Emergency > Emergency Passage - Alarm Lock ArchiTech Series User Manual

Emergency > Emergency Passage
Selecting Emergency Passage sends a command to all Gateways (in the selected Emergency Groups) to immediately
unlock all of their assigned wireless locks, thus un-securing the protected doors to allow passage. In an Emergency
Passage state, User credentials are no longer required to allow passage. Please use caution when using this feature, and
consider all implications of un-securing the protected doors.
From the Emergency Commands screen, click the Emergency Passage button.
The following Emergency View screen appears:
Once all locks assigned to the Gateway receive the selected Emergency Command, the status will return
"Emergency Passage" (highlighted green). In the above image, notice how the status of the second
Gateway displays "Unable to verify lock status" highlighted in yellow. This indicates that one or more locks
assigned to the Gateway may not have received the Emergency Command. Therefore, the Emergency View
screen cannot be closed and the Emergency Command will be re-tried based upon the Set Emergency
Attempts selection or until the Abort Retries button is intentionally clicked.
The following modes will be overridden by an Emergency
Passage Command :
Normal mode (" non-Emergency")
●
Emergency Lock Down mode
●
Locked mode (via keypad Function 46)
●
Scheduled Locked Mode (via " lock" Schedule)
●
Note: Once in Emergency Passage, the wireless physi-
cal lock(s) may be placed in Locked mode manually (using
keypad Function 49).
For areas that must remain secure, even in an Emer-
gency Passage state, we recommend de-selecting the fea-
ture "Lock Responds to Emergency Commands" in the
Features screen.
Emergency Passage Indication
● In DL-Windows: At the bottom of the DL-Windows
"Main Screen", a bar will flash from red to yellow with
the text "Emergency Passage" blinking continuously
until a subsequent "Return to Normal" command is re-
ceived (see image at the bottom of this page).
DL-WINDOWS™ for Networx™ V5 USER'S GUIDE
● At Physical Lock: Red LED blinks once every two
seconds.
IMPORTANT: Threats such as fire emergen-
cies, bomb threats or the release of hazardous
substances within a protected premises may re-
quire an "Emergency Passage" Command to allow
for a facility evacuation.
Other threats such as terrorist attacks, hostile in-
truder situations, the outdoor release of hazardous
substances, tornado emergencies and other life-
threatening events, may require an "Emergency
Lock Down" - the opposite of a facility evacuation.
It is strongly advised that all facilities develop sep-
arate Emergency Lock Down and Emergency
Passage procedures appropriate for the specific
premises, and these Emergency procedures be
frequently practiced and continually refined.
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