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Zones are designed to easily facilitate the grouping of entry and exit points within a facility. Entry or exit points are defined through the Devices setup. Zones are used to simplify the set-up of Access Rules and to facilitate Anitpassback (tailgating) features. Zones allow an operator to know who is in a particular area at any given time which may be critical in mustering or emergency situations.

TimeZones are configured in the SmaX system to control general access into a facility and also manage restricted areas by establishing specific access zones. TimeZones are created during the initial setup and configured by the System Provider/Contractor with your input.

Example:
Business Hours: 08.30 to 17.30 Monday to Friday
Cleaning Hours: 18.00 to 20.30 Monday to Friday

When TimeZones are combined with Zones, an Access Rule is created.

Access Rules are assigned to individual personnel according to their authorised access levels and used to control where and when they may have access to a facility. Access Rules are created during the initial setup and configured by the System Provider/Contractor with your input.

Note: Zones and TimeZones must be defined before an Access Rule can be created. Access Rules are created for groups of employees/users and contain a list of Zones and associated TimeZones for access.

Example:
Office Staff Zone = Office Door Time Zone = Business Hours
Cleaners Zone = Lobby Door Time Zone = Cleaning Hours

When adding new personnel, an Access Rule is assigned to them from a drop down list in the Personnel screen.

Devices allows an operator to add or delete access devices such as smart card or biometric readers to the SmaX system. This is usually carried out during the initial setup and configured by the system Provider/Contractor.

Any Wiegand device can be added to the system such as a Card Reader, PIN Card Reader, Fingerprint, Iris or Facial scanner.

Personnel allows an operator to add, delete or update employees/users in SmaX and is usually the most frequently used function of the system. Personnel photos can be imported into the SmaX for displaying in reports or Live Event Monitoring.

If a user has ceased employment or has lost a card used to access a facility, the card can be HOTLISTED preventing its further use and possible security breaches.

Holidays allows periods of time such as public or festive season holidays to be added to your SmaX system. Holiday information overrides the systems Access Rules so you don’t have to create separate rules for these days. By default access will be denied to all personnel except those who have all access privileges (24 hour / 7 day).

Live Event Monitor provides a live visual audit of personnel and events in the SmaX system. It displays everything from changes made to the system by the operator to reports, personnel movement, forced door entries and attempted access.

Multiple options in Live Event Monitor allow for specific monitoring. When personnel move throughout the system their ID details and photo are displayed in real time along with the device/door, time and date. This feature is ideal for temporary receptionists who may not be familiar with staff members that are entering the facility as it provides them with a visual identifier for verification.

Example: The receptionist can be assigned an Operator level which only allows them to view the Live Event Monitor.

Reports is a useful tool enabling an operator to produce various reports on activities within the SmaX system for a multitude of applications such as Time & Attendance, Payroll and Human Resource Management.

Reporting functionality is designed with flexibility to allow reports to be produced on particular personnel, doors, time periods, sites, operators and different types of logs in the system. Customised fields can be added or deleted for display in the report and an export function allowing the report to be used in 3rd party application such as accounting systems.

Operators are users of the system that have access to the SmaX Web interface. Operators are issued with a username, password and privileges by the Administrator to control the site features. Depending on the privileges assigned, an Operator can view, modify, add or delete data in the system.

Site Settings enables the Administrator to create a unique name for the SmaX site, choose the format of the card readers and configure other site settings and additional user options such as creating unique user ID. The system may be configured with an IP address allowing access over the internet

Sentinal is a CCTV Surveillance application that is integrated with the SmaX system. Up to 16 cameras can be seamlessly administered and configured via a web browser interface.