The Schedule Manager defines schedules for users and doors, including the following:
· Access Policy schedules determine when a badge can be used to access doors. For example, you can create a basic access policy schedule for the weekdays, an additional schedule for the weekend, and a third that denies access for specified holidays when the building is closed. See Configuring Access Policies for more information.
· Door schedules are used in door configurations to define the state of the door based on the time and day. For example, each door configuration has a default mode that defines if the door is locked, unlocked, secured, or left open. The door remains in this mode at all times unless you configure an optional schedule to define exceptions to the default mode. For example, if the default mode for a door is Lock, and you define a door schedule that automatically unlocks the door between 8 am and 5 pm (Close), then the door will be locked at all hours except 8 am to 5 pm. See the Understanding Door Modes, Door Schedules, and the First Unlock Feature and the Adding New Doors for more information.
To add or edit schedules, do the following:
Step 1 Select Schedules from the Doors menu, in the Schedule Manager submenu.
Step 2 Click Add, or select an exiting entry and click Edit.
To remove a schedule, highlight the entry and click Delete.
Note Schedules cannot be deleted if they are assigned to one or more access policies. To delete schedule that is assigned to an access policy, you must first remove the schedule assignment from all access policies.
Step 3 Enter the Name, Hierarchical location and description for the schedule.
Step 4 Select a Schedule Type:
· Door Policy: door schedules appear in the door properties window under the menu: Door enable schedule. See Step 5 in Configuring Door Templates for more information.
· Access Policy: access policy schedules define the schedule for user badge access. See Configuring Access Policies for more information.
Step 5 Select the Type, and then select an existing Value.
To create or modify the available values, see Modifying Types and Time Ranges.
· Select Holiday to define a single date, or range of consecutive dates.
· Select Work Weeks to define the days of the week for a schedule.
· Select Special Cases to define a schedule for a date or range of dates that repeat on a regular schedule. For example, the first Monday in each month.
· The Time Entry Collection allows you to reuse Holiday, Work Weeks, or Special Case schedules.
Note A Time Entry Collection can be used in more than one schedule, but only if the schedules have the same action (such as Allow or Deny). If a Time Entry Collection is assigned to schedules with different actions, then the schedule operation will be inconsistent.
Step 6 Select an Action:
· Access Policy schedules: select Deny or Permit to define if the user should t have access during the defined schedule.
· Door schedules: select Use Schedule Mode.
Note The option Default Mode enables the default door mode defined in the door Properties window. See Step 4 in Configuring Door Templates for more information.
Step 7 Select a Time Range for the schedule.
To create or modify the available values, see Ranges.
Step 8 Click Add to add the entry to the list of defined schedules.
a. Repeat Step 3 through 8 to add additional schedules, if necessary.
b. Click Save and Close.
Step 8 To apply schedules to an access policy, see Configuring Access Policies .
To apply a schedule to a door configuration, see Configuring Door Templates and Adding New Doors.
Door schedules are selected in the Properties window under the Use Schedule Mode menu.
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