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The Visitor Management System software module's basic settings are configured as follows:

  1. Go to the Visitor Management System object's settings pane.
  2. Specify the department access parameters for Visitor Management System operators:

    1. Select the access level for viewing departments from the View dropdown list (1).

      Access levels for viewing departments:

      Access level

      Description

      All

      All department properties are viewable

      Some

      Information about department access levels is unavailable for viewing

      No

      Departments are not viewable

    2. Select the access level for editing departments from the Edit dropdown list (2).
      Access levels for editing departments:

      Access level

      Description

      All

      All department properties are editable

      Some

      Editing department access levels is unavailable

      No

      No department properties are editable

    3. Check the Add box to grant access to add new departments (3).
    4. Check the Delete box to grant access to delete departments (4).
    5. Set the Add new departments checkbox to add new created departments to the Visitor Management System module automatically (5).
  3. Specify the user access parameters for Visitor Management System operators:

    1. Select the access level for editing users from the Edit dropdown list (1).

      Access levels for editing users :

      Access level

      Description

      All

      All user properties are editable

      Some

      Editing user access levels is unavailable

      No

      No user properties are editable

    2. Check the Add box to grant access to add new users (2).
    3. Check the Delete box to grant access to delete users (3).
  4. In the list of departments, check each department that should be available to a Visitor Management System module operator.
  5. In the Access levels field, check each access level that should be available to a Visitor Management System module operator.
  6. Check the Create users with antipassback box if users should be created with a feature activated that monitors double-entry.
  7. To enable the ability to view and edit access parameters, check the View access parameters and Edit access parameters boxes, respectively (1).
  8. Check the Discharge access card box to allow the Visitor Management System module operator to close (delete) users' security passes (2). Discharging of the user access cards is described in Canceling user cards section.

  9. Check the Print access card box to all the Visitor Management System module operator to print security passes from the module's window using the system's default printer (3).

    Note:

    The utility ARPEdit.exe, which is included with the ACFA Intellect Software System, is used to edit the printing format.
  10. Check the Export data and Import data boxes to allow the Visitor Management System module operator to import and export data using the integrated ACFA Intellect Software System utilities and the corresponding software module (4).
  11. Use the spinbox buttons to specify the number of additional access levels available to the Visitor Management System module operator (5).
  12. Check the Set expiry date box if the period of the additional access level should be added and taken into account (6).
  13. From the Camera dropdown list, select the video camera that will be used to capture a picture for the security pass (1).
  14. If the selected video camera is connected through a video gateway, select the gateway from the corresponding dropdown list (2).
  15. Select the ACS reader that will be used to read codes from user cards from the Reader dropdown list (3).
  16. Check the Confirm card entered by operator box if user card assignments must be confirmed (4).

  17. If events occurring in the Visitor Management System software module should be displayed on all screens on which a Visitor Management System object has been created, check the Send to all screens box (5).

    For example:

     If users add access cards to the system using the Visitor Management System module and an access control reader, and the reader is configured such that operator confirmation of entry is required (e.g. the Confirm card entered by operator box is checked), then when the Send to all screens box is checked a window prompting to add will appear on all screens where the Visitor Management System module is available.
  18. Click the Apply button.

This completes the process of configuring the basic settings of the Visitor Management System software module.