Introduction biometricid, the leader in fingerprint identification and verification systems, presents the veriprox fingerprint verification system. Technology by biometricid has been applied in various unique applications including...

  • Page 11: About The Veriprox

    I n t r o d u c t i o n page 10 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. About the veriprox biometricid’s veriprox combines patented fingerprint verification technology with an industry-standard proximity card reader in a mullion-mountable case. This ensures greater security for the card issuer and the...

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    I n t r o d u c t i o n page 11 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Veriprox – physical layout figure 1: top view figure 2: bottom view top led front led (power on) sensor ridge lock power on light bottom aux port cover (closed) locking screw.

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    Page 12 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Figure 3: bottom panel – closed figure 4: bottom panel – open figure 5: veriprox unit and mounting plate for additional information on installing and connecting your veriprox unit, please refer to the veriprox installation manual. Locking screw rj-11 aux...

  • Page 14: Concepts Of Operations

    C o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s page 13 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Concepts of operations the veriprox the veriprox integrates an industry-standard proximity card reader with biometricid’s mv1100 fingerprint verification technology. A user waves the proximity card near the front o...

  • Page 15: The Proximity Card

    C o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s page 14 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. The proximity card figure 6: veriprox card there are three types of proximity cards split into two basic categories: • user cards • enroll command cards • delete command cards user cards the veriprox can be program...

  • Page 16: Basic System Administration

    C o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s page 15 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Basic system administration enrollment new users are entered into the system through the process of “enrollment”. This procedure scans the users fingerprint and produces a fingerprint template, a collection of data...

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    C o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s page 16 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Multiple readers if your installation includes multiple veriprox readers that are used by a common population of users, you will need to distribute the fingerprint template of each user to all the veriprox readers....

  • Page 18: Lights

    C o n c e p t s o f o p e r a t i o n s page 17 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Lights figure 9: top led steady amber the veriprox is requesting that a finger be placed on the sensor. This may be for verification or for enrollment. The user may remove the finger when the light goes out. Blinki...

  • Page 19: Concepts Of Operation

    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 18 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Veriprox administrative software the administrative software that comes with the veriprox unit is designed to run on windows nt™ 4.0 or windows 98™ (note: it is possible to run the software on w...

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    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 19 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. To that id. This causes the information packets to “collide” and become jumbled, resulting in communication losses. It is important that commands that are broadcast to all readers do not ask for...

  • Page 21: Installing The Software

    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 20 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Installing the software to install the software, run the setup.Exe file on the veriprox admin cd. You may accept the default path or choose an alternate directory in which to install the softwar...

  • Page 22: Setting Up The Id File

    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 21 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Setting up the id file once you have installed the software on your pc, you will need to set up a communications port id file. The software will use the information in this file to communicate w...

  • Page 23: Communication Settings File

    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 22 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Communication settings file there is a second initialization file that is used by the administrative software. This is the commparameters.Cfg file. The program automatically writes this file whe...

  • Page 24: Setting Up A Network

    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 23 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Setting up a network as described above, when setting up a network you will need to assign unique id numbers to each veriprox and confirm the communication settings. The easiest way to do this i...

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    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 24 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. 12 select the appropriate baud rate from the host port baud rate drop down list (9600 is recommended). Keep in mind that you are currently talking over the aux port, but you are changing the hos...

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    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 25 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Icons, commands and drop downs figure 11: veriprox toolbar once you have the software installed and running, you will be able to access the features mentioned above either through the icons and ...

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    V e r i p r o x a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s o f t w a r e page 26 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Broadcast (page 45) icon command path file > broadcast parameters network status (page 46) icon command path file > network status transmit id drop down the transmit id number refers to the ids ...

  • Page 28: Template Manager

    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 27 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Template manager the template manager allows you to: • edit templates • enroll templates • delete templates • verify templates • transfer templates to and from a pc or from one veriprox unit to another veriprox unit figure 1...

  • Page 29: Edit Templates

    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 28 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Edit templates to edit a template, select the appropriate id number(s) in the templates window and click the edit button. Alternatively, you make double-click on the id number in the window and an edit box will open. Note: w...

  • Page 30: Enroll Templates

    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 29 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Enroll templates when you select the enroll button on the template manager window, the following window will appear: figure 14: enrollment screen note: it is recommended that you enroll all templates from this window so you ...

  • Page 31: Delete Templates

    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 30 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. 4 on the enrollment screen, the quantity and content fields each will display from one to five stars indicating how well the print was read. In addition, a sample of the print will appear in the left center of the screen. A ...

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    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 31 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Broadcast section on page 45). Select the appropriate id number(s) in the templates window and click the delete button (recall that you can use the shift and ctrl keys to select multiple templates). Note: you will not receiv...

  • Page 33: Transfer Templates

    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 32 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Transfer templates there are three primary ways you can transfer templates: • download from the veriprox unit to the pc • upload from the pc to the veriprox unit • transfer from unit to unit in each of these cases, you can t...

