GE v6 User Manual

Access Control and Integrated Security Management System

Secure Perfect

User Manual

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READ ME FIRST! ............................................................................................................... 1

Introduction to SP Editions ...................................................................................... 13

Welcome ........................................................................................................................... 13

What's New? .....................................................................................................................14

Client/Server Architecture ................................................................................................. 17

Getting Started .................................................................................................................. 18

Related Documentation .................................................................................................... 18

Navigation.................................................................................................................. 19

Log On/Log Off or Shut Down .......................................................................................... 19

Navigational Conventions ................................................................................................. 20

SP Menus.......................................................................................................................... 20

SP Taskbar ....................................................................................................................... 21

SP Toolbar ........................................................................................................................ 22

Frequently Performed Tasks .................................................................................... 23

Tasks and Functions You Will Perform Frequently .......................................................... 23

Operations Menu....................................................................................................... 24

Activity Monitoring .............................................................................................................24

Overview ..................................................................................................................................24

Activity Monitoring Using the Activity Monitor Form..................................................................24

Alarm Graphics Functions................................................................................................. 27

Alarm Graphics Editor.............................................................................................................. 27

Alarm Graphics Viewer.............................................................................................................28

Alarm Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 29

Overview ..................................................................................................................................29

Alarm Monitoring Using the Alarm Monitor Form......................................................................30

Changing Operator Password........................................................................................... 32

Change Password....................................................................................................................32

Client Monitoring ...............................................................................................................33

Client Monitoring ......................................................................................................................33

Digital Input Status Configuration ..................................................................................... 35

Digital Input Status ................................................................................................................... 35

Digital Output Status Configuration .................................................................................. 35

Digital Output Status ................................................................................................................35

Digital Video Viewer Program Configuration .................................................................... 35

Digital Video Viewer Application............................................................................................... 35

Enable Alarm Video Window ............................................................................................ 36

Enable Alarm Video Pop-up..................................................................................................... 36

Manually Control - Doors, DOs, Alarms, DIs, Intrusion Zones .........................................36

Overview ..................................................................................................................................36

Micro Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 37

Overview ..................................................................................................................................37

Micro Monitoring Using the Micro Utility Form.......................................................................... 37

Selecting Facilities ............................................................................................................39

Select Facilities ........................................................................................................................39

Devices ...................................................................................................................... 40

Configuring Devices .......................................................................................................... 40

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Alarms ...............................................................................................................................40

Overview ..................................................................................................................................40

Alarm Form Completion ...........................................................................................................41

Alarm Groups ....................................................................................................................42

Alarm Groups ........................................................................................................................... 42

Cameras............................................................................................................................ 43

Camera Form ........................................................................................................................... 43

Digital Inputs ..................................................................................................................... 43

Digital Input Form Completion.................................................................................................. 43

Digital Outputs .................................................................................................................. 44

Digital Output Form .................................................................................................................. 44

Digital Output Groups ....................................................................................................... 45

Digital Output Group Form .......................................................................................................45

Digital Video Recorders .................................................................................................... 45

Overview ..................................................................................................................................45

Digital Video Recorder Form Completion ................................................................................. 46

Elevator Management ....................................................................................................... 47

Overview ..................................................................................................................................47

Elevator Form...........................................................................................................................48

Micros................................................................................................................................ 48

Overview ..................................................................................................................................48

Micro Form Completion............................................................................................................50

Readers............................................................................................................................. 51

Readers Overview....................................................................................................................51

Person Records Creation ......................................................................................... 52

Access Rights ...................................................................................................................52

Departments .....................................................................................................................52

Person Records Creation.................................................................................................. 53

Personnel Type Assignment ............................................................................................. 53

Badging...................................................................................................................... 54

Badge Alias Form ............................................................................................................. 54

Badge Design ................................................................................................................... 54

Badge Design Creation Overview..................................................................................... 55

Badging Overview ............................................................................................................. 56

Image Capture Overview .................................................................................................. 56

Administration Menu Options .................................................................................. 60

Alarm Instruction Form...................................................................................................... 60

Alarm Notifier Form ........................................................................................................... 60

Alarm Response Form ...................................................................................................... 61

Alarm Routing and Bumping Form ................................................................................... 61

API Connections Form...................................................................................................... 62

Badge Format Form.......................................................................................................... 63

Camera Preset Form ........................................................................................................ 63

CCTV Alarm Form ............................................................................................................ 64

Client Form ....................................................................................................................... 64

Client Group Form ............................................................................................................ 65

Diagnostic Setting Form.................................................................................................... 65

Event Schedule Form ....................................................................................................... 66

Event Tagging Overview................................................................................................... 66

Event Trigger Form Completion........................................................................................ 67

Facility Form ..................................................................................................................... 67

Floor Form......................................................................................................................... 68

Guard Tour Form ..............................................................................................................68

Intrusion Zone Form Completion ......................................................................................69

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LogFile Form ..................................................................................................................... 70

Mode Schedule Form........................................................................................................ 70

Operator Form .................................................................................................................. 71

Override Form ...................................................................................................................71

Parameters Form .............................................................................................................. 71

Permission Form ............................................................................................................... 72

Region Form .....................................................................................................................73

SP Auto Update Configuration Form ................................................................................ 74

Time Schedule Form......................................................................................................... 75

Tour Point Form ................................................................................................................ 76

Reporting Capabilities .............................................................................................. 77

Overview - Reports ...........................................................................................................77

Reports.............................................................................................................................. 78

Administration Report............................................................................................................... 78

Alarm History Report Form.......................................................................................................78

Badge History Report Form......................................................................................................78

Badge Report Form.................................................................................................................. 79

Device Report Form ................................................................................................................. 79

DI History Report Form ............................................................................................................79

Floor Access Report Form .......................................................................................................80

Guard Tour History Report Form.............................................................................................. 80

Operator History Report Form.................................................................................................. 80

Person Report .......................................................................................................................... 81

Reader Access Report Form.................................................................................................... 81

Roll Call Report Form............................................................................................................... 81

Schedule Report Form ............................................................................................................. 82

Time and Attendance History Report Form .............................................................................. 82

Zone History Report Form........................................................................................................82

Troubleshooting and Help........................................................................................ 83

Customer Support ............................................................................................................. 83

Help Menu Selections ....................................................................................................... 83

Overview - Diagnostics ..................................................................................................... 83

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................ 84

Index of 'Show me' Demo Files ................................................................................ 85

Index of 'Show Me' Demo Files......................................................................................... 85

Reference Topics (Elements, Descriptions)............................................................ 87

A........................................................................................................................................ 87

About Secure Perfect ............................................................................................................... 87

Access Right ............................................................................................................................87

Access Rights Assignment.......................................................................................................88

Access Rights Tab ...................................................................................................................88

Activity Monitor......................................................................................................................... 88

Activity Monitor Form Shortcut Menu .......................................................................................89

Activity Monitor Form Toolbar...................................................................................................90

Add Map...................................................................................................................................90

Add New Icon to Database.......................................................................................................90

Adding Sound to an Alarm .......................................................................................................91

Additional Filters Tab................................................................................................................91

Additional Filters Tab - Badge History Report Form................................................................. 91

Additional Filters Tab - Zone History Report ............................................................................92

Address Fields Tab ..................................................................................................................92

Administration...........................................................................................................................92

Administration Menu Selections ...............................................................................................93

Alarm........................................................................................................................................ 94

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Alarm Assignment .................................................................................................................... 94

Alarm Bumping Client Group Assignment Dialog Box.............................................................. 94

Alarm/Digital Input Tab.............................................................................................................94

Alarm Graphics Editor.............................................................................................................. 95

Alarm Graphics Viewer.............................................................................................................95

Alarm Graphics Viewer Shortcut Menu ....................................................................................96

Alarm Group.............................................................................................................................96

Alarm History............................................................................................................................97

Alarm Instruction Assignment................................................................................................... 97

Alarm Instruction Tab ............................................................................................................... 97

Alarm Monitor........................................................................................................................... 97

Alarm Monitor Form Shortcut Menu .........................................................................................98

Alarm Monitor Form Toolbar ....................................................................................................99

Alarm Notifier............................................................................................................................99

Alarm Response Tab................................................................................................................99

Alarm Routing and Bumping ....................................................................................................99

Alarm Routing Client Group Assignment Dialog Box..............................................................100

Alarm Selection Tab...............................................................................................................100

Alarm Sense Time..................................................................................................................100

Alarm Tab...............................................................................................................................101

Alarms Tab - Alarm Routing and Bumping Form.................................................................... 102

Alarms Tab.............................................................................................................................102

Antipassback.......................................................................................................................... 103

Antipassback Definitions ........................................................................................................ 103

APB Region Configuration Tab - Region Form ......................................................................104

API Connections.....................................................................................................................104

Appending Archive Databases ...............................................................................................105

Archiving ................................................................................................................................105

Arm/Disarm an Intrusion Zone................................................................................................106

Arrange Icons.........................................................................................................................107

Assign Micro Phone Numbers Dialog Box.............................................................................. 107

Auto Shutdown of Client Services.......................................................................................... 108

Auto Update ...........................................................................................................................108

B...................................................................................................................................... 109

Backing Up Data ....................................................................................................................109

Backup Clients Assignment Dialog Box .................................................................................110

Backup Clients Tab ................................................................................................................ 110

Backup Region Assignment Dialog Box................................................................................. 111

Backup Regions Tab - Region Form ......................................................................................112

Badge..................................................................................................................................... 112

Badge Alias ............................................................................................................................ 113

