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RF Operations Manual 101

Section 5: Keys

5.6 Creating Zone Keys

Zone keys will open any lock within a specific zone, including common access area locks, unit locks and

suite locks. In other words, they are essentially a Master key for a specific zone. Assuming your property

has zones, you may decide that managers should only have keys for one or more specific zones.

Note: Not all properties have the option to make Zone keys. The option to create a Zone key is not

available on the software installed at those properties.

Note: The maximum number of duplicate keys is 64. After you have made 64 duplicate keys, you must

start over by making a new key for that level.

1. Be sure that the PC is turned on, the electronic key encoder device is plugged in an electrical outlet

and the USB cable between them is properly attached (see Section 2.5 “Installing the Electronic Key

Encoder and Utility Device”).

Note: The utility device need not be in the

electronic key encoder to create keys.

2. To create additional Zone keys, click on the

Keys menu at the top of the window or the

Keys icon.

3. Point to Create, then select Zone Key.

4. At the Create Zone Key PC dialog box, it is

important to select the New Key option if

this will be the first zone key you are

creating. If this is the first zone key you

make, you will see at the top of this PC

dialog box in red letters, “No Keys Have

Been Made.”

5. The default settings for zone keys assign

each key for a full 24 hours each day with no

expiration date. You may leave the settings

if they meet your requirements. However, if

you wish to limit the number of hours per

day the key will provide access or assign an

expiration date, you can do so now. To

assign operational times – during the time a

new hire is on probation, for example –

adjust the start and stop hours on the PC

dialog box. To assign an expiration date, click the open box next to Key Expires. A Date field will

appear beneath these words. Enter the desired key expiration date in the Date field.