Access Policies can be deactivated and activated manually for one or more doors. For example, if you create three access policies for lobby doors (one for employees, a second for contractors, and a third for visitors), you can selectively deactivate the access policy for contractors on the main lobby door, or on all doors.
Access policies remain deactivated until one of the following events occur:
Command or action |
Description |
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Activate Access Policy |
Right-click a door and select the Activate Access Policy activate a policy and select Deactivate Access Policy to deactivate the access policy. |
Reset Gateway |
Right-click a gateway icon and select the Reset Gateway command to perform a soft reset of the controller. Access policies are activated during a soft reset. |
Reload Gateway Configuration |
Right-click a Gateway icon and select the Reload Gateway Configuration command to replace the existing controller configuration with a new copy. Access policies are activated during this process. |
Power cycle the Gateway module |
Access policies are activated whenever a controller is powered up. For example, after a power failure or anytime power is disconnected and restored. |
Complete the following instructions to deactivate and reactivate door access policies.
Step 1 View the status of the access policies on a door:
a. Select Hardware - Tree or Door/Location-based Hardware from the Doors menu.
b. Click the door to highlight it.
c. In the Extended Status field, click the Access Policies tab to view the policies and status for the door.
Step 2 To manually deactivate a policy, right-click the door icon and select Deactivate Access Policies.
Tip To deactivate access policies for multiple doors, select the command from a location (Door/Location-based Hardware module) or from the Physical Driver (Hardware - Tree module).
Step 3 Select the access policies to deactivate and click OK.
Tip Use Shift-click or Ctrl-click to select multiple items from the list.
Step 4 Verify that the status of the access policy is No:
a. Click the door to highlight it. This also refreshes the Extended Status data.
b. In the Extended Status field, click the Access Policies tab.
c. Confirm that the access policy is No.
Step 5 To
reactivate the access level, right click the door icon and select Activate Access Policies. Select one or more
levels from the list and click OK.
Note Access policies remain deactivated until manually reactivated using this command. See the preceding table for other methods to reactivate access policies.
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