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Copying Reader Parameters
The Copy Reader Parameters feature is useful when you have more than one
reader that serves the same users and user groups or will be assigned a special
Timezone Group. This feature is available when you first bring a Controller from
the <New Segment Items> folder to the Segment Tree, and as a right-mouse-click
copy function. It makes sense then that if you are going to use this feature you will
want to configure the Users and User Groups before configuring the readers. See
“User Groups” on page 103 and “Adding Users to the Segment” on page 121 for
steps to create these parameters.
Configuring New Controllers
When you create a new Controller, its name is displayed in the Reader Proper-
ties section on the right, and it is automatically assigned to the Master Timezone.
Users, User Groups, and Timezone Groups will be available to the Controllers only
if they have already been configured. If not, you can configure the Controllers first
with default parameters and return to assign Users, User Groups and any Time-
zone Groups after they are created.
To configure a new Controller
1 Drag your Controller out of the <New Segment Items> folder and into your
desired sub-folder in the Segment Tree.
2 If you are configuring your first controller, select the Controller within the tree, and
the Reader Properties sheet will show on the right.
If you have signed on more than one Controller into your segment, a window
will open to ask if you would like to copy a configuration from another reader or
create a new configuration. See Figure 63.
If you select Copy Configuration from, you can choose a reader in the drop-
down list from which to copy configuration settings.