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    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 33 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Note: if you are in a networked environment, you only need to download from one unit since the template will be the same on all units..

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    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 34 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Upload from pc you can transfer templates from your pc to any veriprox unit. When you click the upload from pc button, a window like the one below will open: figure 16: transfer between pc and veriprox 1 click the upload fro...

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    T e m p l a t e m a n a g e r page 35 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Transfer from unit to unit use this option when you are in a networked environment. Figure 17: transfer templates for unit to unit to transfer templates between units, 1 in the template manager window, select the template(s)...

  • Page 37: Command Cards

    C o m m a n d c a r d s page 36 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Command cards command cards allow administrators to add and remove user ids directly from the veriprox unit without having to access the software. These can be useful for creating and removing temporary visitor’s badges or adminis...

  • Page 38: Using Command Cards

    Page 37 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Removing command cards to remove a command card, highlight the id number in either the enroll ids or the delete ids window and click the delete entry button directly beneath the window. This will delete the template for all associated indices. Note: you ...

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    Page 38 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Delete command card to delete a user: 1 wave the delete command card near the front of the veriprox unit. The light will glow amber directing the administrator to place his/her finger on the unit. 2 if the administrator is authorized to use the command c...

  • Page 40: Communication Settings

    C o m m u n i c a t i o n s e t t i n g s page 39 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Communication settings from the communication settings dialog, you can modify the transmit id, the pc comm port, and the communication baud rate. Figure 19: communication port settings click the modify button to ...

  • Page 41: Veriprox Parameters

    V e r i p r o x p a r a m e t e r s page 40 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Veriprox parameters the veriprox parameter settings window aids the administrator in the following: • assigning a network identification number to a veriprox unit • setting a global security threshold for a veriprox un...

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    V e r i p r o x p a r a m e t e r s page 41 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Network identification number in a networked environment, this allows you to assign a unique number to each veriprox unit on the network (the default setting from the factory is “0”). Setting the number 1 in the assign...

  • Page 43: Global Security Threshold

    V e r i p r o x p a r a m e t e r s page 42 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Global security threshold there are two types of security settings: the local security level associated with the individual template; and, the global security level associated with the individual veriprox unit. You may...

  • Page 44: Wiegand Out

    V e r i p r o x p a r a m e t e r s page 43 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Wiegand out this section allows you to send coded messages to your wiegand device (where applicable). Failure code when you check the check to enable failure string box, whatever code you type into the failure code fie...

  • Page 45: Host Port Protocol

    V e r i p r o x p a r a m e t e r s page 44 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Host port and aux port baud rates you can change the baud rates of both the host and aux ports to match your pc and/or other networked devices. In order to maintain communication, if you change the baud rate on the por...

  • Page 46: Broadcast

    B r o a d c a s t page 45 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Broadcast the broadcast window allows you to modify settings on all units in a networked environment at the same time. Under most circumstances, you will use this window when communicating over the host port (recall that the aux port pr...

  • Page 47: Net Status

    N e t s t a t u s page 46 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Net status the net status window displays the condition of all units networked. Figure 23: net status window there are three possible conditions: 1. Online 2. No response 3. Busy.

  • Page 48: Getting Service And Support

    G e t t i n g s e r v i c e a n d s u p p o r t page 47 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Getting service and support biometricid, inc. Is available to provide information and assistance. Contact biometricid using methods discussed below. Before calling, copy down the following version informati...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 48 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Appendix a – quality and content section a.1 - basic biometric concepts biometric definitions enrollment is the operation of scanning a fingerprint, determining the quality of the fingerprint scan, an...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 49 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Content scores are based upon the amount of non-ambiguous data in the region of the core. The higher the content, the greater the degree of useful information. See section b.3 for a thorough discussio...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 50 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Section a.2 - proper finger placement the basics for successful operation of the veriprox are simple but important. System performance improves dramatically with consistent finger placement. It is imp...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 51 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Image consistency once a user’s fingerprint template has been enrolled, the best performance in the candidate matching process depends on consistency. Obviously, the user must use the same finger for ...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 52 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Section a.3 - using content and quality during enrollments as described in section a.1, quality and content scores are returned in the enrollment process. These scores give an indication of the perfor...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 53 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Quality the quality score is based on how well the ridge pattern is defined within the fingerprint image that was enrolled. In other words, quality measures how clearly the veriprox imaged the fingerp...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 54 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Content the content score is based upon the amount of usable information the veriprox sees in the fingerprint. Templates that are characterized by low content scores may result in elevated rates of fa...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 55 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. A thorough enrollment procedure will ensure streamlined and reliable verification for users. It is recommended that all three options be performed in the order listed above to maximize the performance...

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    A p p e n d i x a – q u a l i t y a n d c o n t e n t page 56 © 1999 biometric identification, inc. Biometric identification inc. 5000 van nuys blvd., suite 300 sherman oaks, ca 91403 phone 818.501.3908 fax 818.461.0843 world wide web site: www.Biometricid.Com.