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Badge Format Tab
Reference Topics:
Micro Flash and Micro Parameter Configuration
Badge Formats in 40-Bit and 55-Bit Wiegand Protocol
Badge Format Form
This tab allows you to identify the pattern of the data bits (mask) combination, in the badge numbers that
you will import or export to your micro and store in the Secure Perfect database.
Element Description
Format Type
Select from two data masks.
• Magnetic Stripe: The number is a mask embedded into a magnetic tape
strip and usually adhered to badges or credit cards.
• Wiegand: A pulse-generating mask sensed by a pickup coil (the reader).
This is a complex system to manufacture and virtually impossible to
duplicate making it one of the most secure access control technologies.
The number is a mask of a digital 0 or 1.
Position Indicates the location or position of the bit where your mouse pointer is
presently positioned, in the mask combination.
Badge data layout
(B,F,P,0,1)
• Magnetic Stripe:
N = Badge or facility/site bit
B = Start character (With few exceptions, the start character is ‘B’ the
majority of the time.)
0 to 9, A, C, D, E. = Constant characters
= Space
• Wiegand: The following characters are acceptable. Also refer to the
Legend group box:
B = Badge identification (BID) bit
F = Facility/site code bit
P = Parity bit (an extra bit added for error detection or integrity testing)
0 or 1 = Constant characters
E = Parity layout - Even
O = Parity layout - Odd
= Space
The following settings apply to Wiegand Format ONLY:
Parity layout 1 (E, O): Indicates the first parity bit in the data mask. The entry must be an even (0) or
odd (a) parity bit.
Parity layout 2 (E, O): Indicates the second parity bit in the data mask. The entry must be an even
(0) or odd (1) parity bit.
Parity layout 3 (E, O): Indicates the third parity bit in the data mask. The entry must be an even (0)
or odd (1) parity bit.
Parity layout 4 (E, O): Indicates the fourth parity bit in the data mask. The entry must be an even (0)
or odd (1) parity bit.
Number of facility
characters: The number of facility code bits in the data mask.
Numbers of badge
characters: The number of badge number (BID) bits in the data mask.