Security: Access Control

When attempting to run the AECT utility to check PC specs, there may occur a situation where it doesn't run at all when selecting run as administrator or just double clicking on it to open it. Typically nothing will appear or possibly a text file may appear like the one in the screenshot from this article.

This article may be useful for individuals that have a problem applying licenses in AMS 5

In the context of Bosch AMS (Access Management System), a "man-trap" refers to a security feature used to control access to a restricted area. This setup helps prevent unauthorized individuals from entering a secure area by trapping them between the doors until their identity and authorization can be verified.

This guide would be useful if a relay needs to be triggered from an access event to a external system. Ex: to sound a siren, turn on an LED, trigger another external relay, etc.

Once an elevator door model is used on an AMC controller in AMS, no other door models can be added to that controller.

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This article contains how-to series about data migration from Access Professional Edition (APE) to Access Management System (AMS).

This article may be useful if migrating an Access Professional database to an AMS system

This article explains in a step by step guide how can you setup pincodes to work in AMS 4.0

This article describes the use of the AECT utility within the AMS installation folder, that will check your PC specs to see if AMS can be installed. This is only a "guide" as to the recommended specs for installing AMS.

When adding doors in AMS, the software will by default, assign each door strike relay based on the first available unused output on the controller.

  When logging to Access Management System (AMS), Visitor Management receive an error “Access Denied”.   Cause One possible cause is the user missing a “User profile”, or the User Profile doesn’t have execute rights for Visitor Management.   Solution One possible solution would be the following: Verify the user has a User Profile assigned. In AMS go to Configuration -> Operators and Workstations –> User rights Go to User Profiles, make sure to assign a profile if there is none.   Verify the Profile has execute rights for Visitor Management. Go to User Profiles, make sure the user profile assigned has provisioned the execution rights for Visitor Management. This rights may vary according to the user.   Note: The user and password to log in to Visitor Management are set under the “User account” tab.  

This article will guide users on the process of adding a reader extension board to an AMC controller in AMS.

1. Create a day model. Go to “System Data” and then “Calendar” Figure 1. Click on “Day Models” Figure 2. Click the “Create new” button Assign a name to the Day Model. Add a description and fill the intervals as needed In this example we are only creating one interval from 8 am to 5 pm. If needed, up to three intervals can be created in the same Day Model Click Save Figure 3. 2. Create a Time Model. Click “Time Models” Click the “Create new” button Assign a name to the Time Model. Add a description Select the number of days in the Period Select a reference date (select a past date and not a future date). Figure 4. Assign the Day Model to each day of the period as needed and click save Figure 5. Note: to verify the Time model is correct, click the preview button and confirm the dates match. The predefined holidays are shown below, assign the desired Day Model to apply on those days If holidays are not needed, click the “ignore special days” checkbox Figure 6.

Scenario User needs to keep a door open Monday – Friday from 8 am to 5 pm.   Solution Create a time model (schedule), and then configure the door to open in that schedule.   1. Create a day model. Go to “System Data” and then “Calendar” Figure 1. Click on “Day Models” Figure 2. Click the “Create new” button Assign a name to the Day Model. Add a description and fill the intervals as needed In this example we are only creating one interval from 8 am to 5 pm. If needed, up to three intervals can be created in the same Day Model Click Save Figure 3. 2. Create a Time Model. Click “Time Models” Click the “Create new” button Assign a name to the Time Model. Add a description Select the number of days in the Period Select a reference date (select a past date and not a future date). Figure 4. Assign the Day Model to each day of the period as needed and click save Figure 5. Note: to verify the Time model is correct, click the preview button and confirm the dates match. The predefined holidays are shown below, assign the desired Day Model to apply on those days If holidays are not needed, click the “ignore special days” checkbox Figure 6. 3. Configure the door to open depending on time model Go back to main menu and go to “Configuration” Click “Device Data” Figure 7. In the DevEdit, find the desired door. Figure 8. Click the “Options” tab and click under “Unlock door” Figure 9. Select the desired option, in this example we choose “Door is open depending on time model” Figure 10. Select the desired “Time model” Click the “Save” button. Figure 11.  

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