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Time Profiles and Time Periods
Overview of Time Profiles
You can restrict the use of a key/card to certain days and times. You can assign
one of eight different Time Profiles to the key/card. If you assign a key/card a
Time Profile of 0, the key/card has no time restrictions and its user can gain
access through the system's doors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each Time Profile consists of up to three Time Periods, which contain the start
and stop times along with the active days of the week.
Separate Doors and Users:
Radionics recommends that you use different
Time Profiles for doors and users even if they are identical. This means that if
you require a change to the automatic door opening times at a later date, then
these can be achieved without affecting the users programmed into the system
key/card access times.
When using Time Profiles it is important to check the time and date at regular
intervals, say once a month, to ensure that the system operates accurately.
In addition to the three Time Periods, each Time Profile has a status setting,
either ON or OFF. When a Time Profile is in use its Status will be ON, when it is
OFF the effect depends on the application.
When applied to personnel, a Time Profile that is switched OFF will lock out all
personnel with that profile until the Time Profile status is switched back ON.
When applied to a door, a Time Profile that is switched OFF will stop the door
automatically opening, it will also lock a door that is currently open according to
that Time Profile.
Time Profiles for Doors
When you assign Time Profiles to doors, they automatically open the door at the
begin time of each Time period and automatically close the door at the end time
of each Time Period contained within the Time Profile.
Time Profiles for User Keys
Time profiles attached to a key/card allow access only when the time at which
the key/card is presented falls within the Time Profile.
When Time Profiles Actually Begin and End
A Time Profile always starts at the
beginning
of the first minute of the time
period, for example, when the time changes from 8:59 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A Time
Profile always finishes at the
end
of the final minute of the time period, for
example, if a time period is meant to expire exactly at 5:00 p.m. (17:00), the
correct entry for the end time would be 4:59 p.m. (16:59).
Time periods Do Not Cross Midnight
A time period cannot cross midnight. When it is necessary to cover such a time
then two Time Periods are required, one from the begin time up to midnight (use
23:59), with another time period from midnight (use 00:00) to the end time.
