User's Manual

MorphoAccess® VP Series - User Guide
Section 5: Access Control
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MorphoAccess® terminal operating modes
Standalone mode or Slave mode
The MorphoAccess® terminal supports two exclusive operating modes:
• The Standalone Mode: the MorphoAccess® terminal manages the access control
alone, or with the help of a central access controller.
• The Proxy Mode: the access control application is located in a distant system
which drives the MorphoAccess® terminal as a slave device.
The Proxy mode is described in the Section 9 Proxy (or slave) Mode section.
The standalone mode is described in section below.
Standalone mode: Identification and/or Authentication
When in standalone mode, the MorphoAccess® terminal supports two main different
access control processes:
• The identification process, which starts when the user places his finger on the
biometric sensor. This process is described in the Section 6 Access control by
identification section.
• The authentication process, which starts with the presentation of a user’s
contactless card. Next step is the placement of user’s finger on the biometric
sensor. The terminal allows several authentication processes depending on the
location of the reference biometric data, and on the level of security required.
These processes are described in the Section 7 Access control by authentication
section.
The identification and the authentication processes can be activated simultaneously, as
described in Section 8: Multi-factor mode section.