Badging with CEX - Galaxy Control Systems
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1. 19 ADD A BARCODE TO THE BADGE 1 1 20 AUTO START THE DESIGN EDITOR AFTER WIZARD 20 ADJUST LAYOUT OF FIELDS ON THE BADGE 21 STEP 3 Importing the New Badge Design into Galaxy 22 Page 2 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide IMPORT THE BADGE DESIGN INTO 22 STEP 4 Assigning a Badge Design to a Cardholder 23 ASSIGNING THE BADGE DESIGN TO THE GALAXY CARDHOLDER psssssssssssssssssnssessnssnsssnsensenssnsssnseneenessnss 23 SETTING THE DATABASE CONNECTION nere rennen rana unn ru 25 OPENING THE BADGE LAYOUT SCREEN DESIGNER2. 13 STEP 2 Adding a Badge Design via Card Definition Wizard 14 CREATE BADGE DESIGN NAME esssssssssssssnssonsssssonsssnssnssonssonsonsssnssnssonssonsonssussnnsonssonsonusonssnusoneronsonusonsonusonssnusonsrens 14 CHOOSE TO CREATE THE BADGE VIA THE 2 14 SET UP THE BADGE TYPE amp 1 15 CHOOSE THE DATABASE CONNECTION 16 ADD DESIRED DATA FIELDS TO THE BADGE 17 ADD A PHOTO SIGNATURE TO THE BADGE OPTIONAL 18 ADD A BACKGROUND IMAGE TO THE BADGE 1 1 19 ADD A LOGO TO THE BADGE 1 1
3. 26 USING THE BADGE LAYOUT SCREEN DESIGNER rne rra anu aura rur ae ia a RS ERR anann 27 USING THE MAPPING SCREEN DESIGNER 1 1 rrr rere rr rra nra nnus nus Ru S NS RNS NEN ENS EN nnaman annann 28 EDITING THE PHOTO VARIABLE MAPPING DESIGNER 1 rrr rre r rre nn nnne nre nsns 29 USING THE BADGE DESIGN IN SYSTEM 30 Page 3 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Introduction to Badging with Card Exchange system Galaxy offers a new card badge interface built with CEInside Card Exchange v6 03 oystem Galaxy has integrated the Card Exchange Badge Designer and Print Engine into the oystem Galaxy software This manual covers the basics of installing configuring and using the new badging software NEW INSTALLS gt You must have installed your System Galaxy client software using an option that includes badging software on the desired workstation computer i e Full Installation or Badging Workstation gt You must have installed and configured the printer driver correctly on the computer running the badging client software o The badge printer options must be configured correctly to support printing the type of cards you intend to use o The printer driver
4. IC Professional Card and Print Manager I want to load a background image Browse ADD A LOGO TO THE BADGE OPTIONAL Choose a LOGO image as desired you can add an image later if you desire gt Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card HINC Please select if you like to add logo to your card design _COIUCALITIOL TI Professional Card and Print Manager Browse Page 19 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide ADD A BARCODE TO THE BADGE OPTIONAL check the Add Barcode only if desired Configure the options as needed for your barcode implementation gt Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card 4 E Please select if you want to add 1D barcode to your card design LOIUCALIIOINUE Professional Card and Print Manager The data for the barcode is provided manually The data for the barcode will be coming from the database AUTO START THE DESIGN EDITOR AFTER WIZARD COMPLETES check the START DESIGNER option to allow for adjusting your layout gt Click FINISH to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add new card Congratulations You have finished the Step by Step setup wizard 4 LOL P IGI Professional Card and Print Manager When you click on Finish the card
5. INACTIVE SysGal LAST SysGal PHONE SysGal Add a combined first middle and last name field Page 17 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide ADD A PHOTO SIGNATURE TO THE BADGE OPTIONAL gt check the Add a Photo if desired and select MainPhoto NOTE you can leave this unchecked if you are not actually using photos for this badge gt check the Add Signature if desired and select it NOTE you can leave this unchecked if you are not actually using signatures for this badge gt Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card Z2 Please select which image fields you want to add to your card design L OMJICALIIOMNUE When adding a photo or signature you need to select the field that points to the location of the image Please keep in mind that when pointing to a location the identifying field should be unique Professional Card and Print Manager Add signature Page 18 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide ADD A BACKGROUND IMAGE TO THE BADGE OPTIONAL gt Choose a background color or image as desired if you choose neither the background will be white You can add an image later if you desire gt Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card C ANC Please select the options for the background of your card design
