Verkada access controllers are capable of emergency lockdown events to help protect you, your colleagues, and your assets. During a lockdown event, all selected doors and/or buildings are locked down, and access to these doors is restricted to only authorized user groups.
⚠️ Required:
You must be an Access Admin and a Site Access Admin to create a lockdown scenario.
Lockdown outputs and inputs require that a lockdown scenario has been created for the site where the controller is installed.
Create a lockdown scenario
In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Access.
Select a site from All Sites.
Click Lockdowns, then to create a new lockdown.
Follow the configuration window to configure the lockdown scenario.
Clone a lockdown scenario
In Command, go to All Products > Access.
Select a site from All Sites.
Click Lockdowns, then select a lockdown.
At the top right, click Clone .
Select a site to cone to and click Next.
Follow the configuration window to configure the lockdown scenario and make any necessary changes.
Initiate a lockdown
Once a lockdown scenario has been created, you have access to the scenario and will see a new Lockdown icon at the bottom left of your navigation bar.
At the bottom of your navigation bar, click Lockdowns .
Select the type of lockdown you want to initiate.
Click Activate to begin the lockdown.
Release a lockdown
At the top, click Release Lockdown on the red banner.
Click Confirm.
Watch this short video to learn how to initiate and release a lockdown.
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