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GAT Coding Coding software of MIFARE

® and ISO 15693 data carriers

Installation, Operation Dokument Version 1.1

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GAT Coding


Copyright 2010 by GANTNER Electronic GmbH, Schruns (Austria).

General warning and safety instructions

Dear customer,

we congratulate you on having selected a product (device resp. software) of GANTNER Electronic GmbH. So that our product

functions in your installation with safety and to your complete satisfaction, we take this opportunity to familiarise you with the

following ground rules:

1. Installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the product purchased must be carried out in accordance with

instructions, i.e. in accordance with the technical conditions of operation, as described in the corresponding product

documentation.

2. Before installation, commissioning, operation or maintenance it is therefore essential that you read the corresponding chapter

of this manual and observe its instructions.

3. If there are still some points, on which you are not entirely clear, please do not take a chance, but ask the customer adviser

responsible for you, or ring the GANTNER Electronic GmbH hotline.

4. Where not otherwise specifically laid down, appropriate installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the product

is the customer’s responsibility.

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Also check that the delivery is complete (-> accessories, documentation, auxiliary devices etc.).

6. If the packaging has been damaged in transport or should you suspect that it has been damaged or that it may have a fault,

the product must not be put into service. In this case, contact your customer advisor. He will make every effort to resolve the

problem as quickly as possible.

7. Installation, commissioning and servicing of our appliances must only be carried out by suitably trained personnel. In

particular, electrical connections may only be made by correspondingly qualified specialists. Here, the appropriate installation

provisions in accordance with the relative national Electrical Engineers construction regulations (e.g. ÖVE, [Austrian] VDE,

[German]...) must be observed.

8. Where not otherwise stated, installation and maintenance work on our appliances is exclusively to be carried out when

disconnected from the power supply. This applies in particular to appliances which are normally supplied by low-tension

current.

9. It is prohibited to make alterations to the appliances or to remove protective shields and covers.

10. Do not attempt yourself to repair an appliance after a defect, failure or damage, or to put it back into operation again. In such

cases, it is essential you contact either your customer adviser or the GANTNER Electronic GmbH hotline.

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of errors appearing in our documentation. GANTNER Electronic GmbH therefore accepts no responsibility for the

completeness or the accuracy of this manual. The right is reserved to make alterations, and we may carry out alterations at

any time without giving prior notice.

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improvement, you may confidently approach either your customer adviser or GANTNER Electronic GmbH directly.

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We wish you a successful application of our appliances. We will be pleased to welcome you as a customer again soon.

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GAT Coding Table of Contents


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction...............................................................................................................................................7 1.1 About this manual ...................................................................................................................................7 1.2 Contact of Inquiries .................................................................................................................................7

2. General.......................................................................................................................................................8 2.1 Coding Points ..........................................................................................................................................8

3. Installation .................................................................................................................................................9 3.1 Installation ...............................................................................................................................................9 3.2 Registration .............................................................................................................................................9

4. Operation .................................................................................................................................................11 4.1 Coding Points ........................................................................................................................................11 4.2 Key for Authorising Top-up of Coding Points........................................................................................11 4.3 Encoding Data Carriers.........................................................................................................................12

4.3.1 Status Information while Coding Data Carriers .............................................................................13 4.4 Template File ........................................................................................................................................15

4.4.1 Activating the Automatic Loading of a Template File ....................................................................15 4.4.2 Manually Generation of a Template File........................................................................................15

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GAT Coding Introduction


1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 About this manual This manual contains all important information necessary to install the GAT Coding software on a PC as well as a description how to work with the software. For coding a data carrier with the GAT Coding software read/write unit like for example the GAT Writer is required. Detailed informations about the GAT Writer devices can be found in the description supplied with these devices.

1.2 Contact of Inquiries In case of inquiries concerning the softwares GAT Coding and GAT Writer please get in touch with your representative / distributor or directly with one of the GANTNER ACCESS TECHNOLOGY branch offices. The addresses, phone and fax numbers are listed on the inner side of the cover.

GAT Coding General


2. GENERAL

GAT Coding is a PC software for coding RFID data carriers of type MIFARE® and ISO 15693. Additionally a read/write unit GAT Writer, which reads and writes the data from/to the data carriers via RFID, must be connected at the PC. GAT Coding automatically detects the type of connected reader/write station (MIFARE® or ISO 15693). GAT Coding needs to be registered on every PC where you want to use the software.

2.1 Coding Points The coding points are stored in the GAT Writer, so please do not use this GAT Writer on client projects. Top-up of the coding points will be with a 32 digit key, which will be supplied by GANTNER Electronic GmbH after you send us the top-up code. In order to encode data carriers, you will also receive a project specific coding file, which includes the access keys, the sectors which will be programmed and also a unique project number.

GAT Coding Installation


3. INSTALLATION

3.1 Installation The GAT Coding software is installed by running the supplied setup program. The installation wizard will be launched, which will guide you through installation. To accept the default settings like installation directory etc. simply press "Next" several times. After installation a new folder "Gantner Electronic GmbH" can be found in the Start menu of Windows, where you can run GAT Coding.

3.2 Registration After the installation the GAT Coding software must be registered. The following window is shown.

Figure 3.1 - Main window before registration

Select the menu item "Register SW" in the menu "Extras". The following window will be shown.

Figure 3.2 - HW Code and registration key

Please send the hardware code displayed in the yellow field "HW Code" to GANTNER Electronic GmbH and you will receive a registration key. This registration key must be entered in the red field "Key". After pressing "OK" GAT Coding will be registered for the current PC and the following window will be shown.

