User`s guide

206 VEREX Director V4.73 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.3
• [Management], ÖCommunity Groups,
ÖCommunities.
(See the previous topic on "Community Groups").
- User Logon Mode: This determines whether
users must enter their ID number or card
number when logging onto LCD keypads, and/or
gaining entry at doors (e.g., ID + PIN mode).
User-number selections include the number of
digits--which should be set to support the largest
card number used at the site.
-Escort Required Mode: The type of cards/users
who will be able to escort "Visitor (Escort-
Required)" users throughout the facility.
Escort User: Valid users/cards with "Escort Privilege"
authority; Permanent User
: Valid users/cards that do
not have an expiry date; Any User
: Any valid
users/cards--either permanent or temporary.
Note: In each case, escorts CANNOT be set as
"Visitor (Escort-Required)" themselves.
Related Settings
:
• Users, ÖValidation, ÖInvalid On.
See
: Users (Entrants/Panel Users).
• Authorities, ÖProfile 1-4, ÖAccess,
ÖEscort Privilege, and
Visitor (Escort Required)
See
: Authorities for Users / Entrants.
- Point Reset Time (≥V4.4): This sets a
duration for which all sensors (input points)
that are tripped momentarily will be treated as
'in alarm' (i.e., after this time, they will be reset
to 'OK').
- Dealer ID (≥V4.4): Enter your dealer code here
(1-65,535). This value is used with "6-digit PIN
of the day" service PIN mode.
Related: YourAccount, ÖAccount Information,
ÖService PIN, Ö"Service PIN Mode"
 Account-Wide Panel Settings
- Keypad Lock Code (≥V4.4): Future Use.
- Arm/Disarm and Tones (≥V4.4): Sets
whether or not disarming will be supported
through keypads and the general operation of
the keypad sonalert/buzzer.
Related: “Keypad Tone Reference”.
Card Action
- Ignore Pending Enrolment: This sets card-
enrolment readers to work on expired/disabled
cards whether set for "pending enrolment" or
not. If not selected, card-enrolment readers will
affect only cards set as "pending enrolment".
Application Tip: Cards can be set as 'Pending
Enrolment' manually (e.g., when first issued), or when
accepted at a reader set to do this. 'Expired' cards
also includes cards that had been previously enabled
for a set period of time by a reader set to do this.
Related Settings
:
• Users, ÖValidation, ÖPending Enrolment.
See: Users (Entrants/Panel Users).
• Configuration, ÖDoors, ÖIn Reader (or out...),
Ö[Card Action].
See
: Reader 1 & 2 Settings for a Door.
 Bad Card/PIN  (≥ V4.20)
These selections pertain to how the system will respond
to repetitive invalid cards and/or invalid PINs at a reader
or LCD keypad (i.e., an unauthorized person trying to
gain entry).
Related
: • Control & Status ÖPanel Control & Status
ÖSystem Ö[Clear User Lockout]
Invalid User Detection
- Maximum Bad PINs: The number of invalid
PINs that can be entered before that person will
be locked out.
- User Lockout Duration: The duration that
users will be locked out in response to repetitive
invalid access attempts. (This pertains to
individual users, as well as 'global lockouts'.)
Tip: Long duration and/or permanent 'lockouts' can be
removed through: • Control & Status; • Visual
Director; • A 'Command Point' custom input.
- Maximum Lockouts Before Global Lockout:
The number of individual users that can be
locked out for an account before triggering a
'Global Lockout' condition. This: • Will generate
a local alarm message; • Can be transmitted to
a monitoring facility (setting to follow); • Can be
set to block access to all users on an area by
area basis.
Related: Configuration ÖAreas ÖAccess Ö"Bad
Card Action"
Tip
: A global lockout can be removed through:
• Control & Status;
• Visual Director, and/or: • A 'Command Point' custom
input.
- Reset Timeout: The minimum duration
between
invalid cards/PINs for which the
counter will not be incremented.
(The counters reset to 0 if not incremented
during this time.)
- Invalid Card Detection: Allows turning invalid
card detection on or off, and setting the type of
invalid cards to be counted.