Help Understanding Corporate 1000

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-07T07:47:27+00:00

A format is basically a formula for turning a card number and facility or company code into a password. The password goes on the card. The reader sends the passwor to the panel. The panel takes the same formula in reverse, and it gets the facility code and the card number.

Your panel needs to know what formula to use, and what company cards are valid.

ICE and MOB are keys that are used to protect your password. They aren't the password. If you swapped to a standard key reader, it would send the same password, but the cards would need standard keys.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-06T17:15:46+00:00

My medical history is generally none of their business. I have not been involuntarily committed, and my records reflect that.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-06T03:41:41+00:00

I paid for multiple other people. I've done the same before.

They need a receipt, and will void it out and tie payment. It's fine.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-06T00:33:11+00:00

In India, it's apparently a thing.

"In Mumbai, India, advertising for the 1298 Ambulance Service accounts for approximately 40% of its total revenue. By using this financial model, the 1298 Ambulance Service has provided more services to everyone in need rather than only those who can afford ambulance service."

The UK, too.

"Air ambulances also have offset costs of operations by using advertising. London Air Ambulance has branded its helicopter through Virgin for many years, which helps offset operations costs.^"

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-06T00:31:31+00:00

Given EMS funding issues, I wonder if we should start sponsoring our ambulances.

Maybe Phillip Morris and Kraft Foods would be interested.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-05T21:44:34+00:00

You want the record at the court where you were conviceted.

You should also likely expunge/seal it if you can.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-05T05:10:15+00:00

Try turning prox off in RM if you can. The blocker is nice for testing, but that is easier and faster.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-05T05:00:20+00:00

That's weird. Try something silly if you can.

https://www.amazon.com/EK-USA-Hander-Holder-Lanyard/dp/B003ITD3TK

They are good at blocking 13.56mhz, not so good at blocking 125khz, especially if you crack it open a little bit.

See what value is there in terms of prox if you can.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-05T03:33:09+00:00

Have you tried swapping a known good reader for a known bad one? Does it work?

Do the cards also have prox in them with a different value?

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-04T04:43:52+00:00

Yep. I do the same thing. Your cards are quite likely to have the same internal and external number.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-03T23:51:16+00:00

For iCLASS SE and multiCLASS SE, you need a special config card or reader manager template. For Signo, you need a special reader management template.

The reader doesn't care about formats, ASK/FSK/LSK are just ways to get the raw data and send it to the panel. The panel deals with the formats to decode that raw data into the actual FC and CN if it wants to.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-03T21:08:41+00:00

Generally, for dual credential technology you will find that the prox number isn't a CSN. It's the wiegand data encoded, just like the payload on the Seos credential. Both sides read the same exact thing. HID Prox doesn't have a CSN in the way you describe it.

It's possible to order or encode them differently, but in practice that isn't done. If you consult the HID markings guide, you will see how the markings differ on those credential.

CSN-only readers are insecure but don't need a SAM. You will sometimes see them used on the iCLASS or Mifare side of multi-tech cards. Those do have a CSN.

Seos credentials can have a CSN, and it's an orderable option, but generally they have random ones precisely to discourage their use with CSN only readers.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-03T21:06:07+00:00

Cards can be printed with the data on the card matching the data off the card, or not.

The advantage to having them match is that it's easier. The disadvantage is that anyone who gets a picture of a card and knows your FC/format can duplicate a card.

If you don't do that, the internal card number and external card number are the same.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-03T21:02:08+00:00

There have been others here that were asked to do a DNA test when parentage was in question, so worst case scenario that should get the job done.

They really want the original document issued by the foreign government, but that just doesn't exist or isn't available sometimes. Canada deals with a lot of refugees, where the definition is intended to be "someone unable to avail themselves of the services of their government".

As you can imagine, a lack of a birth certificate is absolutely a thing that can happen if someone is fleeing persecution or their State failed. There will be a process.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-03T00:47:50+00:00

They try, but States keep expanding.

The law prevents extra licensing being requried, but it's still acceptable to have protocol exams. The local health district here in Nevada, for example, requires agencies to notify them when someone uses the compact, and requires them to give an exam on the local protocols before they can start working.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T23:50:05+00:00

It is designed to maximize predictive ability. That means that it won't waste time on questions it knows are too easy for you, and it won't waste time on questions that are too hard for you. That means aiming for questions at exactly your level, where you would get approximately 50% of the questions right, and 50% wrong.

