ADDER AVSV1002-XX User Manual

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 17 Authentication checking (enhanced models only)In addition to the anti-subversion scans that occur continuously, enhancedversions (AVSC1102-XX and AVSC1104-XX) of the AdderView Secure alsoprovide a trusted mechanism whereby you can confirm their authenticity.At manufacture, qualifying AdderView Secure units have a unique identity codeconfigured within their circuitry. On request, Adder can provide you with anAuthentication Certificate when you provide the following information:• The 8-digit Unit ID, and• The 16-digit Request Code.Both of these codes are listed on the AdderView Secure unit.Once the validity of your request has beenconfirmed, you will be sent an AuthenticationCertificate containing the following:• Confirmation of the 8-digit Unit ID,• A unique 16-digit Query Code, and• A Key Map which shows a series ofindications that the AdderView Secureunit must give in response to particularkey presses that you can enter.Authentication CertificateUnit ID: 7654-3210Query code: a1b2-c3d4-e5f6-a7b8Key Display0123456789To use your Authentication Certificate1 Apply power to the AdderView Secure unit.Note: If the unit is already on, remove power, wait fiveseconds and then re-apply power.The green indicator will be on to show that thekeyboard is switched to the internal authenticationchannel (also the red indicators should be performingtheir intermittent scan procedure): .................................2 Using the attached keyboard, enter the characters:a u t h e n t i c a t e and press Enter. Note: The videodisplay is not used during this process - take care to entercharacters correctly.The first of the four red indicators will begin to flash: ....3 Enter the 8-digit Unit ID code and press Enter.If the code is correct, the first red indicator will illuminateand the second will begin to flash:.................................4 Enter the 16-digit Query Code code from theAuthentication Certificate (do not enter the dashes)and press Enter. Take care, you have ten attempts toenter the correct code - see the section ‘If you make amistake when entering’.If the code is correct, the red indicators will extinguish,leaving only the green illuminated: ................................5 Using the attached keyboard, press a numeric key (usingthe number keys above the main keyboard, not thenumeric keypad) and observe how the four red indicatorsilluminate in response. Check the pattern against the onelisted on the certificate for the pressed numeric key. Youcan check as many of the listed codes as appropriate.However, if any response does not match the patternshown on the certificate, do not use the AdderViewSecure unit and seek immediate advice from Addertechnical support.If you make a mistake when entering• If you press an incorrect key, press the Esc key to start the same code again.• While entering a code, if you do not press a key for 30 seconds, the unit willtimeout and you will need to begin whole process again.• IMPORTANT: You have ten attempts to enter the Query Code correctly (thisis counted each time the Enter key is pressed - using Esc to start the codeagain or going beyond the 30 second timeout do not count as one of theten attempts). After the tenth consecutive incorrect attempt, the AdderViewSecure will enter its alert state and will lock out irreversibly.