Specifications

Doors
TM
Users Guide Keri Systems, Inc.
1-6 Section 1: Installation of Doors 01914-001 Rev. 5.5
6.0 Host Computer System Requirements
For proper operation of the access control system, the host computer running the Doors access control
software must meet the following requirements.
• PC compatible computer using a Pentium-90 or faster microprocessor
• minimum of 16 MB of system RAM
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• SVGA color monitor with SVGA graphics card (800 x 600 minimum resolution for use with small
fonts and 1024 x 768 minimum resolution for use with large fonts)
•CD-ROM, keyboard, and mouse or other pointing device
• 3.5 inch floppy disk drive or CD-ROM burner (optional for system backup)
• 50 MB of hard disk space
•COM port
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with a 16550 UART to support an external modem or a direct RS-232 serial
connection, or an internal 9600 baud (or faster) modem (EntraGuard units must use an external
modem compatible with the internal EntraGuard modem)
• Ethernet card if using a LAN-100 for TCP/IP connection
• one of the following operating systems:
- Windows 95 - Windows ME
- Windows 98 - Windows XP
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- Windows 2000 - Windows NT v4.0
Doors is incompatible with Windows 3.11, Windows NT v3.51, and MS-DOS. Doors does not work
with these operating systems.
6.1 Photo Badge Management Requirements
For proper operation of Doors with a badging application, the following requirements must be met.
These requirements supersede the standard Doors PC requirements.
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP Pro
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or Windows NT 4.0
operating systems.
• The SVGA graphics card must be capable of displaying 65K colors to ensure photo images are
properly displayed.
• Between 100 MB and 1 GB of hard disk space must be available, depending upon the number of
users for which you will be providing photo badges. Refer to “Photo Badge Management” on
page 3 in section 9 for further information on using the badging features of Doors.
The TWAIN drivers that control communication between scanners or digital cameras and the
badging software are not compatible with the Windows NT v4.0 operating system. Alternate
methods for digital image transfer are necessary for these cameras.
1. The larger the number of users being enrolled, the larger the system RAM should be to
efficiently handle the user database.
2. When connecting via an external modem or direct connect serial connection, all communication
between controllers and the Doors software is done through the host computer's COM port.
Doors cannot work if the host computer's COM port is not working correctly. Keri Systems
cannot be held responsible for host computer COM port or hardware problems. With the Doors
software package, Keri Systems provides a simple COM port test that can verify basic operation
of the COM port. Please refer to the COMTEST Program section below for instructions on
operating the program.
3. Although Doors is compatible with both Windows XP and Windows XP Pro, GuardDraw is
certified to be compatible with Windows XP Pro only.