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ReferenceManual_Section3
3.9ControllingMasterKeycards
AllMasterkeycardsprovideaccesstoanumberofrooms,anditisimportanttoensurethatallMasterkeycards
areproperlylabeledanddistributedthroughacontrolsystemthatpreventsanyunauthorizedusage.
KeycardIDandMasterNumbers
WhenyoumadeaMasterkeycard,thecomputerwillautomaticallyassignauniqueidentificationnumbertoeach
card.Thisnumberappearsonthescreenbeforethekeycardisinsertedintotheencoder.Becertaintorecordthis
IDnumberonthekeycardbeforethetransactioniscompleted.
LabelingMasterTypeKeycards
Aftereachkeycardisencoded,markthekeycardwiththetypeofkey,masternumber,andIDnumber.Youcanuse
alabel,permanentmarker,orothersuitablemarkingdevice.Ifyouusealabel,makecertainthatthelabelis
appliedtothebottomone‐thirdofthecardsothatitwillnotinterferewhenthecardisinsertedintotheencoder
oralock.Ifyouuseamarker,coverthewritingwillcleartapetopreventerasure.Ifyoupunchaholdinthe
keycardtouseonakeyring,puttheholeatthebottomofthekeycard
EstablishingControlRecords
Establishacontrolrecordbyrecordingthekeytype,masternumberandIDnumberforeachkeyonaform.Then,
givetheblockofkeystoeachofthedepartmentheads(housekeeping,securityandmaintenance),andhavethem
signforthekeycardstheyreceive.
DistributingKeycardstoEmployees
Beforedistributingthekeycardstotheemployees,eachdepartmentheadshouldestablishasign‐in/sign‐outsheet
forcontrollingtheMasterkeycardsassignedtothedepartment.Whenthekeycardsaredistributedtothe
employeesatthebeginningoftheday,theemployeesshouldacknowledgereceiptbysigningthesign‐outsection
ofthesheet.Whenthekeysarereturnedattheendoftheday,theemployeesshouldsignthesign‐insectionof
thesheet.
ReplacingDamagedKeycards
IfyouneedtoreplaceadamagedMasterkeycard,youshouldmakeaduplicateofthekey.Thisisdonebyselecting
thetypeofkeyyouwanttomakefromthekeygroup,thenbesuretocheckonDuplicate.
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