6. 9 Monday Choose Configuration gt Printer options from the context menu gt The Printer Options window will open allowing you to choose your badging printer NOTE From this window you can also set timing delays and Mag encoder settings x Printer options Portrait example 9 Windows printers Copier 4010 Sales 4550 CS Microgatt Office Document Image Writer Adobe PDF Apply these settings to all loaded cards Click OK to save settings Page 10 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Choose Configuration gt Printer properties from the context menu Printer properties ___ Photo ap Configuration 1 Show print server Stop print server Exit Show card manager _ 650 PM Monday CES Mini The Printer Properties screen for the printer you selected in the previous step will open allowing you to set up your badging printer properties mer 200 Salen on Derien Praperthes hiere Papaja fects Job ae Lee del Papi Pas heed Cece eee amp Curr da euei ern rei Bri Opa rabies Prin Pastures ard rum an iii
7. Please select if you want to design a single or double sided card and OIUCALIIOINIUE select if it needs to be a portrait a landscape card Profescional Card and Print Manager Single double sided Create a double sided card Orientation Landscape Portrait Page 15 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide CHOOSE THE DATABASE CONNECTION MANDATORY You MUST select YES connect to a database REQUIRED Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card s SEERA nT Please select if want to connect to and use a database OIUCALI Professional Card and Print Manager No connection needed Select Connect to another database MANDATORY Highlight the connection type MANDATORY you can choose one of the connection types as desired You must select one of the two options listed SysGal Blob Connection TYPICAL SysGal Connection optional NOTICE if you are not capturing photos in Galaxy cardholder enrollment then choose the typical Blob connection type NOTICE SysGal Blob Connection is the typical choice System Galaxy is configured to store the main photograph as blob data You can set SG to use photograph_filename in Galaxy s System Settings if you do not wish to store blob data or if database size is a consideration for your system If you upgraded from an older system that did not use Blob dat
8. Card Exchange Inside Badge Designer GALAAY SG 10 APR 2011 600 series DSI 528 1 74 or higher SG 8 2 3 or higher System Galaxy Version 10 0 Badging with Card Exchange Inside User Mini Guide 2ND edition AUG 2011 Galaxy Control Systems 3 North Main Street Walkersville MD 21793 800 445 5560 www galaxysys com Information in this document is subject to change without notice Therefore no claims are made as to the accuracy or completeness of this document Copyright 2011 Galaxy Control Systems All rights reserved No part of this document may be reproduced copied adapted or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written consent of Galaxy Control Systems Copyright protection claims include all forms and matters of copyrighted material and information including but not limited to material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen such as icons look and feel etc Trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows Vista SQL Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and other countries Card Exchange and CEInside are registered trademarks of ExchangelT in the Netherlands and or other countries Adobe Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc This PDF is created with Adobe v6 or later Graphics and illustrations by Candace Roberts SQA amp Technical Writer S
9. CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card Velcome to the new card wizard of CardExchange Please provide the OIJUCALI name that will used for the template definition This name will appear as selectable button in the CardExchange eg main interface If you want to group your templates into to categories you can also specify a category Professional Cand and Print Manager Provide a name for the template Employee Badge Optionally provide a category too CHOOSE TO CHEATE THE BADGE VIA THE WIZARD Select Use STEP by STEP wizard gt Click NEXT to continue CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card If you are a not an experienced user you should choose the Step by Step setup wizard This will walk you through all the steps for creating a new card definition If you are an advanced user you can skip this wizard and go directly to the card definition setup E E rA 5 r Professional Card end Print Manager Skip this wizard and take me to the card definition manager Page 14 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide SET UP THE BADGE TYPE amp LAYOUT Select the type of card SINGLE SIDED or DOUBLE SIDED as desired gt Select the orientation of the badge Landscape vs Portrait as desired gt Click NEXT to continue 7 CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card T
