Time zone plans - LSM 3.5 SP3 Business + Prof.

The LSM software allows you to authorise transponders for locking devices for certain time periods only.

Example: A cleaner has a transponder which basically allows authorised access to the rooms to be cleaned. These rooms are to be cleaned between 16:00 and 20:00 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only.

This is where time zone plans come into play. An example is used below to give a brief explanation on how time zone plans are implemented. The example also tells you how time zone plans behave in different SimonsVoss components:

As a basic rule, time zone plans should be kept as simple as possible. In normal cases, time zone plans are created for locking devices. Individual time groups are then created in the locking device's time zone plan. These groups specify at what particular times each transponder may be authorised for use.

Entire areas are used instead of individual locking devices to keep the time zone plan as simple and general as possible. At the same time, whole transponder groups are assigned to specific time groups and not transponders on an individual basis. Such a process would look like this for the example:

Create time zone plan

  • Create new time zone plan for the Building shell area. This area comprises all doors through which people can gain access to the building.
  • A time group (e.g. Group 1) is selected in the new Building shell time zone plan. This group is named Cleaning times, for example.
  • A time slot is now established in the time zone plan for the Cleaning times group. The relevant times can be selected from a weekly calendar as required.

Assign time zone plan to the area

  • The Building shell time zone plan created and its defined Cleaning times time group are now assigned to the Building envelope area.
  • The Building envelope area is then linked to the time zone plan. However, we still have not specified which transponder groups are assigned to the Cleaning times time group.

Assign time group to a transponder group

  • The Cleaning staff transponder group then needs to be linked to the time zone group.
  • A Building envelope time zone plan has now been created. Its associated Cleaning times time group is linked with the Cleaning staff transponder group.

Any number of time zone plans, complex or not, can be defined using this process. To finish off, we need to show what happens between the devices in the background:

  • The time zone plan is programmed into each locking device in the Building envelope area that supports the access control function.
  • The Cleaning times time zone group is saved to the transponders in the Cleaning staff transponder group.
  • If the Cleaning Staff 1 transponder is now activated on the Main entrance locking device, the transponder communicates its transponder ID and time group to the locking device.
  • The Main entrance locking device checks in the first instance whether the transponder is actually authorised to use the locking device. In the second instance, the system checks whether the time group is authorised to use the locking device at the current time (day and time).
  • If the response is positive for both queries, the locking device can be actuated. If the locking device check produces a negative response, access is denied.
  • Both access events and rejected transponders can be saved in locking devices with the access control option.