Badge Alias Tab..................................................................................................................... 113

Badge Assignment Dialog Box............................................................................................... 113

Badge Definition Tab..............................................................................................................114

Badge Design.........................................................................................................................115

Badge Format.........................................................................................................................115

Badge Formats in 40-Bit and 55-Bit Wiegand Protocol .......................................................... 115

Badge Format Tab .................................................................................................................116

Badge History.........................................................................................................................117

C...................................................................................................................................... 118

Calendar Dialog......................................................................................................................118

Camera ..................................................................................................................................118

Camera Preset ....................................................................................................................... 118

Camera Preset Assignment Dialog ........................................................................................118

Can I Customize the Toolbar?................................................................................................118

Cascade ................................................................................................................................. 118

CCTV Alarm ...........................................................................................................................119

CCTV Alarm Assignment .......................................................................................................119

CCTV Tab ..............................................................................................................................119

Change Password..................................................................................................................119

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Change State .........................................................................................................................120

Check for Update ...................................................................................................................120

Clear Archive Tab...................................................................................................................120

Clear Button ...........................................................................................................................121

Clear Search ..........................................................................................................................121

Client ...................................................................................................................................... 121

Client Assignment Dialog Box................................................................................................ 121

Client Group ........................................................................................................................... 121

Client Group Tab - Client Group Form ...................................................................................122

Client Monitor ......................................................................................................................... 122

Client Monitor Form Shortcut Menu........................................................................................123

Client Monitor Form Toolbar...................................................................................................123

Client Redundancy Overview................................................................................................. 124

Client Tab...............................................................................................................................125

Comments Tab.......................................................................................................................127

Communication Settings Tab ................................................................................................. 127

Communications Settings Tab ...............................................................................................127

Conditions of Mass Update.................................................................................................... 128

Create Default Template ........................................................................................................ 129

Creating a Dial-Up Micro Record............................................................................................129

Creating a Direct-Connect Micro Record................................................................................130

D...................................................................................................................................... 131

Database Tab - Reports.........................................................................................................131

Database Utilites .................................................................................................................... 131

Date Range Tab - Reports .....................................................................................................132

Definition Tab - Alarm Routing and Bumping Form................................................................ 132

Definition Tab - API Connections Form.................................................................................. 133

Definition Tab - Camera Form................................................................................................ 133

Definition Tab - Camera Preset Form.....................................................................................134

Definition Tab - Digital Video Recorder Form.........................................................................134

Delete Record ........................................................................................................................134

Delete Template.....................................................................................................................135

<deleted> Displays After I Delete All the Records..................................................................135

Department ............................................................................................................................135

Department Tab .....................................................................................................................135

DES/DES III Data Encryption Standards................................................................................ 135

Design Tab............................................................................................................................. 136

Device Configuration.............................................................................................................. 136

Device Menu Selections.........................................................................................................136

Diagnostic Setting ..................................................................................................................137

Diagnostic Viewer...................................................................................................................137

Dial-Up/Hangup......................................................................................................................137

Dial-Up Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................138

DI Board Records Creation ....................................................................................................139

Digital Input ............................................................................................................................139

Digital Input Status ................................................................................................................. 139

Digital Input Tab ..................................................................................................................... 140

Digital Output..........................................................................................................................140

Digital Output Assignment......................................................................................................141

Digital Output Group...............................................................................................................141

Digital Output Group Assignment........................................................................................... 141

Digital Output Groups Tab......................................................................................................141

Digital Output Status ..............................................................................................................141

Digital Output Tab ..................................................................................................................142

Digital Outputs Tab.................................................................................................................143

Digital Video Recorder ...........................................................................................................143

Digital Video Viewer ............................................................................................................... 143

DI History ...............................................................................................................................143

Disconnect Client ...................................................................................................................143

DO Board Records Creation ..................................................................................................144

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DO Groups Tab......................................................................................................................144

Door Functions Tab................................................................................................................145

Download Badges .................................................................................................................. 146

Download Database...............................................................................................................146

DVR........................................................................................................................................146

DVR Disk is Full .....................................................................................................................146

DVR Help ...............................................................................................................................147

DVR Help - Boxes and Properties.......................................................................................... 147

DVR Help - Call Preset Button ...............................................................................................147

DVR Help - Camera Shortcut Menu ....................................................................................... 148

DVR Help - Digital Video Search Icon.................................................................................... 148

DVR Help - Digital Video Viewer Window ..............................................................................148

DVR Help - DVR Shortcut Menu ............................................................................................150

DVR Help - Moving the Window............................................................................................. 150

DVR Help - Play Controls - Digital Video Viewer.................................................................... 151

DVR Help - Recorded File Name ...........................................................................................152

DVR Help - SP AutoPlay CD Creator..................................................................................... 152

DVR Help - Video Window On-Screen PTZ Control............................................................... 152

DVR Search ...........................................................................................................................153

DVR Search - Alarms Button..................................................................................................153

DVR Search - Cameras Button ..............................................................................................153

DVR Search - Clear Button ....................................................................................................153

DVR Search - Event Tag........................................................................................................ 154

DVR Search - General DVMR Events.................................................................................... 154

DVR Search - General Playback............................................................................................ 155

DVR Search - Grabbing Motion Video Clips........................................................................... 156

DVR Search - Help Button .....................................................................................................156

DVR Search - Motion .............................................................................................................156

DVR Search - Play Button...................................................................................................... 157

DVR Search - Readers Button ............................................................................................... 157

DVR Search - Search Button .................................................................................................158

DVR Search - SP Events .......................................................................................................158

DVR Search - Stop Search ....................................................................................................159

E...................................................................................................................................... 160

Edit Alarm Group....................................................................................................................160

Edit Icon .................................................................................................................................160

Edit Sense Time.....................................................................................................................160

Elevator .................................................................................................................................. 160

Elevator Assignment ..............................................................................................................160

Elevator Tab........................................................................................................................... 161

Event Schedule ...................................................................................................................... 161

Event Schedules Tab ............................................................................................................. 162

Event Trigger..........................................................................................................................162

Events Tab ............................................................................................................................. 163

Events Tab - Micro Form........................................................................................................164

Exchange Key Encryption ......................................................................................................164

Exit .........................................................................................................................................164

Expiration Date Filter Tab.......................................................................................................164

Export..................................................................................................................................... 165

External Reports.....................................................................................................................165

F ......................................................................................................................................166

Facilities Tab .......................................................................................................................... 166

Facility.................................................................................................................................... 166

Facility.................................................................................................................................... 167

Facility Assignment Dialog Box ..............................................................................................167

Facility Tab............................................................................................................................. 167

File Menu Selections.............................................................................................................. 168

Filters Tab - Alarm History Report Form.................................................................................168

Filters Tab - Badge History Report Form................................................................................168

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Filters Tab - Badge Report Form............................................................................................ 169

Filters Tab - Device Report Form........................................................................................... 169

Filters Tab - DI History Report Form ......................................................................................169

Filters Tab - Operator History Report Form............................................................................169

Filters Tab - Person Report Form........................................................................................... 170

Filters Tab - Schedule Report Form .......................................................................................170

Filters Tab - Time and Attendance History Report Form........................................................ 170

Filters Tab - Zone History Report Form.................................................................................. 170

Find Badge............................................................................................................................. 170

Flash Micro Icon..................................................................................................................... 171

Floor .......................................................................................................................................171

Floor Access...........................................................................................................................171

Floor Assignment ...................................................................................................................171

Floor/Digital Output/Digital Input Selection Dialog..................................................................171

Floor/Digital Output/Digital Input Tab .....................................................................................172

Floor/Digital Output Selection Dialog......................................................................................172

Floor/Digital Output Tab ......................................................................................................... 172

Floor Tab................................................................................................................................ 173

Floor Tracking By Input .......................................................................................................... 173

Floor Tracking By Keypad...................................................................................................... 173

Fonts Tab ............................................................................................................................... 174

Functions Schedule Tab.........................................................................................................174

G .....................................................................................................................................175

General Tab ...........................................................................................................................175

Global Edition Regional Configuration Rules ......................................................................... 177

Group Tab .............................................................................................................................. 178

Guard Tour Assignment Dialog Box....................................................................................... 179

Group Tab .............................................................................................................................. 179

Guard Tour............................................................................................................................. 179

Guard Tour History.................................................................................................................179

Guard Tour Tab - Guard Tour Form....................................................................................... 180

Guard Tour Tab - Manual Control Form................................................................................. 181

Guard Tours Tab - Guard Tour History Report.......................................................................182

H...................................................................................................................................... 183

Help Doesn't Display in My Assigned Language.................................................................... 183

Help Topics ............................................................................................................................183

Hex Characters ......................................................................................................................183

How Do I Perform a Search on a Specific Form..................................................................... 183

How Do I Put a Reader Online............................................................................................... 183

How Do I Remove an Alarm from the Alarm Monitor Form ....................................................184

How Do I Troubleshoot My Global Edition System?...............................................................184

I ....................................................................................................................................... 185

Installing the Printer Driver.....................................................................................................185

Instruction...............................................................................................................................185

Intrusion Zone ........................................................................................................................185

Intrusion Zone Assignment Dialog Box ..................................................................................185

Intrusion Overview..................................................................................................................186

Intrusion Zone Tab .................................................................................................................187

Intrusion Zone Tab - Event Trigger Form ...............................................................................188

Intrusion Zone Tab .................................................................................................................189

Intrusion Zone Tab .................................................................................................................190

K...................................................................................................................................... 191

Keypad Alarm Shunting..........................................................................................................191

