Card formats
The Decode Card Data settings control how badge data read by HP Universal and HP LEGIC card readers is turned into a card number or user ID. You set them once, and every printer decodes cards the same way, so you don't have to configure each printer or deal with mismatched card formats.
Before you begin
- Your printers use an HP Universal Card Reader or an HP LEGIC Card Reader. The Decode Card Data settings appear only when one of these is selected in a device profile. See Device Profiles.
- You know the card types your organization uses and how its cards are encoded.
Set up card decoding
Choose the card reader and card type
Go to Secure > Device Profiles. In the card reader menu, select HP Universal Card Reader or HP LEGIC Card Reader. Then, in Supported Card Reader Types, select the card type you use. Only the types that the reader supports are listed.
Set how card data is decoded
Go to Secure > Settings and find the Decode Card Data section. Select the Card Type, then adjust the Card Data Format settings if you need to. Common formats have default values, and you can change any of them to match how your cards are encoded.
To undo your changes, select Revert to Defaults. All the Card Data Format settings go back to their defaults.
Card Data Format settings
The Card Data Format settings define how the card's bits are split into fields such as the facility code, card ID and parity bits.
| Group | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Parity Settings | How card data is checked for errors with parity bits. Before the check, Strip Leading Bits and Strip Trailing Bits can remove a set number of bits from the start and end of the raw data. |
| Facility Code (FAC) Settings | Whether the facility code is included, how it's formatted, and how it's combined with the ID. |
| ID Settings | How the card's unique ID is extracted, formatted and sent. |
| Other Settings | Advanced options for how card data is interpreted. |
| Wiegand Settings | How raw card data is processed at the bit and byte level, for compatibility with different card formats and readers. |