User Manual

15263 Ver 2.1 DRAFT E PAC Portico 2200/1200 Series Installation Guide
Page 10 © 2003 Blick USA, Inc.
Figure 1 Typical Components of an Access Control System
1.2 Hardware Components
1.2.1 General Information
Figure 2 shows the typical connections made to a door controller. For full details of how door controllers
are connected and administered, see Section 2.
Figure 2 Typical Connections for a PAC Portico 2200
The controller can operate in one of two ways, either as a master or as a slave providing the following
administration options:
Operating as a master, the door controller can be administered:
• From the door controller's own front panel, controlling up to 16 doors with a PAC Portico 2200 as the
master plus up to 3 slave door controllers.
• From a PC running PAC Portico for Windows or PAC Portico Prism administration software, via a PC
interface kit. This can control up to 32 doors with a PAC Portico 2200 as the master plus up to 7
slave door controllers.
• From a PC running PAC Portico Prism software via a TCP/IP interface to an Ethernet network. This
can control up to 32 doors with a PAC Portico 2200 as the master plus up to 7 slave door controllers.