10. etc you can click the EDIT button If you located your connection file elsewhere you can use the browse button to locate to the file Card visible notes Used 0 of 70 characters Layout and magnetic encoding X Do you want to define a card layout EMPLOYEE E dit Do you want to enable printing Print front C Rotate front Do you want to enable magnetic encoding Print back Rotate back Print back side first Send to printer as bitmap Page 26 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide USING THE BADGE LAYOUT SCREEN DESIGNER The badge layout screen has several menus toolbars and panels to help you design a badge Menu bar you can access the software help from here File toolbar object toolbar text format toolbar layout toolbar Tools bar docked vertically on left side Card object tree panel panel is docked on left next to the Tools bar Workspace pane center where the card is displayed Variables panel and Functions panel where user builds data fields for the card Context menus you can reach the context menus by right clicking on the objects on the card layout workspace or items listed in the card object tree UD M I gt You must add objects to your badge template these are created from one of two places the Tools panel add static objects static means not connected to the database field will not change dynamically will remain the same for all ca
11. gg TW V C 7 Biometric Lab 21 Alarm Panel Events Badge Designs x Number 11 Add New Description our bul Edit Delete Apply ancel Import Definitions System Galaxy Page 22 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide In System Galaxy you must assign the badge design to the cardholder in the Cardholder screen ASSIGNING THE BADGE DESIGN TO THE GALAXY CARDHOLDER gt Open System Galaxy and login as a the appropriate operator gt From the menu select Configure gt Cards gt Cardholders gt Select the Card Badge Settings tab gt After configuring the name card ID and necessary access privileges choose the desired badge design from the BADGE DESIGN droplist gt Click APPLY to save settings gt Once you save the cardholder can PREVIEW or PRINT the badge from the Cardholder screen p Apply Cant Personal Card Badge Settings Data Fields 1 Data Fields 2 Photo Badging Alarm Panel User LCD Message Note Record ID IN al MUR ELE ao Rete NT 3 PS Select Card Card 1 iv Add New Add Delete T A Punches ID TUM Card Data Card Options Loop Cluster Settings Card Description Card Disabled Edit Loops Record Type Card 1 Reversed
12. iv PIN Exempt Authorized Loops pe Card Technology _ Duress Enabled Biometric Lab 21 Last Name Galaxy Standard Passback Exempt SWINE STAFFORD C Active Date Access Profile Card Code First c t 4194243296 JOSEPH Expire Date Select Access Groups PIN Card Role E No Expiration v UNLIMITED ACCESS 7 Middle Access Control T 2 m p Access Control _ NO ACCESS GROUP MO ACCESS GROUP ics dierum Badge Settings Dossier Settings No access GROUP Scan Fingers amp Encode Cards Bad Design B8 Send Reader s t 17 L Base Defer to Server for Access Decision a un s E n andi Sa 190 bal EEIE Never Defer to Server RES 0 User ID Action if Server Does Reply SS SSRIS ea el ee Last Printed Follow Panel Decision Page 23 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Editing Badges with Card Exchange Manager Card Exchange Manager also allows the user to manually edit badges without using the wizard This is beneficial if you only need to make small changes after creating the badge through the Wizard 4 Right click the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Printer options Printer properties then choose Show Photo options Card Manager manager choose Configuratio Confi
13. must also be setup to support the print features or specifications you are using o Galaxy sells and supports our badging interface with the MagicCard line of printers Galaxy also supports printing with an array of leading badge printers If you are planning a badging installation you should verify the printer supports the features you intend to use Contact Galaxy Control Systems Technical Support for details gt You must run the install bat file to execute the of the Card Exchange installation o Do not run the Card Exchange setup file separately o The install bat file is put down in the System Galaxy folder C Program Files System Galaxy CEX install o install file installs the CEInside software in the System Galaxy folder and places the badge design templates and data folder at the root of the C drive Note this is a compatibility requirement for machines running vista o Ports 4747 4748 and 4749 must be unblocked UPGRADES gt Foran existing System Galaxy 8 client that you will upgrade to a badging station you will run the GalSuite part 3 to upgrade the software and follow the install instructions in the next section beginning with step 2 Foran existing SG client that is already licensed for the previous badging software see the System Galaxy Software Install and Software User manuals that cover your badging software Galaxy continues to support the previous software under the valid license agreement you pu
