Kaba E-Plex 5700 - System Requirements; Basic System Setup

Getting Started
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E-Plex Advanced ACS User’s Guide
System Requirements
The following hardware and software minimum requirements are recommended to use the E-
Plex Advanced ACS.
• IBM compatible PC (Pentium II or greater) capable of running Windows with an available
USB or serial port for a PDA cradle or a HotSync cable.
• Screen area resolution capability of 1024 x 768 pixels.
• CD-RW drive for installing the software and for backing up the database.
• Hard disk drive with at least 20 MB of disk free space.
• Minimum system memory of 128 MB, or as recommended by the operating system.
• Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4 or greater), Windows XP Home (Service
Pack 2 or greater), or Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 1 or greater).
• Palm PDA running Palm OS 4.0 or higher. See the latest list of compatible PDAs on the
E-Plex 5200/E-Plex 5700 Web site:
www.e-plexlock.com.
• A Palm cradle or a HotSync cable is required to connect the Palm to the PC.
Note: For E-Plex 5700 lock systems only: You can order the pcProx
™ Card
Reader/Enroller with your E-Plex Advanced ACS. This device makes it quick and
convenient to enroll/assign Prox Cards to E-Plex 5700 lock users. It can also be used
to read and verify a user’s “lost and found” card. However, it is not required if all
of your
Prox Cards are standard 26-bit Wiegand format, in which case you can manually input
card IDs through Batch enrolling. A USB port is required at the PC to use the Prox
Reader/Enroller.
Basic System Setup
Complete the following steps in this order prior to setting up the system for use:
• Install the Palm Desktop OS on the PC, and test for a successful HotSync operation on
the Palm PDA (M-Unit).
• Install and register the E-Plex Advanced ACS software on the PC, ensuring first that you
have Administrative rights to the PC. You must register the software for successful
installation.
• Install the E-Plex Palm Interface application on the M-Unit.
• For E-Plex 5700 lock systems only: Connect the Prox Card Reader/Enroller and enable
the device (as connected) in the System Setup | System Settings menu of the E-Plex
Advanced ACS software.
Quick Start Guide
Complete this Quick Start Guide to quickly set up an E-Plex 5200/E-Plex 5700 lock.
1. Ensure that you have already installed your Palm PDA Desktop OS version 4.0 or higher
on your PC and that your Palm PDA communicates (HotSyncs) to your PC without any
problem. Your Palm PDA must also be set with the correct date and time.