(Only visible to users with the Task privileges > Administration > Access control > General settings privilege) This section lists the settings found on the General settings page in the Access control task.
The General settings page in the Access
control task lets you configure the general settings pertaining to access
control, and to install and configure custom card formats.
- Visitors
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- Cardholder groups can escort visitors
- Turn this option on to assign a cardholder group as a visitor host. Any of the cardholders that can escort visitors in the selected group can act as the visitor host. This option is on by default.
- Limit visitors for single host
- Turn this option on to set the threshold above which a second host must be added. There is no limit to the visitor number for two-host delegations. This option is off by default.
- Maximum visitors for single host
- This option is enabled when Limit visitors for single host is on.
- Automatically clean up archived visitors
- Turn this option on to delete archived visitors that have been checked out for longer than the defined retention period. Starting in Security Center 5.12.1.0, this option is on by default for new installations, and off by default for upgrades to 5.12.1.0 or later.
- Retention period
- This option is enabled when Automatically clean up archived visitors is on. The default value is 90 days.
- Miscellaneous
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- Trigger event ‘Entity is expiring soon’
- Turn this option on to have Security Center generate the Entity is expiring soon event n days before a cardholder or a credential expires, which can trigger an action to warn someone about the upcoming expiry. This option is off by default.
- Create incident before door state override
- Turn this option on to prompt the Security Desk user to report an incident every time they lock or unlock a door manually, or override the unlock schedule assigned to the door. This option is off by default.
- Maximum picture file size
- Set the maximum file size for pictures, such as a cardholder picture, stored in the Directory database to save disk space. The default value is 20 KB.
- Credentials
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- Card request reasons
- Add reasons that users can choose from to explain why they are requesting a credential card to be printed For example, no printer on site.
- Custom card formats
- Lists the custom card formats defined in your system. You can add, delete, or modify them.
- Mobile credential profiles
- Lists the mobile credential profiles defined in your system. You
can add, delete, or modify them.NOTE: When the Mobile Credential Manager role is created, these settings are disabled. You can configure the mobile credential profiles on the Configuration page of the role instead.
- Minimum PIN length
- Set the minimum length requirement for PIN credentials. PIN creation fails if the PIN does not meet this requirement. This applies to PINs created in Security Center and PINs synchronized from the Global Cardholder Synchronizer role, Active Directory role, Security Center Federation role, or plugin roles. The default value is 1, but PINs of 4 or more digits is recommended for increased security.
- Assurance profiles
- (Only if your license supports Personal Identity Verification) Add the assurance profiles assigned to your pivCLASS readers here. Assurance profiles are identified by their ID. You can assign different descriptions to the same ID if different user groups know the assurance profile under different names. For more information, see How HID pivCLASS PACS Service works with Security Center.