The Door Schedule is evaluated to determine the state of a given door at any point of time. A door can be in any one of the four states:
· Door Open
· Close
· Lock
· Secure
The current state of a door is determined by two door properties namely the Default mode and the Scheduled mode. The default mode and the scheduled mode are configured for each door using ICPAM. Both default mode and scheduled mode can be configured to any one of the four door states. When you set the current state of door to the default mode, it automatically carries a ‘Deny access’ command and in schedule mode it carries a ‘Permit access’ command.
At any given time, the current door state (i.e. when the door is idle and not being used by any user) is determined by its door schedule which in turn depends on the default mode or the scheduled mode. The door schedule consists of one or more schedule entries. Every 45 seconds, for each door, the controller runs through each door’s schedule entries to determine the current door state of each door.
The current door state is determined as follows:
· If the current time is outside the time range defined by its door schedule entries, then the current state of the door is set to default mode.
· If the current time matches or falls under any one of the door schedule entry’s time ranges, then the door’s current state is set to either scheduled mode or default mode. If the schedule entry’s action is scheduled mode, then current state of the door is set to scheduled mode and if the schedule entry’s action is default mode, then the current door state is set to default mode.
· When the current time matches more than one schedule entry of a given door schedule then the action taken is determined as follows:
o If there is any schedule entry set to default mode, then this action takes over the schedule entries that are set to schedule mode.
Starting with the ICPAM 2.1 release, when the current time matches more than one schedule entry of a given door schedule then the action taken is determined as follows:
· The order of the door schedule entries is taken into account and the first matching schedule entry’s action is taken.
For example, if the first matching schedule entry’s action is set to default mode, the current door state is set to default mode. If the first matching schedule entry’s action is set to scheduled mode, the current door state is set to scheduled mode. If there are no matching entries, the current door state is set to default mode.
See also:
Understanding Door Modes, Schedules, and First Unlock Overview
Configuring the Default and Scheduled Door Modes