Specifications

Doors
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Users Guide Keri Systems, Inc.
3-36 Section 3: Database Programming 01914-003 Rev. 5.4
4.2.9 First Person In
First Person In (FPI) allows an operator to determine if a door should be automatically unlocked when
the unlock/lock time zone begins, or if the door should not automatically unlock for the unlock/lock
time zone until after a person presenting a valid card arrives. The default value for FPI is DISABLED,
meaning the FPI feature is not applied. To use FPI it must be enabled.
FPI can be used wherever employees may be delayed in arriving at a secured site (perhaps due to
inclement weather). This ensures that at least one access-granted employee is in the building before the
unlock/lock time zone is allowed to unlock the door for general entrance/exit.
There are five alternate values that may be selected:
• ENABLED
• ENABLED 15
• ENABLED 30
• ENABLED 45
• ENABLED 60
The ENABLED value simply enables FPI beginning when the unlock time of the unlock/lock time zone
is reached. The ENABLED XX values allow a controller to “look ahead” 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes. If
an employee presents a valid card during the look ahead period, the door will unlock and allow that
employee access (but still will not unlock for general access until the time specified by the unlock/lock
time zone). This allows access for an employee who arrives to work early. If this feature is used, the
operator should select a time that best suits the security needs of the site.
NOTE: Before setting an FPI value for a door, verify the time zone associated with that door is a time
zone other than Always or Never. If the Always time zone is selected, the door will never be locked; if
the Never time zone is selected, FPI cannot be applied.
NOTE: When considering applying FPI to a door, remember the unlock/lock time zone assigned to the
door may have more than one start/stop time period (up to a maximum of four). If FPI is applied to a
door, it applies to each start/stop time period in the door’s unlock/lock time zone.
NOTE: If the Auto Unlock/Lock time zone has been Suspended (see “Suspend/Restore Auto Unlock/
Lock” on page 14 in section 6), First Person In is disabled.
1. To set a door’s FPI value, click on the Setup ⇒ System pull-down menu or click on the tool
bar button. Then click on the Doors tab (see Figure 3-26 on page 35 of this section). If the “First
Person In” column does not appear in the window, use the scroll bar at the bottom of the window
and scroll to the right until the column appears.
1. Scan down the door name and controller/door address columns and locate the door to which an FPI
value should be assigned.
2. Locate the “First Person In” column and click on the cell corresponding to the selected controller/
door.
3. Click on the arrow and a list of FPI values will appear. Scroll up and down this list and locate
the desired FPI value. For example, click on the “ENABLED 60” FPI value.
4. The resulting window should look similar to Figure 3-27 on page 37 of this section.