The Authenticate Credential door command is used to check if a specified badge ID will be authenticated at a future time.
Step 1 Go to Doors > Hardware Tree.
Step 2 Right-click the door and select Authenticate Credential.
Step 3 Enter the badge ID and timestamp.
Step 4 Select the Gateway option to perform badge authentication at the controller. A Grant Access or Deny Access message is displayed.
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Select the ICPAM option to perform badge authentication at the ICPAM server. A Grant Access or Deny Access message is displayed.
· The Authenticate Credential command supports only a future date & time.
· Doors without an associated anti-passback (APB) policy can verify badge authentication at both the ICPAM server and the controller (one at a time).
· Doors configured with an APB policy can only verify badge authentication at the ICPAM server.
· The Authenticate Credential command can be issued on APB doors only for APB exempt badges. If the APB rule is enforced for a badge, the command response is always “Access denied”.
· This command is not available for the doors configured under Two Door Policy.
· The Authenticate Credential door command does not support facility code based authentication (if the door is configured based on facility code authentication).
· The command does not authenticate the badge based on a Badge ID and Pin Number combination.
· The command does not support Pin Exempt and ADA features.
· The command does not support any properties associated with the door (such as door schedules, door admin down, door admin up), its associated devices and its properties (such as Reader configurations) and door commands (except the Deactivate Access Policies and Activate Access Policies commands).
· The Authenticate Credential door command does not validate based on APB entry/exit in the limitation field.
See also:
Configuring Personnel and Badges