Master Mode vs. Slave Mode

In a multi-device environment where more than one iGuard device are connected to the same corporate network, one device is assigned as the Master device, and all others are assigned as the Slave devices.

Before a person can be identified, the person must submit his/her fingerprint sample to the system, better known as fingerprint enrollment. This can be done in any device, Master or Slave device. The user's data will then be automatically replicated to all other devices. In other words, once you enrolled in the Master device, your fingerprint information is also available in all other slave devices (and vice verse), and you can access any of these devices, as long as you have the appropriate access levels.

All the access records and the Clock-In Clock-Out records are also automatically replicated from the Slave devices to the Master device, and so the Master device contains all the necessary information. Therefore, you only need to do is to access the Master device, using any standard web browser, to obtain all the access and attendance records of the whole system without having to access the Slave devices.

iGuard can be configured to Master or Slave mode. Master and Slave iGuard can be logically connected using TCP/IP protocol. With a RJ45 cable plugged from your iGuard unit to your corporate LAN, you can connect your iGuard to the corporate network. Once you have connected them, you need to configure the units' IP address for functioning, if it is a slave unit, you have to specify its master unit so it can relay all the information to and from the master device.

When you add yourself on to a master unit, the unit gives you access to itself and not the other departments due to security reasons. To configure that, you need to go on the web server through the website and click on "List" under Departments. You can click on the default "Everyone". Here, under "Terminals" you need to give yourself access rights to "All Terminals" and click Save.

To synchronize the data between your devices, you MUST set them as Master and Slave Mode. Below, we have depicted on how this can be achieved for an organization with 3-4 devices interconnected in such a configuration.

Warning: LM series and FPS110 series (old) cannot be mixed in the master-slave mode.