Access Control Overview

ACM Check list

ACM area	Sub area	Description
Configuration	Initial setup	Provide access control system configuration – list of units, events, commands, etc. when setting up an integration. Show appropriate status information and progress during the update. Access point units must be available on doors to allow camera mapping.	Must have
	Update	Support updating configuration via the XProtect Management Client when new doors or other access control system configuration is changed. Show appropriate status information and progress during the update.	Must have
	Setup properties	Use plugin configuration properties for settings that may be useful for the administrator, e.g. timeouts, polling period and similar. Specify on each property if reconnection to the access control system is necessary. Use `ACImportance.Optional` for advanced properties.	Recommended
Personalized login	Login	Support operator login to the access control system in the XProtect Smart Client so that commands are executed towards the access control system in the context of that operator.	Optional
	Filtered configuration	Filter configuration according to the operator so that only units and commands visible for the operator is available in the XProtect Smart Client.	Optional
Live events	Live events	Forward events received from the access control system with as small delay as possible to the XProtect Access Control Module (ACM).	Must have
	Admin: Default selection of ignored events	The plugin may specify the default selection of the access control system events that are to be ignored by the ACM using the `ACBuiltInEventTypeCategories.Ignore` event category. E.g. on card swipes, it may be one or two out of many events that are really relevant for the integration to the VMS.	Recommended
	Admin: Default category mapping	Use `ACBuiltInEventTypeCategories` to provide default categories for events. This will enable easier configuration of rules and alarms. The AccessRequest category will make the default access request notification setup work without selecting specific events.	Recommended
	Missing events	Use the `ACConnectionManager.FireACSystemConnectionStateChanged()` method to indicate when connection to the access control system is established/broken. This is used to inform the user that events may be missing in periods where the connection is broken.	Recommended
Item state	Initial state	Provide initial state for relevant items when establishing connection to the access control system.	Must have
	Real-time state updates	Provide real-time updates of state changes for relevant items, e.g. door open/close, lock/unlock with as small delay as possible.	Must have
	State categories	Enable indication of warnings and errors on map by properly categorizing the state types by using the `ACBuiltInStateTypeCategories`.	Recommended
Commands	Configuration	Support relevant commands on access control items, e.g. lock/unlock door and grant access.	Must have
	Categorization	Use `ACBuiltInCommandTypeCategories` to provide default categories for commands. The `AccessRequest` category will make the default access request notification setup work without selecting specific commands.	Recommended
	Ordering	Use the “Order” property to choose display ordering in the Smart Client.	Recommended
Credential holders	Cardholder info	Deliver cardholder information for a given cardholder id so that this information may be shown in relation to events trigged by a given cardholder.	Recommended
	Cardholder images	Provide cardholder images as configured on the access control system as part of cardholder information. If not possible enable the possibility to attach images to cardholders in the XProtect Management Client	Recommended
	Search	The cardholder tab in the XProtect Management Client makes it possible to filter cardholder list using a simple text filter provided that the plugin supports this.	Recommended
	Update	Notify the ACM framework when updates to cardholder information are made, e.g. if phone number or name is changed. If not supported this will be handled by build-in cache mechanisms in ACM.	Optional