System Administration

How to create a Local I/O

11/11/2008April Daniels
How to create a Local I/O Procedure Steps In System Administration, complete the following steps: 1) Select Local I/O  from the Access Control menu. 2) Select the Local I/O Function Lists tab, and then click [Add ]. 2) In the Na...

E-mail message is blank when sent automatically from an alarm

10/29/2008April Daniels
Symptom E-mail messages that are sent automatically as the result of an alarm contain no information in the body of the e-mail. If this type of e-mail is sent manually from Alarm Monitoring, the body of the e-mail message correctly appears. The...

How do I configure a door to unlock in the morning, then go to a secure mode (Card and Pin) at night?

10/22/2008April Daniels
Question How do I configure a door to unlock in the morning, then go to a secure mode (Card and Pin) at night? Answer The easiest way to do this in OnGuard is to configure a timezone/reader mode. In System Administration, complete...

What is the process of archiving, and how does it work?

10/20/2008April Daniels
 Question What is archiving and how does it work? Answer Archiving is a way to keep your database from increasing in size and consuming too many resources on the database server. Every event, alarm acknowledgment, user transaction, and...

How do I configure an input tied to a pushbutton to unlock a door?

10/20/2008April Daniels
How to configure a button to unlock a door Procedure Steps Follow the steps below to configure a button to unlock a door. Note: This article assumes that the Request to Exit (REX) input is already in use and cannot be used for this purpose...

Readers connected to LNL-2220 reader ports appear offline in Alarm Monitoring

10/17/2008April Daniels
Symptom Readers connected to LNL-2220 reader ports appear offline in Alarm Monitoring, marked with a yellow X in the System Status Tree. Resolution Ensure that the Reader Type for the reader that is connected to the reader port of the LNL-22...

''Invalid Access Level'' events due to incorrect Daylight Saving Time settings

10/17/2008April Daniels
Symptom "Invalid Access Level" events are displayed in Alarm Monitoring. All reader, card format, and access level configuration is correct in System Administration. Card presentations occur during the scheduled time zone. The acces...

How to Extend Relay Output Time for Elevator Hardware

10/17/2008April Daniels
How to Extend Relay Output Time for Elevator Hardware Procedure Steps In some elevator systems, it is necessary to set the relay output time for a longer period. To configure the relay output time, follow the steps below. 1) In System Adminis...

How to configure elevator Day Mode settings in OnGuard

10/17/2008April Daniels
How to configure elevator Day Mode settings in OnGuard Procedure Steps Elevator Day Mode can be thought of as removing the need for badging in order to allow open access to certain floors of a facility during the time periods you specify. Day M...

How to Set Up Dynamic Elevator Control

10/06/2008April Daniels
How to set up dynamic elevator control Procedure Steps 1) Create individual elevator control levels, each including only one floor at a time. Assign the Always timezone to these elevator control levels. 2) Once each elevator control level ha...