Area Definition (Global/KT-NCC Gateways Only)

Definition > Area Definition (Global/KT-NCC)

Areas are the basic unit for using Anti-passback. They define how to control and monitor cardholder activities within an area of controlled doors. Under a Global and KT-NCC and Gateways, the anti-passback is entirely controlled by the gateway rather than the controllers.

1 - Click the Area button.

2 - Select the Gateway associated with the area you want to define, then select an Area (to modify one) or click the New button to create a new area.

Note: When cards are created in the Card Definition dialog, they are automatically sent to the “unknown area”.

3 - Define the Passback type applied to the area being defined:

• None —No anti-passback is verified to access the area. If you want to disable the passback for a specific time, use the Disable passback schedule field under the Miscellaneous tab.

• Normal (hard anti-passback)— The “normal” passback is considered a “Hard Anti-Passback” which means that access is verified and control is done. Usually, doors (or readers) are “shared” between areas, meaning that before accessing a door, a cardholder is considered to be in a certain area (which is called “area before”) and when this cardholder passes the door, he/she is in another area (which is called “area after”).

• Supervisor —Supervisor passback is more like a “controlled passback”. There are various restrictions or controls that can be programmed to use this type of passback. For example, you can indicate that at least 2 supervisors must be inside an area before anybody without a supervisor level can access the area.

Note: The supervisor level of a cardholder is programmed in the Card dialog.

• Normal and supervisor —both Normal and Supervisor passback types are in effect for the area.

4 - Check the Card position already valid option if applicable. When selected, the “Card location in bad area” event will not be displayed if the user is no longer permitted in the area since his/her access level (schedule) is expired.

5 - Specify the number of cards required to generate the Area open event in the Card(s) to open area field. This field will determine the number of valid cards required to consider this area “opened” (an area is considered “closed” or empty when all users have left the area and considered “open” when it is occupied by at least one cardholder). By default, if left to 0, as soon as one user accesses an area, if this area is empty, the system will generate an “Area Opened” event.

Note: If you specify more than 1 card (i.e.: 2 and up), each cardholder will have to pass their card at the reader one after the other (i.e.: the first user passes his/her card, then the second user passes his/her card).

6 - If the video feature is enabled in EntraPass, the Video view field appears. If this is the case, select the video view in which you want the defined component to appear. For details on defining video views, see Video Views Definition.

7 - From the Graphic list, you may select the graphic to which the EntraPass applications is assigned, if applicable. For details on defining graphics, see Graphics Definition.

8 - Move to the Miscellaneous tab to setup the transfer schedules for the area being defined.

• Disable passback schedule —This option sets the schedule during which the Anti-Passback verification (for all types of passback) is disabled. When this schedule is valid, passback will be disabled (not verified).

• Supervisor:

• Supervisor level —Enter the supervisor level required to “open” the area. This field must be used with the “supervisor to open area” field.

• Supervisor to open area —Enter the number of supervisors required to “open” the area, meaning that “XX” number of supervisors (having the supervisor level defined in the supervisor level field) must be inside the area before anybody else (having a supervisor level lower than defined) can access the area (i.e. 2 supervisors having a supervisor level “9” must be inside before any other cardholder having supervisor levels lower than “9” can access the area). You must specify the supervisor level required in the “supervisor level” field.

• Number of supervisor inside —Enter the number of supervisors that must remain inside the area (having the defined supervisor level) at all time. This field is used when you need to have a supervisor inside the area at all times. When another supervisor comes in (having the defined supervisor level), then the previous supervisor can leave.

Note: You cannot use this field if you are using the Supervisor must be last on exit field. This function is disabled when set to zero.

• Supervisor must be last on exit —When selected, a supervisor (having the defined supervisor level) will not be authorized to leave the area if there are any cardholders present within the area without the defined supervisor level.

Note: You cannot use the Number of supervisors inside field if you are using the Supervisor must be last on exit field.

9 - Define the Area transfer parameters:

• Area transfer schedule —This schedule is used to move the cardholders located in an area to another area so as to avoid generating “Access denied - Passback bad location” or “Card in bad location” events. When the transfer schedule becomes valid (or invalid), you can specify an area where cards will be transferred. You can also manually modify the card location using the Manual Operation on Areas menu.

• Area on invalid schedule— This area will receive all cardholders of the area being defined when the transfer schedule becomes invalid.

• Area on valid schedule— This area will receive all cardholders of the area being defined when the transfer schedule becomes valid.

10 - Move to the Relay tab to define relay activation parameters.

11 - From the Relay will be activated when area is open field, select a relay or group of relays that will be triggered when the area is opened (Area Open Event) and will remain activated until the area is closed (Area Closed Event).

• From the Relay activated when area is full , select a relay or group of relays that will be triggered when the area is full (Area Full Event) and will remain activated until the area is vacated.

• You can define the Maximum number allowed for the area to control the number of people inside an area. This function can be used for parking management as well to control the number of cars on the premises.

• You can check the Disable access when area is full if you want to restrict access to the area when it is full. If you defined the number of entries allowed in the previous parameter, the door(s) or gate(s) will remain closed until someone leaves the area. This parameter can also be used for parking management.

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