Step 4: Install a Visionline Card Encoder

Learn how to install and configure a Visionline card encoder for your Visionline plastic card encoding integration.

Buy and install a Visionline card encoder—specifically, the ASSA ABLOY RFID encoder & updater—and then connect it to your Visionline server.

1. Install USB drivers.

   1. Install the USBXpress Development Kit. This file is available for download from the Silabs web site.

   2. Connect the RFID encoder & updater to the power supply.

   3. Connect the RFID encoder & updater to the computer using the USB cable.

   4. On your Windows computer, go to the Device Manager.

   5. Expand the Universal Serial Bus controllers category.

   6. Double-click USBXpress Device .

   7. In the General tab of the USBXpress Device Properties window, make sure that the Device status is This device is working properly.

   8. In the Visionline bundle, under RFID Encoder/RFID Encoder Configuration Utility, double-click RFIDEncoderConfig.exe.

      Note that, starting with Visionline 1.24.0, the RFID Encoder Configuration Utility is automatically installed in the Visionline installation folder when Visionline.msi is installed.

      If the RFID encoder & updater is correctly connected to the PC and correctly uses the USBXpress driver, the serial number of the RFID encoder & updater displays in the USB area at the upper-left of the window.

2. Connect the card encoder to the Visionline server using USB.

   {% hint style="info" %} To connect through USB, you must use firmware version 2.6.2.4 or higher for the RFID encoder. Visionline 1.22.1 or higher is also required. {% endhint %}3. Register the card encoder. 1. Log in to the Visionline application if you are not already logged in. 2. At the bottom of the left navigation pane, click **Lists**. 3. In the **System setup** section of the left navigation pane, double-click **Devices**. 4. In the **Devices** window, click **Add**. 5. In the **Device details** window, type a **Name** for the RFID encoder & updater. 6. If desired, type a **Description**. 7. In the **Type** field, select **Network RFID encoder (USB)**.

   <figure><img src="../../../../../.gitbook/assets/visionline-card-encoder-device-details-window.png" alt="Specify the details for the new card encoder device." width="350"><figcaption><p>Specify the details for the new card encoder device.</p></figcaption></figure>

8. Click ... next to the S/N field.

   The list displays all network RFID encoder & updaters that are connected through USB.

9. Make sure that the correct RFID encoder & updater is selected.

   <figure><img src="../../../../../.gitbook/assets/visionline-card-encoder-select-s-n-field.png" alt="Select the correct RFID encoder &#x26; updater." width="354"><figcaption><p>Select the correct RFID encoder &#x26; updater.</p></figcaption></figure>

10. Select the correct Location. 11. If you have selected Server or Computer as the Location, type the PMS address, if applicable. 12. Click Save. 13. In the Device details window, click Close. 14. In the Devices window, click Close. 4. Select the card encoder to which the Visionline server should send cards.

1. Click File > Select encoder.

2. Select the encoder that you registered in the previous section and then click OK.

   

   Select the card encoder that you want to use.