VeriCard. Card Badging Module Software Guide

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1 VeriCard Card Badging Module Software Guide September 2005

2 Copyright and Version Number Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, people and events depicted herein are fictitious and no association with any real company, organization, product, person or event is intended or should be inferred. Copyright 2005 Rosslare. All rights reserved. Rosslare, the Rosslare logo, and the Rosslare products referred to herein are either the trademarks or registered to the trademarks of Rosslare, All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Software License Agreement. ROSSLARE IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE ENCLOSED SOFTWARE ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS LICENCE AGREEMENT. This is a legal agreement between you (either the individual or the end-user or an entity) and Rosslare. By opening this software package, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, promptly return the software package and other items that are part of this product in their original package with your payment receipt to your point of purchase for a full refund. Grant of License. Rosslare and its suppliers grant you a nonexclusive license to use one copy of the enclosed software program ( Software ) on one computer with the Rosslare product you have purchased. No other rights are granted. The software is in use if it is loaded on the computer s permanent or temporary memory. For backup purposes only you may make one copy of the Software. You must include on the backup copy all copyright and other notices included on the Software as supplied by Rosslare. Installation on a Network server for the sole purpose of your internal distribution of the Software is permitted only if you have purchased an individual software package for each networked computer to which the software is distributed. Restrictions. Rosslare and its suppliers retain ownership of the Software. You may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or modify the Software in any way. You may not transmit the software over a network (except as expressly permitted above), by telephone, or electrically using any means. You may not transfer the Software except upon a permanent transfer of the enclosed Rosslare product provided that all software updates are included in the transfer, you do not retain a copy of the Software, and the transferee agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this license. Upon any violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement, rights to use the Software shall automatically terminate and the Software must be returned to Rosslare or all copies of the Software destroyed. Limited Product Warranty. Rosslare warrants that any hardware products accompanying this documentation shall be free from significant defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. Rosslare also warrants that the Software accompanying this documentation will perform substantially in accordance with the documentation for a period of 90 days from purchase. Rosslare s hardware and software warranty is nontransferable and is limited to the original purchaser. Product Remedies. Rosslare s entire liability and the licensees exclusive remedy for any breech of warranty, shall be, at Rosslare s sole option, either a) return the price paid or b) repair or replacement of hardware or software, provided that the hardware is returned to the point of purchase, with a copy of the sales receipt. Any replacement hardware and software will be warranted for the remainder of the original warrantee period or 30 days for the hardware and 30 days for the software, whichever is longer. The remedies are void if failure of the software or hardware has resulted from abuse, accident or misapplication. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page i

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4 Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction... 4 About this manual...4 The VeriCard Interface... 5 Menu Bar...5 Toolbar...6 Tree View...6 Creating a Badge Layout... 7 Badge Layout Template...7 Size...7 Orientation...7 Scale...7 Create a badge layout design...8 Creating a Background...8 Adding Data Fields...8 Editing Data Fields:...8 Barcode...10 Importing Users Data Adding Photos Capturing images...12 Graphic Sources...12 Cropping...13 Capture Completion...13 Printing General...14 Events Printing...14 Individual Prints...14 Print Badge Wizard...15 Select Badge Layout...15 Select Users/Cards...16 Card Print Preview...17 Printer Selection...19 System Events Technical Support VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page iii

5 Introduction Introduction VeriCard software allows the user to design badges in order to connect a badge printer for mass printing and supports connectivity with digital cameras for image captures. About this manual The VeriCard Card Badging Module, manual, is intended for anybody installing the module and interacts with the AC-215 or AC-115 access control systems and software. This manual is a short guide on how to use the VeriCard Card Badging module. It describes the basic actions required for working with the software. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 4

6 The VeriCard Interface The VeriCard Interface The VeriCard interface has the following panes: Menu Bar Toolbar Tree View Main Window Menu Bar Menu Submenu Option Description File Exit Click to Exit the application Help Database Import / Export Badge Layouts Password About Export Badge Layouts Import Badge Layouts Replace current Badge Layouts. Select the source Database (Veritrax AS215 or AC115) to upload a users list - the database folder is selected using the Browse button. Select this option to copy the current Badge Layouts List to the folder selected by the Browse button. Select this option to add external Badge Layouts from the folder selected by the Browse button. Select this option to replace current Badge Layouts list with external Badge Layouts from the folder selected by the Browse button. Changes the current password. Click to read information about the VeriCard's version VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 5

