Configuring Badge/Card Data Capture

To configure the WB5500 for badge or card data capture:

  1. Open the edc_settings.conf file using WinSCP.
  2. Modify these settings:

    numkeypad.enabled = true

    Globally enables the number portion of the keypad on the clock reader. To disable the keypad for certain screens only, see $class-name$.numkeypad.enabled.

    badgehandler.enabled = true

    Enables the badge handler on the clock reader.

    biometric.enabled = false

    Disables the biometric scanner on the clock reader.

    barcodedecoder.class = $class-name$

    The fully qualified class name of the decoder class, which is used for decoding raw data from barcode readers. The default is: com.workbrain.devices.edatacollect. badge.DefaultBarcodeDecoder.

    hidwiegdecoder.class = $class-name$

    The fully qualified class name of the Hidwiegdecoder class, which is used for decoding raw data from HID-Wiegand readers.The default is: com.workbrain.devices.edatacollect. badge.DefaultHidwiegDecoder.

    iclassdecoder.class = $class-name$

    The fully qualified class name of the iClass decoder class, which is used for decoding raw data from iClass readers. The default is: com.workbrain.devices.edatacollect. badge.DefaultIclassDecoder.

    badgedecoder.prefixlength = $integer$

    The number of characters in the raw data, which is interpreted as the Company Code (CC) ID. The remaining data is interpreted as the Card ID number (CID). The number must be a non- negative integer value such as 0, 1, 2, or 3.

    badgedecoder.concatpolicy = before

    How the CC and CID data is concatenated. Accepted values are before, after, none. If prefix length is set to 0 (zero), this setting should be set to none.

    • before is interpreted as CC + CID.
    • after is interpreted as CID + CC.
    • none is interpreted as CID.
  3. Save the file.
  4. Click Ctrl + T.

    A console window is displayed.

  5. A console window is displayed.
  6. Specify reboot and press Enter.