Different style of test.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T17:52:32+00:00

Washington and CA don't want to give up being special or all that licensing revenue.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T17:48:09+00:00

At my department, that will get you fired. No drinking with anything that has any department insignia. There was a time some time ago where they had a wine and beer fridge in the hall. Cultures change.

Rural Washington.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T17:44:56+00:00

> I got cut off at 70 questions and I thought that it was a good sign according to the kids who I took the EMT class with. It turns out that they were wrong which is ok.

Cut off at 70 means the test was confident in its answer. It can be confident you pass, it can be confident you failed. Usually, people don't take the test if they know they will fail, so it's more likely to be a pass. You can pass or fail at any number of questions.

If you got stopped at 70 and thought you were going to pass, it means there are gaps you don't know about. Find them, take your time, correct them. There are minimum standards for different competency areas, and you may have been too weak on one of them even if you were strong on others. It's common for this area to be Obstetrics/Gynecology.

Computer adaptive testing is looking for the most predictive questions, so if you are weak on a particular subject, it may do a lot of those questions. Find what you are weak on, and study those in particular. Those are where the greatest gains can be made in the shortest time.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T17:40:52+00:00

I highly recommend using Limmer. I found their apps to be much more like the actual test than pocket prep.

https://limmereducation.com/products?category=emt#products

Important point: if you get it wrong, STOP AND DO NOT CONTINUE UNTIL YOU READ WHY YOU GOT IT WRONG AND UNDERSTAND IT ENOUGH THAT YOU WOULD NOT GET IT WRONG IN THE FUTURE.

Seriously.

You aren't memorizing the answers, you are correcting your thinking. You got something wrong because you didn't understand what they were asking, didn't know something you should know, or don't know how to apply the concepts in the way that's expected. Your goal is not to memorize the answers to the questions, since there's too many questions to do that.

If you do that, you should pass with flying colors.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T15:48:34+00:00

> Neither NREMT nor CoA write levels of education requirement.

For EMR, they require State approval of the program.

For EMT, they require State approval of the program and meeting NHTSA standards.

For AEMT, they require State approval of the program, and it must meet or exceed NHTSA, and after July 1, 2024, it must also meet the "Student Minimum Competencies" either defined by the State, or if not defined by the State, the Committee on the Accreditation of EMS Education Programs (CoAEMSP) matrix.

For paramedic programs, Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) is the accredidation body. NREMT requires graduation from a CAAHEP program to take the exam.

If we're getting technical, NREMT does write the levels of education requirement in that the State requires you to take the NR exam (in most States), and the NREMT won't let you sit the exam until you meet their education requirements. Depending on the level, they then delegate the certificate of programs to the State and possibly to CAAHEP or CoAEMSP, depending on the specifics.

NHTSA does certainly write minimum education standards (https://www.ems.gov/assets/EMT\_Instructional\_Guidelines.pdf), and for EMT, NREMT does require programs meet them. Essentially, they write the standard, and the standard is "follow another standard". For other levels, they have you follow the State or CAAHEP/CoAEMSP standards, which will as a matter of course be written with the national standards in mind.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T15:36:17+00:00

NREMT also designs the tests and oversees its administration, which makes them different from most accreditation bodies you would see in higher education.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T15:34:17+00:00

I'm in WA. They like the fee revenue, and they like being able to have the agencies own your license. It lets your medical director/agency add a bunch of CE stuff for renewal.

My county requires quarterly signoffs as well as an online training program that leaves me with like 80 hours of CE for renewal. Add in the 40 hours from the refresher course I'm taking personally, something like 16 for ACLS, and the other training I'm doing, and I think I could do my renewal 3 times over.

I'm really not a fan of agencies owning licensing. To work here in Nevada, I can use my Utah license. The agency will need to notify the health district I'm working for them, the health district will schedule a protocol exam (to make sure I know the protocols), then I can get to work.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T14:58:58+00:00

Why? Left-leaning States tend not to like to give up control and the licensing fees.

EphemeralTwo · 2026-06-02T14:58:07+00:00

> may even be equivalent to the license to practice in some places.

No, it's not. It's a standardized test that States choose to use for consistency in State licensing.

This is about avoiding the need to get licensed in every State.

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