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User Manual | UM-20230621 iProtect Access / Security | Functionalities |

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Table of contents

1. Introduction

A walk route is a way to manage and control the translocation of one or multiple people from A to B. Entrees between A and B could be made a part of the walk route. The walk route can be used for, but is not limited to, guards, employees, visitors, prisoners etc.

The walk route requires not only one or multiple persons registered in iProtect™ (Refer to User Manual *iProtect™ Persons), but also certain setups. Refer to Chapter 3 in this manual for the setup of the walk route and for the function definitions to Chapter 6.

2. Support and license

Below is an overview of support for both the hardware and the software, including the necessary license:

3. Walk route

3.1 Walk Route Types

A walk route can be divided into two types:

1. One time only functionality

2. Guard tour functionality

3.1.1 One Time Only Functionality

The “One time only” functionality has been implemented within iProtect™ and is applicable on version 10.3 or higher. It concerns the type:

• One time only, de-assign after completed walk route

The purpose of this functionality is to make it possible that a person can translocate from A to B one time only and that the system has the capability to perform a check if this person has followed the walk route accordingly.

This is a common walk route which is being used for prisoners, but this can for example also be used for visitors.

The best way to describe this walk route type is as follows:

Within this walk route a person has to present his/ her card to the readers within the specified time and, in case set active, the specified sequence. The walk route will be automatically revoked/ de-assigned as soon as the walk route has been completed or when a specific “Revoke when time exeeds” option was set active.

When a revoke took place which does not applies to a completed walk route an event will be generated by the system by default. If you prefer to get an alarm message via the alarm handler (Ex.a.) the event settings should be as per system default. If not the setup as per chapter 3.1 Event Settings is to be followed.

In addition when a walk route is revoked it is to be noted that the person will be blocked between the entrances and further guidance by an authorized person will be required. The alarm messages must be reset and or accepted within the alarm handler pup-up manually. This will not be applicable when chapter 3.1 was followed.

3.1.2 Guard Tour Functionalities

The “Guard Tour” functionality has been implemented within iProtect™ and is applicable on version 8.03 or higher. It concerns the types:

• Cyclic start time

• No enforced start time

• Timezone based access

The purpose of this functionality is to make it possible that a person can translocate from A to B in several ways and that the system can perform a check if this person has followed the chosen walk route and its settings.

The best way to describe these walk route types is as follows:

Based on the chosen walk route and the further setup of this walk route you have more or less restrictions during the walk route.

As an example, guards whom need to do their security round need to have a more flexible type of access to go from A to B than what is needed for a prisoner, they might need to be able to repeat their rounds or they need to be able to access locations at any time without being limited by time. For this the different guard tour functionalities and the several options will provide the solution suitable for the guard and its purpose within a building.

4. Setup Walk Route

4.1 Event Settings

The following settings should be checked within the event settings:

• Default confirm handling should be set active in action list (Refer to Ex.a.)

• Action details for Default confirm handling should be set on “User action” in the section Operation. (Refer to Ex.b)

4.2 Create Walk Route

Once the event settings are checked and set the correct way you will be able to continue with the next step which is creating the walk route. Once you know which walk route type suits the purpose you will be able to setup the walk route. In below Chapters 3.2.1 until 3.2.4 it is shown which field settings are mandatory and which are optional and include some examples of settings for the different walk route types.

4.2.1 Walk Route Type - One Time Only

In below table it is described which fields are having Default settings, are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional, using the “One time only” walk route type. Refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items.

Below mentioned Ex.a. is an example without auto start and Ex.b. is an example with auto start. Both Examples do not contain a next walk route and the walk route will revoke when the time exceeds on timeout only.

4.2.2 Walk Route Type - Cyclic Start Time

In below table it is described which fields are having Default settings, are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional, using the “Cyclic start time” walk route type. Refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items.

Below mentioned Ex.a. is an example of the Cyclic start time walk route with the default settings, but with the sequence based access set inactive and a set repeat time of 7 minutes. If the sequence based access is set active than the person must present his/her card in the order the readers have been set and when applicable within the set “arrive within” time which can be set on each reader. In this example it is set inactive which means that you are not forced to follow the order the readers have been set and as well an “arrive within” time will not be applicable. The above mentioned sequence based access and the arrive within time where officially set active for the default settings of this walk route type, but it is to be noted that it can be used on every walk route type there is. It is up to your needs specifically if and when you want to apply these optional options and if they provide you with your needs and purposes.

