User's Manual

Appendix A: Glossary of Terms
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Notes
Terms
access level An access control relationship made between a
reader or readers and a time zone or time zones. An
access level is assigned to a badge ID for the pur-
pose of granting access through a reader or readers
during a specified time.
access panel (Intelli-
gent System Control-
ler/ISC)
A circuit board with on-board memory that is
responsible for making most of the decisions in an
access control system.
activation/deactiva-
tion date
The date that a credential becomes active or
expires.
ActiveSync A Microsoft utility designed to synchronize the data
between a PC-based application and a PDA applica-
tion. ActiveSync is used to synchronize the data
between B.A.S.I.S. and B.A.S.I.S. Transport.
antipassback A configuration limiting the ability of consecutive
uses for a credential at a reader. Usually, configured
with readers installed on both the secure and non-
secure side of an opening. Once a credential has
been used in a reader to gain access on one side of
the opening, the credential cannot be used in the
same reader until the credential is used to gain
access to a reader from the opposite side of the
opening.
APB exempt Antipassback exempt. The cardholder with this priv-
ilege is exempt from antipassback rules.
badge The credential or token that carries a cardholder’s
data.
badge ID Part of the access control information that is
encoded to a token. This information, usually
numerical, is unique to a particular credential
holder.
badge type Used in B.A.S.I.S. to determine a number of param-
eters for a particular badge ID. These parameters
include the activation and deactivation dates,
default access groups, the applied badge design,
the printer used to print the badge, the required
data fields for cardholder entry, and a range of
badge ID's to be used for a specific group of badges.