Badges Module: Advanced EM-100 Page

The Advanced EM-100 option page is shown in the following figure.

Badges_Advanced_EM-100_option.png

 

The following table describes the fields appearing on this page.

  

Field

Description

Enable PIN-only access (requires PIN to be unique)

Check this box to enable this badge to use PIN-only access at an EM-100 reader. This requires that the badge PIN be unique.

Allow PIN commands

Check this box to allow this badge to use PIN commands at an EM-100 reader.

Note:  The EM-100 controller provides a PIN commands feature that enables an authorized badge holder to lock and unlock a reader which has a keypad, by entering a command at that reader. After a reader has been locked, no one will be granted access to the door's protected area until the reader is unlocked, even if they would normally be able to gain access. After a reader has been unlocked, the normal access rules are applied again. An example of using PIN commands is a roaming security guard who locks specific readers controlling areas that are off-limits after hours, and then unlocks them prior to normal working hours.

Two things must be configured before the PIN commands feature can be used:

      The appropriate readers must have the Enable PIN commands option enabled (on the Door page of the Edit - Door dialog)
      The badge of the appropriate users must have the Allow PIN commands option enabled (on the Advanced EM-100 page of the Add - Badge dialog)

Then badge holders who are authorized to use PIN commands can enter the following command codes at those readers:

00* - Lock the reader, so no one can use it to gain access until it is unlocked (by the 99* command).
99* - Unlock the reader, to restore normal access.

 

See also:

Badge Properties