Keycards
Kaba Ilco Lodging Access Control System 87
should be set to YES, allowing the Front Desk Clerk to add the Guest Common Area
when encoding the guest's keycard if the guest has paid the supplement.
Guest Common Areas which are open to all guests, such as washrooms accessible from
the lobby, should be set to AUTO, to be given to all guests automatically.
Unused Guest Common Areas or Guest Common Areas that are linked automatically to
specific rooms should be set to NO.
4.6.1 Options for Guest Level Keycards
4.6.1.1 Variable Expiry
Applicable Keycards: Guest, Adjoining Suite, Common Door Suite, Convention
Suite, Pre-registered Guest, Pre-registered Adjoining Suite,
and Pre-registered Common Door.
Description: When this option is enabled, Front Desk staff and others can
change the number of nights and the check-out time, after
which a Guest level keycard automatically becomes invalid.
The default time is displayed in the following format:
In 12H mode, the right <
X
> arrow alternates between AM and PM, in
24H mode it is not used. Using the numeric keypad a new Expiry Hour
can be entered. When all other parameters (nights, number of cards, etc) are
set, press <
> to encode the keycard.
4.6.1.2 Guest Common Areas
Applicable Keycards: Guest, Adjoining Suite, Common Door Suite, Convention
Suite, Pre-registered Guest, Pre-registered Adjoining Suite,
and Pre-registered Common Door.
Description: There are 8 Guest Common Areas available in an FDU. These
are low security zones that may include services for which the
guest has paid an extra fee, such as a pool or parking, which
should be encoded on the keycard only if applicable. Each
Guest Common Area is set to YES, NO or AUTO in the
Features menu. When it is set to YES, the FDU will ask
whether to include that specific common area for the guest
before encoding a Guest Entry keycard.