Manual Operations on Elevator Doors

Operation > Manual Operations on Elevator Doors

This dialog allows an authorized operator to manually lock, unlock or temporarily unlock elevator floors. The window will also display, in real-time, the status of the selected elevator door(s).

Note: How Elevator Access Is authorized

• The cardholder pushes an “up/down” button, the elevator door opens,

• The cardholder presents its card at the reader (usually inside the cab),

• The system checks if the schedule assigned to this door is valid. If yes, the system checks which floor group is associated to this door,

• Then the system verifies each floor of the floor group (in the floor group menu) and checks if the schedule associated to each floor of the group is valid or not valid.

• Only floors that have a valid schedule will be available for selection by the user (the elevator panel will enable the buttons corresponding to the floors).

Icon	Definition
	Lock elevator floor or group of elevator floors: will manually lock the selected elevator floor or group of elevator floors.
	Unlock elevator floor or group of elevator floors: The selected elevator floor or group of elevator floors will be manually unlocked and will remain unlock until the next valid change of the unlocking schedule or an operator manually locks the elevator floor or group of elevator floors.
	Temporarily lock/unlock elevator floor or group of elevator floors: Temporarily unlocks an elevator floor or group of elevator floors for a preset delay. Once the delay expires, the elevator floor or group of elevator floors re-lock automatically.
	Return to schedule: Will re-apply the locking schedule for a door or a group of doors.
	Enable card reader: will enable a previously disabled reader.
	Disable card reader: will disable a reader and users will not be able to access any elevator floor, even if they have access rights.
	Enable elevator floor: will enable a previously disabled elevator floor or floor group.
	Disable elevator floor: will disable an elevator floor or floor group and users will not be able to access that elevator floor or floor group, even if they have access rights.

Note: A hint is displayed when you move your cursor over a button. It gives details about the operation to be performed.

Selecting an Elevator Door

1 - From the Operations menu, select the Elevator door button.

2 - Click the Enable animation button to view a real-time display of the elevator door status.

• The left-hand pane displays the list of all Sites/Gateways . all Sites/Gateways . You may select all or select one connection/gateway.

• The individual elevator doors associated with the connection/gateway selected on the left are displayed in the top right side of the pane. If you select All on the left, all elevator doors in the system will be listed on the right. You can select one, several or all elevator doors.

• Elevator door groups associated to the connection/gateway selected on the left are displayed at the bottom right of the pane. If you select All on the left, all elevator door groups will be listed at the bottom right. You can select one or several or all elevator door groups.

Note: The Door Group bottom panel is available only to the selected site or to a selected connection not linked to a site.

Locking Floors from Elevator Doors

1 - Select an elevator door or a group of elevator doors.

2 - Click the Lock button in the toolbar. This command will manually lock the floor group that was previously unlocked by an operator or a schedule.

Note: A door defined without an unlocking schedule will only be locked by a manual command. To lock all floors that were previously unlocked, use the Unlock option in the Manual operation on doors menu.

Unlocking Floors from Elevator Doors

1 - Select an elevator door or a group of elevator doors.

2 - Click the Unlock elevator floors button in the toolbar to unlock a previously locked floor. This command will only enable the elevator floors that are defined with an “X” in the “” column of the Floor group Definition menu. If you do this, the system will prompt the you to select a floor group that should be unlocked (available). Once the group is selected, the system will prompt the operator to confirm the operation.

Note: For a door defined with an “automatic unlocking schedule”, floors will remain available until the next valid change of the unlocking schedule, or an operator manually locks the door.

Note: When a manual unlocking operation is completed, only floors that are defined with an “X” in the “” field of the Floor Group Definition menu will be available for selection. Also, when communication is lost and the controllers are working in stand-alone mode, only the floors marked with an “X” will be available for selection and the access schedule will be ignored.

Unlocking Floors from Elevator Doors Temporarily

EntraPass allows you to temporarily unlock a floor from an elevator door for a preset delay. Once the delay expires, the elevator door re-locks automatically. The maximum unlock time: 4:15 (255 seconds).

1 - Click the Temporarily unlock button. The Change delay on action dialog will pop up.

2 - Enter the New time delay (m:ss) and click OK . The selected elevator floor will be temporarily unlocked by an operator.

Note: This command will only temporarily enable the elevator floors that are defined with an “X” in the “” column of the “Floor group Definition menu” (available for selection).

Note: There is no “Animation” for this type of operation. To temporarily unlock all floors, use the “temporarily unlock door” option in the “manual operation on doors” menu.

Resetting an Elevator Door Schedule

EntraPass allows you to reset an elevator door schedule after a manual operation has been performed on a component.

1 - In the Elevator door dialog, select desired elevator door (s) or door group.

2 - Click the Return to Schedule button. This option will reset the schedule for the selected components.

Enabling an Elevator Floor

1 - In the Elevator floor dialog, select desired floor(s) or floor group.

2 - Click the Enable elevator floor button. This option enables previously disabled elevator floors or floor group.

Disabling an Elevator Floor

1 - In the Elevator door dialog, select desired floor(s) or floor group.

2 - Click the Disabled elevator floor button. This option disables a previously enabled elevator floor. Disabling a floor prohibits users from accessing the floor, even if access rights have been granted.