Creating A Group Enabled Schedule - Chamberlain IPAC Administrator's Manual

IPAC Server Administrator's Manual

Creating a Group Enabled Schedule

WARNING: Group Enabled Schedules and Time Zones
Each schedule operates according to local time zones. It is
recommended to make sure that if you are using a Group Enabled
Schedule, do not use it across two different time zones.
The IPAC Server™ Group Enabled Schedule feature allows you to implement a First-Person-
In, Supervisor-on-Site, or Input-Controlled Schedules functionality at your facility.
With First-Person-In, you stipulate that the schedule controlling a specific door cannot be
activated until a member of the activating group accesses it. For example, you may have
scheduled the front door of your building to be unlocked at 9:00AM, but only if a security
guard is present . If no member of the Front Door Guard group arrives until 9:15, the door
remains locked until that time and can only be accessed with a valid credential.
Supervisor-on-Site performs essentially the same function, but applies to a situation where
you want to ensure that no other employees enter a designated building or area until a
supervisor has arrived. Not only does the door remain locked until that time, but card
readers and keypads also remain inactive.
Input-Controlled Schedules allow an input (i.e., input switch, valid credential) to activate a
schedule. If the group enabled schedule has the Auto-Deactivate checkbox unchecked,
unlike other group enabled schedules, such a schedule will not deactivate until the input
changes state.
Implementing either of these features requires careful thought to ensure that you do not
inadvertently bar your employees unintentionally, nor leave doors unlocked when they
should not be. To ensure the security of your facility you must perform the following steps
in the order indicated:
1. Create a group that includes only those people you want to activate a specific
schedule at a specific door or device . Give the group an identifying name, such
as "Openers." These users will almost certainly belong to at least one other
group as well, a group that defines their overall access privileges; their
membership in the group Openers means only that they can activate the
schedule for a specific door. See the section on Creating a Group for procedural
information.
2. Associate a schedule with the activating group . When you make this association
you are NOT indicating that members of the group will only have access
privileges during that schedule's time period; it means that when the first
member of the activating group accesses the designated door the schedule will
then become active. See the section on Creating a Schedule for guidelines on
associating a schedule with an activating group
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