Product Comparison
iSTAR Ultra Installation and Configuration Guide 1–13
I8s allowed 16 per ACM 16 per ACM 8 per ACM 2 Rdr - 4 I/8s
4 Rdr - 8 I/8s
8 8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
R8s allowed 16 per ACM 16 per ACM 8 per ACM 2 Rdr - 4 R/8s
4 Rdr - 8 R/8s
8 8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
Schlage
Wyreless
(Readers/
PIMs)
32 PIMs
32 Readers
32 PIMs
32 Readers
(Future)
16 PIMs
16 Readers
(only one
RS485 port)
N/A Yes Yes N/A
General
purpose serial
ports
0000022
Encryption Super Strong,
FIPS-197,
AES 256
ECC or RCA
1024
Super Strong,
FIPS-197,
AES 256
ECC or RCA
1024
No
(Cannot use
RSA RC4)
Super Strong,
FIPS-197,
AES 256
ECC or RCA
1024
Super Strong,
FIPS-197,
AES 256
ECC or RCA
1024
RSA RC4 128
bit
RSA RC4 128
bit
General
purpose Inputs
onboard
24, 48 with
second ACM
24, 48 with
second ACM
16, 32 with
second ACM
8 16 16, 32 with
second ACM
16, 32 with
second ACM
Input resistor
configuration
23 choices per
INPUT,
including dual
range SWH
1K
23 choices per
INPUT,
including dual
range SWH
1K
SWH 1K dual
range or non-
supervised
23 choices per
board,
including dual
range SWH
1K
23 choices per
board,
including dual
range SWH
1K
SWH 1K dual
range or non-
supervised
SWH 1K dual
range or non-
supervised
Relays
onboard
16, 32 with
second ACM
1/2 of the
relays are
socketed.
16, 32 with
second ACM
1/2 of the
relays are
socketed.
8, 16 with
second ACM
All of the
relays are
socketed.
4 4 8, 16 with
second ACM
8, 16 with
second ACM
Open collector
outputs
onboard
----4--
Open collector outputs are available on RM-4s connected to the iSTAR.
FAI Yes Yes No Yes No No No
PoE, PoE+ (future) (future) No Yes No No No
Clustering
(Encrypted)
1
16 Total
(Ultra, SE
Ultra Mode,
Edge, eX)
1
16 Total
(Ultra, SE
Ultra Mode,
Edge, eX)
N/A
1
16 Total
(Ultra, SE
Ultra Mode,
Edge, eX)
1
16 Total
(Ultra, SE
Ultra Mode,
Edge, eX)
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