Door/Elevator Control

In the Monitoring module, you can view the real-time status of the doors or elevators managed by the added access control device. You can also control the doors and elevators — such as open/close the door, or remain the door open/closed — via the client remotely. The real-time access events are displayed in this module. You can view the access details and person details.

Control Door Status

You can control the status for the door(s), including unlock door, locking door, remaining the door unlock, remaining the door locked, remain all unlocked, etc.

Before You Start

• Add person and assign access authorization to the designated person, and person will have the access authorization to the access points (doors). For details, refer to Person Management and Set Access Group to Assign Access Authorization to Persons.
• Make sure the operation user has the permission of the access points (doors). For details, refer to Add User.

Steps

1. Click Monitoring to enter the status monitoring page.

2. Select an access point group on the upper-right corner.

   For managing the access point group, refer to Group Management. The doors in the selected access control group will display.

3. Click a door icon to select a door, or press Ctrl and select multiple doors.

   For Remain All Unlocked and Remain All Locked, ignore this step.

4. Click the following buttons to control the door.

   Unlock — When the door is locked, unlock it and it will be open for once. After the open duration, the door will be closed and locked again automatically.

   Lock — When the door is unlocked, lock it and it will be closed. The person who has the access authorization can access the door with credentials.

   Remain Unlocked — The door will be unlocked (no matter closed or open). All the persons can access the door with no credentials required.

   Remain Locked — The door will be closed and locked. No person can access the door even if he/she has the authorized credentials, except the super users.

   Remain All Unlocked — All doors in the group will be unlocked (no matter closed or open). All the persons can access the doors with no credentials required.

   Remain All Locked — All doors in the group will be closed and locked. No person can access the doors even if he/she has the authorized credentials, except the super users.

   Capture — Capture a picture manually.

   The Capture button is available when the device supports the capture function. The picture is saved on the PC running the client. For setting the saving path, refer to Set File Saving Path.

Result

The icon of the doors will change in real-time according to the operation if the operation is succeeded.

Control Elevator Status

You can control the elevator status of the added elevator controller, including opening the elevator's door, controlled, free, calling elevator, etc.

Before You Start

• Add person and assign access authorization to the designated person, and person will have the access authorization to the access points (floors). For details, refer to Person Management and Set Access Group to Assign Access Authorization to Persons.
• Make sure the operation user has the permission of the access points (floors). For details, refer to Add User.

Steps

1. Click Monitoring to enter the status monitoring page.

2. Select an access point group on the upper-right corner.

   For managing the access point group, refer to Group Management. The elevators in the selected access point group will display.

3. Click a door icon to select an elevator.

4. Click the following buttons to control the elevator.

   Open Door — When the elevator's door is closed, open it. After the open duration, the door will be closed again automatically.

   Controlled — You should swipe the card before pressing the target floor button. The elevator can then go to the target floor.

   Free — The selected floor's button in the elevator will be valid all the time.

   Disabled — The selected floor's button in the elevator will be invalid and you cannot go to the target floor.

Result

The icon of the doors will change in real-time according to the operation if the operation is succeeded.

Check Real-Time Access Records

The real-time access records can be displayed in the client, including card swiping records, face recognition records, skin-surface temperature information, etc. You can also view the person information and the picture captured during access.

Before You Start

You have added person(s) and access control device(s) to the client. For details, refer to Person Management and Add Device.

Steps

1. Click Monitoring to enter the monitoring module. Real-time access records are displayed at the bottom of the page. You can view record details, including card No., person name, event time, door location, temperature, authentication type, etc.

   You can right-click the column name of the access event table to show or hide columns according to actual needs.

   

2. Optional: Select an access point group from the drop-down list in the upper-right corner to show the real-time access records of the selected group.

3. Optional: Check the event type and event status. The detected events of the checked type and status will be displayed in the list below.

4. Optional: Check Show Latest Event to view the latest access record. The record list will be listed in reverse chronological order.

5. Optional: Check Enable Abnormal Temperature Prompt to enable abnormal skin-surface temperature prompt.

   When enabled, if there is abnormal temperature information, an Abnormal Temperature window pops up when you enter the Monitoring module, displaying the person's picture, skin-surface temperature, card No., person name, etc.

6. Optional: Click an event to view person pictures (including captured picture and profile).

   In the Linked Capture Picture field, you can double-click the captured picture to view an enlarged picture.

7. Optional: Click the icon to view surveillance details (including the person's detailed information and the captured picture).