Glossary127
Glossary
access level An access control relationship made between a reader or
readers and a time zone or time zones. An access level is
assigned to a badge ID for the purpose of granting access
through a reader or readers during a specied time.
access panel A circuit board with on-board memory that is responsible for
making most of the decisions in an access control system.
activation/deactivation date The date that a credential becomes active or expires.
ActiveSync/Mobile Device Center A Microsoft utility designed to synchronize the data between
a PC-based application and a PDA application. Used to
synchronize the data between B.A.S.I.S. and B.A.S.I.S.
Transport.
antipassback A conguration limiting the ability of consecutive uses for
a credential at a reader. Usually, congured with readers
installed on both the secure and non-secure side of an
opening. Once a credential has been used in a reader to gain
access on one side of the opening, the credential cannot be
used in the same reader until the credential is used to gain
access to a reader from the opposite side of the opening.
APB exempt Antipassback exempt. The cardholder with this privilege is
exempt from antipassback rules.
badge The credential or token that carries a cardholder’s data.
badge ID Part of the access control information that is encoded to a
token. This information, usually numerical, is unique to a
particular credential holder.
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