How do I self-associate a card with the secondary ID field?
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Users may have up to two card/ID numbers associated with their account from within the PaperCut Admin Interface.
By default when a swipe card is used and self-association is enabled the number read from the card is created in the Primary Card/Identity Numbers field. In some situations this may not be preferable. For example you may wish to sync the Primary field with Active Directory and have any self-associated cards numbers go into the Secondary Card/Identity Numbers field instead.
To change the field the self-associated card number goes into you will need to edit a config key in the PaperCut Administration Console.
-
Log into the administration interface as the
admin
user. -
Navigate to
Options
and select theConfig Editor (Advanced)
Action from the left set of Action links. -
Use the Quick find: to locate the key:
ext-device.card-self-association.use-secondary-card-number
-
Change the value to
Y
(yes) and press the Update button.
This will mean any cards self-associated to a user will automatically use the secondary card number field rather than the primary.
If you want to restore the default setting simply set the config key to N
and hit Update.
Device Level Configuration
The use of the secondary ID field can also be configured per device. To change the card number field for a particular device:
-
Log into the administration interface as the
admin
user. -
Navigate to
Devices
and select theDevice Name
to configure. -
Select the
Advanced Config
device tab and use Quick find to locate the key:
ext-device.card-self-association.use-secondary-card-number
-
Change the value to
Y
(yes) and press the Update button.
Alternatively, the device can be configured to use the primary card number field with the value N
, or default to the global setting by changing the value to GLOBAL
.
If the key does not exist, it can be created via the Add new
section, providing the name, value of Y
(yes) and pressing Add.
Categories: How-to Articles , User Management
Keywords: dual cards , multiple cards , multiple ids , multiple card numbers , additional card numbers , separate ID and card numbers , per user , two cards , multi card , multi , secondary identity , LDAP sync , AD sync
Last updated March 15, 2024
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