Software House iSTAR PRO, Quick Start Installation Manual

Page 1: ...has two PCMCIA slots for an internal modem and a second network interface card or a compact flash card There is an LCD panel to display the current status and to use when running built in diagnostics There is a panel of batteries to retain the data memory in the event of a power failure The iSTAR Pro GCM can interface with one or two ACM modules Access Control Modules ACM A special purpose access ...

Page 2: ...M Controllers without Power Supplies STAR008W 64ANPS 64 MB RAM General Controller Module II with one Access Control Module II for up to 8 readers Wiegand or RM STAR016W 64ANPS 64 MB RAM General Controller Module II with two Access Control Module II for up to 16 readers Wiegand or RM Boards and Accessories STAR ACM8 WA Add on Access Control Module II ACM II Includes cable assembly and relay board f...

Page 3: ...Overview 3 GCM Module FIGURE 2 Photograph of iSTAR Pro GCM ACM Module FIGURE 3 Photograph of iSTAR Pro ACM ...

Page 4: ...the AC power cable inside the enclosure Use the hot wire brown black and neutral wire white blue to wrap the ferrite with three wire turns 3 Connect the Hot wire either Black or Brown to the L connector next to the power supply Connect the Neutral wire either White or Blue to the N connector Connect the Ground Green or Green Yellow to the G connector NOTE If the unit does not have a power supply r...

Page 5: ...ries disconnected so they will not be drained while in storage Connect the batteries as shown in the GCM diagram that follows If the batteries are installed with the power off the reset switch S5 must be pressed after power is applied It is acceptable to install the batteries with the power on However if the batteries are installed with the power on you do not need to press the reset switch NOTE T...

Page 6: ...is connected to a hub or switch it must be straight through If it is connected directly to a NIC card on the server it must be a crossover LED2 indicates the Ethernet Link signal and LED1 displays the Receive Data signal NOTE This document applies to both C CURE 800 and C CURE 9000 iSTAR Pro controllers unless noted otherwise Version 1 0 of C CURE 9000 does not support multiple controller clusters...

Page 7: ...P6 to the Server COM Port as shown in Table 3 2 Set the COM Port to 57 600 baud 8 None 1 Hardware Flow Control 3 Configure the RAS login information using ICU exe 4 Configure the C CURE 800 Server to accept RAS connections 5 Configure the controller and cluster using ICU and the C CURE 800 TABLE 2 DB25 to P6 Pin Connections Modem DB25 Pin Modem DB25 Signal iSTAR P6 Pin iSTAR P6 Signal 2 Tx 1 Tx 4 ...

Page 8: ...P Switch S4 is used to control diagnostics clear memory and to display card reads in hexadecimal See the iSTAR Pro door map for more detailed information about running diagnostics To display hexadecimal card reads on the LCD Panel set switch 4 8 on The Reset Switch S5 will cause the GCM computer to reboot Pressing S5 will also clear memory including configured readers inputs and outputs As long as...

Page 9: ...lt to read adjust the contrast using the potentiometer at the upper right section of the GCM MAC Address When configuring an iSTAR Controller it is necessary to supply the MAC address of the NIC card that is connected The MAC address for the on board 10BaseT NIC is displayed on a sticker just left of the Power LED If a PCMCIA NIC card is used the MAC address will be provided by the manufacturer ...

Page 10: ...Ds described in this guide FIGURE 5 ACM Access Control Module Layout RM4 Readers Either Wiegand signaling or Magnetic signaling read heads are connected to RM 4s or RM 4Es The RM 4 or RM 4E readers are interfaced using STAR1 through STAR8 Pin 1 for each connector is shown in the preceding diagram It is important that the ports are wired as follows TABLE 4 Pin Signals and Colors STARx Pin Signal Co...

Page 11: ...t and the switches have the same orientation as the ports Wiegand Signaling Readers Wiegand signaling devices can be directly connected to WG Ports 1 8 In this case the port number defines the reader number If 22 or 24 AWG wire is used the connection is limited to 200 feet If 18 AWG wire is used the distance can be up to 500 feet The appropriate S2 n switch must be OFF to enable the Wiegand port T...

Page 12: ...3 1 and S3 2 provide the same LED control that is available on the RM 4 and RM 4E Table 7 shows the possible settings of S3 1 and S3 2 TABLE 7 S3 LED Control External Bi color LED Control If both switches are Off the Function is External Bi color which refers to the two LEDs Red and Green in the reader The function is essentially Tri color because in some cases the LEDs will appear as Yellow S3 1 ...

Page 13: ...nstances of External Bi color two wire and one wire With two wire the Red and Green LED drives are wired as shown in Figure 6 FIGURE 6 External Bi color 2 wire 1 Wire Yellow With one wire the Yellow drive is wired as shown in Figure 7 FIGURE 7 External Bi color 1 wire ...

Page 14: ... when a Yellow LED display is required 3 Wire Red Green Yellow When S3 1 is Off and S3 2 is On it specifies Three wire LED control In this case the Red Green and Yellow LED drives are wired to its associated LED of the same color as shown in Figure 8 FIGURE 8 Three wire LED control When S3 1 is On it specifies One Wire A B C mode In this case a single LED drive Red or Green or Yellow is wired with...

Page 15: ...ACM Access Control Module s 15 One Wire A B C FIGURE 9 One Wire A B C LED control Beep Control Settings S3 3 Off Do not Beep on card read S3 3 On Beep on card read ...

Page 16: ...losed NC Wiring NOTE To comply with UL requirements use shielded minimum 22 AWG stranded twisted pair cable for monitor points DSMs and REXs Use Belden 9462 or equivalent Outputs The outputs are dry contact Class C relays that are rated at 5 amps Since they are dry contact the technician must supply external power The following two examples show an electric strike wired as both Fail Secure and Fai...

Page 17: ...ACM Access Control Module s 17 Fail Secure Wiring Fail Safe Wiring Use the C CURE Administration application to configure the output as Normally Energized for the Fail Safe case ...

Page 18: ...s the iSTAR S2 Enable Wiegand Ports You can have any combination of Wiegand and RM readers on one ACM but they cannot share the same reader number If readers 1 2 3 and 4 are RM readers then the Wiegand readers would have to be 5 6 7 and 8 In this case S2 1 through S2 4 must be ON and S2 5 through S2 8 must be OFF S4 Terminate the RM RS485 Ports STAR1 STAR8 These switches default to ON and should n...

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Page 20: ... these products or for an infringement of rights of the other companies that may result from their use iSTAR Pro Quick Start Installation Guide Document Number UM 212 Revision C0 Release Date January 2007 This manual is proprietary information of Software House Unauthorized reproduction of any portion of this manual is prohibited The material in this manual is for information purposes only It is s...