14. object A Custam variables ACTIVE DATE TYPE ID E B COMMON ID i of CARDHOLDER _TYPE_ID De artment p Department P 4 io je Department DOB B pos 1x FIRST NAME FIRST NAME A o FIRST LAST LAST NAME 0 KK LAST NAME dis System variables F Date i fx Time ugs 2 l 4 Page 21 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide In System Galaxy you must import the badge designs from the Card Exchange Badge Designer screen IMPORT THE BADGE DESIGN INTO GALAXY gt Open System Galaxy and login as a master operator gt From the menu select Configure gt Cards gt Badge Layout Designs gt Inthe Badge Layout window click the Import Card Definitions button and wait for System Galaxy to import the list of templates available The card definitions you created and that are checked in the card definition list see previous steps will appear in the list gt The customer field is used for systems running the Galaxy Web Module You only need to set this if you are defining customers NOTE the customer must be defined in System Galaxy before it is available for use in this field Refer to the System Galaxy Software Manual for information on how to assign and print badge templates to cardholders found in chapter 17 of the Software Manual Vstation EH Ee uy
15. on Fares Cayo Hu eux Leu Cover Fase Leder Prarie Lo Dec Click OK to save settings Page 11 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Show print server Skop print server 5 50 PM Monday Choose Configuration gt Photo options from the context menu gt The Photo Options window will open allowing you to choose your capture device NOTE from this window you can also set other related options Photo options Portrait example Twain sources Video for indows sources Apply these settings to all loaded cards Click OK to save settings Page 12 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Creating Badges with Card Exchange Manager Card Exchange Manager is the badge designer Some initial setup is required Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu choose Printer options Configuration k Printer properties Show print server Configuration then choose Show Photo options Stop print server Exit Card Manager Show card manager Right click the ICON Choose Configuration gt Show card manager from the context menu The Card Definition Manager window will open allowing you to set up your badge design templates Card defin
16. template will be created and the Designer will start and will show you the result Use the toolbar in the designer to add objects like text lines shapes and other objects to your card layout When the designer is started you can press F1 or select Help from the Help menu for more information After Finish start the Designer for modifying the layout Page 20 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide ADJUST LAYOUT OF FIELDS ON THE BADGE After the Editor opens you can see that the fields you chose are automatically populated on your badge layout Use your mouse pointer to grab the fields and move them around arranging them on the layout as desired NOTICE You can map the picture object to a default image as desired The default image will print if a main photo is not saved for a cardholder If you do not map a default image and no main photo is saved then nothing will print for the Photo field gt set a default image for the photo field right click the photo and click the folder button and browse to the default image Mapping name Default image SAVE YOUR CHANGES You can close the Designer using the File menu to exit Close the Card Definition Manager if you do not wish to make another template Ele Edit View Tools Help ec FED m mre Hm Card I Frant Photo E AC TIVE DATE 4 e Picture
17. G Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Table of Contents Introduction to Badging with Card Exchange 4 Overall Requirements for Card Exchange 4 Installing and Configuring the Badging components 5 Registering System Galaxy for reser 6 Setting Workstation Badging Options ee eeeee rennen 7 Operating the Card Exchange Badging Print Server 8 Starting the Card Exchange Print Server cese rennen 8 Stopping the Card Exchange Print esee 9 Showing the Card Exchange Print Server rennen nnns 9 Setting up the Badge ee ieeeeeeiieee nennen nhan anna ananas 10 Setting the Badge Printer Properties eeeee nnne nana 11 Setting up the Photo Capture 12 Creating Badges with Card Exchange Manager 13 STEP 1 Starting the Card Definition Manager
