Grouping
You use grouping, in an access zone to include other stations and their readers as part of the access zone. A remote controller
that originates (or creates) an access zone is always the access zone master—even if the zone is created from a stand-alone
controller that is subsequently added to a Supervisor. As the access zone master, this controller maintains the list of all
people who have access to the zone.
NOTE: Do not create access zones from the Supervisor station. Create and maintain the access zone master at a remote host controller
so that a network connection to a Supervisor is not critical to keep the access zone functioning. If the Supervisor is the
master, and a network connection to the Supervisor is lost, the access zone does not function.
Note the following points about grouping and the Add New Access Zoneor Edit Access Zone views:
- You must be connected to the master controller station.
- The stations (points) to add to the group must be joined in a peer role relationships with the master station.
- The Entry Reader and Exit Reader tabs display only local readers.
- The Occupants tab and the Supervisor tab are always available in the access zone views but the information they display is based on settings from the access zone
master station.
- You can only add readers to access zones when you are connected to the reader’s assigned station. Readers are not visible
or configurable from remotely-grouped stations.