Defining REX (Request to Exit) Options

A signal from the REX indicates that someone wants to exit through a controlled door. Devices such as motion detectors, push buttons can provide the REX signal. EntraPass enables users to configure doors with unlock time reset each time the primary or secondary REX is triggered. This option is only available for KT-100 (with firmware version 1.04) and KT-300 (with firmware version 1.16) controllers.

  1. From the door window, select the REX tab, then check the appropriate Relock on Rex options (default is On door closing ):
    • On door opening: if you want the door device to re-lock following a valid access.
    • On door closing: if you want the door device to re-lock when it closes.
  2. For thePrimary and Secondary REX options (the Secondary REX options does not apply to KTES or KT-200) , make the appropriate choices:
    • Assign the REX contact: The input to which a “request to exit” detector can be connected. This input must be local; it has to be one of the inputs on the controller operating the door.
    • Select a Rex schedule: When this schedule becomes valid, the controller will detect request to exit signals originating for the exit contact. This option applies only to a door defined with a REX contact.
    • Select a Rex Bypass Message schedule: When this schedule becomes valid, the event will NOT be stored in archives . When invalid, event is sent to the gateway for archives. On EntraPass updates, all existing REX will have the ‘Bypass REX message schedule’ set to NONE or to no schedule. On a new door definition, Bypass REX message schedule is set to always valid by default.
      Note: The primary and secondary Rex Bypass message schedule options will be available upon activation in System parameters. See System Parameters/Schedule for additional information.
    • Unlock on REX: The door will be unlocked if a valid request to exit is permitted by the controller. This option may be useful on exit doors such as interior doors, shipping doors or other push doors through which people carrying packages may pass. The system will permit the exit and generates the “request to exit granted” event rather than “door forced open” event.
    • Resettable REX function: The unlock time is restarted on a valid request to exit. Open and unlock times are defined in the door definition ( Devices > Door > General ). Select this option for high traffic area doors such as manufacturing doors where many users may need to exit at short intervals (for example after a work shift) to prevent unwanted door open too long or door forced open events.
      Note: It is recommended to choose either Unlock on REX or Resettable Rex function , not the two options at the same time. If you choose these two options, the door may remain unlocked for long periods of time. Moreover, these features should not be used if a door contact has not been defined.