BioAdmin Revision Notes

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Revision Notes
BioAdmin version V4.3

Release: 2008-11-24

 Common

 Added – Supporting BioLite™ Net

 User Management

 Fixed – A bug terminating connection with DB in case of deleting large capacity

of user information when using MS Access DB

 Added – A search function to find user by ID, Name and Card no.

 Device Management

 Fixed – A bug of always setting Subnet Mask as ‘255.255.255.0’ when configuring

device network

 Fixed – Fixed a wrong default layout of Mifare card

 Added – Issuing command cards for BioEntry Plus™ Mifare

 Fixed – The maximum number of device connection from 100 to 128

 Fixed – UI bug of Door Setting Tab

 Fixed – A bug of program crash in Black List Tab when logged in as Data viewer

 Fixed – A bug of allowing ID ‘0’ in Black List

 Fixed – A bug of displaying site key as it is instead of hiding as ‘*’ for device
using Mifare card

 Fixed – A bug of program freez when transmitting large data to and from a device

 Improved –Sorting device list by its name

 Log Management

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 Fixed – A bug of displaying wrong device name and omitting T&A event in Log
List for BioEntry Plus™

 Added – More detailed log in case of using Mifare Card

 Improved – Get Log and Upload Log speed

 Access Control

 Fixed – A bug of unlimited number of Holidays being added

 Monitoring

 Fixed – A bug of occasional program crash when displaying Log event of more
than 5,000 in long time monitoring

 BioAdmin Server

 Improved – A download speed of log data from devices to server (About 1 minute
for 30,000+ events)

 Improved – Device connection speed when starting a Server (Less than 5 minutes
for 64 devices)

 Added – Functions of sorting and removing devices in Server Configuration

Application

 Added – DB re-connection function in case of DB disconnection

 Changed – Limit the maximum simultaneously connections and administrator

connections as 20 when using MS Access DB (No limit for MSSQL and MySQL)

 Fixed – A bug of dead lock problem for a device in case of failure in server
connection

 Fixed – A bug of holding the assigned communication handle in case of timeout

which blocks further device connection

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BioAdmin version V4.2.2

Release: 2008-06-05

 Common

 Added – Supporting BioEntry™ Plus Mifare

 Added – Supporting BioStation™ Mifare

 Fixed – Fixed wrong date format in some O/S

 User Management

 Fixed – Fixed BioAdmin crashing with wrong start date with daylight time saving

 Fixed – Fixed using wrong date format with writing smartcard information

 Device Management

 Added – Black list for BioStation™ Mifare and BioEntry™ Plus Mifare

 Added – 1K and 4K Mifare card configuration UI

 T&A Reporting

 Fixed – Fixed a bug creating report with wrong T&A rule data and causing
BioAdmin crash

BioAdmin version V4.2

Release: 2007-10-16

 Common

 Added – Supporting BioEntry Plus™

 Fixed – Fixed a bug causing unstable communication between BioAdmin Server

and BioStation

 Fixed – Fixed a BioAdmin Client bug accessing a wrong memory

 User Management

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 Added – Start Date

 Added – Added a menu to apply access control or T&A rule to a group of selected
users altogether.

 Improved – Improved a download speed of user information data from BioAdmin

to BioStation™

 Device Management

 Added – A function of “Zone” was added where a group of devices in a zone share
user and log data for synchronization and support global anti-passback and
entrance limit functions in a zone.

 Added – Support Secure I/O functions for BioStation™ and BioEntry™ Plus.

 Access Control

 Changed – Changed the way of Access Control Group setting.

 T&A Reporting

 Improved – Improved a speed of creating and processing T&A reports.

 Added – Filtering options are added to generate various T&A reports.

BioAdmin version V4.1

Release: 2007-06-18

 Common

 Fixed – Fixed a bug causing unstable communication between BioAdmin Server

and BioStation

 User Management

 Added – Individual display setup showing photos or messages in verification

success

 Added – Expiry date

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 Changed – Simultaneously transfer user information to several BioStations

connected at server

 Changed – Simultaneously delete user information to several BioStations

connected at server

 Log Management

 Changed – Automatically divide and create a new Access DB file when the
number of DB exceeds 800,000 to avoid excessive file size.

