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MorphoAccess
®
SIGMA Series
Quick User Guide
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Table of Contents
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MorphoAccess® SIGMA Overview
The MorphoAccess®SIGMA terminal has a
simple and ergonomic man-machine interface
designed for access control and Time &
Attendance, with fingerprint recognition,
contactless card authentication and PIN
authentication options.
USB port (for
configuration and
settings with a
USB mass
storage key)
Step one : overview
USB host port
WR* product
comes with a
sensor protection
cap (not displayed
here)
Optional Wi-Fi™
USB adaptor
(plugged at the back
of the terminal)
5“ WVGA
touchscreen LCD
Optical biometrical sensor
VGA Camera
Speaker
Microphone
HID® iCLASS™ 13,56MHz (SIGMA … ICLASS)
Or MIFARE™ DESFire ™ 13,56MHz (SIGMA .. MULTI)
Or HID® Prox ® 125kHz (SIGMA .. PROX)
Optional Contactless Card reader.
Specific logo on cover when available
Status LED
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Protection Accessory (WR* product only)
Flat screw driver 0.4 x 2.0
Indoor & Weather Resistant (WR) Checklist
*WR : Weather Resistant
Step one : overview
Electronic documentation is provided in Adobe® Acrobat® format (PDF). Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com.
Product packaging checklist:
Micro SD card must be installed in the
terminal at start up (storage area for internal
database and terminal logs)
Micro SD card replacement:
Class 10 or higher, 1GB min, 32GB max
Formatted by the terminal. Windows® PC
may damage the content of the card and
make it inoperative.
Use only Brand Name cards. No name
card may have lower performances or
lower life time.
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MorphoAccess® SIGMA Series
Step one : overview
®
MIFARE
®
DESFire
®
NFC
Prox
®
Water
The MorphoAccess® SIGMA Series contains the following product variants:
Contactless Smart
card reader
MA stands for MorphoAccess®and WR stands for Water Resistant
(*) WR units must be installed according to installation guidelines on Quick Installation Guide
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MorphoAccess® SIGMA terminal implementation
ACCESS CONTROL
SYSTEM
(*) OR EQUIVALENT
NON SECURED
AREA
ACCESS
CONTROLLER
TCP/IP, Wiegand, Dataclock, RS485 or RS422
ELECTRIC
LATCH (*)
SECURED
AREA
Dry Contact
MorphoAccess
®
Sigma Terminal
Dry Contact
ALARM
Step one : overview
The MorphoAccess®SIGMA Series terminal
Its role is to process the access request from the user. It performs access
right checks using one-to-many biometric identification or one-to-one
biometric verification, and/or RF card authentication, and/or PIN check.
A Door Electric Latch or equivalent such Deadbolt, Door Strike or Magnetic Lock (3rd party product)
The Access Controller sends a command to activate the latch if the access is granted (i.e. if the individual's User ID is listed in the
Controller White List). Control of the latch is made through a dry contact..
An Alarm (3rd party product)
The MorphoAccess®terminal sends a message to the Access Controller, to
activate the Alarm as soon as a malicious activity such as tamper or pulling, is
detected.
To secure an access, Morpho recommends installing the MorphoAccess®SIGMA Series terminal as a part of a typical Access Control
system, this consists of the components described below.
An Access Controller (3rd party product)
The MorphoAccess®terminal interfaces with an Access Controller
(using TCP/IP, Wiegand, Data Clock or RS485 protocol):
After user’s access rights checks, the MorphoAccess
®
terminal
sends the result to the Access Controller (this message contains
at least the User ID)
The Access Controller performs additional checks, and returns the
final decision (access granted/denied) to the MorphoAccess
®
terminal (which displays the result to the user), and to the door
controller which opens the door (if the access has been granted).
A
A
B
B
D
D
C
C
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MorphoAccess® SIGMA Access Control Modes
Step one : overview
(1) or the user enter their Identifier on the keypad, or a Wiegand frame is received from an external device
(2) stored on the contactless card or in the user record in the terminal’s local database
(3) There is no fingerprint image stored in the terminal, but only points of interest (minutiae) of each fingerprint
Application that runs
on the terminal when
it starts.
