# Step 4: Install a Visionline Card Encoder
Buy and install a Visionline card encoder—specifically, the [ASSA ABLOY RFID encoder & updater](https://estore.assaabloyglobalsolutions.com/no/marine/rfid-encoder-updater-complete.html)—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](https://www.silabs.com/Support%20Documents/Software/USBXpress_Install.exe).
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.
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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)\*\*.
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Specify the details for the new card encoder device.
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8\. Click **...** next to the **S/N** field.
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The list displays all network RFID encoder & updaters that are connected through USB.
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9\. Make sure that the correct RFID encoder & updater is selected.
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Select the correct RFID encoder & updater.
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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**.
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