Specifications

Keri Systems, Inc. Doors

Users Guide

01914-003 Rev. 5.4 Section 3: Database Programming 3-3

1.0 Setup Time Zones

The setup time zones section describes the process for defining the daily and holiday access time

periods to be applied to doors in access groups and applied to automatic door locking/unlocking control.

A time zone is defined as the hours-of-the-day when a user is granted access to a secure area.

Up to 32 time zones can be defined. Four separate start/stop periods can be programmed for each day-

of-the-week and for up to three holiday schedules. This provides an incredible amount of flexibility in

setting time zone work schedules for the users using the access control system.

This section provides examples of time zones for a day-shift employee, a janitorial employee, a grave-

shift employee, and one holiday schedule. Before defining time zones, take some time and map out all

the time zone usage possibilities for the site. Consider the variety of access hours for employees and

customers, and consider special requirements such as janitorial personnel (may require night access),

service/repair personnel (may require all hours access), supervisory/management staff (may require

extended hours access), and shift personnel (first/day, second/swing, third/grave, flex).

NOTE: All time values used and stored by the Doors program are in 24-hour format. For example:

midnight is stored as 00:00 hours, 8 A.M. is stored as 08:00 hours, noon is stored as 12:00 hours, 6

P.M. is stored as 18:00 hours, and 11:30 P.M. is stored as 23:30 hours.

NOTE: The use of descriptive names when naming time zones and access groups can make the report

viewing process easier, but please avoid the tendency to assign similar names to time zones and access

groups. It can be helpful to use TZ and AG as a prefix or suffix when assigning names to make the

distinction between time zone and access group easier. Or, it can be helpful to assign to the time zone a

name that reflects the days-of-the-week and the time-of-day access should be granted, and assign to the

access group a name that describes the users that will be assigned to the access group.