To unlock a door or override locking and unlocking schedules, you can use the Door widget to control access through doors. The door widget is enabled when a door entity is displayed in the selected canvas tile.
What you should know
- For the Override unlock schedules button in the Door widget to be enabled, you must have the Modify door properties privilege and the Override unlock schedules privilege.
- Access controlled doors are locked by default, unless an unlock schedule is
being used. Only cardholders with the correct credentials can open them. When a
door is displayed in a canvas tile, the door entity icon in the tile toolbar
changes in real time to reflect whether the door is physically open (
) or closed (
). - If no camera is associated with the door, a static open door image is displayed
in the canvas tile. The following figure shows an open door and its
corresponding door icon:
Procedure
- In the door widget, do one of the following:
- To unlock the door and temporarily grant access, click Unlock (
). The duration of the grant time is configured by the system administrator. The widget shows that the door is open and unlocked.
- To override the door’s unlock schedule, click Override unlock
schedules (
), and select one the following:
- Unlocked for maintenance
- Unlock the door indefinitely for maintenance purposes. This
option requires the Maintenance mode privilege for doors.
To cancel the override, click
in the door widget. - Temporarily override unlock schedule
- Lock (
) or unlock () the door for a specified period of time, either immediately or in the future.
With this option, the door returns to its normal state after the time
expires.
- To unlock the door and temporarily grant access, click Unlock (