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ELITE V2 Decoding RFID Badges

The ELITE RFID badge decoding interface works with Wiegand type card readers, such as those from HID®. If you are unsure what reader interface is inside your ELITE please contact your Account Associate at Botron.

IMPORTANT – We recommend using a card with the highest available ID number at your facility. When done this way, the ELITE simply needs 1 card per credential type to read all other badges of its type.

Key Definitions

Printed Card ID

  • ID Printed on the Card from the Card OEM. Not the Employee ID, often mistaken. Typically, Card ID is the 1st portion of the numeral string, or smaller of the numerical string(s). 
    • For example, 01010 11101604767-1, the ID of this card is 01010.

Card Read Data

  • Full card credential data string, including facility bit and ID. This data is presented in Hex and will need to be converted to binary to manually decode.

Card Read Bit

  • Total bits in the binary of the Card Read Data. Where each binary number is equal to 1 bit.

Firmware Series 1 and 2

ID Bit    ⇒ Length of the ID in binary, 1 per bit. Converted to hex.
Fac Bit   ⇒ Length of the Facility Code in binary, 1 per bit.  converted to hex.
Fac Code  ⇒ Facility Code decimal value in hex.

Firmware Series 3x

ID Start  ⇒ The bit position number where the ID begins.
ID Stop   ⇒ The bit position number where the ID Ends.
Fac Start ⇒ The bit position number where the Facility Code begins.
Fac Stop  ⇒ The bit position number where the Facility Code ends.
Fac Code  ⇒ Facility Code decimal value in hex.

How to Decode Badges

  • Navigate to the WebUI > RFID page.
    • http://”elite-ip-address”/protect/rfid.htm
  • Enter User Name and Password.
  • Scan RFID Badge on ELITE and refresh the browser.
  • Enter the Badge ID printed on the card.
  • Click Decode.
  • Copy output settings. (see below)

FW < 1.2.08

Copy the Output Settings into the first/next available row in the card credential table at the top of the page.

ID Bit, Facility Bit, Facility Code

FW 3x

On 3x firmware you have more control over bit positioning. After decoding the badge sliders will appear. Here you can move the sliders to change the bit positioning. As the sliders are adjusted so will the ID and Facility code outputs. 

Once you are satisfied with the output values, you can simply click save and the WebUI will automatically add the output settings to the row you select in the card credential table.

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