eKey CP DRM Quick Start Manual

QUICK START GUIDE

Before you start programming the system with the help of this
quick start g uide, the system must be mounted and wired
according to the mounting i nstructions and wiring diagram
supplied with the device. Please follow the steps below:

1.) Make e verything you need ready to mount the devices as
described in the mounting instructions supplied with the devices.

2.) Wiring

Do not connect the system to the mains yet! The electrical
connection of the system can only be carried out by a
specialist!

Connect the wires as described i n the e key home wi ring diagram
supplied with the devices.

3.) Check the wiring.

4.) Conclude mounting t he devices. Close all the device housings

which you have had t o open in order to be able to proceed with the
wiring.

5.) Read carefully the following chapter

„5 Operating the finger scanner“. The correct
operation (i.e. swiping the finger over the sensor) of
the fingerprint scanner is decisive for the proper
functioning of the whole system.

6.) Connect the power supply to the mains.

The electrical connection of the system can only be carried out
by a specialist!

The ekey home CP DRM displays the language selection

The ekey home finger scanner indicators are as follows:

7.)

Now start at point A: INITIALIZING THE DEVICES of

„Programming the system“.

5 Operating the finger scanner

The function of the finger scanner is to capture and analyze the image of your finger, and then

compare it with a reference template. Which part of your finger should be captured?

A finger scanner works like a camera. It makes a picture of the bottom side, the papillary lines, of

your finger´s third phalanx. However, this picture must be of good quality, so that physical access
can be granted whenever necessary.

Imagine you wish to make a picture of someone, and this person

keeps fidgetting
runs by and you try to make a picture of him at that exact moment
hides half of his face behind a tree

etc.
What do you think these pictures will look like? On some of the pictures you will not even be able
to recognize the person.

The finger scanner works in the same way. The finger scanner can only read all the information
contained in your finger, and consequently o pen your doors securely and reliably, if yo u move
your finger down across the sensor evenly and in the right position.
Let us now look at where you should place your fingers and at which speed you should move them
across the sensor, so that the „pictures“ of your fingers are perfect.

It is necessary to capture an image of the

3rd

phalanx. On the contrary, your finger scanner
will not function properly.
In order to ensure this, take care to operate the
finger scanner correctly. It is fundamental to
place your finger correctly in t he finger recess
and move it down across the sensor at the right
speed. Ergonomically speaking the best fingers
are the index, the middle finger and the ring
finger. The thumb and the little finger may

not be used!

5.1 Function of the finger scanner

5.3 Operating correctly the finger scanner

Place th

e middle

of your third

phalanx directly

on the finger

recess pin point.

BE SURE to place

your finger
exactly in the
middle of the
area between

both finger
recess edges.

Lay your finger straight and flat

on the finger recess.

Ideally, when positioning your

finger on the finger recess, stretch

the remaining fingers, holding them

close to the „swiping“ finger. This

helps keep the „swiping“ finger

even.

Now without changing the inclination of yo ur finger, move it down

across the sensor (the entire hand). Take care to swipe your finger
at the right speed. BEWARE: The entire movement (swipe) should
take about

1-1,5 sec

.
If you swipe your finger too fast, then the status LED o n the pin
point will light up red.
Do not modify the position of the finger phalanges during the swipe
(e.g. by bending the third phalanx).
There is no need to exert any stronger pressure. Mo ve your
finger across the sensor as if you wo uld wipe bread c rumbs off a
table.

5.4 What you should not do

5

.2 The finger recess

– the control element

Place your third phalanx

higher than the pin point

Not place your finger in the middle

of the finger recess, or not place it
parallel to the finger recess edges.

Rotate your finger in the

finger recess.

Place your finger at a too

steep angle with the

finger recess.

The finger recess allows to place the finger correctly so that a finger picture of good quality

can be captured. It actually is the control element and consists of

pin point - sensor –

right and left recess edges.

Take care to

position your

finger as flat as

possible over the

finger recess.

