User's Manual

Chapter 3: First-time B.A.S.I.S.® Offline System Configuration
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Defining the Guest reader/lock
In the B.A.S.I.S. software locks are referred to as readers to
conform and maintain consistency with B.A.S.I.S. online ter-
minology conventions.
You can define up to 64 readers or locks for each ‘virtual’
offline access control panel. And each reader or lock will
accept up to eight different card formats. It would be highly
unusual to use this many formats in one lock.
In this section you will define a guest reader or lock.
To define a Guest reader/lock
1 From System Administration, click Access Control >
Readers.
2 Click the Reader tab – if not already on the reader tab.
3 Click Add.
The Add Reader window displays
4 In the Name field, type the name of the reader.
5 In the Panel field, select the ‘virtual’ offline access control
panel that controls the reader.
6 In the Type field, select Guest.
7 Select the appropriate reader mode.
Figure 3.7 Defining offline guest readers
The automatic
setting for
‘online reader
mode’ allows
the lock to use
time zone con-
trol and token
control when
programmed for
both.
Selecting the
Guest reader
type enables the
assignment of a
subset of badge
numbers from
the larger range
of numbers con-
figured for a
Badge Type.