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Create a ConfigCard with BALTECH Uploader

With a BALTECH ConfigCard, you can easily deploy a configuration by presenting the card to the readers. With BALTECH Uploader, you can create a ConfigCard using a deployable BEC2 file.

With this method, technicians can create their ConfigCards on-site. Project managers who want to create ConfigCards themselves, can do so in ConfigEditor.

Equipment & requirements

  • BALTECH ToolSuite v4.26 or above

  • A reader to create the ConfigCard: We recommend ID-engine ZB Brick or ACCESS200

    Legacy readers with a firmware ID other than 1100 will not work.

  • A ConfigCard v2 (can be overwritten)
    or a blank MIFARE DESFire card (EV1 or above)

    Older ConfigCards (without the addition v2 on the label) will not work.

  • The deployable configuration file, exported in BEC2 format.

    BEC2 files that include a packaged firmware cannot be stored on ConfigCards due to space limitations.

  • Target readers with the following firmware:

    • 1100 v2.00 or above
    • Custom firmware originally created as of November 2021

Create ConfigCard

  1. Connect a reader to your computer.

  2. Open BALTECH Uploader.
    If you haven't installed it yet, you can download it here as part of BALTECH ToolSuite.

  3. Click Browse... in the top right and select the configuration file in BEC2 format.

  4. Click Create ConfigCard.

    Screenshot: Create ConfigCard option BALTECH Uploader start screen

  5. Place a BALTECH ConfigCard on the reader.

    Screenshot: ConfigCard dialog in BALTECH ConfigEditor

    The configuration is being transferred to the card.

    When you see the success message, you can take the card off the reader and use it to deploy the configuration to other readers.

    Screenshot: ConfigCard created in BALTECH ConfigEditor

Automate this process

To automate deployment, you can invoke Uploader from your own application or script.

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