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WhatFormatDoYouNeed?
Thisisthequestionnoonewantstoaskorhear,butitsansweriscriticaltoprogram
and order any credential.
Whatisaformat?
Aformatisthestructureofthedatastoredinanaccesscontrolcredential.Basically
itiscomprisedofasetofbinarydigits–“bits”–puttogetheracertainwaytocreate
a binary number, which is converted into a credential number by an access control
system.Thenumberofonesandzeros,andhowtheyareputtogether,determinesthe
format and ultimately the credential number.
Forexample: A26-bitformat(H10301)iscreatedlikethis
1-11111111-0001011111101100-1 withthefirstsetofones(in red)representing
thesitecodeandthesecondsetof onesandzeros(in blue)representingthe
credentialnumber.Theaccesscontrolsystemseesthisformatascardnumber6124
withasitecode255.The26-bitformatisthemostcommonformatrequestedby
dealers and can be used by most access control systems available today. However,
therearemanyformatsavailableandsomeformatsareuniquetoaccesscontrol
systemsanddonotworkwithotherformatsatthesametime.Thisiswhyitisso
important to know the format when ordering credentials.
Hereissomeadditionalinformationaboutthe26-bitformat(H10301)andother
formatsyoumayhavecomeacross:
HID26-BitFormat:H10301
General:The26-bitformat(FormatnumberH10301)istheindustrystandard
format,andisanopenformat.Thesaleofthisformatisnotlimitedtoanyone
company.Therangeof credential numbers available in this format is limited, and
therefore, the potential exists for credential numbers to be duplicated. It is important
to understand that HID does not insure that credential numbers will not be
duplicated. HID does not control or restrict the ordering of credentials programmed
withthestandard26-bitformat.Convenienceinorderingcredentials and universal
accesscontrolpanelacceptancearetheprimarybenefitsofusingthestandard26-bit
card format.
Description:The26-bitformatconsistsof255possiblefacilitycodes.Withineach
facilitycode,thereare65,535uniquecardnumbers.
SalesPolicy:Thisformatcanbesoldtoanycustomer.
HIDProprietary37-BitFormat:H10302
General:In an effort to provide an open format to the industry, while simultaneously
assuringthatthenumbersareuniqueandwillnotbeduplicated,the37-bitformat
was developed. Under this format, HID controls the issuing of credential numbers
and does not duplicate the numbers.
Description:The37-bitformatcanbeusedtoprogramawiderangeofunique
credentialnumbers.Althoughitisavailabletoallcustomers,notallaccesscontrol
systems can handle such a large data length format. In addition, many systems are
unable to handle a format that does not have a facility code.