Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 9
Area management
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Timed (Local) Nested APB
The current area status of a badge is not synchronized across controllers on a server. The status is
known local to each controller. The controller resets the current area status back to NEUTRAL when
the timeout period expires.
Note:
Local/Timed Nested APB is only useful if all readers are on a single controller.
Fields and controls
Table 78. Areas form fields
Field
Description
Facility
Permission
Group
Physical
State
Logical State
Shunting
Scheduling
Antipassback
Enforcement
Description
Type an area description up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Example: Lobby
The lobby area may include more than one location if the facility has multiple entrances or buildings.
An area may be one contiguous physical space (such as the Computer Room) or it may be a number of
separate but related spaces that require the same level of access control.
Example: Computer Room, MIS Lab, Computer Vault, MIS Equipment Room
Click Facility to display the facilities list box. This field reflects the facility to which this record is assigned.
For more information, see Creating facilities on page 52.
Click display the Permission Group list box. Select the desired permission group for this area to identify
operators who can assign this area to readers and doors.
Enabled indicates that the system allows readers in this area to read badges. Disabled indicates that the
system does not allow the area’s readers to operate.
Online indicates that the readers in this area operate in normal mode. Offline indicates that the readers
are not allowed to unlock doors, but are allowed to read badges, pass badge data, route and archive
access messages, and activate associated alarms.
Enabled indicates that the system allows use of keypad override of shunt time on doors and readers in
this area. Disabled indicates that shunting is not allowed.
This has no effect on Door Held Open or Door Forced Open. See Held Open Sensing on the Doors form
and Shunting on the Readers form.
Enabled indicates that the system recognizes scheduled changes associated with this area. Disabled
indicates that the system ignores scheduled changes.
If anti-passback is set to Normal for this area, it works in conjunction with the anti-passback status setting
on each badge used to access this area.
If set to Passive, anti-passback is not enforced in this area which means that access is granted
regardless of the anti-passback status. However, violations are still reported.
See APB Control on the Personnel form.