The Global Unlock feature allows a general purpose input to be used to automatically unlock all online and functioning doors in the access control network. When the Global Unlock input is activated all doors will unlock and when it deactivates those doors will re-lock again.
The Global Lock features also uses a general purpose input which is used to automatically lock all doors on the system, including doors which have been automatically unlocked via a time schedule, command unlocked from the software or unlocked via an RTE switch or valid card read. Global Lock also allows you to select Global Lockout or Global Lockdown instead of Global Lock as the emergency condition
The PXL controller has a dedicated input that performs the Global Unlock function. Because this feature is programmed into the PXL firmware it means the controllers do not need to be online to the software for the feature to function. There is a limitation though, all doors will globally unlock and you cannot select certain doors to not unlock; something which can be done when using other hardware types.
The dedicated Global Lock input is located on a satellite board and again is programmed into the controller. You can also program the PXL system to put the doors globally into Lockout or Lockdown.
To provide added flexibility to a system, this feature can be configured to allow selected credentials to override the lockout/lockdown condition, such as those that would be carried by law enforcement personnel.
Note 1: To use Global Lockout or Global Lockdown the PXL controllers must be using firmware version 8.6.09.
Note 2: Entraguard controllers do not support Global Lockout or Global Lockdown.
The System Global Lock/Unlock allows you to action Global Lock or Global Unlock either via an icon in the client or from a configured input. It operates across multiple hardware gateways and also allows you to configure certain doors to ignore the global commands
Note: If using System Global Lock/Unlock with PXL controllers and you select certain PXL doors to ignore the commands, be aware that there is a delay of approximately one second between each door receiving and responding. Obviously a delay such as this may not be acceptable for a lot of systems.