Application that runs
on the terminal when
it starts.
Application that runs
on the terminal when
it starts.
Remote application
that controls the
terminal through
network commands
Access
control
triggering
event
A
finger on the
biometric sensor.
and Authentication
triggers are enabled.
Triggering events are
selected
Biometric
check (if
enabled)
The user’s captured
fingerprint template
is matched against
all fingerprint
templates in the
terminal database (3)
The user’s captured
fingerprint templated
is
his reference
fingerprint templates
(2)
As per Identification
or Authentication,
depending on the
triggering event
By Identification
standalone
application
By Authentication
standalone
application
The terminal can be configured in one of the modes described in the table below
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Deployment Environments
Step one : overview
General precautions
Do not expose the terminal to extreme temperatures.
When the environment is very dry, avoid synthetic carpeting near the MorphoAccess® SIGMA terminal, to
reduce the risk of unwanted electrostatic discharge.
Areas containing combustibles
Do not install the terminal in the vicinity of gas stations or any other installation containing flammable or
combustible gases or materials. The terminal is not designed to be intrinsically safe.
The terminal should be installed in controlled lighting conditions
Avoid biometric sensor exposure to a blinking light
Avoid direct exposure of the biometric sensor to sunlight or to UV lights.
20°to + 60 °C (- 4°to 140°F)
10 % < RH < 80 % (non condensing)
25°to + 70 °C (-13° to 158°F)
IP65 rated for WR(*) products (once wall
-mounted)
(*) WR units must be installed according to installation guidelines on Quick Installation Guide
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Wiring Overview
Step two : wiring
All connections of the terminal are of SELV (Safety Electrical Low Voltage) type.
Power supply from electrical source shall be switched off before starting the installation.
Before proceeding, make sure that the person in charge of installation and connections, is
properly connected to earth, in order to prevent Electrostatic Discharges (ESD).
1
6
2
5
4
3
Power Supply +12V
Power Ground
Tamper switch 2
Tamper switch 1
Digital Ground
Digital Ground
1
6
2
5
4
3
Wiegand IN 0
Wiegand IN 1
Wiegand OUT 0
Wiegand OUT 1
Wiegand LED 1
Wiegand LED 2
1
6
2
5
4
3
Digital Input 0
Digital Input 1
Digital Input 2
Digital Output 0
Digital Output 1
Digital Output 2
1
6
2
5
4
3
Relay_NO
RS422 RX-
RS422/485 TX+
RS422/485 TX-
Battery
Reset button
A
A
B
B
C
RJ-45
USB
µSD
D
D
Relay_COM
RS422 RX+
Connection: Insert cable in the round hole of the block connector.
Disconnection: Insert flat screw driver (0.4x2.0max) in rectangular hole and pull the wire.
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Power Wiring
Step two : wiring
External Power Supply: 12-24 Volts (regulated and filtered) 1 Amp min @12V,
CEE/EEC EN60950 standard compliant. A12 Volts power supply compliant with SIA's
Wiegand standard will also be suitable. If sharing power between devices, each unit
must receive 1A (e.g. two units would require a 12vDC, 2A supply)
WARNING: Under powering may cause memory and data corruption; over
powering may cause hardware damage. Both of these situations will void the
warranty
A battery backup or uninterrupted power supply (UPS) with built-in surge protection is
recommended.
1
A
2
3
Power Supply +12V
Power Ground
Inversion of +12V and GND will damage the product.
B C D
Gauge
AWG
at 1m at 5m at 10m
20 0.81 0.03 0.17 0.33
22 0.64 0.05 0.26 0.53
24 0.51 0.08 0.42 0.84
Morpho recommends using a gauge AWG20 for 12V power supply.
The voltage measured on the product block connector of the terminal must be equal
to 12V-24V (-15% / +10%).
The table below, shows the maximum voltage drop between the power source and the
terminal, depending on the length of the cable.
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