 T&A Reporting

 Added – T&A Rules can be managed per group

 Added – 'Export to CSV' button for T&A reports

 Fixed – Bug fixed in work time calculation

BioAdmin version V4.0

Release: 2007-03-05

 Common

 Changed – Server/client based structure

 Added – BioAdmin user and administrator level

 Added – Support for MySQL, MS SQL Server in addition to Access DB

 Added – SSL communication with multiple BioAdmin™ client and BioStation™

 Device Management

 Added – Support for BioStation™ RF

 Added – Direct control of relay in BioStation™

 User Management

 Added – Timed anti-pass back setting

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 Added – Limit on number of daily entrances

 Log Management

 Changed – Gathering log data from BioStation™ to Server real time

BioAdmin version V3.1

Release: 2006-11-04

 T&A Reporting

 Added – T&A Rules can be set up in more detail

 Added – Daily summary and individual summary reports

 Added – Monthly schedule for T&A reports

 Fixed – Bug fixed in work time calculation

 Device Management

 Added – Wiegand configuration in BioStation™

 Added – Template encryption with BioStation™

 Added – Support Wireless LAN with BioStation™

 Added – Support virtual BioStation™ using USB Memory

 User Management

 Added – Using BioStation™ as enrollment station

 Log Management

 Fixed – Faster uploading and saving log data

BioAdmin version V3.0

Release: 2006-08-28

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 T&A Reporting

 Added – T&A Rules and printing reports

 Device Management

 Added – Supporting the BioStation™

 Fixed – Can not turn off ABA Track II mode

 User Management

 Added – Turning off Free scan and smartcard reading when transferring user data

 Smartcard

 Fixed – Error in reading smartcards from BioEntry™ Smart with an old version
firmware

 Fixed – Error in reading smartcards from BioEntry™ Smart when BioEntry™

Smart is connected with BEACon™ through Ethernet

 Access Control

 Fixed – Wrong default time code data

BioAdmin version V2.0

Release: 2006-04-17

 Common

 Changed – Software UI.

 Added – Time scheduling for access control.

 Added – Real-time monitoring.

 Removed – Command card menu. A separate software program will be released

soon for the management of command card.

 User Management

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 Added – More detailed user information.

 Added – Custom fields.

 Changed – Can select fields when importing and exporting users.

 Device Management

 Added – Added BEACon™ controller configuration.

BioAdmin version V1.1

Release: 2005-12-02

 User List

 Added – Users can transfer templates between a reader and PC using Template
Transfer tool. It can also be used to delete templates from a reader.

 Changed – Filtering tool is embedded into User List window.

 Log List

 Added – Users can see log files other than the default one using Log File Viewer.

 Changed – Filtering tool is embedded into Log List window.

 Changed – It takes shorter to load the default log file.

 Wiegand

 Added – Wiegand format can be configured graphically using Wiegand

Configuration wizard.

 Added – ABA Track II output is supported.

 Command Card

 Added – By Delete Command Card button, users can delete command cards from
the list directly.

 Site Key

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 Changed – Site key and related options are configured using Site Key wizard.

 Option

 Added – Baud rate option is added.

BioAdmin version V1.0.3

Release: 2005-10-04

 Network

 Added – Support Ethernet interface through Serial-to-Ethernet converters.

BioAdmin provides same functionality regardless of whether a reader is connected
to serial interface or Ethernet.

 User List

 Fixed – User IDs larger than 65535 cannot be used.

 Log Management section

 Fixed – The maximum number of log records is wrongly limited to 12,800.

 Command Card section

 Fixed – When a BioEntry is used as a card issuer, command cards cannot be

erased from the command card list.

BioAdmin version V1.0.2

Release: 2005-09-16

 User List

 Fixed – Cannot read the user list file when it is larger than 4KB.

 Fixed – Write Wiegand string to smart card when Wiegand string is Null.

 Fixed – In some versions of Windows 2000, synchronization doesn’t work

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properly when the number of templates is a multiple of 40.

 LED/Beep section

 Fixed – LED/Beep parameters are not saved correctly when ‘Group’ or ‘All
BioEntry Readers’ is selected.

 Log Management section

 Fixed – Reading log records from log command cards doesn’t work properly when
filtering tool is used.

BioAdmin version V1.0.1

Release: 2005-09-07

 Common

 Fixed – Cannot communicate with BioEntry readers when the Network Mode
system parameter is set to Single Mode.

 Changed – If BioEntry is locked, BioAdmin asks admin password two times when
started.

 LED/Beep section

 Changed - Freescan Delay system parameter is set to 1 second automatically.

 Fixed – LED/Beep settings are not changed correctly.

 Command Card section

 Fixed – If ‘Site Key’ option is selected and the primary key is not set, BioAdmin
cannot issue command cards.

 Fixed – Mistake some normal cards for command cards.

 Fixed – When reusing same command card for different functions, BioAdmin adds
new entry in the command card list, not replacing it.

 Fixed – Does not recognize command cards with serial numbers larger than 231.

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 Preference section

 Fixed – Cannot unlock BioEntry when admin password is set to default.

 Fixed – ‘Set Challenge Code’ does not work.

 Log Management section

 Fixed – Reading log records does not work properly when filtering tool is used.

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