Keypad Only Type Reader.....................................................................................................191

L ...................................................................................................................................... 192

Launch Client .........................................................................................................................192

Licensing................................................................................................................................ 192

Location Tab ..........................................................................................................................192

LogFile ...................................................................................................................................193

LogFile Tab ............................................................................................................................193

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Logoff .....................................................................................................................................193

Low-Battery Alarm.................................................................................................................. 193

M ..................................................................................................................................... 194

Manual Control....................................................................................................................... 194

Manual Control Tab................................................................................................................194

Mass Update .......................................................................................................................... 195

Menu Buttons ......................................................................................................................... 196

Message Format Tab ............................................................................................................. 196

Micro ......................................................................................................................................197

Micro/5-PX or Micro/PX-2000 Records Generation................................................................ 197

Micro Assignment Dialog Box ................................................................................................197

Micro Configuration Tab......................................................................................................... 198

Micro Definition Tab ...............................................................................................................199

Micro Flash and Micro Parameter Configuration .................................................................... 201

Micro Utility.............................................................................................................................202

Micro Utility Form Shortcut Menu ...........................................................................................203

Micro Utility Form Toolbar ...................................................................................................... 204

Mode Labels Tab....................................................................................................................204

Mode Schedule ......................................................................................................................205

Mode Schedule Tab ............................................................................................................... 205

Mode Tab ............................................................................................................................... 206

Multiple Language Support ....................................................................................................207

N...................................................................................................................................... 208

Networking .............................................................................................................................208

New Icon ................................................................................................................................208

New Record ...........................................................................................................................208

New Template Dialog.............................................................................................................208

Next Pane ..............................................................................................................................208

No Alarms on Alarm Monitor ..................................................................................................209

No Floor Tracking...................................................................................................................209

No Readers in List Box...........................................................................................................209

Normal Type Reader..............................................................................................................209

Notes...................................................................................................................................... 209

O .....................................................................................................................................210

Operations Menu Selections .................................................................................................. 210

Operator ................................................................................................................................. 210

Operator History.....................................................................................................................210

Operator Tab..........................................................................................................................211

Override .................................................................................................................................212

Override Tab ..........................................................................................................................212

P...................................................................................................................................... 213

Parameters.............................................................................................................................213

Password Tab - Parameter Form........................................................................................... 213

Pause Button..........................................................................................................................213

PDF Files and Adobe Acrobat Reader................................................................................... 213

People Assignment ................................................................................................................214

Permission .............................................................................................................................214

Permission Tab ......................................................................................................................214

Person.................................................................................................................................... 215

Person Selection Tab............................................................................................................. 215

Personnel Menu Selections....................................................................................................216

Personnel Tab........................................................................................................................217

Personnel Type ...................................................................................................................... 218

Personnel Type Tab...............................................................................................................219

Photo Tab...............................................................................................................................220

Point Assignment Dialog Box.................................................................................................220

Port Settings Tab....................................................................................................................221

Preset/Camera Selection .......................................................................................................221

Preset/Camera Tab................................................................................................................222

Presets Tab............................................................................................................................ 222

Print Preview Report ..............................................................................................................222

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Print Report ............................................................................................................................ 222

Print Setup .............................................................................................................................223

R...................................................................................................................................... 224

Read and Keypad-Type Reader............................................................................................. 224

Reader ...................................................................................................................................224

Reader Access....................................................................................................................... 224

Reader Assignment................................................................................................................224

Reader Board Records Generation........................................................................................ 225

Reader Button ........................................................................................................................ 225

Reader/Digital Output Tab......................................................................................................226

Reader Tab ............................................................................................................................227

Reader Type Events Tab .......................................................................................................229

Readers Tab ..........................................................................................................................229

Readers Tab - Reports...........................................................................................................230

Readers Tab - Time and Attendance History Report Form .................................................... 230

Recall Search......................................................................................................................... 230

Recorded Video Currently Being Accessed ...........................................................................230

Records Generation ............................................................................................................... 230

Region.................................................................................................................................... 231

Region Form Tab ...................................................................................................................231

Remove All Button..................................................................................................................232

Remove Individual Button ......................................................................................................232

Replication and Synchronization Conflicts .............................................................................232

Report Templates Window..................................................................................................... 233

Reports Menu Selections ....................................................................................................... 234

Reset Micro ............................................................................................................................ 234

Response ............................................................................................................................... 234

Restoring Secure Perfect Databases .....................................................................................235

Resume Button.......................................................................................................................235

Return Date Filter Tab............................................................................................................ 235

Roll Call.................................................................................................................................. 235

Routing Schedule Tab............................................................................................................236

Routing Tab............................................................................................................................237

S...................................................................................................................................... 238

Save Record ..........................................................................................................................238

Save Template As..................................................................................................................238

Schedule Tab ......................................................................................................................... 238

Schedule Tab ......................................................................................................................... 239

Schedules/Events...................................................................................................................239

Search.................................................................................................................................... 240

Search Menu Selections ........................................................................................................240

Secure Perfect Services......................................................................................................... 241

Security Tab - Micro Form......................................................................................................242

Select Columns ...................................................................................................................... 243

Select Criteria and Micro Selection ........................................................................................243

Select Default Alarms............................................................................................................. 243

Select Facilities ......................................................................................................................244

Set As Default Template ........................................................................................................244

Set Instruction Tab ................................................................................................................. 244

Setting the Automatic Logoff Time .........................................................................................244

Setting Up an Elevator ...........................................................................................................245

Settings Tab ........................................................................................................................... 245

Settings Tab ........................................................................................................................... 246

Settings to Reach Host Tab ...................................................................................................247

Settings to Reach Micro Tab..................................................................................................248

Show Me Demo Files .............................................................................................................248

Sort Fields Dialog...................................................................................................................248

Split ........................................................................................................................................249

Status Bar ..............................................................................................................................249

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Status Tab - Alarm Form........................................................................................................ 249

Status Tab - Badge Form....................................................................................................... 250

Status Tab - Digital Input Form...............................................................................................250

Status Tab - Digital Input Status Tab......................................................................................251

Status Tab - Digital Output Status Form................................................................................. 252

Status Tab - Digital Video Recorder Form.............................................................................. 252

Status Tab - Intrusion Zone Form........................................................................................... 253

Status Tab - Micro Form.........................................................................................................253

Status Tab - Reader Form......................................................................................................254

Supervised DI Points on 2SRP Board Not Working ...............................................................254

Swipe and Show Button ......................................................................................................... 254

Swipe and Show Option......................................................................................................... 255

T ......................................................................................................................................256

Takeover and Recovery Timing..............................................................................................256

Template - Defined.................................................................................................................256

Tile .........................................................................................................................................256

Time and Attendance ............................................................................................................. 257

Time and Attendance History.................................................................................................257

Time Schedule .......................................................................................................................257

Time Schedules Tab ..............................................................................................................257

Time Zone Tab.......................................................................................................................258

Toolbar ................................................................................................................................... 258

Tour Point...............................................................................................................................258

Tour Point Tab........................................................................................................................259

U...................................................................................................................................... 260

UL Certification.......................................................................................................................260

User Fields Tab - Badge Form............................................................................................... 260

User Fields Tab......................................................................................................................260

User Fields Tab......................................................................................................................261

V...................................................................................................................................... 262

Video Display Tab .................................................................................................................. 262

Video Driver Installation .........................................................................................................263

Video for Windows (AVI) Driver Installation............................................................................263

Video Windows - An Overview...............................................................................................264

View Menu Selections............................................................................................................265

W..................................................................................................................................... 266

Weak Encryption Key............................................................................................................. 266

Why a Host PC Dials a Micro................................................................................................. 266

Why Can't I Delete a Record?................................................................................................ 266

Wiegand Badge Formats Dialog Box .....................................................................................266

Window Menu Selections....................................................................................................... 266

Z ......................................................................................................................................267

Zone History........................................................................................................................... 267

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Introduction to SP Editions

Welcome

Reference Topics:

What's New?

Client/Server Architecture

What's New?

What’s New in Secure Perfect

New in 6.1.1 ONLY:

Configure APB Status by Region: This feature allows you to configure APB readers across Regions or within a specific Region only. If configured across Regions, entering a Region activates the badge only in that region and disables the badge in all other Regions.

Micro Connection Type Network + Direct Communication: This is a new network configuration option selectable on the Micro Form, Micro Definition tab. This selection allows a micro that loses network connection to fail over to a serial connection. On the Micro Utility Form, a network micro normally displays an IP address in the Comm device column. When a network micro loses connection, the Alarm Monitor Form displays a Host Comm alarm. After approximately two minutes, the alarm resets and the serial connection begins communications. The Micro Utility Form Comm device column now displays the Comm port.

Micro Connection Type Network + Network: This is a new network configuration option selectable on the Micro Form, Micro Definition tab. This selection allows a micro that loses network connection to fail over to a secondary network connection. When a network micro loses connection, Alarm Monitor Form displays a Host Comm alarm. After approximately two minutes, the alarm resets and network communications begin. The Micro Utility Form Comm device column now displays the backup IP address or network name, as assigned on the Micro Form, Port Settings tab.

Alarm Graphics Viewer Window is a Separate Application: The window launches independently from

the Secure Perfect application and can be moved outside of the Secure Perfect window area. This is useful for dual-display monitors or wide monitor display.

Suspend Badge After Invalid PIN Attempts: This option is configured on the Reader tab of the Reader Form. Select Max Invalid PIN Count and enter a number between 1 and 6 as the number of times an invalid PIN can be entered at a reader before the badge is suspended. If the badge is suspended, the badge must be reset to Active by a system administrator.

