Door Types

General Configuration

• Operating Schedule: The operating schedule determines when this particular door type is active. When this schedule is valid the settings in this door type will be used for those doors. When the schedule is invalid the settings in the Secondary Door Type set below will be used instead.

  For example, you might configure a door type so that Card only access is allowed during working hours. Outside of working hours the door uses the secondary door type with Card and PIN access to improve security.

• Secondary Door Type: The door type that is used when the Operating schedule set above is invalid. All settings from this door type are used (including e.g. antipassback settings).

• Fallback Door Type: This door type provides a fallback set of credentials that can be used to gain access to a door at any time.

  For example, if a carpark gate is configured to grant access based on license plate recognition it is helpful to have a traditional card reader available in case users need to open the gate without a car.

  Only the entry/exit credentials from the fallback door type are used, not other settings such as antipassback.

Entry / Exit

• Entry/Exit Passback is Qualified with Door Opening * : By default, the user's current area is updated as soon as they are granted access to a door. With this option enabled the current area and antipassback status is not updated unless the user opens the door after being granted access.

• Entry/Exit Passback Mode * : This field allows you to enable antipassback for this door type (in the entry and exit directions respectively). Enabling antipassback for a door allows it to monitor the areas that users are currently in, based on the Area Inside/Outside Door (which must be set in Programming | Doors | General).

  If a user attempts to move through a door from the wrong area they are violating the antipassback rules. The option selected here determines what happens in that situation:

  • Hard Passback: The user will be denied access until they enter the correct area or their antipassback status is reset.
  • Soft Passback: The user will not be denied access but a 'Soft Passback Violation' event will be logged.

  User antipassback status can be reset manually by right clicking on a user record or automatically on a timer or schedule using the options in Programming | Doors | Advanced Options.

  Antipassback has a number of applications. It is primarily used to prevent users from 'passing back' their access card or PIN to unauthorized persons, or to prevent people from 'tailgating' legitimate users. Antipassback can also improve the accuracy of area counting, muster reports and attendance reports, and allow you to manage loiter areas.

  Antipassback is global across the entire site. When a user passes through an antipassback controlled door the controller will update other controllers about the user's current area via cross controller operations. It may also be useful to enable the Update user area when passback disabled option in Programming | Doors | Advanced options for doors that are not using antipassback.

• Entry/Exit Reading Mode: The reading mode determines which credential or sequence of credentials the door will accept for entry or exit respectively. Even if users have valid permissions they will be denied access unless they have the correct type(s) of credential required by the door type.

  The default credentials available are: Card Only, PIN Only, Card And PIN, Card Or PIN, Card And Biometric, and Card Or biometric. Selecting Custom opens the Entry/Exit Credential Types tab, allowing you to enter a custom sequence of credentials.

Commands

• Commands * : Used to send manual commands to a device.