The purpose of this walk route type is to provide the ability to automatically repeat a walk route at a certain moment, however if you completed the walk route within the set maximum request duration time you will already be able to repeat the walk route again.

Complete revoke/ de-assign of this walk route type is to be done manually. However there is a possibility to automatically revoke a “walk route schedule activity”. The activity will be revoked once the set walk route activity set end time has been reached or when a specific revoke when time is exceeded has been selected within the walk route itself and the walk route had been aborted. In order to have this ability, the revoke walk route option, which is available in the walk route schedule activity details (Refer to chapter 3.6) , has to be set active.

The system will not generate any transaction for the seperate activities. Once the time has been reached the activity is just no longer a part of the walk route anymore or when a walk route has been revoked the system will generate the a transaction that the walk route have been aborted. Only when the walk route has been fully completed a transaction will be generated.

4.2.3 Walk Route Type - No Enforced Start Time

In below table it is described which fields are having Default settings, are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional, using the “No enforced start time” walk route type. Refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items.

Below mentioned Ex.a. is an example of the “No enforced start time” walk route with the default settings.

The purpose of this walk route type is to allow a person to enter the entrances within the maximum duration of the walk route however the walk route itself must be started within the set Maximum request duration time which is in this case 5 minutes.

If the person has presented his/ her card to all the readers within the walk route, iProtect™ will register the walk route as completed within the events, however the walk route remains active for the remaining duration of the walk route. Meaning, the person remains able to enter all the entrances as many times as required. Once the walk route time is exceeded a message will be send via the alarm handler pop-up with the message “Person did not finish walk route on time”. The walk route is to be closed manually and the the message in the alarm handler is to be reset.

Below an example Ex.b. of the event results of the completed walk route.

4.2.4 Walk Route Type - Timezone Based Start Time

In below table it is described which fields are having Default settings, are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional, using the “Timezone based start time” walk route type. Refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items.

The purpose of this walk route type is that a person can follow a walk route based upon the set days and time mentioned in the time zone.

Below example Ex.a. will tell you that the walk route is set time zone based, will have a duration of 10 hours, automatically starts for all assigned persons and that the persons whom are assigned to this walk route do not need to follow up on the sequence the readers have been set. If you do want that the sequence of the readers is being followed than this option should be set active.

In addition to this walk route type it is to be explained that a person can only follow this walk route if the time zone set days, time range and the set walk route schedule/ activity allowes it to. If there is a deviation at the time of presenting a card than there will not be granted access at all or to the particular reader. Below are two examples:

1. If the person presents his/her card to one of the readers from the walk route while according the timezone this person is not yet being expected to follow the walk route, than access will not be granted.

2. If the set walk route schedule/ activity says that the walk route will start on date X till X and between 08:00 AM and 06:00 PM than the person will not be able to enter the location untill the set start time is reached.

Meaning, the time zone settings as well as the walk route schedule/ activity settings are leading when it comes to be able on following this walk route. (Refer to chapter 3.4 on how to create a time zone and to chapter 3.5 and 3.6 on how to create the walk route schedule/ activity).

4.3 Create Walk Route Readers

Once the walk route is set you will be able to continue with the next step which is setting up the walk route readers.

There can be assigned multiple readers to a walk route. All of these readers together are the complete walk route (Ex.a).

The behavior within the walk route has to be determined within each reader. If you have chosen to activate the Sequence based access within your walk route setup you will have extra fields appearing in the walk route reader setup (Refer to Ex.b.). Note: This will not be mandatory to fill in and is depending on the needs and purpose of the walk route.

In the table further down below it is described what fields are Mandatory or Optional for the setup of a walk route reader and kindly refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items, however there is one setting in particular which requires a more detailed explanation with regards to finishing the walk route, which is “Alternative”.

