Mapping door entities to physical door wiring - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
ft:locale
en-US
Last updated
2025-01-28

For your door entity to be functional, you must match the hardware wiring you made to the door (reader connections, door locks, door sensors, REX’s, buzzers, and so on) in Security Center, so the Access Manager knows how to control the door.

What you should know

The way you wire your door and assign the hardware interfaces affects how the door can be secured and monitored. For example, if the door has an entry sensor, you can monitor Door forced open and Entry detected events. If a door side is configured with an REX, access rules cannot be applied to that door side.
IMPORTANT: The door’s hardware configuration must correspond to the I/O configuration you set for the access control unit controlling the door.

Procedure

  1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Area view task.
  2. Select the door entity to configure, and click the Hardware tab.
  3. From the Preferred unit list, select the access control unit that is connected to the door.
  4. In the Door side (In) section, select the Reader, Request to exit, and Entry sensor from the drop-down lists, based on the door wiring.
  5. To change the door reader settings, click Reader settings (), configure the following, and then click Save:
    PIN entry timeout
    Sets the time that you have to enter the PIN after the card has been read. By default, you have 5 seconds to enter all the PIN digits.
    Reader mode
    When the Unit default option is selected, the reader behaves in either Card only or Card or PIN mode, depending on the unit-wide parameters configured in the portal of the Synergis unit. For HID units, the reader behaves in Card only mode. When the Card and PIN option is selected, the reader behaves in Card and PIN mode when the selected Schedule is active. Outside of the selected schedule, the reader behaves as if you selected the Unit default option.
    NOTE: Make sure your settings match the capabilities of your reader. The system cannot validate the capabilities of your hardware. You can configure this type of reader on the unit's Peripherals page.
  6. Repeat the steps for the Door side (Out) section.
  7. In the Additional connections section, assign the inputs and outputs for the buzzer, door lock, lock sensor, and so on.
  8. Click Apply.
  9. Assign cameras that display each side of the door to the door entity.

Example

If a physical door has the following installed, then the door entity must have a Card In/REX Out configuration in Config Tool:
  • A reader wired on Door side In
  • An REX wired on Door side Out
  • A strike relay on the door lock
  • A door sensor
  • An auxiliary relay wired to a buzzer