User's Manual

PICS User’s Manual 07 June 2004

should be used with some caution since it compromises the security of the system. The

enrollment process places information in the database which is used by the PICS Reader

Service to update the database in the Reader itself. It is not necessary for the Reader and

the PICS Reader Service to be operating during enrollment, but it is recommended.

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.

3.2.1 Enrollment Operation

There are two tabs on the main screen of the PICS Manager enrollment software. They

are Users and Config. Of these two, the operator will spend very little time on the

Config tab.

3.2.1.1 User Database

The first tab on the PICS Manager screen selects the Users screen, shown in Figure 2.

This screen is used to add and remove users from the PICS database and to start the

enrollment process for a user. Clicking the NEW button will bring up a dialog box

allowing the operator to enter the user’s pertinent information (Name, User ID, and a

Duress ID). Delete removes a user from the database. ENROLL is only available for

users that a not currently enrolled. It will bring up a dialog box for enrolling the user into

a PIC. DISENROLL simply removes the user’s enrollment information from the

database. It does not remove the user from the database. The user’s PIC will still work,

but the PICS Reader will no longer allow the user access to the system. The REFRESH

button is used to update the current list from the database. This function is not normally

required since the software attempts to track changes as they occur. The TEST MODE

button brings up the enrollment dialog box in a test mode, which can be used to verify

that a PIC has been enrolled correctly. UPDATE READER can be used to force an

update to the PICS Reader. Normally, the PICS Reader will be kept up to date by the

PICS Reader Service, but this function can be used in cases where the operator has reason

to believe the PICS Reader database has been corrupted. The operator can determine

whether a given user is currently enrolled by checking the PIC ID field for that user. A

blank PIC ID field will indicate that the current user is not current enrolled in the

database. When creating a new user, the operator should be aware that the USER ID is

the string that will be output from the PICS Reader after a successful verification. The

Duress ID will be output after a successful verification of the user’s duress fingerprint.

This is only pertinent for systems which send such information to a gate controller

system. The User ID is also used for some database lookups, so it is still required to be

entered.