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Interface components

This section describes the components of the SALTO Space home screen which is divided into the following three main areas:

Operator area
Main menu bar
Quick-access tiles

Space home screen

Operator area

Icon	Description
Operator	Used to change the login password and edit local settings. Note that this changes depending on the login used. For example, if a hotel operator logs in, this could display 'hotel'. Each operator can customize specific settings such as their preferred language or, if using an Ethernet encoder, the encoder to use.
Alerts	Displays alerts so that you can see specific system-related issues, for example, unfinished tasks.
Log out	Used to log out of Space.

Item	Description
Access points	Creates and controls access points, for example, doors, lockers and rooms. It also enables the creation of zones to group and manage these access points.
Cardholders	Controls who has permissions to use a key, for example, users, guests or visitors. This menu also controls when and where the key can be used through the use of timetables.
Keys	Enables keys to be added and deleted from the system. It is also used to check visitors in and out.
Monitoring	Provides an audit trail of the site by tracking access point activity.
Hotel	Enables guest check-in, check-out, and key management for hotels. See Hotel sections for more information.
Tools	Gives you the ability to export a list of existing users, doors, etc., make a database (DB) backup, or create schedule jobs such as a DB table synchronization or an audit trail export.
System	Provides system audit functionality, tracking event and object modifications. This menu also contains specific administration functionality such as managing network devices and scheduled jobs, and adding and deleting operators, operator groups and partitions. There is also a calendar option that can be used to control access in different geographical areas, and configure holiday and special day periods.

Quick-access tiles

The home screen contains shortcuts for quick access to the most commonly used options. The quick-access tiles that are displayed vary according to whether you are accessing the Admin interface or the Hotel interface.

The Admin interface quick-access tiles are listed in the following table.

Quick-access tile	Alternative access path from Main menu bar
Users	Cardholders > Users
Audit trail	Monitoring > Audit trail
Read key	Keys > Read key
Delete key	Keys > Delete key
Zones	Access points > Zones
Calendars	System > Calendars
User access levels	Cardholders > User access levels
Cardholder timetables	Cardholders > Cardholder timetables
Doors	Access points > Doors

See Hotel user guide sections for Hotel interface quick-access tiles.

Common screen tasks

You can associate or disassociate entries with other system elements, for example, users, access levels, and zones, by clicking the sidebar links at the right-hand side of the corresponding dialog box. The sidebar links available vary according to the dialog box displayed.

Sidebar links

Adding and deleting from selection lists

Use the Add (+) and Delete (-) buttons in an Add/Delete dialog box to add or delete items from a list. To delete an item, first select it in the dialog box.

Adding and Deleting buttons

Copying information using Copy from

You can copy information when associating sidebar links by clicking the Copy from button in the corresponding dialog box. For example, if you are associating a door with a user, you can copy the users already associated with another door to the current door by clicking the Copy from button.

Copy from button

Filtering data by search term

You can use the Funnel icon to search for specific data. The filtering options vary according to the screen that is displayed. Common filters include user name, operator name, event, and locations.

Filtering data using a search term

Multi selection of rows

Click on the top left corner arrow of the entity list to select all the entities within the list, only the entities from the current page or none of them.

Multi selection Multiple users selection

Select multiple separate entities from a list by marking the checkboxes on the left side column. A selection can be made on different pages, and the summary of the quantity of selected entities or items, as well as the quantity of the total entities, will appear on the bottom of the list. The window shows the navigation information regarding the available pages, and you can also navigate from the current position to the first or last page:

Multi selection Multiple users selection

Table customization

Columns on entity lists can be customized so that you can position columns on a different order by clicking on the configuration button at the top right of the screen:

Configuration button on the Doors table

The new positions are saved in the database and the same layout is kept the next time the entity list is opened.

Customize table dialog box

Sorting data chronologically or alphabetically

You can use the up/down arrow keys to display screen data alphabetically or chronologically as applicable.

The following figure shows an example of an Operator groups list screen with the up arrow highlighted. The operator group names are sorted and listed alphabetically.

Sorting operator groups Sorting data alphabetically

Data marked as non-erasable cannot be deleted from the system. Such entries are highlighted in blue on the list screens, like for example the "Administrator group" shown in the screenshot above.

Exporting data in Space

A Print button is displayed on various screens in Space, for example, the Users screen, the User information screen, and the Calendars screen. You can use this button to export the data on the screen to a specific format. Then a hard copy of it can be printed. For example, you can print the user list if you want to keep a paper record of the users in your site. You can export the data to the following file formats:

Acrobat (PDF) file
Excel 2007
CVS (comma-delimited)

The following example shows how to export the User list to a specific file. Then, you will be able to print a hard copy of the file:

Select Cardholders > Users. The Users screen is displayed.
Click on Print. The Print dialog box is displayed.

Print dialog box

Select the format.

Print dialog box Formats

You can preview the list to be exported by clicking on Preview. 4. Click on Save. The file is downloaded and opened automatically.

If you select a user before you click Print, you will be able to print either the complete user list by selecting List on the Print dialog box, or other details related to the selected user by clicking on Selected detailed, Selected grouped or Working hours.

Users multi edition

A Multiple edit button is available. You can use this button to edit multiple user's files and access rights at the same time. For example, you can amend the key options or the key expiration or add access in a door for several users.

To edit multiple user's files at the same time perform the following step:

Select the users you want to edit.
Now that multiple users are selected, the Multiple edit button turns blue. Click Multiple edit.

Multiple edit button

Copy entities access configuration

A Copy from button is displayed on each entity configuration screen to configure the accesses in a quicker way. Entities could be Doors, Lockers, etc., but also Users, Guests and Visitors.

Just selecting an entity, for instance a user, the accesses that will be granted to this user on the Access points, User access levels, Zones, Outputs or Locations / Functions tabs, could be copied from another user.