Creating a new master access zone
A master access zone groups related stations and their readers that share physical proximity. The stations within an access
zone share access zone naming, status, occupancy, and Supervisor information. The controller that originates (or creates)
an access zone is the access zone master — even if the zone is created from a stand-alone controller that is subsequently
added to a Supervisor station.
Prerequisites: Entry and exit readers are required for access zones to track occupancy.
You perform this procedure in a remote controller station. You cannot create an access zone from the Supervisor station. If
a Supervisor station served as the master and connection to the Supervisor is lost, the access zone would not function and
access might be denied.
Perform the following steps:
- From the main menu, select .The Access Zones view opens.
- Click the Add button at the top of the view.The Add New Access Zone view opens with the Access Zone tab selected.
- Enter the name of the master zone in the
Display Nameproperty. - Configure zone properties on the Access Zone tab.Several properties provide soft and hard options. The Reference manual explains these properties in detail. Hard means that if the occupant does not meet the requirement, the system denies access and generates an alarm. Soft means that even if the occupant does not meet the requirement, the system allows access, but also generates an alarm.
- Configure all applicable properties on the other tabs.
- To create the zone, click the Save button.The editview of the access zone opens, with the Summary tab active.