Requiring visitor escort increases security for turnstile-accessible areas. Using
Config
Tool, you can set restrictions on
visitor host configuration and add visitor delegation size
limits.
What you should know
Visitor escort for turnstiles requires
Synergis™
Softwire
10.7 or later with dumb interfaces.
Procedure
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Click and set Cardholder groups can escort visitors
to OFF.

If the option is left
ON,
then
Visitor astray and
Missing tail host events are not
triggered.
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(Optional) Set Limit visitors for single host to
ON and set a limit.

NOTE: The defined number is the threshold above
which a second host must be added. There is no limit to the visitor number for
two-host delegations.
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Click Apply.
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Click and click Add an item (
).
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From the Entity type list, select
Door (
).
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From the Data type list, select
Boolean.
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In the Name field, enter
Turnstile.
-
Click .
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In the Area view task, select the area in the entity
tree.
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On the Advanced page, set Enforce visitor escort
rule to ON.
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(Optional) Set Antipassback to ON.
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Select the area's door in the entity tree.
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Click the Custom fields tab, select
Turnstile, and click Apply.
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(Optional) Click the Identity tab, and set the icon to a
turnstile (
).
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Click the Properties tab.
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In the Visitor escort and two-person rule section, set
Maximum delay between card presentations to a higher value
than the default five seconds to give visitors enough time to badge and pass through
the turnstile.
A visitor must present their credential and enter within the set delay, otherwise
a Visitor astray event is triggered.
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Click Apply.
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In the Cardholder management task, ensure that the cardholders
you want as designated hosts have the Can escort visitors
option set to ON, and all other cardholders have
Can escort visitors set to
OFF.
-
Click Save and close.
All cardholders created in
Security Center
versions before 5.7 SR2 have the
Can escort visitors option
enabled by default. You can use the
Options check box in the
Copy configuration tool to deactivate the
Can escort visitors
option for multiple cardholders at the same time. The
Options
check box will copy the values of the following:
- Use extended grant time
- Can escort visitors
- Bypass antipassback rules
- Security clearance
Make sure to only use this feature on cardholders with matching option
values.