Advanced Features
Design Mode - Simulate Credentials
1.0 Introduction Design Mode also gives you the ability to simulate the presentation of a credential at a reader. This is useful for verifying updating of the controller network and for checking access rights for a cardholder without physically ...
Design Mode - Transferring Controllers
Design Mode offers another time-saving feature, which is to move a controller to a different gateway (if the system utilizes multiple gateways of the same type). It can potentially save a lot of time in terms of configuring the controller settings. ...
Design Mode - Import and Export Controller Settings
Design Mode can be used to transfer configuration information from one controller to another. Controller settings such as; strike time, auto-unlock time schedule, reader type, filters and device type settings, DDA timings, door sense and RTE ...
Design Mode - Custom Labels
1.0 Introduction Each cardholder record includes 18 custom fields allowing you to add custom data to any or all of the cardholders. For example; you can keep a record of the License Plate/Car Registration number, Company Name, Payroll Number, Project ...
Design Mode - Cardholder Templates
1.0 Introduction You can use Cardholder Templates and Design Mode to automatically assign the same access group/groups to all block enrolled cards, to assign them with the save company contact information, set certain Advanced cardholders settings or ...
2 - Card Rule
1.0 Introduction Two-Card-Rule is an advanced access control feature supported on NXT-MSC and Mercury SCP controllers. When configured, the door will not open until a valid card has been presented by two different cardholders. This ensures that a ...
Setup PIN-Only Access
PIN-Only Access 1.0 Introduction This document explains how to setup PIN-Only access when using a keypad connected to a PXL-500W or when using NXT and NXT-MSC controllers with a reader interface module. Notes: The feature setup varies slightly ...
Design Mode - Custom LED Modes
1.0 Introduction When using Mercury and NXT Mercury-Powered controllers there are three available default LED modes defined in the software that control how the reader’s LEDs behave when the various modes are set to the readers. Examples of these ...
Global Anti-Passback
1.0 Introduction This document explains how to setup Global Anti-Passback (Global APB) using NXT-MSC 4-door controllers. The guide uses 3 x separate NXT-MSC 4-door controllers and for this setup example each controller will have 2 x IN readers and 2 ...
Setup Area Control
1.0 Introduction Area Control is a licensed feature that is supported with the NXT Mercury Powered (MSC) and Mercury (SCP) controllers. The main functions of Area Control is to combined it with Local Linkage to: Restrict how many people can enter a ...
Global Lock, Lockout, Lockdown - Software
1.0 Introduction This section explains how to use the basic Situation Manager feature to set a Global Lock command via an icon in the software, allowing you to immediately lock a designated group of doors, over multiple controllers and even over ...
Global Unlock - Software
1.0 Introduction This section explains how to use the built-in Global Unlock feature via icons located on the home tab, allowing you to immediately unlock all doors or a designated group of doors, over multiple controllers and even over different ...
Global Lock, Lockout, Lockdown - Hardware
1.0 Introduction Doors.NET provides the ability to program any available input on the system to immediately put the system into Lock, Lockout or Lockdown status by activating the input (for example; pressing an emergency button). This feature is ...
Global Unlock - Hardware
1.0 Introduction Included in Doors.NET is the ability to perform a Global Unlock of all doors on the system from an input on the system, designated as a Global Unlock input. This input cannot be programmed for any door function; such as ...
Advanced Situation Manager
1.0 Introduction Advanced Situation Manager is an extension of the Global Lock and Global Unlock features that are available. You can not only use the Situation Manager for unlocking and locking doors but you can create different system behavior for ...
Rollcall Client - Basic
The main purpose of the basic version of the Rollcall Client is to provide a list of all the cardholders that are 'In' a designated area. When setting up an area you select a reader (or readers), to be the 'In' readers, all other readers on the ...
Setup Anti-Passback (Using NXT-MSC Controllers)
1.0 Introduction The Anti Passback (APB) feature provides one-way card access into and out of a secure area. It prevents a cardholder from using their card and then passing that card back to someone in order for them to gain unauthorized access. ...
Setup Anti-Passback (Using PXL-500 Controllers)
1.0 Introduction The Anti Passback (APB) feature provides one-way card access into and out of a secure area. It prevents a cardholder from using their card and then passing that card back to someone in order for them to gain unauthorized access. ...
Setup an Airlock
1.0 Introduction The airlock feature is available on NXT-MSC or Mercury SCP controller when Area Control is enabled on the license. This is so you can setup two or more areas as 'airlock' areas. Anti-passback is not required for airlocks to work, ...
Setup E-Mail/SMS Notifications
1.0 Introduction Email/SMS Automation allows an operator to create a macro that will automatically send a message via email or SMS whenever a specific trigger occurs. The instructions below are based on a specific example of creating an Email/SMS ...
Setup Credential Types
1.0 Introduction A card format is a set of instructions for the reader to use when decoding a card that a user has presented for identification. There are a number of different reader technologies on the market today. Most of the reader technologies ...
Enable Advanced View
Advanced View is not enabled by default on a standard Doors.NET installation, even for the default System Administrator. If you highlight a controller in the hardware tree and can only see limited properties/settings then you will need to enable ...
Setup Cardholder Usage Counts
1.0 Introduction When using NXT-MSC or SCP controllers you can configure the system so that cards can only be used a certain number of times. Each cardholder can be configured with its own 'Usage Count' ranging from 1 - 256. Once this count has been ...
Setup Card + PIN
Card + PIN/Dual Verification 1.0 Introduction Card + PIN (or sometimes called 'Dual Verification') is an advanced feature that is supported on NXT, NXT-MSC and PXL controller types (when using a combination keypad and prox reader, such as the ...
What is Design Mode and How is it Used?
Doors.NET Design Mode Overview The Design Mode feature is only enabled if you are a System Administrator. If you have the standard version of Doors.NET you will also need to have Advanced View enabled. The feature allows you to perform a variety of ...