DVR Search - Play Single Recorded Frame: The Search Results windowpane in DVR Search returns a list of recorded video event tags based on the search parameter criteria specified. Select an event tag from the list and right-click to display a shortcut menu. The shortcut menu has been expanded to include

Play Single Recorded Frame. When selected, a single image displays in the video window. This is the

first frame of the event recording displayed as a still photo. To play the rest of the video clip, unpause the video on the DVR Viewer.

Two New Micro Types: MicroPXNPlus or MicroPXNPlus 2000 are selectable on the Micro Form, Micro

Definition tab. A board provides direct, dial-up, and network capabilities in one board. The network

supports Ethernet only. The board also has an integrated modem option which means that the modem is a chip that can be ordered with the board or added at a later date. This modem can also be used as dialup fallback to a network board. Both boards support the following reader boards, 2RP, 2SRP, 8RP, and CK8RP. The boards provide nonvolatile storage that provides faster reset recovery and allows hostless operation. A new Web Integrated Configuration Tool was created for flashing these micro types, eliminating the need to install Flashtool on each computer in order to download and flash the micros.

Database Connection: This feature is configured on the Parameter Form, Settings tab. This feature allows you to configure the amount of time that elapes before your Secure Perfect system retries the connection and considers that the database is not accessable.

• Timeout (sec): The default is 30 seconds. The minimum is 3 seconds; the maximum is 120 seconds.

1) In a Secure Perfect Global Edition configuration, this is the amount of time until a Regional failover begins. 2) In a typical Secure Perfect configuration, this is the amount of time before Secure Perfect transactions are saved, Secure Perfect services shut down, and a message advises you to repair your database.

• Retry: The default is 3 retries. The minimum is ‘0’; the maximum is 5 retries.

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Enable ‘Valid No Passage’: This option is configured on the Reader Form, Reader tab. Select this checkbox if you want your Secure Perfect system to notify you when a valid badge read occurs but the door did not open within the configured sense time. This may be an indication of a duress situation, someone deciding not to pass through the door, or an accidental read as someone passes a reader.

• This feature must be associated with an alarm type of door forced or door held in order to be notified

of a change in state of the door.

• In order to notify of a duress situation, Grant Access on Duress must be configured.

New in 6.1:

Guard Tour:

This feature makes use of two new forms in Secure Perfect, Guard Tours and Tour Point. A Guard Tour is an inspection of your facility premises, by a security guard. The officer stops at pre-determined tour points along the way, where a digital input (DI) is triggered or a badge is presented to a reader so that the Secure Perfect system can track the tour progress. Each time a badge is presented to a reader, a tour point is ‘hit.’ DIs can also be assigned as tour points. An additional tab has been added to the Manual

Control form. The Guard Tour tab of the Manual Control form displays the status of Guard Tours

configured in your Secure Perfect system. Select a Guard Tour to display tour details and tour points. An occasion may arise that requires a tour to be started, paused, resumed, or stopped manually. This feature and related forms are not available for input if you are not licensed for Guard Tour.

Global Edition Enhancements:

• Database Server and Fileserver Redundancy: Global Editions systems can be configured for

database redundancy, at the Region level. A Regional Database Server can be configured to have backup servers. Refer to the Backup Regions tab of the Region Form. If a client is not able to connect to its Regional Database Server for any reason, it fails over to the backup Regional Server.

Regional database redundancy and fileserver redundancy operate independently. One or the other, or both can fail at the same time, whether they reside on the same server computer or are configured to reside on separate computers.

• Client Region Failover: If you have Region backups configured, all clients in that region, by default,

will fail over to the backup Region when the system detects that it cannot access the database. You might choose to clear this checkbox on the Client tab of the Client form, to prevent nonessential client failover and keep extra traffic on your system network to a minimum.

Alarms:

• Alarm Bumping and Routing: The Client Group Form allow you to assign Secure Perfect computers

into logical Client Groups. Then, Alarms can be routed to these Client Groups by time schedule or at all times. Additionally, alarms can be ‘bumped’ (forwarded) to one or more additional Client Groups when alarms are unacknowledged and unpurged within configured time limits.

• Alarm Graphics Enhancements: Alarm Graphics can now be configured for digital inputs and digital

outputs. The Alarm Graphics Viewer displays active status. Right-click menu options display newly enhanced functionality. Operators for the Alarm Graphics Viewer must be assigned ‘Update’ and facility permissions in order to select right-click menu options. For shortcut menu functionality, rest your mouse pointer on an assigned point and right-click. The shortcut menu that displays with a rightclick mouse button depends on the Point Type assigned to the point. The options allow manual control of doors.

• Duress: This selection determines whether the door will open when a duress PIN code (with the final

digit incremented by + 1) is entered with a valid badge. This feature is configured for your Secure Perfect system on the Parameters Form, Settings Tab.

Event Trigger Updates:

Assigning Intrusion Zones to an Event Trigger: The Intrusion Zone tab on the Event Trigger form

allows you to assign Intrusion Zones and Intrusion Zone transaction type(s) that will trigger an event.

Extended Unlock Time Options:

Extended unlock time is enabled on the Personnel Tab of the Person Form. When this option is selected, enabled badges associated with a Person record allow extra time to gain access to an entry or exit point. Extended times (in minutes and seconds) are configured and assigned on the Door Functions tab of the

Reader Form. For example, if a door is used by disabled persons or the reader is mounted at a distance

from the door, a longer unlock time may be required to exit or enter.

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Real-Time Digital Output Status:

Digital output status is reflected in real-time updates on the Alarm Graphics Viewer if this option is selected on the Micro Definition tab of the Micro Form.

UL Certification:

Secure Perfect is a UL-listed Grade A system (UL 1076 Grade A Proprietary Burglary Requirements/UL 294 Access Control Requirements). Your installation must adhere to the requirements listed in the Certification section of the Secure Perfect Installation Manual, in order to qualify as UL-listed Grade A certified.

Badging:

• Designer Upgrade: The integrated Badge Designer program is an upgraded version with many new

features. On the Secure Perfect Badge Design Form, click Edit Badge Design to display a new windowpane. This is a separate program with its own toolbar. If you had a previous version of badge designer that created files with a .gdr extension, you will be prompted to save the file as a .dgn when you edit a badge design for the first time. Access the extensive Online Help system from the Badge Designer toolbar. Additionally, refer to the Badge Designer User Manual, and review the "What’s New" section. A PDF of the manual is provided on your documentation CD.

• Badge Format: This option on the Administration menu allows an operator to design, import, or export

custom badge formats for your Secure Perfect system. Custom magnetic stripe or Wiegand formats can be loaded and stored in the Secure Perfect database. After identifying the required custom format, the format is flashed to the micro. A new tab on the Micro Flash and Micro Parameter Configuration window allows you to configure custom badge formats.

Auto Shutdown of Secure Perfect Services:

This is a default option on the Client tab of the Client form. If selected, Secure Perfect Services will automatically shut down when the client application is closed. A list of prerequisite criteria must be met.

Manual Control Form:

• Shortcut from Client Monitor Form to Manual Control Form: This feature allows the current operator to

quickly locate a client, right-click and select the Manual Control form, and manually perform operations of the Secure Perfect system.

• Mode Tab on the Manual Control Form: This feature allows the operator to select all or individual

micros or clients for immediate change of mode from the Manual Control Form, on the new Mode Tab. The micro’s current real-time mode and address are also displayed.

Report Generation Upgrades:

• Guard Tour History Report: This option on the Administration menu allows you to generate a report of

completed Guard Tours, displaying tour activities such as start points, hits, invalid points, pauses, resumes, tour end points, tour time exceeded, manual start, and manual stops.

• Administration Report: The list of report types has been expanded to include details of Alarm Routing

and Bumping configurations and Badge Format (UBF) custom badge configurations.

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Client/Server Architecture

Reference Topic:

SP Services

Micro Definition Tab

Secure Perfect Server, client workstation, and network-enabled microcontrollers communicate over 10/100Mb Ethernet LAN/WAN typologies. Refer to Micro Form, Micro Definition Tab for a list of supported Microcontroller types.

PC Function Configuration

Win2000/2003 Standard Edition Server

Win2000 Professional Edition Server

Win2000 Professional or XP Professional Client Workstation

Secure Perfect Software

Cluster technology or Global Edition selections in this

Enterprise-level system installation provide new architecting options. All configuration options are detailed in the Secure Perfect Installation Guide.

Allows database and file Server to be placed on different Windows Server computers.

SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition Database and applicable SQL Server Service Packs

Imaging: The feature is installed but not recommended for production as an Imaging workstation.

Clients: Secure Perfect supports 25 system-wide clients (any client can host a micro).

Micros: Secure Perfect supports 256 system-wide micros (32 on the server and up to 64 per communications client).

Secure Perfect Software

SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) and applicable Service Packs

Imaging: The feature is installed on the server as an Imaging workstation.

Clients: The system supports five system-wide clients (any five can also be configured as communications clients for hosting micros).

Micros: The system supports 32 system-wide micros.

Secure Perfect Software

Imaging: The feature is installed.

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Getting Started

Reference Topic:

Secure Perfect Services

Before you proceed, make sure that your peripheral system hardware is installed and running. This includes micros, readers, modems, printers, and network lines. Refer to your Secure Perfect Installation Guide or follow specific installation instructions for your brand of hardware.

