Paxton Card Readers - USB and attached to Doors

[Sput1985]

I shan't bore with the long saga of door access but Im in the middle of putting Net2 and Paxton H/W in, Ive had many problems with card details but Im getting to the bottom gradually.

 

We have a USB Paxton reader, model 514 325 and a reader for an ACU Paxton 353-457 ( I believe the reader on the ACU is a P50) and the standard Desktop Reader if you google Paxton desktop reader.

 

I was under the impression that these two should read cards the same. In Net2 the P50 is setup as a Paxton reader on the Door, however it reads the card differently to if I present the card to the USB reader.

 

I know I can set a door to be a desktop reader, and as cards are presented to the doors reader it will populate the card details, but I was hoping that a Paxton USB reader in the office to scan some cards, but Im getting totally different data off the USB reader to a reader on a door.

 

Has anyone had this issue, or know of a way to get the USB Desktop Reader to read the cards the same as the door ACU reader is reading them?

 

Thanks

[synaesthesia]

What is Net2 configured as and what's being used, tokens or mifare cards? For the latter net2 would usually just be the first option and should read as the last 8 digits of the code in hex

[3s-gtech]

We've found that Paxton USB readers scan the last 8 in decimal. I have alternative USB readers which get the full amount in hex form a presented 1k mifare card. That probably accounts for the difference, but our ACUs register the decimal from the card the same as the desktop reader.

[thimon]

If it’s anything like a cheap third party Paxton card reader I bought, I was able to create a spreadsheet which converted the scanned card number into the correct Paxton format into the next cell.

[steveg]

What is the token data format set to for the door reader? Have you got an example of the reading you are getting from the desktop reader and the door for 1 card?

 

What tokens are you using, are they net2 ones or other cards?

[Sput1985]

synaestjesia

 

Tokens are coming from Inventry sync to PaxtonCards are 1k Mifare cardsACU Paxton reader set to be a Paxton Reader, reading the token data format Paxton Token.This is working for the data sent from Inventry to Paxton and how we wish to keep things so prevent rescanning 1800 cards. 3s-gtech

Yes I was expecting the desktop usb reader to read the cards the same as the ACU Paxton reader is reading, I see no real options to change anything for the USB desktop reader in Net2 or the config util.In the config util, we have a weigands config ticked, with 32bits and rule 1 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXXXXXX and at the bottom of that page, the Desktop Reader Operatinig mode (EM4100 only) is auto detect.

If the ACU is set to use the token data format as Paxton Token, I assume the weigands settings in the Config util are being ignored, as we do not have the token set to Weigands or Weigands custom.

 

Thimon

yes ive read about lots of people using a spreadsheet, and if all else fails I might have go to down that route, but I would have thought the Paxton USB reader on a PC and the Paxton Reader on a door ACU should read the token the same.

 

Steveg

The ACU is set as a Paxton Reader with Paxton Token.A card read against the ACU which recognises who the card belongs to is:29944897The same card read against the USB desktop reader is 9851201

 

Thanks

James

Edited October 11, 2024 by Sput1985