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PAC Portico 2200/1200 Series Installation Guide 15263 Ver 2.1 DRAFT E

2. Administration Systems

This section looks briefly at the administration systems that can be used with the door controllers.

There are several ways of administering PAC Portico Access Control Systems. Different methods allow

greater numbers of doors or personnel to be controlled and door controllers to be located at greater

distances from where the system is administered.

This section looks at the following systems:

1. Front Panel. This is a standalone system that allows up to 16 doors with administration carried out

entirely via the front panel. This is only really suitable for small systems with small numbers of

personnel.

2. Direct. This is a PC-based administration that allows up to 32 doors to be controlled from a PC. This

provides a user interface that is much easier to use and also provides additional control over the

controller relays and AEM inputs and outputs.

3. CNC. This is a PC-based administration that allows up to 128 doors (depending on the memory

module and administration software). This provides the option of having multiple (remote) sites

connected via dial-up modems. Both single and multiple site systems are described.

2.1 Front Panel - 16 door

The door controllers are normally supplied with a front panel containing a 48-key keypad, a 16-character

display and a key reader. However, it is possible to purchase controllers without a front panel if required.

PAC Portico recommend that controllers without front panels are used only as slaves and that at least one

controller on a site has a keypad to enable programming. The simplest way of administering an access

control system is to use this panel to carry out all the programming. Keys are added by presenting them to

the front panel reader, data is added, modified or deleted using the keypad and display.

When using this form of administration, a serial printer may be connected to the master controller, this will

print events as they occur and can also be used to print the contents of the controller's database.

Figure 4 System Diagram - Front Panel Administration