The following order is recommended for initial setup, beginning with configuring your Server computer Secure Perfect system:

1. Set system parameters.

2. OPTIONAL: Define facilities.

3. Identify clients.

4. Create permissions.

5. Add operators.

6. Set up schedules and events.

7. Configure devices.

8. Create access rights, persons, and badges.

9. Back up your system. (This procedure is detailed in your Secure Perfect Installation Guide.)

10. Configure client computers. (This procedure is detailed in your Secure Perfect Installation Guide.)

Navigation

Log On/Log Off or Shut Down

Reference Topic:

Secure Perfect Services

Auto Shutdown of Client Services

Log On/Log Off

Enter your logon/logoff ID and Password:

• To start the Secure Perfect client program from the File menu.

• To quit the Secure Perfect client program using the Close button in the top right corner of the

Secure Perfect window.

The default Login/logout ID is secure and the default Password is master. If you purchased your

system from GE Security, the default ID and Password are set for you. UPGRADES: Versions of Secure Perfect 4.0 and earlier did not require case-sensitive default login passwords. When upgrading from a version of Secure Perfect 4.0 or earlier, you may experience a problem logging in. If you have never changed it, your Secure Perfect default password may be set to initial caps, as in 'Master' and not 'master.'

Logoff

The Logoff option on the File menu allows you to log off of Secure Perfect without closing the program. A message box displays. Click OK to log off of the Secure Perfect application (logging off allows an operator to log off and another operator to log in without ending the program.) or Cancel to cancel the logoff process. While logged off, no one can enter data into SP; however, Secure Perfect continues to communicate with the micros, store alarm and badge transactions in the history database, and notify you of alarms based on you facility assignment. Refer to the Client Form for information on turning alarm notifications on and off.

The Secure Perfect services are still running but you will not receive any alarm notifications. DO NOT

shut down services unless you are instructed or the system requires maintenance.

Shutting Down

It is ESSENTIAL that you shut down Secure Perfect and your computer properly. The results could be disastrous if you do not follow this procedure. You may be required to re-install all of the software on your computer.

To shut down the Secure Perfect services:

1. Click START, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and then Services. Scroll to Secure Perfect services. The services must be stopped in the following order:

 Secure Perfect Manager (Shutting down Secure Perfect Manager service stops micro

communications.)

 Secure Perfect System Manager (Shutting down Secure Perfect System service stops client

communications.)

 Secure Perfect Diagnostics

2. Exit Control Panel.

3. From the taskbar, click Start, then Shut Down.

4. From the Shut Down Windows form, verify that Shutdown the computer? is selected and click Yes.

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Navigational Conventions

Reference Topics:

SP Menus

SP Toolbar

SP Taskbar

Log On/Log Off or Shut Down

Typical Microsoft Windows navigation is used in this application. Selecting menu bar, drop-down menu, and task bar options are typical Microsoft navigational procedures. Color or format in text, or changes in the cursor identify hotspot links to related topics.

To change the Help window size:

To make the navigation or topic panes larger:

• Point to the divider between panes. When the pointer displays, hold down the left mouse and

drag the divider left or right.

• Point to any corner of the windowpane. When the pointer changes to a double-sided arrow,

hold down the left mouse button and drag the corner.

Move up or down the topic window by clicking the scroll bar on the right side of the topic pane.

SP Menus

Reference Topics:

Administration Menu Selections

Device Menu Selections

File Menu Selections

Help Menu Selections

Operations Menu Selections

Personnel Menu Selections

Reports Menu Selections

Search Menu Selections

View Menu Selections

Window Menu Selections

Following a successful logon, your Secure Perfect screen displays a menu bar, toolbar, and taskbar. Selecting a menu bar item results in a drop-down group of related options. Clicking icons on the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access many of the drop-down menu-bar options. Unavailable options will display dimmed.

SP Menu Bar

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SP Taskbar

Reference Topic:

Status Bar

You can elect to view the Secure Perfect Taskbar across the bottom of your Secure Perfect window indicating the current operator, communication port status, number of clients connected, number of alarms, and number of background tasks. It may look similar to the following:

The numbers indicate the total status of all facilities assigned to the current operator.

Communication Port Status indicator will vary in color depending on the status: Blue: All micros for the operator’s facility are offline. Green: All micros for the operator’s facility are online. Yellow: Some micros for the operator’s facility are in error state.

Clients indicates number of clients licensed, online, and logged into SP.

Alarms indicates unacknowledged alarms displaying on the Alarm Monitor Form.

Background Tasks indicates the number of tasks currently in progress. The length of the task is

dependent on size of the job and hardware components of your computer. The process may take hours to complete.

DO NOT shut down Secure Perfect services until the background task is complete.

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SP Toolbar

The Toolbar selection on the View menu is a toggle election and determines whether or not the toolbar is visible across the top of the Secure Perfect screen. The following toolbar icons and functionality are unique to SP:

Click To

Save changes to the current record.

Preview before printing a report.

Add a new record to the database, on the current form.

Delete the current record from the database.

Clear all data in the current form.

Recall a previous search and load the current form with the last search criteria data.

Search and display a list of existing records.

Display the Micro Utility Form.

Display the Alarm Graphics Viewer.

Display the Activity Monitor Form.

Display the Alarm Monitor Form.

Display the Client Monitor Form.

Display the Person Form.

Display the Manual Control Form.

Display the Digital Video Recorder network.

Access the SP Help system.

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Frequently Performed Tasks

Tasks and Functions You Will Perform Frequently

To: Reference Topics:

Alarm Routing and Bumping Alarm Routing and Bumping Form

Arm/Disarm an Intrusion Zone Arm/Disarm an Intrusion Zone

Configure Devices Configuring Devices

Configure Guard Tours Guard Tour Form

Configure/Monitor Redundancy Client Redundancy Overview

Contact Customer Support Customer Support

Create a Dial-Up Micro Record Creating a Dial-Up Micro Record

Create a Direct-Connect Micro Record

Create Badges Badging Overview

Create Access Rights Access Rights

Create Person Records Person Records Creation

Create Reports Overview - Reports

Display DVR Windows Digital Video Viewer

Manual Control DI, DOs, & Intrusion Zones

Mass Updates Mass Update

Monitor Activities Activity Monitoring Using the Activity

Overview – Diagnostics Overview - Diagnostics

Set the Automatic Logoff Time Setting the Automatic Logoff Time

View Alarm Graphics Alarm Graphics Viewer

View and Remove Alarms from the Alarm Monitor Form

Creating a Direct-Connect Micro Record

Video Windows Overview

Overview - Manual Control Form

Monitor Form

How Do I Remove an Alarm from the Alarm Monitor Form

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Operations Menu

Activity Monitoring

Overview

Reference Topics:

Activity Monitoring Using the Activity Monitor Form

Activity Monitor Form Toolbar

Swipe and Show Option

Activity Monitor

The Activity Monitor displays badge and intrusion zone transactions on the system’s readers. Once you configure your readers, this is a way to verify that the configuration is correct and that the readers work as you expect. Before the Activity Monitor can display badge transactions for a reader, the reader MUST be marked as Active and Online and the activity for the reader MUST be routed to the Activity Monitor. By default, routing for all transactions is set to the Activity Monitor.

Intrusion Zone activity is based on reader, Digital Inputs, or manual control transactions within assigned Intrusion Zones. Arm, disarm, or fail activity is displayed for activity within that Intrusion Zone.

In a system using database partitioning (facilities), the Activity Monitor Form will display activity based on the reader’s facility regardless of the person’s facility assignment.

Activity Monitoring Using the Activity Monitor Form

Reference Topics:

Activity Monitor Form Toolbar

Activity Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

For a shortcut to the functions available within the Activity Monitor Form or to a related form, rightclick anywhere in the area where the badge transactions display. Not all options will be available to you. You must click on a badge transaction with a DVR association in order to enable video options on the shortcut menu. Camera and reader association (linking) is accomplished on the Administration Menu, Event Trigger Form.

Date:

Time:

Activity Type:

Type

• Valid

• Invalid Person was not granted access. Examples: Person was not given

• Lost

• Unknown

• APB In Invalid

Displays the date in the micro on which the badge transaction occurred.

Displays the time of the badge transaction occurrence in the micro.

Displays the type of activity that occurred, along with a graphic:

Activity

Person was granted access.

access to the reader, the badge was suspended, the reader was inactive, the reader was offline, or the door was unlocked.

Badge status is lost.

Badge is not in the Secure Perfect database.

Current badge APB current status of IN, and attempted to gain access to an APB IN reader.

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• APB Out

Invalid

• TA In Invalid

Current badge APB current status of OUT, and attempted to gain access to an APB OUT reader.

Current badge T&A current status of IN, and attempted to gain access to T&A IN reader.

• TA Out Invalid

Current badge T&A current status of OUT, and attempted to gain access to a T&A OUT reader.

• Valid Floor

Elevator control with floor tracking is being used and the person was granted access to the selected floor.

• Invalid Floor

Elevator control with floor tracking is being used and the person was not granted access to the selected floor.

• Duress Valid

‘Grant Access on Duress’ is active on this system (selected on the Parameter Form) and door access was granted with a valid badge. This selection allows a duress alarm to be generated when a PIN code (with the final digit incremented by + 1) is entered.

• Duress Invalid

‘Grant Access on Duress’ is not active on this system (not selected on the Parameter Form) and an attempted door access with a PIN code (with the final digit incremented by + 1) was denied.

• Duress Valid

Open

• Duress Valid

No Passage

• Valid Open

‘Enable Valid No Passage’ is active on this reader. A valid badge read occurs and the door opens.

