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Controlling system hardware – Avigilon Access Control Manager - Alarm Monitoring User Manual

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Alarm & Event Monitoring Operator Guide

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Controlling System Hardware

The qualified operator can perform the following functions on doors and readers configured for

use with this system. These are often override functions and are used only when required and at

the discretion of the operator or the supervisor.

To control a door or reader:

1. Click the HW Status tab to bring up the Hardware Status page.

The Hardware Status page is detailed in Hardware Status Page on page 27.

2. In the Doors pane, check the box of each door you want to operate as shown in the

following example:

NOTE:

Only those doors that are currently installed and active have a check mark to the left of

their name.

3. From the door control panel, click the appropriate button:

The available buttons are:

The operation is performed on the specified device.

Click this button to disable the specified door. This keeps it from operating
and allows no access.

Click this button to unlock the specified door. This door will remain
unlocked until the Lock command is issued, or until another change of
state is directed, either via operator override or scheduled action.

Click this button to lock the specified door. This door will remain locked
until the Unlock command is issued, or until another change of state is
directed, either via operator override or scheduled action.

Click this button to grant the current user access to the specified door. The
door will be momentarily unlocked to permit a single time entry through
the door.

Click this button to reset the doors's configuration values to their default
value.

Click this button to mask the Door Held Open alarm for this door.

Click this button to unmask the Door Held Open alarm for this door.

Click this button to mask the Forced Held Open alarm for this door.

Click this button to unmask the Door Forced Open alarm for this door.

Check the relevant box to
specify control.
Notice that only installed
and active doors possess a
check box to the left.