Cards (external production) - Manage option to set PIN length

This article describes how to manage the option to set the PIN length. This option is used when activating a card for the Cards add-on External production package. A script in Identity Manager Admin is used to manage the options.

See a list of all available options in the Smart ID use cases here: Cards add-on External production - Options

Prerequisites

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Step-by-step instruction for the administrator

Log in to Identity Manager Admin

Log in to Identity Manager Admin as Administrator.

Set the PIN length

In Identity Manager Admin, go to Home > Scripts.
Select the script CardsAddonExtProdScriptOptions.

In the section PIN and PUK Management in the script, go to the CardsAddonExtProdPINLength variable, see the example. By default it is set to 6.

Example:

/* 
Defines the length of the PIN code.
Possible options:
 * 6(default) - PIN length is set to 6.
 * 4 - PIN length is set to 4.
*/ 
CardsAddonExtProdPINLength = "6"

If you want the PIN length to be 4, set CardsAddonExtProdPINLength to 4.
Click Save in the upper left corner to save the updated script (or exit without saving if there are no updates).

Technical details

Default value and outcome

Value	Outcome
6 (default)	The PIN length is 6
4	The PIN length is 4

The manage options script

Click here to see the whole manage options script.

Prerequisites

Step-by-step instruction for the administrator

Technical details

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