If you move your finger across the finger scanner in one of the

ways mentioned here, then the scanner will not be able to
extract the information it needs about y our finger image. It
will therefore not function properly:

Poor recognition performance: Yo u will have to swipe your

finger several times across the sensor before being able to
induce the door to open.

Reference templates cannot be saved: You are not able to

save a finger in the system.

Finger nail

3rd phalanx

(phalanx distalis)

2nd phalanx

(phalanx media)

Finger image

(papillary
lines) of the

3rd phalanx

speed >>

Move your

finger too fast
or too slowly
across the
sensor.

speed <<

6. Programming the system with the ekey home CP DRM

The function of the

ekey home CP DRM

in

ekey home

is to

program and parametrize the system. Using the

LCD display and the
4 buttons,

you can

register users and enroll their fingers
delete users
enter the security code
change the security code
change the relay switching times
reset to factory settings
…

The menu navigation is intuitive and very easy. You will
find step-by-step detailed explanations of each specific
menu function below.

6.1 Function

of the control panel

6.2 Controls and their symbols

Security code

Factory setting

99

6.3 Programming the system

Now start programming the system. The menu
sequences for each single function are
explained below in this document. Let us not

forget to mention the security code. You need it in
order to be able to make changes in the system.

The factory default setting for this code is

99. Change this code to another one of your
choice as soon as you have started up the
system.

The OK

button allows you to register

values and move to the next menu level.

The down arrow /

right arrow

button

allows you set values and navigate in the
menu.

The up arrow / left arrow

button

allows you to set values and navigate in

the menu.

The

ESC button allows you to exit a

menu level or to cancel entries.

The LCD display

guides you through the menu,

displays status information and allows you to
make specific settings.

ekey home CP DRM

Access system with fingerprint scanning

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142/0/52

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Version 3 dated

22.6.2012

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4 Start-up

PIN POINT

SENSOR

Left and right recess

edge

This quick start gu ide is not subjec t to
updating. Subject to optical and tec hnical
modifications, any lia bility fo r misprints
excluded.

1 Note on this document

The ekey home system consisting of ekey home fing er sca nner, ekey home control panel and
ekey power supply is a biome tric access c ontrol system available in different hardwa re makeups

and component combinations. I t captures the unique feature s (minutea) of the fingerlines, which
are then compa red to the m aster templates saved in the finger scanner. To authentica te a finger
successfully, a certain d egree of identicalne ss (thresho ld) has to be reache d. Base d on this, a
given switching actuator is activa ted (relay output situated on the co ntrol panel). The system
has bee n primarily developed for opening front doors, apartment doors, gar age doors, etc. in a
residential, cor porate and limi ted industrial e nvironment. I t has to be ins talled in a f ixed
position, and in accordance wi th the accompany ing mounting ins tructions and wiring diagrams.

2 Intended use

In the below listed cas es, the security, the protec tion and the fla wless opera tion of the de vice
may be impaired. The liability for the operability of the equipment and its safe operation is
transferred to the operator / a dministrator / user:

The dev ice is n ot operated, maintained and cleaned in accordance with the
respective m anual.
The dev ice is u sed outside of the applica tion area specified her ein, e.g. in
automotive app lications, haza rdous areas , safety-critical a pplications (ther eat to life
or physical c ondition).
The operator carries out unau thorized changes on the devices.
The device ist not opera ted with the r ecommended vol tage supply (safety extra low
voltage – SELV).
The system comp onents are no t connec ted ele ctrically a s stipula ted in the
respective wir ing diagram.

3 Product liability

C: RECORDING FINGERPRINTS-

When you record a user´s fingerprints, you:
Set the user name
Select the finger to be used (you can save up to 10 fingers / user; but you cannot save more than
99 fingers in the whole system)
Record the finger’s reference template

DISPLAY

Enter security

code

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

Select user num ber

KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

Set user name

KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

Select finger

KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

Select relay

KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

SWIPE THE

FINGER OVER

THE SENSOR

DISPLAY

3 x green …Finger

accepted

DISPLAY

See B:

Select user

number

Strike to scroll up
to the user name and

set the user name

(digit 1 to 9)

Select finger

Select relay

The numbers mean that these fingers have already

been enrolled for the corresponding relay:
1 … Relay 1
2 … Relay 2 (only for ekey home CP DRM 2)
3 … double relay (only for ekey home CP DRM 2)

D
O
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START

The finger has been

enrolled and in this
example it has been
assigned to relay 2!

