HID® Mercury™

MR52-S3B Controller
Serial I/O Dual Card Reader Interface

The HID Mercury MR Series 3 The MR52 Series 3 is the latest

Serial Input/ Output (SIO) modules generation door interface module for
enable system expansion of HID HID Mercury intelligent controllers, KEY BENEFITS:
Mercury intelligent controllers as the platform of choice for customers • Open Architecture - High
part of HID Mercury’s distributed seeking open architecture access performance, reliable platform enables
use of hardware with HID Mercury
architecture. The enhanced modules control solutions. OEM partner’s software solutions
offer an improved processor and
• OSDP Protocol - Supports OSDP and
increased memory, plus features A P P L I C AT I O N N OT E S
Secure Channel protocol for device
a secure crypto engine providing connectivity, file transfer and extended
The inputs and the relays may be
a secured layer of encryption to applications such as biometrics and
assigned to door-related functions or
onboard sensitive data. Built on the federal government profile support
to general-purpose I/O. The inputs
HID Mercury open platform, Series • Enhanced Security - Secure crypto
support normally open, normally
3 modules provide the necessary engine provides a secured layer of
closed, supervised, and non-
flexibility for OEMs, channel partners encryption to protect sensitive data
supervised circuits. End-of-line (EOL)
and end customers to choose the • Versatile Interoperability - Same
resistance values are configurable,
controller configuration that best fits reliable interface and identical
and the relays can be configured for footprint as the Series 2 HID Mercury
their needs.
fail-safe or fail-secure operation. IO modules, enabling seamless
upgrades for existing deployments
The MR52 Series 3 is a card reader
When connected to an HID Mercury
interface panel with on-board
intelligent controller, the MR52 F E AT U R E S
flexibility to connect a wide range of
can relate the activities of selected
security devices. The MR52 is easy to • AES 128/256 bit data encryption
system devices to other devices
install and provides the required I/O • HSPD-12/FIPS-201 compliant
within the system, generating actions
for interfacing two card readers, eight • UL 294 recognized, CE compliant,
and allowing activities to occur
general-purpose input monitor points FCC, RoHS
independent of the host. The MR52
and six control relays to any HID • Supports OSDP, OSDP Secure
can also locally process access
Mercury series intelligent controller. Channel, FICAM government profiles,
requests based on facility code
keypads, biometric readers, Wiegand,
verification, even when disconnected
With two-wire RS-485 connectivity, clock and data, magnetic stripe,
from an intelligent controller. Up to F/2F and supervised F/2F reader
the MR52’s two reader ports support eight facility codes may be active in technologies
OSDP, OSDP Secure Channel, each MR52. • RS-485 host connectivity
FICAM government profiles, keypads,
biometric readers, Wiegand, clock
and data, magnetic stripe, F/2F and
supervised F/2F reader technologies.
System configuration and setup are
provided through HID Mercury OEM
partner software applications.

-D A T A S H E E T
 Primary Power 12-24 VDC +/- 10%, 550mA maximum
Host Communication RS–485, 2-WIRE, 4,000’ (twisted pair with shield, Belden 9841)
Reader Ports 2 Reader Ports*
Card/Keyboard Data OSDP, Clock/Data, Data–1/Data–0, RS-485, or F/2F
Keypad 8-bit Mercury, 8-bit Dorado/HID, 4-bit HID
Reader Power Pass-through or 12 VDC regulated 300mA each reader
LED One-wire bi-color LED or two-wire LED
Buzzer Only with ‘one-wire’ LED
Inputs 8 General Purpose: Programmable circuit type 2 Dedicated: Tamper and Power Monitor
Six Form-C Relays:
Output Relays Normally open contact (NO): 5A @ 30 VDC resistive
Normally closed contact (NC): 3A @ 30 VDC resistive
Dimensions 6.0” W x 8.0” L x 1.0” H (152mm W x 203mm L x 25mm H)
Storage: -55° - 85° C
Temperature
Operational: 0° - 70° C
Humidity 5 to 95% RHNC
UL 294 Recognized, FCC Part 15 Class A, CE Compliant, RoHS (2011/65/EU & 2015/863), EU REACH
Product Compliance
(1907/2006), California Proposition 65

*Note: Up to two entry exit door applications (4 readers total) can be supported when connected to OSDP readers.

Network Switch

To Mercury OEM Host

CAT5/CAT 6

MR51e

LP1502 Door 1
1
2
3
4

RS-485
TB5 TB1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TB5
TB1
NO NC
I1 I9
1 9
C C
I1 I9
2 10
OUT1 NC NO OUT9
I2 I10
3 11
A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TMP PFL R1 R2 NO NC
K1

K9

I2 I10
TB1 4 12
RLEDVOGNDDAT CLKBZRLEDVO

TB2 TB6 C C
I3 I11
IN1

5 13
READER 1

OUT2 NC NO OUT 10
I3 I11
K2

K10

6 14 TB2 TB6
NO NC
IN2

I4 I12
D0 D1

7 15
TB2 C C
I4 I12
8 16
K3

K11
IN3

TB8 K1 TB3
TB3
I5
TB7
I13
OUT3 NC NO OUT 11
INPUTS

CT
TB9
TB4
READER 2

OUT4 NO NC OUT 12
IN4

I5 I13
NC BA
C C
GND
K4

K12

TB3
GNDDAT CLKBZ

I6 I14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 S21 2 3 4
S1
IN5

NC NO
D4 D3

C
D0 D1

I6 I14
BZR
TB3 TB7
TB4 TB8 NO NC
K1

K5

K13

I7 I15
IN6

TB4
NO I7
C C
LED I15
S2

4321

NC NO OUT 13
IN7

OUT5
I8 I16
NO
K6

K14

CLK K2 NO NC
D1 I8 I16
MR52+

ON
IN8

|^
S1

C C
NC TB9
87654321

K2

TB5
TMP DAT CT
D0 NC NO OUT 14
K7

K15
S2

OUT6
GND GND 1
C 2
TB4
NO
TB8
NC
PFL
VO BA 3
4
GND C C
TB10 GND
VIN
K8

K16
NC NO C NC NOC NC

S1

NC NO OUT 115
TR+
RLY 1

1 OUT7
2
NO NC
GND 3
4
TR- C C
RLY 2

5
I2 6
7 OUT8 NC NO OUT 16
GND
K1

8
TB6 TB1 J2 I2 ON--> TB9
12 V PT

RLY3

TR+ CT A
A
K2
J4

NC NOC

J1
GND

TR- B

|^
I1
RS-485

B
J1

NC TB10
S1

K1 BA CT
RLY4

TR+
K3

NC
I1 K2
BA
NC NOC NC NO C

ON

GND
GND TR-
RS-485

TB11 TB10

TB2
D2

D1

TB7 TB12 TR+

K4

VIN NC OUT 1
1 2345678
RLY5

RS-485

K1 TR-
VOUT C

MR50
GND TB12
K5

GND
J1

NO

TB11 NC OUT 2
NO C
K6

RLY6

VIN GND
C
VOUT K2
NO TB11
VIN

MR52
GND
VOUT

GND

MR16IN MR16OUT

Door 1 Door 2

Door 1 Door 2

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