• Valid No

Passage

‘Enable Valid No Passage’ is active on this reader. A valid badge read occurs but the door did not open within the configured unlock time. This may be an indication of someone deciding not to pass through the door, or an accidental read as someone passes a reader.

• Invalid PIN

A badge was presented at a reader and an invalid PIN was entered. This message displays for as many times as you enter an invalid PIN, unless ‘Max Invalid Pin’ is configured on the Reader Form, Reader tab. The badge does not grant access.

• Max Invalid PIN

‘Max Invalid PIN Count’ is active on this reader and the number of invalid badge counts has reached the maximum, as configured on the Reader Form, Reader tab. The badge did not grant access and the badge is suspended.

The following are intrusion zone activities:

• Zone Armed

• Zone Disarmed

• Arm/Disarm

By reader, DI, or manual control.

An alarm is in alarm state. Device or badge transaction failed.

Failed, Zone Not Secure

• Arm/Disarm

Failed, Time Expired

• Arm/Disarm

No badge transaction. The 10-second time period allowed for completion of the arm/disarm process at keypad and reader, has expired.

Intrusion Zone not assigned to access right or is invalid.

Failed, Invalid Access Right

• Arm/Disarm

Reader is not assigned to the zone.

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Failed Not in Zone

The following are Guard Tour activities:

• Tour Started

• Tour Ended

• Tour Started

Manually

• Tour Ended

Manually

• Tour Activity

• Invalid Tour

Activity

Security officer has started a Guard Tour.

• Security officer has completed a Guard Tour.

• All tour points have been ‘hit.’

• A Guard Tour was started manually, at the control station and not

by presenting a badge at a reader or DI point.

A Guard Tour was ended manually, at the control station and not by presenting a badge at a reader or DI point.

A tour point was hit along a Guard Tour.

• Double ‘hit’ of any assigned tour point.

• A tour point is ‘hit’ during a paused tour.

• If a tour has not started and its points are hit, an invalid tour activity

transaction is not generated.

• Tour Paused

• This previously started tour has been paused. The clock time to

complete this tour is temporarily stopped.

• Tour Resumed

• This previously paused tour has resumed. The clock time to

complete this tour is resumed

Location

• Displays the DI or reader description.

• If an event trigger has been defined for associating video with

transactions from specified reader(s), a camera icon will display as part of the reader description. When selecting a badge transaction identified with a camera icon, right-click to display the shortcut menu, then select a video option.

• If this badge is a guard tour badge, this field displays the description

of the tour point.

• If activity is manual control, Client name displays.

Name

• If this badge is assigned to a person, the name of the person

displays.

• If this activity is manual control, the operator name displays.

• If this badge is a guard tour badge, the name of the person

displays.

• If this hit is a DI point, this field is blank.

Number

• If the badge is unknown or not assigned to a person, the badge

number or, if aliasing is used, the badge alias number is displayed.

• Otherwise, this field will be blank.

Reference

• If this is an elevator reader (Valid Floor or Invalid Floor displayed in

the field), this field displays the floor selected.

• If this is a zone intrusion reader, this is a zone description.

• If this is a guard tour, the guard tour desciption displays.

• If ‘Max Invalid PIN Count’ displays in the activity type, then ‘Badge

Suspended’ displays here.

• For any other activity type, this field is blank.

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Alarm Graphics Functions

Alarm Graphics Editor

Reference Topic:

Adding Sound to an Alarm

Alarm Graphics Viewer

Alarm Graphics Editor Form

This form allows you to create a graphical view of alarm states for the alarms you select. In general, you import a map drawn as a Windows MetaFile (.wmf or .emf) and place alarm points on the map. A single file may be imported multiple times. An alarm may be placed on multiple maps and each point on the map may contain multiple alarms.

Map

Click the drop-down list of available maps. If there are no maps listed or you want to create a new map, click Add record on the Secure Perfect toolbar, allowing you to navigate to additional sources.

Link Alarms to this map

Because you have an alarm on several maps, click to display the Select Default Alarms dialog box. Designate one map as the default, which means that this map will display whenever you select this alarm point from the Alarm Monitor Form and then, display the Alarm Graphics Viewer Form.

Magnification

Slide to zoom out or zoom in, on the map view currently displayed. Once you have zoomed in or increased the size of the map, the scroll bars on the side and bottom of the map windowpane become available. To return the map to the original size, use the magnification slide.

Map Taller

Click to change the width to height ratio; the map becomes taller.

Map Shorter

Click to change the width to height ratio; the map becomes shorter.

Point Settings Group:

• Point Type: Select Alarm, Camera, Digital Input, Digital Output, or Jump to Map from the

drop-down list. Designating the point type as Camera enables access to live video only, a camera alarm, or both.

• Add Point: This button become active when you click the map at a spot where you want to

add an alarm point, then click Add Point to display the alarm point on the map. This step activates the remaining fields in this grouping.

• Delete Point: Click to remove alarms from the map. This button will become active after you

click Add Point or select an existing alarm point on the current map.

• Label: Displays the current label of the alarm point.

• Change: Click to display the Point Label dialog box, allowing you to change the label of the

map point.

• Jump to map: Allows you to define the point as a jump to another map when this point is

selected from the Alarm Graphics Viewer Form. Click the drop-down list to display a list of available maps and select the map to which you want to link.

Links for this point:

• Alarm link: Link a physical alarm point to the point you are creating on this map by selecting

an alarm from the drop-down list. Select more than one by clicking Link to More Than One Alarm.

- This setting label changes to Digital Input if the assigned Point Type is a Digital Input. The drop-down displays a list of available digital inputs.

- This setting label changes to Digital Output if the assigned Point Type is a Digital Output.

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The drop-down displays a list of available digital outputs.

• Link to more than one alarm: Allows you to link more than one physical alarm or DI/DO

point to the point you are creating on this map. This button label changes based on the type of point that you are configuring. The icon that will display for the group reflects the most severe alarm in the group.

• Camera: Select a camera from the drop-down list to link live video access from a map. (This

setting is not available if the assigned Point Type is a Digital Input or Digital Output.)

Icons for this point:

Select an appropriate icon to represent the alarm state. An alarm in reset condition is low severity. An alarm in alarm condition is medium severity. An alarm in trouble condition is high severity.

• Trouble: Select the icon you want to display when this alarm point is in a trouble condition

(short or cut). Click the drop-down list to display a list of currently available icons. You may add more icons by clicking Add New Icon to Database. (This setting does not display if the Point Type is Digital Output.)

• Alarm: Select the icon you want to display when this alarm point is in an alarm condition.

Click the drop-down list to display a list of currently available icons. You may add more icons by clicking Add New Icon to Database.

- This setting label changes to Set if the assigned Point Type is a Digital Input.

- This setting label changes to Active if the assigned Point Type is a Digital Output.

• Inactive: Select the icon you want to display when this point is in a reset condition. Click the

drop-down list to display a list of currently available icons. You may add more icons by clicking Add New Icon to Database.

• Add New Icon to Database: Click to import your own icon files to the list of available icons

used in the previous three fields to represent a specific alarm state.

You can navigate between the Alarm Monitor Form and Alarm Graphics by clicking the right mouse

button.

Alarm Graphics Viewer

Reference Topics:

Alarm Graphics Editor

Alarm Graphics Viewer Shortcut Menu

Secure Perfect Viewer

Use this form to view an alarm graphics map, as configured on the Alarm Graphics Editor Form. This is a separate application and can be moved anywhere on your monitor. This is useful for dual-display monitors or wide monitor display.

• Alarm Graphics Viewer Toolbar:

File Menu Exit: Closes the Secure Perfect Viewer application.

Operations Menu

Help Menu Help Topics: Opens the Secure Perfect Help system.

This menu conveniently allows access to related Secure Perfect Operations menu options.

• Alarm Graphics Viewer: Use this option to reopen the Alarm

Graphics Viewer Form when you have previously closed the form.

• Alarm Monitor: Opens the Alarm Monitor form in the Secure

Perfect windowpane.

• Activity Monitor: Opens the Activity Monitor form in the Secure

Perfect windowpane.

• Manual Control: Opens the Manual Control form in the Secure

Perfect windowpane.

• Alarm Graphics Viewer Form: Indicates that an Alarm Graphics

Viewer Form session is in progress.

About Secure Perfect: Opens the About Secure Perfect window in the Secure Perfect windowpane and displays the Secure Perfect version, service pack number, copyright information, licensing information, and

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contact information.

Magnification

• The Secure Perfect Viewer application window opens with a maximized Alarm Graphics Viewer Form

window inside. Click the controls in the top-right corner of the Alarm Graphics Viewer Form window to minimize, return to maximized, or close. To reopen, select Alarm Graphics Viewer from the Secure Perfect Viewer toolbar, Operations menu.

• Select a map from the Map drop-down list to display in the Viewer windowpane. The Viewer

application is limited to one windowpane. For shortcut menu functionality, move your mouse pointer to an assigned point and right-click. The menus that display with a right-click mouse button depend on the Point Type assigned.

• If another map is linked to an icon, click the icon to display the linked map.

• Click the controls in the top-right corner of this window to minimize, return to maximized, or close the

Secure Perfect Viewer window.

Slide to zoom out or zoom in, on the map view currently displayed. Once you have zoomed in or increased the size of the map, the navigation bars on the side and bottom of the map windowpane become available. To return the map to the original size, use the magnification slide.

Map Taller

Click to change the width to height ratio; the map displays as taller and the width narrows.

Map Shorter

Click to change the width to height ratio; the map becomes shorter and spreads in width.