7 The VeriCard Interface Toolbar The Toolbar is dynamic and changes according to the actions performed in the system. Icon Description Upload User data from Veritrax AS-215 or AC-115. This icon appears throughout the program. Print Cards or list of System events. When pressed while in Tree View nodes Badge Layouts selects from Badge Layouts and Users. When pressed while in "Users list" prints cards for current user after selecting Badge Layout from all available layouts Prints System event list. Add a new Badge Layout. Edit the selected Badge Layout. Delete the selected Badge Layout. Capture Add Photo. When pressed while in users list - adds photo to current user in the source Database. When pressed while in Tree View node Users\Departments saves photo as bitmap file (.bmp). Events view sorted by last day, last week, periodical or all events Tree View Icon Description Badge Layouts: The Badge Layouts module defines templates for card badging. Departments\Users Shows Users List and Users properties. Events are real-time occurrences within the software. Events can be displayed based on the following time periods: Last day Last week Periodical All events VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 6

8 Creating a Badge Layout Creating a Badge Layout In the tree view select Badge Layout and Click on the New button to open the design screen. Badge Layout Template You can type your own description for the layout. Select the size and orientation of the layout to be created and select the scale mode for the design step and click Next to continue. Size Select between two default sizes, ISO or ID cards, or create your own card size by entering the width and height of the card. Orientation Select the card orientation, landscape or portrait, ensure that your printers default orientation settings match the selection you made. Scale Select the measurement units you wish to use, Inches or Centimeters VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 7

9 Creating a Badge Layout Create a badge layout design Design the card layout as described below when done, save the Badge Layout by clicking on the Save button; to save and export the current Badge Layout, click on the Save As button. Click Back to return to the Badge Layout screen or Cancel to exit the layout design wizard. Creating a Background Right click on the card's layout image for the background style selection. The 'Background' option allows you to add a solid color to the background of your card similar to any Windows color selection. The 'Picture' option allows you to add an image to be used as the background for your card. When a background is present, the 'Transparent' option clears the current background. Adding Data Fields There are two kinds of fields used in the design: Database fields will insert the user s database proprieties to the card, database fields include: Card Number, User Number, User Name (first and last), Department, Title, Barcode (see explanation below for more details on barcode database sources), and User's photo (see explanation below for more details on how to add photo to the database). Static fields will be the same on all cards of specific layout and can be either an image or a data field. (This can be used for company logo, address, etc.) To use a field in the layout, drag the desired field from the left tool bar, shown on the right, onto the card layout. To remove a field from the layout, right click on the field and select Delete. Editing Data Fields: Right click on a field to open a pop-up menu with applicable editing options. To edit several fields simultaneously - use Ctrl and left click the desired fields and then right click (while Ctrl is depressed) on any one of them to open the menu for the common edit options. When multiple fields are selected, they can be vertically aligned, based on the field first selected. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 8

10 Font Creating a Badge Layout The font option window shown on the right allows you to change the font formatting by selecting font type, style and size. You can also change the font color and add effects such as underline and strikeout. The default values are: 8 points black regular MS Sans Serif font. Background You can choose a background color similarly to the card background which will affect the text box only. The default background is white. Click on Transparent to clear the background (very important when using an image as the card background) VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 9

11 Edit Creating a Badge Layout Applicable for static fields and barcode fields only. The edit option allows you to type in a text that will appear on all cards for the static data fields and select a source for the static image and fields. Properties The properties window shown on the right, allows you to determine the size, position and border option for all fields. Deselect the Border checkbox to remove the default black border. Enter values in centimeters or inches (depending on your selection in the Badge Layout screen) for the size (width & height) and for the fields' position (distance from Top & Left) Barcode In order to add a barcode you will need to install the required barcode type on your computer. Add the barcode field to the badge layout and select a Barcode Font, style and size Select the barcode source by selecting the Edit option The actual definition of the barcode is done while printing, see detailed explanation below, in the printing section. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 10

12 Importing Users Data Importing Users Data When selecting a database for the first time you can either click on the Import Data Base button, or from Tools Import Data Base Select the source Data Base directory by clicking on the Browse button and locating the applicable database. Default Paths AS215 - C:\Progrma Files\Rosslare\Veritrax AS-215 \AC215DataBase.mdb AC115 - C:\Progrma Files\Rosslare\AC115\AC115DataBase.mdb Once you have a database associated with the VeriCard, Pressing the Import Data Base button will upload the user's data. To change the associated Database, go to Tools Import Data Base Adding photos to the user's data will change or add the photo to the source database. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 11

13 Adding Photos Adding Photos Capturing images To add Photos and associate them to different users, highlight a specific user and click on the camera Icon, to begin image capture. You can also add photos during the printing process, as explained below in the printing section. The select source window will appear. Graphic Sources There are three types of sources you can use: 1. Existing Graphic files (bitmap and Jpeg recommended -.bmp and.jpg). Selecting this option will bring forth a Windows file locator window, locate the file you wish to use and click ok. 2. Live video using window devices. 3. Live video or Scanner TWAIN Devices. Selecting one of the two live video sources requires you to have a live video source plugged to the computer, if you do, it will be shown on screen immediately after camera verification and self test. You can freeze and capture the picture as follows: When using a window device, menu Capture Take Picture. When using twain devices, select the source and acquire the image using the twain software by clicking on Take Picture when using live video or Scan when using a scanner. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 12