18. Image options The database column contains the image data The database column points to an image file C Add path Add extension Cut leading zeros Force minimum number of digits Crop to fixed width height ratio WARNING if you close without saving your changes you will loose your intended settings The CEX close confirmation message asks you if you want to CANCEL your changes when you close If you click YES you will dump your changes See the ExchangelT Designer Help screens for details on how to create variables with the variable editor Get to the help from the software menu or from the Windows Start menu Start Programs ExchanglT gt System Help Page 29 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide USING THE BADGE DESIGN IN SYSTEM GALAXY In System Galaxy you must import the badge design list from the Badge Definition screen gt Open System Galaxy and login as a master operator gt From the menu select Configure gt Cards gt Badge Layout Designs gt Inthe Badge Layout window click the Import Card Definitions button and wait for System Galaxy to import the list of templates available The card definitions you created and that are checked in the card definition list see previous steps will appear in the list gt The customer field is used for systems running the Galaxy Web Module You only need to set this if you are defining customers NOTE the customer must be defined in System Galaxy b
19. a you can use the Synchronize Utility in Galaxy to convert your photo files to blob data gt Click NEXT to continue 7 CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card P Please select a database template that you would like to use OIUCXLI idl i Professional Cand and Print Manager Q I want to connect to MS Excel Q I want to connect to MS Access I want to connect to another database SysGal Connection add a new database Page 16 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide ADD DESIRED DATA FIELDS TO THE BADGE gt check the combine first last name shortcut if you wish to always have these fields on the badge NOTE If you are enrolling the first and or middle names in Galaxy but do not want them displayed on the badge then do not check this option Instead use the listview to locate FIRST and or LAST names and check them individually gt check each individual field that you wish to add to the badge Department Employee ID DOB etc gt Click NEXT to continue 7 CardExchange User Guided Wizard Add a new card Please select the columns that you want to add to your design When the check box is selected the column will be added to your design FACILITY CODE 26W SysGal FIRST 5ysGal FULL CARD CODE SysGal HID CORP1K COMP SysGal HID CORP1K ID SysGal HOME PHONE SysGal ID CODE 26w
20. dging at the root of the C drive Note if you are running VISTA you must store your System Galaxy photos directory to the new badging folder just created C DRIVE File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Back v 27 _ Search Folders gt E Address B C System Galaxy BadginglData Folds X CardExchange CSV Demo O spoolerlogs E O System Galaxy Badging E A CardExchange Excel Demo xls Cardexchange CSV Demo E CSV Connection Example dtd Photos E Landscape blank ced Templates Ej Landscape ced Q3 License E MetaData cdd Test MS Excel Connection Example dtd a C3 WINDOWS E Portrait blank ced zi DATA D Es Portrait ced lt GHOST E RemotePrinters txt 5 F E SysGal Connection dtd amp 9 Technical on 2kfile svr I Page 5 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide You must perform the Registration according to purchase order SYSTEM REGISTRATION Atthe Communication Server start System Galaxy and logon as a master operator Open the workstation registration screen from the Galaxy menu Configure gt Options gt Registration gt Registration Wizard or System Registration Also perform the local workstation registration for this server as appropriate the main communication server will not host the badging station typical then do not register badging options at this comp
21. efore it is available for use in this field Refer to the System Galaxy Software Manual for information on how to assign and print badge templates to cardholders found in chapter 17 of the Software Manual AU 2 WC C Alarm Events Number 11 Description orldT our Edit Import Card Definitions Customer Page 30 of 30