Within the definitions it is stated that alternative means that the reader(s) are an alternative door within the order of the walk route. Meaning you could only have just one door in the particular environment (alternative a), but it could also be that you have two (or more) doors in the same environment but only one of the two may be chosen to enter. In that case you wil have to create two readers. One with the alternative a and one with the alternative b but both readers will start with the same number. (Refer to Ex.c.)

As visible in Ex.c. the readers with number 2 are according iProtect the last reader. This will mean that if the person present his/ her card to either reader 2 - a or 2 - b the system recognizes the walk route as completed because you can only choose one of the two doors to enter.

4.4 Create Time zone

Usually a time zone specifies on which days and within which time range a person or group of persons is expected or not being expected in a building, however with regards to the walk route it was explained in chapter 3.2.4 that a timezone specifies when a person is allowed to follow a walk route or not. This time zone does not determines the walk route, unless the “Timezone based start time” was chosen as the walk route type.

In below table it is described which fields are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional.

There are two ways to set the Position (time) - Refer to Ex.a. and Ex.b.

When setting the position (time) when adding the time zone than click with the right mouse button on a particular day which is marked in red, click “Add time zone element”, than drag the green bar to the specific timelines the person should have access. (Both left and right side drag is possible). Repeat this action for each individual day.

You can created the time zone element without using the position (time) bars and manually type in which days and time range the person should have access. If this is preffered than you can just save the time zone without setting up the position (time). Right mouse click in the treeview on the created time zone and press “Add time zone element”.

4.5 Create Walk Route Schedule

Once the walk route reader(s) are set and if required the time zone, you will be able to continue with the next step which is creating the walk route schedule (Refer to Ex.a.).

In below table it is described which fields are having Default settings, are Mandatory to fill in and which are Optional. Refer to chapter 6 for the definitions of these items.

4.6 Create Walk Route Schedule Activity

Once the walk route schedule is set you will be able to continue with the next step which is creating the walk route schedule activity or activities (Refer to Ex.a.).

In below table it is described what fields are Mandatory or Optional for creating a walk route schedule activity.

Once the walk route schedule activity is set you must go to another location to set the walk route schedule active to a specific person or persons. (Refer to Ex.b.).

4.7 Activation Walk Route

Once the above steps of Chapter 3.1 to 3.6 have been completed you will already be able to activate the walk route, however there might be one or two extra steps required in some cases which are:

1. Activating the Walk route schedule activity

2. Activate the walk route readers

If it will be required for the person(s) to follow the activities set in the walk route than an activation of the walk route schedule activity to the person is required (Refer to Ex.a.).

If the person is a participant in the walk route, but need to have default access anyhow than the walk route readers must be set active to the person(s) (Refer to Ex.b.).

When the above is required and you have activated either one of them or both, than you can acitivate the walk route (Ex.c.) and the person(s) will be able to follow the walk route as per settings.

5. Events/ Transactions and Walk Route Status

iProtect™ has the ability to trace the walk route (Ex.a). You can exactly see when a walk route have been requested, activated, started, completed, when access was denied etc.

Once a walk route have been activated you can look up the status of the walk route (Ex.a.). For each person this location shows live details.

When a walk route was not yet activated than the status is not available in this location.

6. Lockdown

Within iProtect™ a safety messure have been implemented for the walk route, which is called “Lockdown”. The purpose of this lockdown is to provide the ability to have all walk routes and all persons whom are attending a walk route in lockdown. Meaning, the walk route is set on pause and all persons will be locked between the entrees where they received access to at last and that they are unable to continue with the walk route untill the lockdown have been released.

As an example, if a certain situation takes place within a prison it might be necessary to set the walk route(s) in complete lockdown untill the situation have been solved. This helps to not loose control of the translocations of the people, the guards can safely do their jobs and that a smooth continuation of the walk route(s) can take place as soon as the walk route is released from its lockdown.

When a lockdown have been activated and or is being released, the remaining time mentioned on the walk route overview is aswell set on pause when the lockdown takes place and does it continues the countdown as soon as the lockdown is released.

7. Function Definitions

7.1 Walk Route

7.2 Walk Route Readers

7.3 Walk Route Schedule

7.4 Walk Route Schedule Activity