How to Lock and Unlock Doors in Visual Doors

How to Lock and Unlock Doors in Visual Doors

Lock Doors

To re-lock a door which has been unlocked, for example, the front entrance door:

  1. From the home screen, click the Unlock Doors tile.

    Unlock Doors tile

  2. The reader/door list will be on the left.
  3. Locate and click on the door you wish to lock.

    Select a door

  4. Click on the Lock icon.

    Lock Icon

  5. The door will immediately return to its normal locked state.


Unlock Doors

The Unlock Doors page allows you to unlock and re-lock any door on the system. It also allows you to put the selected door into Lockout mode (no access with a card but the Request-to-Exit button works) or you can put the selected door into Lockout (no access with a card or by pressing the Request-to-Exit button.

 

Unlock Doors - Main



Temp Unlock Doors

To temporarily unlock a single door, for example, the front entrance door:

  1. From the home screen, click the Unlock Doors tile.

    Unlock Doors tile

  2. The reader/door list will be on the left.
  3. Locate and click on the door you wish to temp unlock.

    Select a door

  4. Click on the Temp Unlock icon.

    Temp Unlock Icon

  5. The door will unlock for the duration of the strike time (the same amount of time the door will unlock if you present a valid card).

    Note: The door strike time can be adjusted in Hardware Setup.

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