22. fter you have added the dynamic fields and saved your card out Each dynamic field will display with the appropriate options available The mapping screen allows you to connect or edit the connections has several menus toolbars and panels to help you design a badge 2 Card object tree panel panel is docked on left 3 Data object connections editor appears on right gt You will notice that the fields that display are based on the type of data object you are selecting from the object tree a All objects have a type of data field b and a database selection droplist gt You can edit additional attributes like truncating leading zeros or formatting options depending on the type of data displayed in the field gt Click the FINISH button to save changes gt Card Definition Wizard B Definitions Mappings Available card items Barcode F ARD CLUDE EmployeelD Personal number Name Photo Photo Datal DATA 1 SvsGal Department Department SysGall Type of data to be displayed in the selected card item Database column v Database column to be shown in selected card item FULL CARD CODE SysGal Use custom date format Options C Cut leading zeros C Force minimum number of digits WARNING if you close without saving your changes you will loose your intended settings The CEX close confirmation message asks you if you want to CANCEL your changes when you close If you click YES you
23. guration 5how print server Stop print server Exit Right click the ICON Choose Configuration Show card manager from the context menu The Card Definition Manager window will open allowing you to set up your badge design templates Click EDIT for the badge you wish to edit 3 Card definition manager University University of Science Business Waterline Inc Business Department Of Finance Member London Old Timer Club Member Mercedes Service Card Member Beach Club Loyalty Movie Discount Card Loyalty Stardess Coffee Card Healthcare XLA Hospital Move down Rename Remove Page 24 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide SETTING THE DATABASE CONNECTION FILE gt You should already see the Database Connection file for the System Galaxy database called SysGal Connection dtd f you need to change the connection values such as the name of the database or the login and password etc you can click the EDIT button f you located your connection file elsewhere you can use the browse button to locate to the file Card Definition Wizard m Definitions Layout and magnetic encoding X Do you want to define a card layout Do you want to enable printing C Do you want to enable magnetic encoding Database connections Do you want to connect to a database Contactless encodina Do you want to enable con
24. ing and online during system registration in order to get 9 Sy 9 9 Visit GCSOnline Web Registration Site C55 39NX Report a valid registration code Refer to Chapter 5 of the SG 8 3 User manual for detailed information about Workstation Registration Page 6 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide The Workstation Options must be set up to use the correct Badging Software gt Atthe badging workstation PC open the Workstation Options screen from the Galaxy menu Configure Options Workstation Options gt Select the Badging Options tab and set Card Exchange Inside as the Badge System type gt Click the Browse button and to C System Galaxy Badging gt Click OK to set the path and click APPLY to save the configuration Restart System Galaxy to initiate changes Workstation Options General Options Alarm Options Report Options Multi Media Options AudtOptions Database Options Cardholder Options Badging Options CCTV Optons Time amp Attendance Options Options Cad Datalmpor Expot Options Speciy folder where the mages ane stored C System Galaxy Badgng Browse _ Badgng System Type Browse for Folder Card Exchange Inside r Card Exchange adging Settings Prini Server URL 4747 xchangePrinkServer Se Local Disk C E 3 DELL Deni hv Disp
25. ition manager University University of Science Business Waterline Inc Move down Business Department Of Finance Member London Old Timer Club Member Mercedes Service Card Member Beach Club Edit Loyalty Movie Discount Card Loyalty Stadess Coffee Card Rename Healthcare LA Hospital Remove You can change the order of the list using the move up and down buttons You can edit an existing template or add a new badge design You can check any template you want to show up in System Galaxy s badge design list Unchecking a template will not delete it but it will not be available in System Galaxy NOTE there are predefined templates in the list These templates are checked by default and may be included when you import badge designs into the System Galaxy software if you leave them checked These can be used as starting templates for your badges and you can rename them as you like You can also delete them from System Galaxy after an import if you desire Page 13 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide gt Start the Care Manager as described in the previous step If the print server is not running on the icon you must start it from the System Galaxy toolbar button click ADD button on the Card definition manager window to open the Card Definition Wizard window CREATE A BADGE DESIGN NAME Type a descriptive name for your new template gt Click NEXT to continue
