Step 6: Program Door Locks
Learn how to program door locks for your plastic card encoding integration.
Once you have set up door locks in the Visionline application, use the Lock Service 3G application to program the door locks themselves. When you program a lock, you download the identity and settings for the lock from Lock Service 3G to the lock.
This process consists of the following basic steps:
Install Lock Service 3G
Install the Lock Service 3G on a Windows laptop or tablet that you can move to each door lock. You use a USB-to-lock interface cable to connect this laptop or tablet to each door lock.
Configure Visionline for Lock Service 3G
Log in to the Visionline application if you are not already logged in.
Add a device.
At the bottom of the left navigation pane, click Lists.
In the System setup section of the left navigation pane, double-click Devices.
In the Devices window, click Add.
In the Device details window, type a Name for the device, such as
Lock Service 3G
.Select Service device host as the device Type.
Make sure that the Port is
27015
.Make sure that the Location is Server.
Click Save.
In the Device details window, click Close.
In the Devices window, click Close.
Add a device in the Visionline app. Obtain the registration code for the Lock Service 3G instance.
At the bottom of the left navigation pane, click Lists.
In the System setup section of the left navigation pane, double-click Service devices.
In the Service devices window, click Add.
Note the registration code and validity period that the Visionline application displays. You must enter this code in Lock Service 3G on the laptop or tablet.
Click OK.
In the Service devices window, click Close.
Obtain the registration code for Lock Service 3G.
Configure Lock Service 3G to Connect to the Visionline Server
On the laptop or tablet, open the Lock Service 3G application.
Add a server connection.
In the Setup section of the left navigation pane, click Server connections.
If the Server connections dialog does not display automatically, click Add.
In the Server connections dialog, type a Name for this connection to the Visionline server. Note that some of the field names in this dialog are different in different versions of Lock Service 3G.
In the Address field, type the IP address of the Visionline server.
Type the Port number to use to connect to the Visionline server.
Click OK.
Add the connection between Lock Service 3G and the Visionline server. At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the lower field in the Serial port and host area, select the name of the Visionline server connection that you created.
Select the Visionline server connection. Register Lock Service 3G on the laptop or tablet.
In the Setup section of the left navigation pane, click Register PC.
In the Register PC area, type the registration Code that you obtained from the Visionline application.
Click Register.
Use the registration code from the Visionline application to register Lock Service 3G.
Lock Service 3G registers with the Visionline server and displays a Registration Finished message.
Click OK.
Retrieve the Visionline system ID.
In the Setup section of the left navigation pane, click System ID.
In the System ID area, click Get.
Retrieve the Visionline system ID.
Lock Service 3G retrieves the Visionline system ID and then displays a New system ID has been set message.
Click OK.
Download Door Lock Data to Lock Service 3G
Open the Lock Service 3G application if you have not done so already.
In the Setup section of the left navigation pane, click Download data from server.
At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the lower field in the Serial port and host area, select the name of the Visionline server connection.
In the Download data from server area, click Check all.
Click Download.

Lock Service downloads the door lock data from the Visionline server and displays a message when the download is complete.
Initialize Door Locks
Perform the following steps on each lock:
Only if necessary, update the Lock Control Unit firmware. Test locks from ASSA ABLOY should already be preprogrammed with the correct firmware. For other locks, contact ASSA ABLOY to learn whether you need to update the Lock Control Unit firmware and, if so, to obtain the correct firmware version.
Open the Lock Service 3G application if you have not done so already.
In the Initiation section of the left navigation pane, click Upload firmware.
At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the lower field in the Serial port and host area, select the name of the Visionline server connection.
In the Upload firmware area, click Browse.
Select the Lock Control Unit firmware to upload. Select the firmware that ASSA ABLOY has sent to you and then click Open.
In the Available versions table, right-click the appropriate firmware version and select Save to database.
Save the firmware to the database. In the Available versions table, select the appropriate firmware version.
At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the upper field in the Serial port and host area, select the serial port that you want to use to connect to the lock.
Select the port. Connect the cable from the laptop or tablet running Lock Service 3G to the lock.
At the bottom of the Upload firmware area, click Upload.
Open the Lock Service 3G application if you have not done so already.
Initialize the lock.
In the Initiation section of the left navigation pane, click Initialize lock.
At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the lower field in the Serial port and host area, select the name of the Visionline server connection.
In the Initialize lock area, expand the appropriate door area and select the lock that you want to initialize.
Select the Read parameters after successful initialization checkbox.
At the right of the Lock Service 3G window, in the upper field in the Serial port and host area, select the serial port that you want to use to connect to the lock.
Connect the cable from the laptop or tablet running Lock Service 3G to the lock and then click Initialize.
Connect Lock Service 3G to each lock and initialize it.
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