Chapter 4
78 Kaba Ilco Lodging Access Control System
4.2.5 Reset Keycards
Reset keycards have two purposes:
i. To invalidate a circulating keycard for a specific access level
and/or
ii. To change the variable addresses (Section/Group/Floor/Zone/Area Sub-
Master levels) in a lock.
Each Entry keycard level has a corresponding Reset keycard that cancels any keycard for
the specified level encoded prior to the Reset keycard. A circulating Passage keycard can
also be cancelled by its corresponding Reset keycard.
A Reset keycard can be used in one or more locks, depending on its function. New
keycards must be made after the Reset keycard is encoded in order for them to work in
the locks that have been reset.
Example 1: To cancel all circulating guest keycards for a specific room, use a Guest
Reset keycard in the specific guest room lock.
The Sub-master (Section, Floor, Group, Zone and Area) levels and the Convention Suite
level are variable addresses, which can be changed by inserting the corresponding Reset
keycard in the lock. These levels allow a lock to be adapted to a different pattern of staff
assignments, or temporarily assigned to a combination of rooms forming a Convention
Suite, without using the FDU (see Sections 4.10 parts E.1 through E.5).
Since the Reset keycard also updates the time stamp table in the lock, it cancels the
previous Guest (Convention Suite) or Sub-master (Section/Floor/Group/Zone/Area) level
keycard.
Example 2: To cancel all circulating Section 2 keycards, use a Section 2 Reset
keycard in all the locks which are currently set to Section 2. New
keycards will then have to be issued for Section 2. Caution: Do not use
the Section 2 Reset keycard in locks that should not be set to Section
2, or the Section variable address will be changed (see example 3
below).
Example 3: To change all Section 3 locks to Section 2, use a Section 2 Reset
keycard in all the locks that are currently set to Section 3. New
keycards will have to be issued for Section 2.
Authorization keycards do not have a corresponding Reset keycard. To cancel
Authorization keycards, encode a newer Authorization keycard with the same
Authorization number and swipe it in all the FDUs on the property (see Section 4.3 –
Updating and Cancelling Keycards).
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