Suprema BioStar X Add-on Licence, Feature Add-ons for Access Control Software

Overview

BioStar X add-on licences switch on extra functions in Suprema BioStar X, the access control software that runs on your own server. Each add-on is licensed on top of your base licence, so you pay only for the functions your building uses: visitor management at a busy reception, video next to door events, a mobile app for managers, or integration with your company directory.

Is it right for you?

Choose an add-on when BioStar X already runs your doors and you need one more function. Offices and clinics with regular visitors look at Visitor; places with cameras on a video management system look at Video; managers who want to check doors from a phone look at Mobile App and Remote Access; integrators look at Event Log API and Plugin.

Choosing your licence

Add-ons fall into two groups. The first group needs BioStar X Essential, Advanced, Enterprise or Elite and is not available for Starter or Device Manager:

• Visitor: register visitors, issue their credentials (including QR codes on supported readers) and control where and when they can go; supported DESKO ID scanners fill in name, photo and face credential
• Video: links cameras from a supported third-party video management system (VMS), such as Network Optix Nx Witness, so access events come with live and recorded video; licensed per camera, up to 1,000 cameras
• GIS Map: organise and monitor your places as areas, facilities and floors on a map
• Directory Integration: synchronise users and groups from Microsoft Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, with centralised sign-in
• Roll Call: uses access records to show who is where, during normal operation or an emergency
• Server Matching: matches ID, card, fingerprint or IR face credentials on the server instead of on each device, for user populations larger than a reader stores
• Multi Communications Server Init: the first extra communication server, which takes over device communication for up to 1,000 IP devices
• Multi Communications Server Add-on: each further communication server, extending IP device capacity by 1,000 devices

The second group can be added to any BioStar X base licence, including Starter and Device Manager:

• Mobile App: supported monitoring and operational functions, such as door status and lock or unlock, in the BioStar X Mobile app on iOS and Android
• Remote Access: an encrypted tunnel to your BioStar X server from outside your network; it also carries mobile app and API traffic from outside and is required for remote face enrolment links; billed annually
• Event Log API: lets other applications send their events into BioStar X for central logging and reporting
• Plugin: lets BioStar X run custom external integrations as plugins, up to 10 per system

The exact licence code is confirmed on your quotation.

Key features

• Each add-on is licensed on top of your base licence; your doors, users and settings stay as they are
• Managed from the same BioStar X console as your doors and users
• No add-on is included in a base licence level; each is bought separately

What else you need

• An active BioStar X base licence of the level the add-on requires
• For Video: a supported VMS with the cameras already recording; buy a licence only for the cameras you want to link
• For Directory Integration: Microsoft Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID
• For Mobile App: the free BioStar X Mobile app from the App Store or Google Play, and Remote Access for use outside your network
• For Multi Communications Server: an extra Windows server for each communication server; the Add-on licence also needs the Init licence
• For Event Log API and Plugin: a developer or integrator to connect the other system

Software and licences

Most add-ons are licensed per system. Video is licensed per camera. Remote Access is billed annually. Whether the other add-ons are one-time licences is not stated by the manufacturer.

Before you buy

Tell us your BioStar X licence level and what you want to connect, and we will confirm the licences you need.