Situations where you need to manage the devices that are used for access control and time & attendance will happen all the time. The network environment might have changed, or you might need to add a specific user to have privileges to control the device itself. To minimize the work for the administrator, BioStar 2 provides a feature where you can batch edit some features of the device.
1. Select the devices to be edited.
2. Click the 'Batch Edit' button.
3. A screen will appear that will show all editable options.
4. To modify an option, click the pencil-shaped icon and change the values.
5. After changing the configuration, click the 'Apply' button.
1. Use DHCP - Configure the device to get the address from the DHCP server or to allocate a static IP manually.
2. Use Server Matching – Configure the device to perform authentication matching after the user data is stored in the server.
3. Full Access - Configure the device to allow all authentications or to work based on the access group configurations.
4. Time Zone - Configure the device's time zone.
5. Daylight Saving Time – Configure the device to have the Daylight-Saving Time applied to its time.
6. Smart Card Layout - Configure the device's smart card layout which will be used to read the smart card issued from BioStar 2.
7. Subnet Mask - Configure the device's subnet mask.
8. Gateway - Configure the device's gateway address.
9. Matching Timeout - Configure the maximum time for the device to match the scanned fingerprint template with the stored templates.
10. Device Port - Configure the port that will be used to communicate when using the server → device connection.
11. Connection Mode - Configure the connection mode to device → server or to server → device.
12. Server Address - Configure the server address the device will try to connect when it's set to device → server mode.
13. RS485 - Configure the RS-485 mode of the device to master, default, or slave.
14. Buad Rate - Configure the baud rate to be used when communicating via RS-485.
15. Administrator - Configure a user that will have administrator privilege on the device.
16. Screensaver – Configure the device to have the screensaver.
17. Thermal Camera Use – Configure the device whether to use the thermal camera or not.
18. Threshold Temp – Configure the device to have the threshold for the temperature measured by the user.
19. Temp. Correction – Configure the device to have the temperature correction for the temperature measured by the user.
20. Thermal & Mask Check Mode – Configure the device to check the thermal status & Mask Check option for authentication.