User's Manual

PICS User’s Manual 07 June 2004

it will frequently solve this problem.

Blinking

Green

Successful Match

Green indicates that the fingerprint was matched successfully. A blinking

green LED should be accompanied by a single, short, low pitch beep.

Initially, the LED should blink green. Once the PIC has received confirmation

from the PICS Reader that the PIC has been validated, the LED will remain on

continuously and another short, high pitched beep will be emitted. If the PIC

fails to receive validation from the Reader by the time the timeout occurs,

three short high pitched beeps will be emitted prior to the PIC shutting itself

down.

Solid

Green

Entry Authorized

Once the PIC communicates with the PICS Reader, and PICS Reader has

validated the user in the database, the PIC will emit a short high pitch beep

and the LED will stop blinking. If the PIC accepts the users fingerprint but

never gets validation from the PICS Reader, there are three possible sources

for the problem. The most likely is failed communication with the PICS

Reader. Simply moving the PIC around can help this problem. The second

possibility is a hardware or software failure inside the PICS Reader. The third

possibility is that the user has been disenrolled from the database.

The PIC will generally time out (turn itself back off) between 10 to 15 seconds after

being turned on, depending on the status of the PIC and other factors.

NOTE: THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RADIO OR TV

INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EQUIPMENT.

SUCH MODIFICATIONS COULD VOID THE USER'S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE

EQUIPMENT.

3.2 Enrollment Station Operation

The Enrollment Station operator is responsible for enrolling users into the PICS system.

This task is accomplished via the PICS Manager software package running on the

Enrollment Station PC. The Enrollment Station operator must be familiar with the PICS

Manager software and the operation of the PIC units. The Enrollment Station operator

will most likely be required to train PIC users during the enrollment process. In addition

to the PICS Manager software itself, the Enrollment Station must have access to an

Interbase SQL database (either on the local PC or a remote PC connected via Ethernet)

with tables configured as described in paragraph 3.3.6. When the PICS Manager

software starts, the operator may be prompted to enter a username and password for the

database. The user name and password must be created by the maintainer. In some

environments it may be desirable to avoid logging into the database each time the

program starts. If this is the case, a user name and password may be set in the

configuration screen to have the software automatically log in when it starts. This feature