The Home Tab provides access to the most commonly used tasks for User/Cardholder management, system monitoring, and manual system operation.
User Manager tasks apply specifically to defining access rights for cardholders and reviewing information associated with these access rights.
Cardholders - add/remove, activate/deactivate, edit information, search for card holders, view history, download information to controllers
Access Groups - combine Time Schedules and Readers to create Access Groups
Time Schedules - define periods-of-time and days-of-the-week during which access is allowed
Holidays - define holiday dates to which different access rules are applied
Status Tasks provide up-to-date information on various sections of the system
Live Events - real-time monitoring of system activity
Controller - connect, disconnect, reset, retrieve event buffer information, and display status information
Doors - manually lock/unlock and display status information for doors in the system
Monitor Points - display status information for monitoring points in the system
Control Points - manually activate/deactivate and display status information for control points in the system
If the Advanced View option is enabled, additional features appear on the Home Tab ribbon.
Automation Tasks provide methods to automatically perform defined sets of operations whenever certain criteria are met.
Email/SMS - configure the system to automatically notify an operator via email or SMS whenever a specific event or type of events occurs
Alerts - provides annunciation when events or actions occur
Trace Events - allows you to monitor specific events
The Situation Manager is a system option that provides global lock/unlock capabilities to your site.