Access control properties

Enable or disable the integrated access control system.

If you disable this property, your XProtect system will no longer receive access control events. Integrated access control systems are enabled and visible in XProtect Smart Client by default for users with sufficient permissions.

Sometimes, you might need to disable access control events, such as during maintenance, to avoid generating unnecessary alarms.

Add or edit the name of the access control system integration shown in the Management Client and other clients.

Add a description of the access control integration (optional).

Displays the type of access control system selected during the initial integration.

Displays the date and time when the configuration was last imported from the access control system.

Click this button when you have made configuration changes in the integrated access control system and want to reflect them in XProtect, such as adding or deleting a door.

After you click the button, a summary of the configuration changes from the access control system is displayed. Review the list to ensure your access control system is correctly reflected before applying the new configuration.

If the access control system supports differentiated user permissions, enable an additional login for the client users. If you enable this option, the access control system will not be available in XProtect Mobile client.

This property is only visible if the integration plug-in supports differentiated user permissions.

Enter the address of the server that hosts the integrated access control system.

Specify the port number on the server the access control system is connected to.

Enter the name of the user from the access control system who should be the administrator of the integrated system in XProtect.

Enter your password for the access control system to save your configuration.

Lists the available door access points defined in the access control system, grouped by door.

For an easier navigation to the relevant doors, you can filter on the doors in your access control system with the dropdown list box at the top.

Enabled: Licensed doors are enabled by default. You can disable a door to free up a license.

License: Shows if a door is licensed or if the license has expired. The field is empty when the door is disabled.

Remove: Click Remove to remove a camera from an access point. If you remove all cameras, the check box for associated cameras is automatically cleared.

Lists the cameras configured in the XProtect system.

Select a camera from the list and drag and drop it at the relevant access point to associate the access point with the camera.

Lists the access control events imported from the access control system. The integration plug-in controls default enabling and disabling of events. You can disable or enable events at any time after the integration.

When an event is enabled, it is stored in the event database, and users can filter for it in the XProtect Smart Client.

Shows the access control unit that can trigger the access control event.

Assign event categories to the access control events. You can add multiple categories.

The XProtect system automatically maps relevant event categories to the events during integration and creates a default setup. You can change the mapping at any time.

Built-in event categories are:

• Access denied
• Access granted
• Access request
• Alarm
• Error
• Warning.

The integration plug-in's own events and event categories might be displayed, and you can also define your own event categories.

If you change the event categories in XProtect Corporate, ensure that the existing access control rules still work.

Allows you to create, modify, or delete user-defined event categories.

You might want to create event categories when the built-in categories do not meet your requirements, such as when you define triggering events for access control actions.

The categories apply to all integration systems added to the XProtect system. They enable you to set up cross-system handling, such as on alarm definitions.

If you delete a user-defined event category, you will receive a warning if it is in use with any of your integrations. If you still delete it, all configurations made with this category, such as access control actions, will no longer work.

Enter a name for the access request notification.

Click to add and define access request notifications.

To delete a notification, click X on the right-hand side.

If you log into the parent site using XProtect Smart Client in a Milestone Federated Architecture, you also see access request notifications from the child sites.

Specify the cameras, microphones, or speakers that are displayed in the access request notifications when a given event occurs. You can also specify the sound you want to use to alert the user when the notification is displayed.

Select the commands to display as buttons in access request notification windows in XProtect Smart Client.

• Related access request commands: enables all commands related to access request operations available on the source unit. For example Open door.

• All related commands: enables all commands on the source unit.

• Access control command: enables a selected access control command.

• System command: Enables a command predefined in the XProtect system

To delete a command, click X on the right-hand side.

Type a cardholder's name. If the name exists in the system, it will appear in the list.

Lists the names of the cardholders retrieved from the access control system.

Lists the type of cardholder, for example:

• Employee
• Guard
• Guest.

Specify a path to a file with an image of the cardholder. This button is hidden if the integrated access control system manages the images and does not allow image changes in XProtect.

• You can use files in the .bmp, .png, and .jpg formats.

• Images are resized to maximize the view.

• Milestone recommends that you use a square image.

Click to delete the picture. If the cardholder also had a picture the integrated access control system, this picture will be shown instead.