Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 9
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Table 80. Readers form fields (continued)
Field
Description
Global Nested APB
Status Method
Global Nested APB
Micro Offline Operation
Mode
This control is enabled only if Nested APB under Logical Reader Function
has been chosen.
Host Broadcasts to Controllers - The host actively sends nested APB area
information to participating controllers.
Controller Requests from Host - The controller requests nested APB area
information from the host as needed.
This control is enabled only if Controller Requests from Host has been
chosen.
Fail Safe - While the controller is offline, the controller does not consider
nested APB area information when granting access.
Fail Secure - While the controller is offline, the controller denies access to
nested APB readers.
Note:
There is a period of time when the controller loses communication
with the host, where it is not offline yet and during this time, when a
badge is swiped on a Controller Requests From Host type (Fail
Safe) reader, a learn timeout is generated. Once the controller is
offline, the fail safe/fail secure rules are followed to provide or deny
access.
Scheduling
Shunting
Toggle
Limited Usage
Elevator Reader
Enabled means established schedule changes control this reader.
Disabled means established schedule changes do not affect this reader.
Enabled means this reader allows the use of keypad override of shunt time.
Disabled means the reader does not allow shunting.
When enabled, the Alarm Shunting feature allows a valid badge holder to keep a door open (for the
time specified, in minutes, in the Keypad Shunt Time field of the Doors form) without getting a Door
Held Open alarm. The badge holder enters the shunt code (defined on the Micros form) using the
reader keypad, presents the badge, and then enters the PIN number.
A reader used in special applications only, in which a badge swipe toggles the reader’s valid input
group (non-boolean) On (yes) or Off (no), such as to arm/disarm a burglar alarm system. Toggle
readers are not intended for door control, but can be used that way with some limitations. To do this,
the door must be configured without a sensor, and the doorstrike output must be configured to reset
with an input rather than on duration. With this configuration, the reader can toggle the door between
locked and unlocked, but since there is no sensor, there can be no detection of the door being forced
open or held open too long.
For an example of toggle-reader use, see Creating input groups on page 123 of Chapter 8 Device
management.
Note:
If Toggle is set to Yes and Authorization Required is set to Yes, photos are displayed for
invalid transactions, but not valid transactions. See Monitoring Swipe and Show activity on
page 263.
Selecting Enabled defines the reader as a limited usage reader, which only grants access to a badge
holder for the number of times specified in the Usage Count field of the Badges form.
There is no limit to the number of readers that can be defined as limited usage readers. See
Chapter 11 Badge management for related information. The count must be manually reset.
Selecting Yes defines the reader as an elevator reader. A maximum of 16 readers on a micro can be
configured as elevator readers.
Note: Swipe and Show cannot be enabled when the reader is defined as elevator reader.
See Elevator control on page 360 for related information.