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ATS Designers Guide 55
The access control functions in the Advisor MASTER system are integrated with other
system components. It allows the same devices that control the alarm system to verify
user access rights. The same applies to alarm zones – the sensors used to check door
opening can be used to secure the area in the alarm section. In this regard, the system is
unified and consistent but needs to be carefully designed.
4.1 Control panel selection and configuration
The control panel selection should be based on the system design requirements – both
the functional and quantitative. The most important parameters influencing the
functionality of a system based on a given type of control panel are gathered in Table 4-2.
Only a small number of parameters differentiates the use of a control panel in a system of
a required functionality.
Table 4-2 Control panel parameters.
Parameter ATS2000 ATS3000 ATS4000
ATS4500
Alarm zones 32(8) 64(8) 256(16)
Areas 4 8 16
Users 50 50-11k (67k) 50-67k / 11k-67k
Manipulators 16 16 16
DGP Expansions (AC) 15 (12) 15 (12) 15 (12)
Unidirectional passages* 16 16 16
Bi-directional passages 48 48 48
Elevators/Floors 4/64 4/64 4/64
Alarm event log 250 250-1000 250-1000
AC event log 10 10 – 1000 10-1000
Special functions
System monitoring No Yes** Yes
Event printer No Yes** Yes
Access control Yes* Yes** Yes
CCTV integration No Yes** Yes
Network capabilities No Yes** Yes
Service connection Yes Yes Yes
*- the limits of the ATS2000 results from hardware limitations – see section 1.1.
**- the limits of the ATS3000 for access control systems results from the hardware limit of
the possible configurations of memory and other expansions. – see section 1.1 – it is not
possible to install the IUM ATS1831/32 memory expansion and the ATS1801 computer/
printer interface together.
Only two parameters are directly dependant on the control panel type – the maximum
number of alarm zones, and system areas. Other parameters depend on the capability to
install other expansions:
• The control panel memory expansion – influences the size of the event log, the
number of users, and indirectly the format of access control cards.
• The computer/printer interface – influences the availability of a fast, permanent
connection between the control panel and the computer or a control panel network.
Lack of such an expansion excludes the control panel networking capability,
monitoring, connecting the event printer etc.
• The number of zones and outputs in the control panel;
• Available reporting channels.
The control panel parameters and design requirements should be analysed in the
following order: