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Access Expert Mercury Controller Types and Features

Admiral Alan_Wood Admiral
‎2022-10-20 08:19 PM

on ‎2022-10-20 08:19 PM

 


Issue

List of Mercury Controller Types and Features

Product Line

EcoStruxure Access Expert

Environment

Access Expert V3 Hosted

Cause

Mercury Controller Types and features to use with Access Expert

Resolution

Overview

Mercury controllers are an open architecture controller made by Mercury Security. Feenics currently supports the LP series boards, the series 2 and series 3 MR SIO series boards.

 

Mercury Controllers

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  Equivalent Features

FN-C1501 EP1501

The EP1501 is an intelligent controller that is expandable up to 8 downstream SIO controllers and up to 16 MR51e network-ready door controllers (for a total of 17 doors/openings).

240,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
32 Access Levels per cardholder

2 Onboard Readers
1 SIO bus (note: connects via Reader Port 1)

FN-C3202 EP1502

The EP1502 is an intelligent controller for controlling two connected doors and managing up to 64 doors/openings.

240,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
32 Access Levels per cardholder

2 Onboard Reader Ports
1 SIO bus

FN-C3200 EP2500

The EP2500 is an intelligent controller for managing up to 64 doors/openings.

600,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
32 Access Levels per cardholder

2 SIO Buses

FN-C4502 EP4502

The EP4502 is an intelligent controller for controlling two connected doors and managing up to 64 doors/openings and complies with the BACnet standard.

2,000,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
32 Access Levels per cardholder

2 Onboard Readers
2 SIO Buses

FN-LP1501 LP1501

The LP1501 is an intelligent controller that is expandable up to 8 downstream SIO controllers and up to 16 MR51e network-ready door controllers (for a total of 17 doors/openings).

240,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
255 Access Levels per cardholder
Supports up to 130 inputs and 130 Outputs

2 Onboard Readers
1 SIO bus (note: connects via Reader Port 1)

FN-LP3202 LP1502

The LP1502 is an intelligent controller for controlling two connected doors and managing up to 64 doors/openings.

240,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
255 Access Levels per cardholder
Supports up to 520 inputs and 516 Outputs

2 Onboard Reader Ports
1 SIO bus

FN-LP3200 LP2500

The LP2500 is an intelligent controller for managing up to 64 doors/openings.

600,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
255 Access Levels per cardholder
Supports up to 1024 inputs and 1024 Outputs

2 SIO Buses

FN-LP4502 LP4502

The EP4502 is an intelligent controller for controlling two connected doors and managing up to 64 doors/openings and complies with the BACnet standard.

2,000,000 Cardholders
50,000 Transaction buffer
255 Access Levels per cardholder
Supports up to 1024 inputs and 1024 Outputs

2 Onboard Readers
2 SIO Buses

FN-M5-IC M5-IC

An intelligent control device for the replacement of the Casi PX, PXN and PXNplus CPU controller. The single controller supports up to 64 readers across multiple enclosures.

128 Access Levels per cardholder

FN-M5-ICS M5-ICS

A multi-device interface panel that is a direct retrofit of Software House’s Pro GCM module. A 64 reader capacity

600,000 Cardholders

Mercury - PW6K1IC Prowatch 6000 

The PW6K1IC is an intelligent controller that is expandable up to 8 downstream SIO controllers and up to 16 MR51e network-ready door controllers (for a total of 17 doors/openings).

15,000 Cardholders
10,000 Transaction buffer
32 Access Levels per cardholder

 

EP Controllers - End of Life 

Feenics used to support the EP Series controllers, however, they have been replaced with the LP series.

Related article - Updating Mercury Firmware

https://community.se.com/t5/Building-Automation-Knowledge/Access-Expert-Updating-Firmware-on-an-SSC-...

 

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