User Guide

2N® PICard Commander
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3. Project
Starting projects makes it possible to encrypt groups of access cards in variable modes. You can
set every project for a specific card purpose. The project generates a set of encryption and
reading keys. You can load the reading keys of just one project into a device or 2N
®
Access
Commander.
Starting New Project
Once the application is open, press Start new project to create a new project.
Alternative path: File → New project.
After the project setting wizard opens, follow the instructions mentioned in
3.1 Project Settings.
Opening Project
Click Open project in the application introductory interface and select a disk file to open the
project.
Alternative path: File → Open project.
The last opened projects are shown in the bottom section of the application introductory
interface.
3.1 Project Settings
Set the required parameters while creating the project.
You can change the settings later in Project configuration in the application introductory
interface (alternative path: Project→ Change configuration).
Basic Settings
Main Encryption Key (MEK)
Card Mode
Disk Storage
Basic Settings
Set the basic project information:
Project name– set the project name.
Project description– add notes to the project.
Main Encryption Key
Create a unique and sufficiently secure main encryption key (MEK) for 2N
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PICard Commander
to generate a set of card access data encryption keys. As the key set is based on the main
encryption key, projects with the same main encryption keys generate the same sets of keys. If a
project gets lost, a new project can be created with the same main encryption key for further