Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings page of the System Configuration window provides options for various advanced ICPAM features.

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Note     As shown in the right-most column of the following table, to activate the changes made on this Advanced Settings page, sometimes you only need to log out and log back in to ICPAM, but other times you need to restart the ICPAM appliance. For information about restarting the ICPAM appliance, see Using the Web Admin Menus, Commands, and Options or ask your system administrator for assistance.

Advanced Settings Fields

Field

Description

To Activate Changes:

Default discovered gateway time zone

Defines the time zone for all discovered gateways. This time zone is configured on all discovered gateways.

Restart the ICPAM appliance.

Credential download frequency (mins)

Defines how often (in minutes) credential information is downloaded to the gateways.

Note:    You can also download credential changes immediately. Select Hardware - Tree from the Doors menu, right-click on the Access GW Driver, and select Apply Credential Changes. See Configuring Personnel for more information.

Restart the ICPAM appliance.

NTP Server

Defines a default NTP server when updating multiple gateways. See the Changing the NTP Setting for Multiple Gateways.

Log out and log in.

EDI personnel's photo size limit

Defines the maximum file size for imported photo files using the System Configuration module. For example, if you enter a maximum file size of 500 kb, then any files larger than 500 kb will be automatically compressed when the personnel record is imported.

·         Enter a value, in kb, between 50 and 750.

·         The default value is 250 kb.

 

See the Understanding Photo File Compression When Importing Personnel Records.

Log out and log in.

Display soft commands on default module

Displays the soft commands for the default m01 gateway module.

Log out and log in.

Display “Delete All Cameras” command on the camera driver

Displays the Delete All Cameras command for the Cisco VSM Video Driver in the Hardware - Tree module. See Deleting the Cisco VSM Cameras.

Log out and log in.

Evict most recent badge from APB area when door not used

If a user presents their badge and is granted access to an Anti-Passback Area, but decides not to enter the door, then a Door Not Used event is generated by the door’s controller. To prevent the badge from being added to the Anti-Passback monitoring list, enable the System Configuration setting for Evict most recent badge from APB area when door not used.

See the Evicting a Badge from APB if the User Does Not Enter the APB Area

Restart the ICPAM appliance.

Enable “Edge Policies” Module

Enables the Edge Policies module. See the Configuring Edge Policies.

Log out and log in.

Note      Changes to system configuration settings do not take effect until  you log out (select Logout from Options menu) and log back into the ICPAM application.

 

See also:

System Configuration Settings