26. lay Error Messages Documents and Settings 4743 Display Batch Print Error Messages MSCxC ache gt My Downloads EE 7 Program Files spoolerlags i2 C3 System Galaxy Badging Page 7 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Operating the Card Exchange Badging Print Server The card exchange print server and badging software is very simple to use The following sections provide simple steps to starting and using the Print Server and Badge Designer software You can start the Card Exchange software from inside System Galaxy toolbar gt Open System Galaxy from the desktop shortcut or thru the Windows Start menu Start gt Programs gt System Galaxy gt System Galaxy TIP You can set up Card Exchange to automatically start when the computer boots up This is done by placing the Card Exchange Print Server in your Programs Start folder gt aWindows application console opens when the print server starts up CardExchange Print Server XPD5150 TW 4747 Initializing Automated printing started Print server runs without dispatcher Waiting for new print job gt The Card Exchange icon will display on the task tray XP only when you minimize the windows operating shell Windows 7 OS does not display services on the task bar Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu choose Configuration Printer options Configuration Printer
27. properties Show print server then choose Show Photo options Stop print server Card Manager Shon card manager Right click the ICON Page 8 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Configuration Printer options Printer properties Photo options Show card manager EE Monday Choose Stop print server option from the context menu NOTE you can click the red x in the top right corner of the print server console window to close and stop the printer if it is open Otherwise you must stop it from the menu as shown Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Printer options ml Show print server Printer properties Photo options Show card manager Exit Img pepe mm rm gener mmm Monday CEs Mini T Choose Show print server option from the context menu The windows operating shell will re open Page 9 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Right click on the server icon to get to the Card Exchange menu Photo options Show card manager r S TL Ld Configuration Show print server Stop print server Exil CEs Mini
28. rchased Page 4 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide Installing and Configuring the Badging components 1 INSTALL SYSTEM GALAXY SOFTWARE You must correctly install all parts of the System Galaxy software 1 2 and 3 Part1 install prerequisite components required Part2 install MS SQL Components required If you are installing a workstation that is part of a distributed solution i e separate database server you will install only the MS SQL Native Client components Part 3 Installing the System Galaxy software for a client workstation that supports badging Two possibilities are available a Option A is a complete install this includes System Galaxy software and badging components along with core services You will only choose this if you are installing a Communication Server b Option B is a client only workstation install this installs System Galaxy software and badging components 2 INSTALL THE BADGE PRINTER DRIVER Install the printer driver according to manufacturer s instructions and perform a test print using the desired print settings 3 INSTALL CARD EXCHANGE INSIDE SOFTWARE AND TEMPLATES Go to C Program Files System Galaxy CEX and run the install file to begin the installation The Card Exchange install will run as follows a the CEX software installs in the System Galaxy CEX folder b All the templates and data folder are installed in the System Galaxy Ba
