C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide - Tyco Security ...

Using Clearances to Control Personnel AccessUsing Clearances to Control Personnel AccessClearances define the time and location at which an access card is valid.Clearances let you associate the following objects with Time Specifications:• Doors or Door Groups• Elevators or Elevator Groups, and Floors or Floor GroupsWhen you define personnel Clearances, you can use these Clearances todetermine when and where a person can enter a facility. See theC•CURE 800/8000 Personnel Configuration Guide for further information.When a person presents his or her card at a reader, the system checks theclearances assigned to the cardholder for the door or door group (elevator orelevator group) and time code information. If the person is at a door (orelevator) at a time when he has permission to enter, the system grants thatperson access.To Configure a Clearance1. From the C•CURE 800/8000 Administration application menu, selectConfigure>Clearance. The Clearance Selection browser appears(Figure 4-1 on page 4-2).Figure 4-1: Clearance Selection Browser4–2 C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide