What Are Schedules - Chamberlain IPAC Administrator's Manual

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What are Schedules?

A schedule is an editable, reusable time template that can be used to control such things as
when a door is accessible or when a device is activated. A user's access privileges are the
result of a three-way relationship that is created between: (1) a group of users, (2) a
secured device, and (3) a schedule.
A group of users is permitted access to a device, such as a door, according to a predefined
schedule. This access is granted on the Edit Group page. (Refer to the section on Creating a
Group .) This page lets you define access to single door or device differently for individual
groups of users. For example, the group "Staff" may have access to the "Front Door"
according to the schedule "Work Day," which allows them to access the door, using a valid
credential, between the hours of 7:00AM and 6:00PM. At the same door, the group
"Cleaning Crew" may have access according to the "Night Shift" schedule, permitting them
access only during the hours of 8:00PM and midnight.
Schedules also allow one-time active or inactive blocks to be defined. For example, if a
training session will be taking place at 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM on the 1
"Work Day" schedule can add a one-time change to the schedule allowing the "Staff" group
to have access to the facility until 10:00 PM on that day. Additionally, monthly recurring
schedule blocks can be defined as well, for example, if the training session were to become
a monthly occurrence.
A door can also be assigned an Unlock Schedule, which specifies a period of time during
which no credential is required to access the door; all users have free access during the
Door Unlock Schedule period. Likewise, a device may be assigned an Active Schedule, a
period during which the device is in operation. Before any of these devices are created, you
must first define the schedule according to which they will operate. (For more information
on devices, see the section on Managing Devices .)
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