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  1. How can I change the maximum badge number length?

    Question How can I change the maximum badge number length?  Answer The default badge number length is 9.  To change this length, in System Administration, navigate to Administration > System Options > Hardware Settings Tab .  Edit the M...
  2. When implementing Use or Lose, when do those changes take effect?

    Question When implementing Use or Lose, when do those changes take effect?   Answer Use or Lose activates at 3:00 AM in the timezone to which your system is set. Applies To OnGuard (All versions)   Additional Informat...
  3. When do you have to use the # symbol after entering the PIN?

    Question When do you have to use the # symbol after entering the PIN?    Answer You have to use the # symbol if the number of digits used for a PIN is less than the maximum allowed. For example, if you use the setting for 1-4 dig...
  4. How to Create Zone with letters and numbers for Osborne-Hoffman OH-2000?

    Question How do you create a zone with letters and numbers for Osborne-Hoffman OH-2000?   Answer When non-numeric characters are received, OnGuard assumes they are hex characters and process them in that way. OnGuard only deals wi...
  5. Creating Custom Event Text for an Alarm

    Creating Custom Event Text for an Alarm   Procedure Steps In System Administration: Select Administration > Text Library to add Event Text.   Create the text in the Text Library, and then click [OK]. Select Alarms > Alarm Definition...
  6. Using FAC mode only and gets ''Access Granted'' but relays do not trigger

    Symptom Using FAC mode only and receives Access Granted but relays are not triggering.   Swapping LNL-1300/1320s does not work, and upgrading to the latest firmware does not work.   Resolution On the Access Control > Readers and Doo...
  7. Managing Generic Event alarms

    Managing Generic Event alarms Procedure Steps Events that come into OnGuard from a third party, OAAP device, or other service might come in as type “Generic Event”.  These examples indicate how to provide different treatments of the various eve...
  8. How to Setup and Use Global Arm/Disarm Commands?

    How to Setup and Use Global Arm/Disarm Commands? Procedure Steps In order to use the global arm/disarm commands, you will want to use the following steps: Non-Segmented Database 1. Set the Intrusion command configuration to Global Per...
  9. Including specific information about alarms within automatic emails

    Including specific information about alarms within automatic emails   Procedure Steps Go to System Administration > Monitoring > Alarms > Messages tab. Click [Modify]. Select the Alarm name for which you want to send an automatic ...
  10. Where do you disable the ability for a user to give an ''Allow 1 free APB pass'' in Alarm Monitoring?

    Question Where do you disable the ability for a user to give an "Allow 1 free APB pass" in Alarm Monitoring?   Answer The ability for an OnGuard user to give an "Allow 1 free APB pass" in Alarm Monitoring is controlled by the Bad...