User's Manual

PICS User’s Manual 07 June 2004
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Section Field Meaning
DNS SERVER
This value specifies the DNS server.
The Reader does not support DNS.
This value should be set to 0.0.0.0
PORT NUMBER
This specifies the port number that
the Reader will accept socket
connections on. It is currently hard
coded in the PICS Manager software
to 50000.
LANE NAME
This is the name the reader will refer
to this lane by. It is included in all
status messages and log events.
LANE 1
through
LANE2
CFG FILE NAME
Specifies the complete path to the
configuration file for that lane. The
lane configuration can be changed
through the PICS Reader Service
user interface.
LOGGING
ENABLE
Indicates whether the reader should
maintain a log file of user accesses.
This feature can be controlled
through the PICS Reader Service
user interface.
The fields that are shown in bold are fields which the maintainer may have to adjust as
part of the installation, or if the system configuration is changed. It is recommended that
a copy of the current reader.ini file be stored somewhere safe. This copy can be used as a
template for making a new file should changes be required.
3.5.2 PICS Reader Lane Configuration File
For each lane identified in the reader.ini file, there is a lane configuration file. The lane
configuration file specifies how the reader should talk to the PIC units. It also specifies
what the reader should do with the results of communication with the PIC. Currently,
there are two options available. Option 1 is the IO_GATE configuration. This specifies
that there is hardware attached to the CPU which controls traffic lights and/or an actual
gate. The second option is the MSG_GATE, which tells the reader how to send RS-232
messages to an external gate controller or computer. Both options may be used by the
same lane.
[SYSTEM]
io_mode=cpu
name=Lane 1
type=io_gate
ID UNIT BAUD RATE=38400
ID UNIT COM PORT=2
DEBUG ENABLE=0
GATE INTERFACE COUNT=2
GATE INTERFACE 1=IO_GATE
GATE INTERFACE 2=MSG_GATE