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2. The Revalidation Information section contains parameters used to
determine when the card will expire and what will happen when the
card is encoded again.
• Increment – This field is used in the revalidation process. It
indicates the length of time the expiration date of a card will be
extended the next time it is revalidated.
• If the increment is set in days or months the card always expires at
the same time of day. If the expiration time set on the general
information tab is set to 6 PM for example, it does not matter if a
user revalidates at 8 AM or 3 PM. The card will always expire at 6
PM.
• If the increment is set in hours, the revalidator acts as a 'recharger'
and the card is encoded so that it will expire in X hours. If the
setting is 24 hours, a user revalidating at 8 AM will extend her
expiration until tomorrow at 8 AM.
Note: All expiration times are on the hour. When the card is
revalidated, the time is rounded to the nearest hour. For example,
when the revalidation increment is set to 1 hour and a card is
revalidated at 9:15, the new expiration time will be 10:00. If the card
is revalidated at 9:45, the new expiration time will be 11:00.
• Expiration Date – The expiration date encoded on the current
master card is displayed below the Increment field. Use this
information to determine when a lost card will expire.
• Next Expiration Date – This would be the expiration date if the
master user revalidated her card right now.
• Enable revalidation – If this check box is not checked, the master
user is not allowed to revalidate the card. This is commonly used
to temporarily prevent a user from using the card. To permanently
prevent usage, cancel the master.
Note: Even though revalidation has been disabled for a user, the card will
operate normally until it expires.
• Revalidation Shift – If you wish, you can limit the time of day that
the master users can revalidate their cards. To do this, simply enter
the beginning and end times that they are allowed to revalidate.
By default, these times are set to 00:00 and 24:00 so users can
revalidate at any time.
3. Message for the user – This section is again used in the revalidation
system. You can enter a message in this section that will be displayed
to the master user each time the card is revalidated, for the number of
times indicated. The message text can be printed from the revalidation
terminals with the printer option enabled.
4. When you have finished making all of your selections, click the OK
button at the bottom of the window. If you choose not to finish
creating this user, click the Cancel button.
Import Users
It is possible to import users into the system using a plain text file. Refer to
Appendix A for details on this function.