How to automatically configure RFIdeas badge readers using HWG+ files

This article describes how to automatically configure RFIdeas badge readers using HWG+ files. The process consists of two steps:

1. Generate an HWG+ (hardware configuration) file with the desired configuration
2. Deploy the HWG+ file
3. Update the XA Client registry settings

Generate an HWG+ file

1. Download and install the RFIdeas pcProxConfig utility from the RFIdeas web site.
2. Run the pcProxConfig utility
   1. IMPORTANT: Ensure that you have a compatible badge reader attached to your system!
3. Make any desired changes to the badge reader configuration
4. Save the configuration ("Write Settings") to the badge reader
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5. Save the configuration to an HWG+ file
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Deploy the HWG+ file

1. Copy the new HWG+ file to the location you want to have it stored (e.g. network file share, or local drive and folder).

Update the XA Registry with the location of the HWG+ file

On a system with XA Client installed:

1. Open regedit
2. Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HealthCast\ProxCardClient registry key
3. Verify whether the HWGConfig setting exists or not. If it does not, create a new reg_sz setting and name it HWGConfig.
4. Enter the full path and name of the HWG+ file you wish to have applied to the badge reader (see example below).
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5. XA will apply the new hwg+ configuration the next time the HCI ProxCard Client Service restarts (e.g. after a system reboot). You may also restart the service manually to apply the HWG+ file.
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