What it can do — BioStation 3 Access Control System
Feature by feature, as assessed on 2026-09-01. Read the limitation column before you
promise a customer something the hardware cannot do.
Connection, health and audit
| Feature |
Supported |
Limitation |
| Connection & session |
Partially |
The link to the terminal is not encrypted, and the local helper service is trusted without its certificate being checked. |
| Liveness / keepalive |
Yes |
— |
| Time synchronization |
Yes |
— |
| Offline audit recovery |
Partially |
Everything that happened before the terminal was first linked to the system stays in its own log and is never read in. |
| Health & supervision |
Partially |
Tampering and loss of contact are reported, but a cut or shorted cable on a monitored input arrives without meaning, and nothing warns about the power supply. |
| Configuration & reset audit |
Partially |
A wipe of all people from the terminal is recorded, but resetting its settings, clearing its database or returning it to factory state leaves no trace in the log. |
| Configuration discovery |
Yes |
— |
Access control
| Feature |
Supported |
Limitation |
| Credential management |
Partially |
People can be sent to the terminal with cards, PIN codes and face data, but not with fingerprints, QR codes or phone credentials. |
| Card formats |
Partially |
Cards are matched on their full number only, so the site code and card number printed on a card cannot be entered separately. |
| Sync mode |
Yes |
— |
| Reset & restore |
Yes |
— |
| Double-sync safety |
Partially |
Sending the same people a second time should leave the terminal exactly as it was, but that has not been confirmed on real hardware. |
| Schedules / time profiles |
Yes |
— |
| Access levels / groups |
Yes |
— |
| Holidays |
Partially |
Public holidays are sent to the terminal, but the daily time plans still treat those days as ordinary weekdays. |
| Antipassback |
Yes |
— |
| Door control |
Partially |
A door can be released for a moment or switched between locked and unlocked, but it cannot be held open permanently and there is no one-touch emergency lockdown. |
| Reader mode / enable |
Partially |
It is visible when someone blocks the terminal at the keypad, but it cannot be blocked or released from the system, and the way it asks for a card, a PIN or a face stays as configured on the hardware. |
| Access events |
Partially |
Card and door activity is reported in detail, but an antipassback alarm arrives without meaning and leaving by the exit button cannot be told apart from a door simply opening. |
| Enrollment |
Partially |
A card or a face can be registered by presenting it at the terminal, but a fingerprint has to be enrolled on the hardware itself and a PIN typed in by hand. |
Manufacturer gateway
| Feature |
Supported |
Limitation |
| External lifecycle |
Yes |
— |
| Shared transport |
Yes |
— |
| Platform limits / SDK errors |
Partially |
When the terminal itself refuses an instruction, the reason it gave is thrown away and the operation still looks as if it went through. |