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Anti-Passback

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Local Anti-passback

• Anti-passback prevents someone from accessing a secure door and then passing his/her card back to someone else to use

• This is done by implementing rules on how often cards can be presented to readers

• When necessary, these rules can be manually overridden

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Anti-Passback (APB)

• Once a user has entered an area through an APB secure entry door, the system will not allow the same user to enter through the same door unless APB conditions are met– User has exited through an APB exit door– APB amnesty timeout period has passed– APB amnesty has been manually granted by an

operator

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Enable Local Anti-passback

• Click the APB ON check box to enable anti-passback

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Select Anti-passback Type

• Click the desired radio button to select the type of anti-passback amnesty to apply

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None Anti-passback Amnesty

• None – never grant automated global amnesty

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Time of Day Anti-passback Amnesty

• Grants amnesty to all users once a day• Enter the desired Time of Day to grant amnesty

– Time is based on a 24-hour clock: • Midnight is entered as 00:00 • 8:30 A.M. is entered as 08:30• 6:00 P.M. is entered as 18:00 • 11:30 P.M. is entered as 23:30

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Intervals Anti-passback Amnesty

• Grants amnesty to users periodically• Enter the desired Interval in which to grant amnesty

– The default value grants amnesty every 15 minutes

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Enable APB at Controller

• Once APB rules are set, individual controllers must be selected to which these rules should be applied

• Click on the Controllers Tab• Scroll through the list of controllers and select those

to which Local APB should be applied

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Manual APB Amnesty

• There are times when APB amnesty needs to be granted immediately

• This can be done for one specific user, or for all users

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Open the APB Amnesty Window

• Select the Operate > Amnesty pull-down menu option1

1. The Operate > Amnesty pull-down menu option

only appears if APB has been enabled in

Setup > Doors > Options.

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Types of APB Amnesty

• Selected Amnesty – for one specific user• Global Amnesty – system-wide for all users

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Sorting Users for Selected Amnesty

• Sort users to help locate a specific user– Select the column to sort– Click the button

• Users are now sorted in ascending order

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Select a Specific User

• Scroll through the list of users• Click in the row of the user to whom to grant amnesty

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Grant Selected Amnesty

• Click the button• Amnesty is granted to the selected user

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Grant Global Amnesty

• Click the button• Amnesty is granted to all users at all controllers