Access control enhancements in Security Center 5.10.0.0 - Security Center 5.10.0.0

General enhancements

Upgrade interface modules

You can now upgrade the firmware on your interface modules from the Hardware inventory task.

For more information, see Upgrading access control unit firmware and platform, and interface module firmware.

New Mobile Credential Manager role

The Mobile Credential Manager role links Security Center to your third-party mobile credential provider so that you can view your subscription status, and manage your mobile credentials and profiles in Config Tool.

For more information, see About the Mobile Credential Manager role.

Shunt readers through actions

You can now use the Shunt reader action to set door or elevator readers to Shunted or Active through event-to-actions.

For more information, see Action types.

New native events

You can now monitor the following events in Security Center:

• Evacuation started
• Evacuation ended
• Mustering started
• Mustering ended
• Door test aborted
• Door test canceled: door has shunted readers
• Door test canceled: door is not secured
• Door test completed successfully
• Door test failed
• Door test failed due to an error
• Door test failed: door failed to unlock
• Door test failed: door failed to relock
• Door test started
• Unit warning activated
• Unit warning deactivated
• Firmware upgrade scheduled
• Firmware upgrade canceled
• Interface module firmware upgrade scheduled
• Interface module firmware upgrade canceled
• Interface module firmware upgrade package transferred
• Interface module firmware upgrade started
• Interface module firmware upgrade succeeded
• Interface module firmware upgrade failed

For more information, see Event types.

MIFARE DESFire Configuration enhancements

You can now use the MIFARE DESFire Configuration task to import MIFARE DESFire configurations and export them directly to your Synergis™ Cloud Link units. You can also use the task to manage and configure cryptographic keys on your Synergis™ Cloud Link units.

For more information, see Configuring MIFARE DESFire in Security Center.

Change Mercury reader modes automatically

You can now configure the Macro_Set_Door_PIV macro included in the Security Center installation folder to change the reader modes defined in the DoorInReaderType and DoorOutReaderType custom fields.

For more information, see Configuring a macro to change reader modes automatically.

Unlock multiple doors for maintenance at the same time

From the Area view task in Config Tool, you can now unlock multiple doors for maintenance at the same time.

For more information, see Setting entities to maintenance mode in Security Center.

Scalability enhancements

Increased maximum cardholder count

Security Center can now support up to 600K cardholders.

For more information, see the Security Center System Requirements.

New Synergis™ Cloud Link clustering feature

Synergis™ Cloud Link clustering is a feature designed for large systems to optimize the way that cardholder synchronization is handled between Access Manager roles and Synergis™ Cloud Link units. When the feature is enabled, only active cardholders managed by the same Access Manager, based on access rules, are synchronized to the Synergis™ Cloud Link.

For more information, see About cardholder synchronization with Synergis™ Cloud Link clustering.

Reporting enhancements

New columns and filters in the Time and attendance report

You can now use the following filters to generate a report from the Time and attendance task:

Start of day

The time you want the day to reset every day. For example, you can set the day to start at 8 pm to account for night shifts that span over two days.

Custom fields

Restrict the search to a predefined custom field for the entity. This filter only appears if custom fields are defined for the entity, and if the custom field was made visible to you when it was created or last configured.

When the report is generated, you can sort the results using the following columns:

First-in time

The time of the cardholder or visitor's first entry into the area during the day.

Last-out time

The time of the cardholder or visitor's last exit out of the area during the day.

Gross total time

The amount of time from the first entry to the last exit that the cardholder or visitor spent in the area, including the time that they were not in the area.

Cardholder groups

Cardholder groups that the cardholder or visitor belongs to.

For more information, see Tracking attendance in an area.

New columns and filters in the Cardholder access rights report

You can now use the following filters to generate a report from the Cardholder access rights task:

Cardholders

Restrict the search to specific cardholders, cardholder groups, or visitors.

Ignore access denied

Turn on this filter to exclude cardholders and visitors who have only been denied access, and have not been granted access.

When the report is generated, you can sort the results by the access points the cardholder or visitor has access to, using the Access to column.

For more information, see Identifying who is granted or denied access at access points.

New mobile phone number report

You can now filter access control reports using the Mobile phone number of a cardholder or visitor.