29. rds with this design i e a background a logo lines or shapes static text etc the Variables panel add dynamic objects dynamic means the field is mapped to a database field will change dynamically based on individual cardholder data it will display in the designated position on all cards with this design i e a last and first name department card ID employee ID etc NOTE enhance dynamic objects with operation you build from the functions panel e Designer 1 1 L L 1 cad Variables Functions EE A 2 Variables Had J Custom variables f e Memo2 _ Data1 5 fe EmployeeID e BarCodel D BE fe Barcode e Memo3 Datal GE x Lata e 4 fe Department 5 System variables f Date f Time WARNING if you close without saving your changes you will loose your intended settings The CEX close confirmation message asks you if you want to CANCEL your changes when you close If you click YES you will dump your changes See the ExchangelT Designer Help screens for details on how to create variables with the variable editor Get to the help from the software menu or from the Windows Start menu Start Programs ExchanglT gt System Help Page 27 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide USING THE MAPPING SCREEN DESIGNER The Mapping tab is visible a
30. tactless encoding Do you want to read data from MIFARE Classic Do you want to write data to MIFARE Classic External plug ins C Do you want to use external functions or plug ins Do you want to read and or write from MIFARE DESFire Card visible notes le Create Print front Rotate front Print back Rotate back 5 ysG al Connection dtd Ld Create Do you want to put the card on the smart card reader manually w Create Create Create Used 0 of 70 characters E dit E dit E dit E dit Cancel Page 25 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide OPENING THE BADGE LAYOUT SCREEN DESIGNER gt You must type a name for your new badge template into the name field gt Check only the options that apply to your card printing printer setup Uncheck those that do not apply Enable printing this should be checked Enable magnetic encoding only for mag stripe Print front this should be checked Print back if you are printing the back Print back first if your printer setup requires this Rotate front Rotate back Send to printer as a bitmap file format bmp Click the Create button to open the designer Card Definition Wizard Definitions If you need to change the connection values such as the name of the database or the login and password
31. uter IMPORTANT System Registration is done before the Workstation Registration The system registration registers the database and extended features according to purchase agreement IMPORTANT the databases database server and communication server core services must be running and online during system registration in order to get a valid registration code Refer to Chapter 5 of the SG 8 3 Software User manual for detailed information about System Registration WORKSTATION REGISTRATION Product Registration gt Atthe badging workstation PC start Workstation Registration System Galaxy and logon as with a master operator sign on Local Workstation Registration System ID Product Key 613950580 gt Open the Workstation Registration workstation ID Workstation Description screen from the Galaxy menu BBSMTECSSYRZMTA 7 Config ure Op tions istration Created Date Time Last Registered Date Time gt Local Workstation 12 6 2007 12 28 21 PM 3 28 2008 10 43 16 AM Llient Server Features Badging Features 4 Register the badging features Client Only iv Photo Capture Enabled according to the customer Comm Server amp Client Printing Enabled purchase agreement iv Signature Capture Enabled General Features Iw Fingerprint Capture Enabled IMPORTANT the databases database Autrosafe Fire Interface Encoding Enabled server and communication server core DS 7400 Interface services must be runn
32. will dump your changes See the ExchangelT Designer Help screens for details on how to create variables with the variable editor Get to the help from the software menu or from the Windows Start menu gt Start gt Programs ExchanglT gt System Help Page 28 of 30 SG Badging w Card Exchange Inside Quick Guide EDITING THE PHOTO VARIABLE MAPPING DESIGNER In System Galaxy the photograph location tor cardholders is stored in the SysGal database Adefault photo field is created as a part of the installation Once you add the PHOTO variable to the card you can edit it in the mapping field however it is important that you leave the database column value set to PHOTOGRAPH FILENAME SysGal gt You must also let the Image options to indicate that the database column points to the image file Do not select contains image SysGal does not store the image it only points the image path gt It is recommended to use the aspect ration of and 4 as shown below gt Click the FINISH button to save changes gt Card Definition Wizard EJ Definitions Mappings Available card items Type of data to be displayed in the selected card item Photo Barcode FULL CARD CODE 5 Additional information EmployeelD Personal number Name Name Database column that contains the image definition Photo Photo PHOTOGRAPH FILENAME SysGal Datal DATA 1 SysGal Department Department SysGal
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