The term “person” refers to a human being, usually an employee, who possesses one or more rights to enter and use a facility. A “user” refers to a person who is authorized to manage the system. For example, an employee who works in manufacturing is a person with a badge for entering and exiting the building. In addition to being a person with a badge, a Human Resources associate is a user of the system who enters new employees and issues badges.
While you may add personnel to the database without assigning access rights or badges, to successfully add personnel, access rights, schedules, and access zones should already exist before you add people.
If your topology includes a Supervisor computer and one or more remote controllers, set up all personnel and assign badges only at the Supervisor station that serves the company–wide system.
This does not apply to a single controller functioning without a Supervisor computer. If yours is a small company with a single controller, connect a computer to the network and launch the software from your computer.