Samsung iDCS 500 General Description Manual page 99

ROOM STATUS UPDATE
The system operation provides two methods to update the status of each guest or
meeting room.
AUTOMATIC
The hotel manager informs the system technician of the preprogrammed time he
wants all rooms to automatically change from "Occupied" to "Needs Cleaning" on
a daily basis. In addition each room is automatically changed to "Needs Clean-
ing" upon check out.
MANUAL
Hotel personnel, such as maids, maintenance men or administrators, can dial a
code from the guest/meeting room telephone to manually update the room status
as required.
The manual room status update codes are:
0= Room needs to be cleaned.
1= Room cleaned. This updates the room status to either AVAILABLE or OCCU-
PIED.
2= Room needs maintenance. This makes the room NOT AVAILABLE for check in.
3= Room repaired. This updates the room status to either AVAILABLE or OCCU-
PIED.
STAFF I.D. CODES
These are authorization codes that hotel employees must enter to access various
Hotel / Motel features. These codes will appear on the Room Bill printout to indi-
cate who posted the charges to a specific room. They provide a measure of secu-
rity and control for hotel management. There are 250 STAFF ID codes in the M
version software and 500 in the L version software.
STAFF LOCATOR
The Staff Locator feature (SLOCAT key) will allow Front Desk personnel to find any
member of the hotel staff at any given time. The main requirement for this feature to
function correctly is the staff members logging into the room.
This feature is known elsewhere as the Maid Locator feature and is generally used
by housekeeping personnel only. However it can be used for locating housekeeping
and maintenance personnel, as well as other members of the hotel staff, including
management personnel.
Staff member's locations are viewed on the 64-button module. As the staff mem-
bers move from room to room, they simply log into that room. The system will log
them out of the previous room and into the current one. At the end of the day, the
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