14 Adding Photos Cropping After acquiring the desired image using either device, the crop picture window will appear to allow you to crop the image down to the appropriate size. Drag the crop box as shown below over the area of the image you wish to capture or resize it by dragging the box's edges, the aspect ratio of the crop box will remain at a 1:1 1/4 aspect ratio, which is best for portraits. Capture Completion If you are not satisfied with the captured image, press the 'Capture' button to take another picture from the live video source. When you are satisfied with the image capture and cropping, click 'OK' to save the picture to the currently selected User. Click 'Cancel' to exit the image capture wizard without keeping any image. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 13

15 Printing Printing General The VeriCard software allows you to print individual or mass print badges as well as system event reports. Events Printing To print event reports, select the event view as explained further in the system events section and click on the Print Icon, Windows' Print Setup window will open, select a printer and click OK to begin print. Individual Prints To print individual users directly or layout samples, highlight the desired layout or sample in the main pane, and click on the print button. The Select Badge window will appear, select the badge layout and click Ok. The card print preview will open; continue the printing process as explained below. To better assist in the printing process and for mass badge printing, use the print Badge wizard VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 14

16 Printing Print Badge Wizard Access the wizard by clicking the Print Icon while any of the items in the tree view is highlighted (except for system events). You can exit the print wizard at any time by pressing the Cancel button, located on the left hand corner of the wizard screen. Select Badge Layout The first screen in the wizard is the Badge Layout selection, select a badge layout from the selectable list and click 'Next' to continue. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 15

17 Select Users/Cards Printing Manage the users/cards to be printed by using the Add>, Add all>, <Remove and <Remove all buttons; the Next button will not be available until at least one user is selected. If the badge layout contains a card number, the Users' list will include the card numbers as well as the user names. If a user does not have a card number listed in the database, he would not appear on the list. Badge layout without the card number field will show the user names only and all Users in the database will appear on the list. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 16

18 Card Print Preview Printing After selecting the users/cards to print, view and alter each card separately, access the editing menu by right clicking on a data field you can then remove data fields by selecting the delete option, or edit the fonts as described in the card layout design section by selecting the font option; these changes will not affect the general badge layout design. You can also edit the text of the different data fields by selecting Edit, with out affecting the information in the database. Toggle between the different users/cards selected using the arrows on the left hand side of the screen the end arrow goes to the first/last entry in the selected list wile the regular arrows goes to the next/previous user on the selected list. Changes done to the card will not be saved when toggling between users/cards. Add photos and edit barcode fields (if available) as explained ahead and click the print button to move on to the next step of the printing wizard. Each user/card needs to printed separately by toggling to the card and clicking on the Print Button. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 17

19 Add Photo Printing Press the 'Add Photo' button to add the user's picture from the different available sources, as described in the "Adding Photos" section above. Unlike other data fields, the photo added in the print preview screen will be incorporated into the database for future reference. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 18

20 Printing Barcode Right clicking on the Barcode field opens a pop-up menu. Select 'Font' to choose the Barcode font, size and style. Some Barcode fonts use start and stop characters which should be added by the 'Edit' option. If your Barcode type is 'Code 39', these characters are added automatically; otherwise, you have to encode the barcode text. Vericard encoding: If you know the barcode structure, select 'Edit' and enter the barcode text. External encoding: Run the External Software; select the same barcode font and font size. If you have Barcode software installed on your computer, produce the Barcode using the software and Copy it to the Clipboard. If you have Word or Excel Barcode macros, produce the Barcode and Copy it to the Clipboard. If you know the barcode structure you can produce it using Text editors such as Word, WordPad etc and Copy it to the Clipboard. After producing the Barcode, return to the VeriCard software and select Clipboard from the pop up menu. Control the text size in Barcode field. Printer Selection After clicking on the Print button in the print preview screen (for each user/card separately) the printer selection screen will appear. Select the applicable card printer from the list of available printers, make sure that you had set the printer's default layout settings to match that of the card layout you are printing and click OK to begin printing. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 19

21 System Events System Events The VeriCard Software allows the user to view and print an event log of all events within the system. The user can select between several viewing options: Last Day - shows all events that accord within the last day. Last Week - shows all events that accord within the last week. Periodical - shows all events that accord within a selectable time period. All Events - shows all events that accord from the time of installation. The events can be sorted by date, time, event or details by clicking on the equivalent heading. To adjust the width of the columns double click or drag the separators between the columns. After a view is elected it can be printed by clicking on the Printer Icon. VeriCard - Card Badging Module Software Manual Page 20

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