Managing occupants in an access zone
Normally, occupants enter and exit an access zone by scanning their badge at a card reader. This procedure allows you to manually
update who is currently in the zone and to remove occupants from the zone.
Prerequisites: The access zone exists in the local station. Your role allows you to change access zone properties (write enabled).
- From the main menu, select .The Access Zones view opens
- Double-click an access zone row in the table.The edit view for the access zone opens.
- Click the Occupants tab, and click the Assign Mode button (
)A list of the personnel currently in the zone opens in the Assigned pane, and a list of personnel who are authorized to enter and exit the zone opens in the Unassigned pane. - To manually add personnel to the zone, select one or more persons in the Unassigned pane and click the Assign button (
).The system adds the person to the list of Assigned occupants in the zone. To manually remove an occupant from the station’s access zone, select the person row in the Assigned pane and click the Unassign button (
). The system removes the person from the zone.
- If a number of people have left the zone without using the card reader, click the Access Zone tab and configure the
Passback TimoutandReset Occupancy Enabledproperties.Only system users whose role is configured with access zone write enabled may change these properties.- Establishing a
Passback Timeoutallows people to re-enter a space after the time-out expires without triggering a passback violation. - Configuring a
Reset Occupancy Timeremoves all occupants from a zone at a defined time. After the set time passes, occupants may re-enter.
- Establishing a