Access Control System Resources
Learn about the Seam resources that you use to manage your ACS.
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Learn about the Seam resources that you use to manage your ACS.
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The Seam ACS schema consists of a series of resources. These resources interact intuitively, enabling you to manage your ACS in a logical, efficient manner. Seam's universal API provides the flexibility to manage a variety of ACSs, each of which may have manufacturer-specific differences. For details about your ACS, see the corresponding system integration guide.
The following diagram shows an example of one ACS, including the ACS resources and the relationships between them:
The following table provides a brief description of each of the Seam ACS resources:
The set of users who access the entrances.
You configure the access schedules for your ACS users either through access groups or credentials, depending on your specific ACS. There is no separate schedule resource in the Seam API.
The top-level object. Represents one or more buildings, residential locations, or other sites that you manage using this ACS. For more information, see .
If you manage multiple ACSs and need to grant the same user access to in multiple ACSs, you can also use Seam . With user identities, you can link an application user in your own system to one or more Seam ACS users. For more information, see .
Some ACSs use access groups as an efficient way to grant sets of scheduled entrance access to one or more users. For more information, see .
A digital means that authorizes a user to access one or more entrances at specific days and times. Examples of credentials include RFID cards, mobile keys, and PIN codes. For more information, see .
The set of entrances, doors, or zones that you want to manage. You identify each entrance by the corresponding lock object. For more information, see .
