Issuing a New Card in Enhanced User Management Environment

NOTE: See Credentials Parameters for more details on how to enable the Enhanced User Management environment.

1 - From the Users  toolbar, select the Card  button. The displayed Card window is used to enter/verify general information on the cardholder.

2 - Click the New  button (first button) in the toolbar. The Card user name  field is enabled to enter the card holder’s name. You can enter up to 50 characters.

3 - Click Save .

4 - Double-click on the Card type field to open the Card type window. Select the card type for the new card. The card type is used to group cardholders; it is useful for modifying an existing card group and creating reports, etc. For more information on how to create/modify card types, see Card Type Definition.

NOTE:  In the Card type field, you can right-click the Card type field and choose New to create a new card type, choose Select to select an existing card type or you can choose Edit to edit an existing card type.

5 - Click on the Card number  tab, double-click on Card #1 if you want to change the label.

6 - Enter the Card number .

•   If EntraPass was previously configured for Multiple Card Format , you can modify the card format by right-clicking the Card number  field, see Defining a Card Display Format  to enable the multiple card formats and select a new default card format for Card #1 to Card #5 . The default card format is HH:DDDDD (Hexadecimal and decimal 24 bits).

NOTE: The Access Level will apply to the user which means all 5 cards.

•   When the Multiple Card Format  is enabled: A list of all card formats will be displayed when you right-click in the card number field.

•   When a card format has been defined by the system administrator, the card format has a check mark next to its description.

7 - As an option, you can assign the Card number  immediately. If you are using the EntraPass Web, you can leave the field empty and assign the card number at a later time.

8 - If your access rights allow it, you can decide to Display card number  or not, then the user card number in reports and message lists in the EntraPass workstation s .

NOTE: The system automatically displays the Creation date,  the Modification date  and the Modification count information on the upper right-hand side of the Card dialog.

9 - Check the Use expiration date option and select the corresponding date.

10 - Check the Trace  option if you want to monitor the use of a particular card. Selecting this option will cause the “Card traced” event to be generated each time this card is presented to a card reader. For example, you can request and generate a report containing the “card traced” event in order to verify user actions.

11 - Check the Stolen/Lost  option, if the card has been stolen or lost. The card will not be functional anymore.

12 - Repeat Steps 5 to 11 for Card #2 to Card #5, if applicable. The selections can be different for the 5 cards.