Introduction
The man trap mode supervises the activation process of a double door entrance.
The conditions for opening the second door of a mantrap are:
• The first door opening and closing
• Optionally the activation of an input
A 2-door controller may manage one mantrap with readers 1 and 2. A 4-door controller may manage 2 mantraps, one with readers 1,2, the other with readers 3,4:
A door is defined as a ‘Mantrap’ via the ‘Door type’ field of the Reader/Door control screen. The system recognises 3 types of mantrap:
Mantrap Type 1
When a door, defined as Mantrap type 1, is opened after access is granted (either through its reader or through its RTX button) (the door status is given by the door contact defined for that door), a second access cannot be granted from the reader of this door until the opposite door is opened and then closed. This opposite door may be opened either through its reader (if it is located inside the mantrap) or by its RTX button.
If the mantrap must be used in both directions (entrance and exit), both readers must be installed outside the mantrap and both RTX buttons inside the mantrap (see drawing), and both doors defined as Mantrap Type 1.
Once one door is opened, its reader stays locked until the opposite door is opened and closed, using its RTX button inside the mantrap.
Mantrap Type 3
Mantrap type 3 is similar to type 1 except that as soon as a first door is opened and closed, then the opposite one is automatically opened. Here too, the first door will be unlocked only when the second door is closed.
Mantrap Type 4
Mantrap type 4 is similar to type 1 except that as soon as a first door is opened and closed, the opposite one will be opened upon activation of a controller input (defined in the ‘Controlled by’ field). Here too, the first door will be unlocked only when the second door is closed.
Timeout delay:
When a person is granted access into the mantrap, the mantrap door(s) are locked until the person exits the mantrap. However, after a 60 sec. timeout, door(s) will be unlocked even if the person is still inside.
To prevent this timeout delay, select the option 'leave door relay open during all door open time' in Reader/Miscellaneous/Badge Format screen.
Warning: in this case, readers will stay locked until the person exits the mantrap or until they are manually unlocked.
Manually unlocking mantrap readers:
Mantrap readers are unlocked as soon as one of the reader's parameters are downloaded to the controller (via the Save or the Download button of the Reader screen or by selecting the Controller in the Communications/Diagnostic screen, and clicking Download>Initialisation).
Other door control capabilities:
There are two other modes to control a door, which are not considered as Mantraps because they control only one door:
1. Door controlled by an input
Some applications require a door to be controlled by a signal, i.e. when a signal is active, the door may not be opened, neither by a card nor the RTX button. To activate this feature, select the 'Controlled by input' option in the 'Door type' field of the Reader/Door control screen. The input is defined in the ‘Controlled by’ field.
2- Door Feedback
When the 'Door feedback' option (Reader/Door control screen) is selected, the controller will wait during the “door open time” until the door has been opened and closed, to effectively record the transaction. (status indicated by the door contact).
If the cardholder has not physically entered after the delay, i.e. the door has not been opened and closed, the controller will record a “denied lock” transaction in its buffer.
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