Tyco iSTAR Ultra - Page 26

Product Comparison
1–12 iSTAR Ultra Installation and Configuration Guide
Power fail data
backup
To SD card
flash
External
Battery back
up is required
to avoid any
data loss
during a power
loss.
To SD card
flash
External
Battery back
up is required
to avoid any
data loss
during a power
loss.
To SD card
flash
External
Battery back
up is required
to avoid any
data loss
during a power
loss.
To onboard
flash with
on-board
Alkaline
Batteries to
provide for an
orderly shut
down and
keep the Real
Time Clock
running.
To CF card
with SLA
Battery to
provide for an
orderly shut
down and
Coin Cell
battery to keep
the Real Time
Clock running.
Sleep with
memory
retained by
onboard
batteries.
To flash simm
Onboard
Ethernet
2 NICs each
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
2 NICs each
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
2 NICs each
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
1 NIC 100, 10
Auto-sense
with optional
PoE Plus
2 NICs each
100, 10
Auto-sense
1 NIC plus
PCMCIA
option
10
1 NIC plus
PCMCIA
option
10
Secondary
Ethernet
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
1000, 100, 10
Auto-sense
Not supported Onboard
100, 10
Optional PC
card
Optional PC
card
Expansion
connectors
USB, 4 Hosts,
1 Client
USB, 4 Hosts,
1 Client
USB, 4 Hosts,
1 Client
USB, 2 host USB, 1 host 2 PCMCIA
slots
1 PCMCIA slot
Expansion
functions
supported
Encryption key
transfer
Encryption key
transfer
N/A Encryption key
transfer
Encryption key
transfer, 8-
reader
expansion
N/A N/A
Dialup RRAS (future) RRAS (future) RRAS no no yes, PC card,
RRAS
yes, PC card,
RRAS
Serial host
RS-232 comm
no no no no no yes, RRAS yes, RRAS
Total non-
wireless
readers
allowed
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
2 Reader - 2
4 Reader - 4
4, 8 with USB
key
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
Wiegand
signaling
readers
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
1 Reader - 1
Wiegand
2 Reader - 2
Wiegand
4 Reader - 2
Wiegand
4 8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
RMs allowed 8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
2 Reader - 2
RM rdrs.
4 Reader - 4
RM rdrs.
4, 8 with USB
key
8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
Total Aperio
Hubs/Readers
allowed
30 Hubs
32 Readers
30 Hubs
32 Readers
(Future)
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Table 1-1: Product Comparison Table (i2, i3, i4, i5 are firmware suffixes), continued
Feature
iSTAR Ultra
i5
iSTAR Ultra
SE
(Ultra Mode)
i5
iSTAR Ultra
SE
(Pro Mode)
i5
iSTAR Edge
i4
iSTAR eX
i3
iSTAR Pro
i2
iSTAR
Classic
i2