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Figure 3.3 - Main window after registeration

GAT Coding Operation


4. OPERATION

4.1 Coding Points

Coding points are needed for encoding data carriers. One coding point is used for each coding of one data carrier. The coding points are stored in your GAT Writer. Important Notice: On start-up of the GAT Coding software 10 coding points are automatically loaded from

the connected GAT Writer and are stored in a temporary store in the software. Therefore it is important to first stop the coding process with the big "STOP"-button (see "4.3. Encoding Data Carriers") and then close GAT Coding with the menu item "Close" in the "File" menu.

Figure 4.1 - Use "STOP" to stop encoding before closing the software

Furthermore make sure to close GAT Coding software manually before shutdown of Windows® and never disconnect the GAT Writer while GAT Coding is running. If not following these points the pre-loaded coding points may get lost.

4.2 Key for Authorising Top-up of Coding Points To top-up coding points a 32 digit key must be entered in the GAT Coding software. This key can be requested from GANTNER Electronic GmbH.

Figure 4.2 - Top-up coding points

When selecting this menu item the first time the following window will be shown.

Figure 4.3 - Top-up Code

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The Top-up code for your GAT Coding installation will be indicated. Send this code to GANTNER Electronic GmbH. You will receive a 32 digit key. Press the button "OK" and in the next window insert the 32 digit key you received from GANTNER in the input field.

Figure 4.4 - Top-up Code

Press "OK" to enable the top-up function.

4.3 Encoding Data Carriers The encoding for a specific project is defined in a template file (= coding file). See section "4.4. Template File" for information about template files. To start encoding data carriers for a specific project open the respective template file. Therefore select the menu item "Load Template" from the "File" menu.

Figure 4.5 - Starting data carrier encoding

The template files usually are stored in the sub-directory "Templates" in the GAT Coding program directory (e.g. "C:\Programs\GAT\GAT CODING\Templates\ISO"). You can set the amount of cards to encode in the field “Total Cards” and clear the value with the button "RESET". Now press the "START" button to start encoding. Note: It is also possible to first press the "START" button and select the file then. When coding the data carriers the text "WAIT FOR CARD" will be shown in the main window.



Note: After you have finished coding all data carriers always press the "STOP"-button before closing GAT Coding software. If not doing so may result in loosing the pre-loaded coding points.

Figure 4.6 - Stop coding of data carriers

4.3.1 Status Information while Coding Data Carriers

Figure 4.7 - Waiting for data carrier

This window is shown when GAT Coding waits for a new data carrier to be coded. Put the data carrier onto the GAT Writer read/write unit.

Figure 4.8 - Coding in progress

This window is shown while the data carrier is being coded. The segment that is written will be indicated here.



Figure 4.9 - Coding not successful

This window indicates an error during encoding. The data carrier cannot be used and must be coded again.

Figure 4.10 - Coding successful

This window indicates that coding of the data carrier was successful. The number behind "Coded Cards" will be incremented by one in order to show the number successfully coded data carriers. Remove the data carrier from the GAT Writer and place the next data carrier onto the GAT Writer. The coding will stop as soon as the total number of data carriers (set in the field "Total Cards") is coded successfully. Note: You can stop the coding before the total number is reached by pressing the button "STOP".



4.4 Template File A template file defines the project-specific settings (e.g. site key and sectors to be coded) for coding of data carriers. By default the template files have the extension ".INI" and are stored in the sub-directory "Templates" in the GAT Coding program directory (e.g. "C:\Programs\GAT\GAT CODING\Templates\ISO").

4.4.1 Activating the Automatic Loading of a Template File

By editing the configuration file of GAT Coding it is possible to activate the automatic loading of a template file, so the file doesn't have to be selected manually when coding the data carriers. Therefore open the configuration file "System.ini" in the GAT Coding program directory in a text editor (e.g. Microsoft® Wordpad) and Insert the line indicated in bold font in the following example: ------

[System]

CodingMachineConnected=0

;to start directly with selected coding file EXAMPLE: CodingFile=C:\Programs\GAT\GAT

CODING\Templates\MIFARE TestCard_99999999_Sector4u5.ini

# C:\Programme\GAT\GAT CODING\Templates\MIFARE TestCard_99999999_Sector4u5.ini

� Change this line into: CodingFile=C:\Programs\GAT\GAT CODING\Templates\Name of the template file.ini

Key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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4.4.2 Manually Generation of a Template File

If you know the site key you can generate a new template file by yourself. Open the editor for the template file with the menu item "Edit Template" in the "File" menu.

Figure 4.11 - Edit template file

The following window will be opened, which shows the editor for defining the settings of the template file.



Figure 4.12 - Template file editor

In the field "System Type" select the technology to be used (ISO or MIFARE). The next figure shows an example for an ISO system.

Figure 4.13 - Template file editor, example for ISO

In the field "Site Key" you must enter the site key received from GANTNER Electronic GmbH. If the correct site key is entered the corresponding FID will be shown in the top-right field ("99999999" in the example above).



In the field "Number Lockers" you can select how many locker segments shall be coded on the data carriers (one or two lockers). For the remaining fields it is recommended to keep the default values unchanged or to contact GANTNER Electronic GmbH before changing them respectively. The sector for the basic information is 13 by default, the sectors for locker 1 and 2 are 19 and 23 by default. You can reset all values to the default values by pressing the button "set standard". Pressing "Save" you can save the defined values. It is recommended to use the default directory for template files (directory "Templates" in the program directory of GAT Coding software). To automatically load your template file for coding data carriers you can enter the directory and file name of the template file in the System.ini file (see "4.4.1. Activating the Automatic Loading of a Template File").

_ _ Note:

This manual is valid as of July 30th, 2010. It is subject to change, amendments and changes can be made without prior notice at anytime!

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