Operating instructions

Manual – LDB 1.5
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3.0 Time zone management
Electronic access control systems provide the ability to limit access by time and date.
This is accomplished by defining time periods when a user is allowed access and
time periods when the user is not allowed (disallowed) access. The simple concept of
assigning these times to each user becomes very tedious to apply and manage when
the list of users starts to grow. Because of this, the concept of time zones was
created.
This name does not refer to the geographical time zones such as Eastern, Central,
Mountain, or Pacific. These security time zones usually define the start time, the stop
time, and the days of the week that apply.
Security Time Zone Example 1: Start Time: 8:00 am Stop Time: 5:00 pm Days:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Security Time Zone Example 2: Start Time: 1:00 am Stop Time: 7:00 am Days:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Each lock in the SimonsVoss system can be programmed with up to 63 security time
zones. Each collection of security time zones used to define a lock is called a Time
Zone Plan. The Time Zone Plan is given a name to distinguish it from all the other
plans. Each lock can have its own Time Zone Plan or multiple locks can share the
same Time Zone Plan.
In addition to the times a user can and can not access a lock, The Time Zone Plan
also defines what time a lock is automatically locked or unlocked.
3.1 Creating a time zone plan
Choose Time zone plans > Time Zone Management. In the window which opens,
click New... then enter the name of your time zone plan (i.e. the name of the door or
building for which you are creating this Plan).
Confirm by clicking OK.
You can assign any lock to a different time zone plan. A lock can manage up
to six time groups, one of which is authorized to operate the lock at all times.
The time zone group which is always authorized is not shown in the time zone
plan. The other 5 groups can be defined as required in the Time zone
management window.