Now you can enroll

additional fingers or

jump back to the main

menu by striking the

key.

Repeat until complete user

name is set

(9 digits)

only for ekey home CP DRM 2

It has not yet been possible to capture 3 fingers, or the
captured finger is of poor quality.

The finger image is of very poor quality. Try it once
again, read Chapter 5

The quality of the finger image is good, but not excellent.

You may either exit enrollment by pressing the OK button
or try once more.

Although a finger has been swiped over the finger

scanner, the device has not discerned any finger swipe.
Read chapter 5

At least

3

times

G: RESETTING TO FACTORY SETTINGS - WARNING! All the fingers which have been enrolled will be deleted!

DISPLAY Enter sec urity

code

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

See B:

Select the menu item

„Reset“

H: PLEASE CHECK THE USER´S GUIDE ON OUR HOMEPAGE www.ekey.net FOR ADDITIONAL MENU ITEMS.

B: ENTERING THE SECURITY CODE –

The security code allows you to avoid system manipulations by unauthorized people. The factory default setting for this

code is „99“. Change this co de as soon as you have started up the system, in order to be protected against manipulations.

F: CHANGING THE SECURITY

CODE

explains how to change the code:

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

SECURITY COD E Digit 1

SECURITY COD E Digit 2

You now are in the main

menu and may change

system settings as you wish!

DONE

Should you have entered 3 times in a row

a wrong security co de, then your system
will be locked for half an hour!

D: DEFINING THE RELAY SWITCHING TIMES-

The switching time of each relay can be set from 1 sec to 99 sec. If you select 0 sec, then the relay operates in

bistable mode (= the relay changes its switch status, which then remains as such, until the next switching). The default factory setting is 3 sec.

DISPLAY Ente r security

code

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

See B:

Select the menu item

„Set relay time“

Set relay 1 time

Set relay 2 time

(only for

ekey home CP DRM 2)

ZnR = Status a fter Rese t or Power
failure . Only if the relay s witching time

has been se t to 00.0 (bistable mo de)

-…the relay remains off after reset or
power failure.
I … the relay r esumes the status it had

before the reset or powe r fail

ure.

START

D

O
N

E: DELETING USERS-

It is only possible to delete users. It is not possible to delete individual fingers of one same user!

DISPLAY Enter security

code

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

See B:

Select the menu

item „Delete user“

Select the user to

be deleted

This user´s fingers will all be

deleted! The user name is set back
to the factory settings.

START

D
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START

F: CHANGING THE SECURITY CODE-

Change the security code. Factory setting is „99“.

DISPLAY Enter sec urity

code

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY

See B:

Select the menu item

„Security code“

Enter the first digit of

the new code

Enter the second

digit of the new code

START

D
O
N

E

Your

ekey home system

has now been reset to

the factory settings. All

the fingers have been

deleted! For a new

start-up go back to
„A: INITIALIZING

THE DEVICES“

A: INITIALIZING THE DEVICES-

The devices have to be initialized both for a new installation and when one of the devices has been replaced.

Only after this has been done can fingerprints be saved. Please follow the steps below:

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY KEY

STROKE

DISPLAY FOR 2

SEC

DISPLAY

OR

Select language

If you have only replaced the

ekey home CP DRM

, and you are using an ekey home

finger scanner on which fingers have already been saved (e.g. replacement due to a
defective CP), you can keep all the saved fingers by swiping a saved finger over the
sensor. If you strike the ESC key, then all the fingers will be deleted!

The devices have now

been initialized. You

may start enrolling

users->

see B:

D
O
N

E

START