Alarm Monitoring

Overview

Reference Topics:

Alarm Monitoring Using the Alarm Monitor

Alarm Monitor Form Toolbar

Alarm Monitor

The Alarm Monitor Form displays alarm activity.

• An operator can see alarms on the Alarm Monitor Form only for facilities that are currently active

and assigned to the current operator.

• The option to monitor an alarm must be selected on the Alarm Form in order for a specific alarm to

display on the Alarm Monitor Form.

• Alarms do not display on the Alarm Monitor Form if the selection to monitor an alarm is removed,

even though Alarm Routing and Bumping may be configured.

All responses can be obtained from the Administration Report, with ‘Response’ as the selected report type.

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Alarm Monitoring Using the Alarm Monitor Form

Reference Topics:

Alarm Monitor Form Toolbar

Alarm Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

For a shortcut menu to the functions available within the Alarm Monitor Form or to a related form, click the right mouse button within the first windowpane where the alarms display or the second pane where the messages display. Not all options will be available. You must select an alarm activity with a DVR association in order to enable video options on the shortcut menu.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.

There are three sections to the Alarm Monitor Form:

• The top section or pane lists the alarms.

• The second pane lists any instructions assigned to the current (highlighted) alarm.

• The third pane allows you to respond to an alarm by either selecting a predefined response

or entering your own.

Column Headings: (These are read-only categories for display purposes and cannot be used for sorting.)

Priority

Displays the priority of the alarm. The priority tells the system in which order it should alert the operator when multiple alarms occur simultaneously. The priority range is 0 to 9 and the lower the number, the higher the priority of the alarm.

Description

Displays the alarm description. Refer to the following examples:

• Tamper Alarm: mmm-b-pp Tamper where mmmm represents the micro number to which this alarm

is associated, b represents the board number, pp represents the point or device number, and Tamper is the alarm description.

• Regional Failover on a Global System: bcttestpc–Region Failover Alarm where

bcttestpc is the PC Name of the client that has failed over to its configured backup Region, and Region Failover Alarm is the alarm desciption.

If an event trigger has been defined for associating video with transactions from specified alarm(s), a

camera icon

will display as part of the alarm description. When selecting an alarm transaction

identified with an alarm icon, right-click to display a shortcut menu, then select a video option.

Reference

Displays additional information relating to the type of badge alarm. Only reader alarms have a reference, such as a person name or badge number. This column may be blank.

Alarm State

Displays the current state of the alarm. The four possible states are as follows:

• Alarm: The point is in the Active alarm state (either Closed or Opened). The Active alarm

state for an alarm is defined on the Alarm Form.

• Reset: The point is no longer in the active alarm state.

• Cut: The wiring to the alarm point has been cut.

• Short: The wiring to the alarm point has been short circuited.

Process State

The process state is either Unacknowledged or Acknowledged. To acknowledge an alarm, select the desired alarm and click Acknowledge. The alarm icon will change to reflect the acknowledgement and clear from the window after reset.

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Count

The number of times the alarm has entered an alarm state since the alarm was last cleared from the Alarm Monitor.

Host Date/Time

The date and time the alarm occurred according to the system date and time.

Micro Date/Time

The date and time the alarm occurred according to the micro’s date and time.

Instructions

Displays the instructions linked to the current alarm. When an alarm is displayed on the Alarm Monitor Form, select the alarm. The alarm instructions set up for this alarm will display in the Instruction windowpane, providing guidelines for the operator to resolve the alarm condition. Predefined Instructions were created on the Instruction Form of the Administration menu.

Response

This is a multi-line dialog box, allowing you to manually enter a response of up to 256 alphanumeric characters, for the current alarm.

Response Button

Click to display a list of predefined responses. Predefined responses are created on the Alarm Response Form of the Administration menu. If the entire list does not fit, scroll bars become available on the right of the window. Select a response and click OK for the selected response to display in the Response windowpane of the Alarm Monitor Form.

• You can manually extend the response by placing your cursor at the end of the entry and

appending to a maximum of 256 alphanumeric characters.

• You can append an additional predefined response without overwriting the existing entry.

• When you append an additional predefined response to the existing entry, a warning

message displays if the response exceeds 256 characters. The additional response will not be appended.

The selected response is recorded in alarm history when the alarm is acknowledged.

Acknowledge

Click to acknowledge an alarm. Forced acknowledgement to an alarm is required only if the Operator Acknowledge check box has been checked to enable this function on the Alarm Form.

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Changing Operator Password

Change Password

Reference Topic:

Operator Tab

Password Tab

Operations Menu

This dialog box is available only if this operator has permission to change the operator password, as

assigned on the Operator tab of the Operator Form.

This dialog box allows you to change the password of the operator currently logged in.

Because it is difficult to retrieve, it is very important that operators remember their login password, exactly as created. The password is case sensitive. Create a password and write it down or store in a safe place. The assigned password cannot match any previous five passwords.

• Old password: Enter the current password.

• New password: Enter the new password you will use going forward.

• Confirm new password: Re-enter the new password.

• Password Rules: The parameters displayed in this dialog box were assigned on the

Password tab of the Parameters Form.

An error message displays all rule violations if an attempt to change the operator password violates any of the parameters.

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Client Monitoring

Reference Topics:

Client Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

Client Monitor Form Toolbar

Licensing

Client Monitor Form

Use this form to obtain client information, such as client type, Imaging status, and connection status. A client is a computer that has all the functionality of the server but does not store the Secure Perfect database and it does not validate license information.

For a shortcut menu to related functions, select an entry and then click the right mouse button.

Element Description

Client

Active Client

Client Type

Imaging Status

Thin Client Status

Connection Status

Description

Region

Active Region

Name of the networked computer. To delete, client must have a connection Status of Not Connected.

When adding clients on the Client Form, the PCName must exactly match the network name of the computer, in order for connection to be made.

This column displays an entry when a client failed and a backup client is now hosting its devices.

• The column displays the currently active hostname.

• If a backup attempt to a backup client failed, the column

displays [Hostname] Backup Failed where Hostname = the backup client that was unable to host devices for the failed default host.

• During the process of recovery to the default client, the column

displays [Hostname] <recovering>. This only displays at the default client computer.

Following a recovery to the default host, this column is blank.

Type of client: Secure Perfect or CCTV.

Shows whether the client currently has Imaging capabilities. To change the Imaging status, the client must have a connection status of Not Connected.

Enabled: This client has Imaging capabilities, that is, you can capture, design, and print using this computer. Disabled: This client does NOT have Imaging capabilities.

Displays whether this client is licensed for Thin Client terminal services.

Current status of the connection between the client and the server:

• Connected: The client and server are communicating.

• Not Connected: The client and server are not communicating.

Displays the description of the Secure Perfect client.

This is a Global system and this is the name of the Region for this client.

This column displays an entry when a Regional Database Server has failed and a backup Server is now hosting the database.

• The column displays the currently active Region.

• Following a recovery to the default host, this column is blank.

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File Server Hosting

Mode

Primary Com Port

Secondary Com Port

Connection Information

Imaging Information

Thin Client Information

Display name of the File Server that is hosting the database for this client.

Displays the status of the Mode for this client.

Displays the primary communications port used for CCTV serial interface.

Displays the secondary communications port used for CCTV serial interface.

Licenses Used: The number of clients currently connected to the server. (CCTV interface clients do not count against client licenses.)

Client Licenses: The total number of licenses authorized.

Licenses Used: The number of clients currently given Imaging permissions.

Imaging Licenses: The total number of Imaging licenses authorized.

Licenses used: The number of host computers enabled with the Thin Client option.

Thin Client Licenses: The number of Thin Client licenses authorized.

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Digital Input Status Configuration

Digital Input Status

Reference Topic:

Status Tab

Digital inputs are physical sensing devices, such as door sensors or motion sensors, used to monitor an electronic contact connected to a micro. Refer to your micro installation for information on how to connect a digital input device to the micro.

The Digital Input Status Form provides a snapshot of the current status in the micros (active or inactive) and physical state (open or closed) of a digital input (contact). Once you have set up your digital inputs and alarms, you will need to verify the accuracy of your configuration.

Digital Output Status Configuration

Digital Output Status

Reference Topic:

Status Tab

The Digital Output Status Form provides a snapshot of the current digital output status in the micros. A digital output represents an external device, such as lights, sirens, and door strikes that may be connected to the micro.

Digital Video Viewer Program Configuration

Digital Video Viewer Application

The Digital Video Viewer application can be accessed from the Operations menu and by clicking the camera icon from the toolbar.

Refer to the Digital Video Viewer Help system for additional information and features of this

program, including window management, PTZ control, and event tagging.

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Enable Alarm Video Window

Enable Alarm Video Pop-up

Manually Control - Doors, DOs, Alarms, DIs, Intrusion Zones

Overview

Reference Topics:

Reader/Digital Output Tab

Alarm/Digital Input Tab

Intrusion Zone Tab

Overview - Intrusion Zones

Mode Tab

Guard Tour Tab – Manual Control Form

Manual Control Form

The Manual Control Form allows the operator to perform the following, depending on the operator’s

facilities and permissions:

• Manually lock/unlock doors.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated

demo.

• Turn on/off DO (digital output).

• Monitor on/off alarms and alarm groups.

• Enable/disable DI inputs.

• Arm/disarm Intrusion Zones.

• Change the mode of a micro.

• Start/stop a Guard Tour.

Refer to the individual tab controls for additional information regarding the available functions.

