Administrator operator

The administrator (or administrators) is responsible to design the initial locking schedule of the building and facilities and editing cards that will allow employees access to the various zones and doors.

In this manual, with a view to explaining how this SALTO RW software is used, we have used a hypothetical locking schedule as a sample to illustrate the general procedure.

To begin with, it is important to note that almost every function of the software can be performed by clicking the icons on the Toolbar (except those related to the hotel exclusive data). Parameters can be defined along the way in any order, though it is advisable to follow the order given below:

SALTO RW Pro-Access……p.51 1. zones 2. outputs 3. time zones 4. time periods 5. calendars 6. time change

7. user access levels

8. users and key assignment

9. PPD usage

It is important to define time periods, time zones and calendars, before proceeding to PPD initiation of the doors (except for online doors, which can be initialized from the control PC straight).

Doors.

Using this menu option we will create the access control for the users doors (electronic locks and wall readers alike), excluding the guests rooms.

Firstly, move the mouse over the Toolbar icon representing doors.

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Figure 22

 Click on the NEW button to add the first door to the list.

 In the pop-up window that will be displayed, we will view the fields we will fill in. (Except that of users, which cannot be specified as they have not been defined yet)

 Write the name of the first door.

 You can write a description for the door, if the name is no representative enough.

 ADMIT EXPIRED KEYS:

Door can be set up to admit cards already expired for a certain amount of days. This could be applied to low security offline doors located before an online hotspot, and in order to allow users get access to the hotspot to update their cards.

This time can be set up from 0 to 255 days.

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Figure 23

 The OPEN TIME field determines the time passed from the moment a user opens a door until the electronic system locks it again. By default, this time value is 10 seconds.

 The INCREASED OPEN TIME field determines an extended open time, especially designed for handicapped or “hands full” people. This time the value is 20 seconds, by default.

 Geographical Time Zones can be set up in the SALTO software to avoid time conflicts in installations with access points in different Geographical Time Zones sharing the same database. This could happen in installations within big countries like Canada, United States, Russia, and Australia, or access points from the same database in countries with different Time Zones, for instance, United Kingdom and Germany.

This is important for the system to apply the different Timed Periods correctly to the access points in their specific geographical area or country , and also for the users in that area or country to have the correct access Timezones in regards to the same geographical area / time zone. First of all, this feature has to be activated in the General option Menu, General tab, so the option is available in the

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software.

When activating the Time Zones, the Time Zone must be specified, as well as the offset from the GMT. Different time zones can be created just by going to the Data menu and selecting the Time Zones option.

Just by clicking the New button, a new time zone can be created. The Time Zones in the list will be available later on to be assigned to the different access points, and avoid any time conflict with the time base at the database location, and the access points‟ location, as explained above. Time Zones can be created from scratch, specifying the GMT and setting up the Daylight Saving time days manually, or the Official Time Zones can be used to set up

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the Time Zone, just by clicking the Copy From button, and selecting the Time Zone from the list that will pop up.

Once the Time Zone is selected, the Daylight Saving Time ( also called DST) days can be activated. Once active, there

are two ways to configure these days:

-Selecting the Standard DST Rule. -Fixed DST Days: Selecting two days in the calendar, which always will be taken to make the time change.

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Once different Time Zones have been created, access points located in different Geographical Time Zones can be set up to follow the time and Daylight Saving Times at that location.

 The OPEN MODE field determines the electronic locks working mode. It can be chosen from the several available:

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1. Standard mode: the lock will only open if you use an