This section lists the settings found in HID access control unit Peripherals tab, in the Access control task. In this tab, you can view and change the name and settings of the peripherals (readers and I/O devices) controlled by the unit.
- Name
- Name of the interface module or peripheral. The peripherals are displayed in a
hierarchical view by default.
Click Viewing mode (
) to select the Flat view if it is your
preference. - Type
- Peripheral type: In (Input), Out (Output), Reader. Blank if it
is not a peripheral.
(Output relays only) Click Trigger output (
) at the bottom of the list to send an output behavior
(Active, Normal, or Pulse) to the selected device. - State
- Live peripheral state: Active, Normal, Shunted (inputs only),
Trouble (inputs only), or Unknown.
Use this column to test the connected interface modules and validate the wiring configuration of the I/O devices.
- Additional info
- Settings specific to the type of peripheral.
Double-click a peripheral, or click Edit (
)
at the bottom of the list to edit the settings of the selected peripheral. - Controlling
- Entity (door, elevator, zone) controlled by this peripheral.
Click Jump to (
) at the bottom of the list to view the configuration tabs of the entity
controlled by the selected peripheral. - Logical ID
- (Hidden by default) Logical ID assigned to this peripheral for ease of reference in macros and SDK programs.
- Physical name
- (Hidden by default) Static name assigned to this peripheral by the system.
Editable reader settings
- Name
- Reader name.
- Logical ID
- Must be unique among all peripherals attached to the same unit.
- Shunted
- This feature is not supported by HID units.
- Type of reader
- Select one of the following.
- Wiegand
- Clock & Data
- Wiegand (Dorado)
- Clock & Data (Dorado)
Discover interfaces
If the HID unit is operating with Secure mode enabled, the new
interfaces you attach to the unit will not appear automatically in the
Peripherals tab after rebooting the unit. To show them, click the
Discover interfaces (
) button at the bottom of the page. Note that clicking this button causes the unit to go
offline briefly.
Editable input settings
- Name
- Input device name.
- Logical ID
- Must be unique among all peripherals attached to the same unit.
- Shunted
- Select this option to ignore the inputs. Once shunted, the state of the input remains at Normal, regardless how you trigger it.
- Debounce
- The amount of time an input can be in a changed state (for example, changed from Active to Normal) before the state change is reported. This option filters out signals that are unstable.
- Contact type/ Presets
- Set the normal state of the input contact and its supervision mode.
- Not supervised / Normally closed
- The normal state of the input contact is closed, and the access control unit does not report if the input is in the trouble state.
- Not supervised / Normally open
- The normal state of the input contact is open, and the access control unit does not report if the input is in the trouble state.
- 4-state supervised / Normally closed
- The normal state of the input contact is closed, and the access control unit reports when the input is in the trouble state.
- 4-state supervised / Normally open
- The normal state of the input contact is open, and the access control unit reports when the input is in the trouble state.
- Contact type/ Manual
- Manual settings.
Editable output settings
- Name
- Output device name.
- Logical ID
- Must be unique among all peripherals attached to the same unit.
- Minimum time (Action)
- If a relay is being used as part of a zone (either hardware or virtual), set a minimum number of seconds the relay stays closed when triggered by an event (for example, Request to exit).