You can configure the reader LED and beeper behavior to communicate various access control states to the person standing at a door. For example, you can make the LED flash in amber color when the system is waiting for a PIN to be entered.
Before you begin
What you should know
- Unlocked
- The door is unlocked for maintenance, by a schedule, or by temporarily overriding a schedule.
- Shunted
- The reader is shunted (deactivated).
- Card only
- The door is locked while the reader operates in Card only mode.
- Card and PIN
- The door is locked while the reader operates in Card and PIN mode.
- Card or PIN
- The door is locked while the reader operates in Card or PIN mode.
- Access denied
- An access request is denied.
- Access granted
- An access request is granted, or the door is manually unlocked.
- Prompt for PIN
- The system is waiting for a PIN to be entered. To have this, the reader must operate in Card and PIN mode.
- Prompt for second cardholder
- The system is waiting for a second credential to be presented. This happens when a two-person rule or a visitor escort rule is in effect.
- Door alarm
- Either the Door open too long or the Door forced open alarm has been triggered.
- Wait
- The system is waiting for a biometric credential to be presented, or for an external system to validate a credential.
Procedure
Example
- Example 1
- To make the LED flash red and green for up to 5 seconds and beep five times when
access is denied at a door, use the following settings.
- Example 2
- To prompt the user to enter a PIN by flashing rapidly the LED in amber color until the
PIN is entered without beeping, use the following settings.