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Micro Monitoring

Overview

Reference Topics:

Micro Monitoring Using the Micro Utility Form

Micro Utility Form Toolbar

Micro Utility Form Shortcut Menu

Micro Utility Form

The Micro Utility Form allows you to view all types of micros, the activities of those micros, monitor communications, and control each micro in the system. Using the Micro Utility Form, you have the capability to select, sort, and display only the micros that you want to view, and then save that view. The first time the Micro Utility Form is opened for viewing, all micros will be displayed if their number is equal to or less than 64.

Micro Monitoring Using the Micro Utility Form

Reference Topics:

Micro Utility Form Shortcut Menu

Micro Utility Form Toolbar

Micro Form

Time Schedule Form

Mode Schedule Form

Operations Menu

For a shortcut menu to functions available within the Micro Utility Form, select a micro from the list

and right-click.

The icon to the left of the description represents the type of micro. The table below explains the micro types.

Icons Symbolize

a direct-connect micro

a dial-up micro

a network micro

Column Headings:

Description: Description assigned to the micro when defined on the Micro Form.

Active Hostname: The name of the computer that controls communications to the micro. (For those

computers licensed for Client Redundancy, the current Active Hostname may be a backup client and have a different name than the Default Hostname computer.)

Default Hostname: (This column does not display if this computer is not licensed for Client Redundancy.) The hostname displayed is the computer that normally hosts this micro. The icon image displays in green when the micros are controlled by the originating host. The icon image displays in yellow to signify a failed system. The backup client computer listed in the Active Hostname column is controlling the dial-up and network+dialup micros for this computer.

Firmware version: The version of firmware operating the micro.

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Address: Physical address assigned to the micro when defined.

State: Current state of the communications with the micro.

• Online means that the host will attempt to communicate with the micro.

• Offline means that the host will not attempt to communicate with the micro.

• Error means that there is a communications problem.

Connection messages include the following:

• Connected - micro is online and working.

• Shut down - No connection.

• Create port - trying to open a physical medium.

• Set up connection - physical medium is open.

• Tear down connection - connection is in the process of being closed.

• Waiting for call.

• Dialing.

• Retrying call.

• Destroy port – physical medium is being closed.

Status shows what is happening between the host and the micro. Messages include the following:

• Alarm download.

• Alarm message download.

• Badge download.

• DO download.

• DO group download.

• Download start.

• Elevator download.

• Error.

• Flash Error (See Diagnostic Log)

• Flashing Micro. (The entry includes the percent of flash download complete.)

• Flashing Completed.

• Idle.

• Incorrect micro type.

• Inquiry.

• Normal.

• Password download.

• Reader download.

• Reset.

• Schedule download.

• Telephone download.

• There are less then 4 passwords defined.

Mode: This is the current mode or state of the micro. The mode will be Normal, Mode 1, Mode 2, or Mode 3, as previously defined on the Mode Schedule Form or by a manual control command.

Comm device messages include the following:

• If this is a direct-connect micro, lists the COM port to which this micro is connected.

• If this is a dial-up micro, the text Dial-Up will be displayed.

• If this is a network micro, the IP address of the micro will be displayed.

• If this is a network + direct micro, the IP address displays. If the micro loses network connection

and fails over to a direct connect, in approximately two minutes, the display changes from the IP address to COM port. When a failover occurs, a yellow LED displays in the COM address column.

• If this is a network + network micro, the IP address displays. If the micro loses network

connection, fails over to a secondary network IP address, the display changes to the secondary IP address. When a failover occurs, a yellow LED displays in the COM address column.

If a host computer is licensed for Client Redundancy, has assigned a backup client, and a

failover occurs, a failover COM port displays.

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Head Of Line

• If the micro is defined as head-of-line, this field will be blank.

• If the selected micro is not head-of-line, this field contains a description of the micro that is the head

of this line.

Message Count

This field will display the number of messages waiting to be sent to a selected micro.

Selecting Facilities

Select Facilities

Reference Topic:

Operator Form

Set Active Facilities Dialog Box

This dialog box allows you to select the active facilities (those you want to assign to the current operator) from a list of facilities available for assignment, as set using the Operator Form.

• Select, then click the right arrow to assign an available facility.

• Select, then click the left arrow to unassign a facility.

Available

This column lists all facilities that have been assigned to the current operator.

Active

This column lists the facilities that are currently active. Only those access rights that are assigned to the facilities listed in this column will be available.

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Devices

Configuring Devices

In case of a default host computer that has failed, devices that have been added to this default host

computer during the failover cannot come online until the default host has recovered and a system recovery notification is received.

The following order is recommended for completion of Secure Perfect device configuration:

1. Create micro records (Additional device records can be configured following the creation of micro records.)

2. Configure reader records

3. Configure digital inputs

4. Set up alarm instructions

5. Configure alarm records

6. Configure alarm groups

7. Configure digital outputs

8. Configure digital output groups

9. Configure elevators

10. Configure DVRs

11. Configure cameras

12. Start micro communications

Alarms

Overview

Reference Topic:

Alarm Form Completion

Alarms

An alarm is a notification that something has happened within SP. An alarm occurs when a defined device, such as a digital input changes to a state defined as the alarm state. For example, if a digital input alarm state is defined as Open in the Active State, then an alarm occurs when the state changes to Open. Alarms can also be used for nonmicro related events such as CCTV alarms. Most alarms are tied to digital output points associated with devices such as switches and motion detectors.

Not all alarms will be present at the same time, and are determined by the boards installed in the

micro.

When you set up your micro, some alarms are automatically set up for you. The Alarm Form is used to modify an alarm record. However, alarms for digital inputs must be set up manually using the Digital Input Form.

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Alarm Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Alarm Tab

Set Instruction Tab

Digital Outputs Tab

DO Groups Tab

Schedule Tab

Events Tab

Status Tab

CCTV Tab

Overview

Editing or Modifying Alarm Records on the Alarm Form

Use the Alarm Form to modify an alarm record. With the exception of external alarms, you cannot delete alarm records; alarms are managed by the owner of the alarm record. The alarm owner can be an API, board, CCTV Interface, digital input, Kalatel camera, Kalatel DVMR, micro, or reader. For an alarm to display on the Alarm Monitor Form, you can either select the Monitor field on the Alarm Form or schedule the alarm to be monitored. The alarm will now display if it is set to be monitored and changes to an alarm condition.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the right mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Time Schedules Form or Events Form, all schedule or event records will display.

To search for, view, or edit existing records, click Search. A list of records will display.

Description

When the records are created, the default description is in the format: mmmm-b-pp where mmmm represents the micro number to which this alarm is associated, b represents the board number, and pp represents the point or device number.

• Example: 0001-1-01 Tamper

This tamper alarm is on micro 1, board 1, alarm 1. To change this description, select and enter text over the existing text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmmm-b-pp prefix in each alarm displayed to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware.

• Example Failover Alarm: BCTTOKYO Failover Alarm

A failover alarm is created when backup clients are assigned to the default client computer. The alarm record displays the default client computer name as part of the description. This failover alarm indicates the default client as BCTTOKYO. If the description indicates Region Failover Alarm, the name of the Regional Database Server is included in the description.

• Alarm descriptions coming into Secure Perfect from an API can be ambiguous, and the source of the

alarm point may be unclear. It is recommended that you rename API alarm points to correspond to the actual physical point, to assist in processing and acknowledging when an alarm displays on the Alarm Monitor.Facility

A facility can be assigned for the alarm from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

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Alarm Groups

Reference Topics:

Group Tab

Events Tab

Keypad Alarm Shunting

Alarm Group Form

Alarm groups provide two things: 1) a convenient way of scheduling many alarms at once, and 2) a means of disabling monitoring in many alarms from a keypad reader. Refer to the reference topic, Keypad Alarm Shunting, for additional information. When a micro record is created, 16 alarm groups are also created. You cannot delete an alarm group record. Alarm groups are owned by the associated micro record. Use the Alarm Group Form to assign events or schedules to alarm groups. See Keypad Alarm Shunting for more information.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the right mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Schedules Form or Events Form, all schedule or event records will display.

Click Search to locate and view or edit existing alarm group records.

Description

The description of the alarm group should be unique. When the records are created, the default description includes the micro to which this alarm group is associated and the number of the alarm group, for example 0001 Group 1, which represents alarm group one on micro one. All alarms are automatically assigned alarm group 0. To change this description, type over the existing text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the alarm group number and micro number prefix to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for the alarm group from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

Be very careful when assigning the facility of an alarm group to a different facility than the micro.

You can create an undesired result if you do not fully understand facility assignment.

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Cameras

Camera Form

Reference Topics:

Definition Tab

Presets Tab

Use the Camera Form to edit existing camera parameters. Camera records are automatically created when a DVR is defined on the Digital Video Recorder Form. The camera records display in the format 00X-0X Camera where 00X is the DVR address and 0X is the camera number.

Description

Enter a camera name or click Search to display a list box of existing cameras.

Device description upates are communicated to corresponding alarms, DIs, and DOs. In order for

changes to migrate to additional form windows that may be open at the time of a change, the open windows should be closed and then re-opened before the device description is able to be seen.

Facility

A facility option can be designated for your camera.

Digital Inputs

Digital Input Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Digital Input Tab

Digital Output Tab

DO Groups Tab

Schedule Tab

Events Tab

Status Tab

Overview - Intrusion Zones

Digital inputs are physical sensing devices, such as door sensors or motion sensors, used to monitor an electronic contact connected to a micro. When a micro record is created, digital input records are also created. Use the Digital Input Form to modify a digital input record. You cannot delete digital input records. The digital inputs are managed by the associated micro record. The number of digital inputs is based on the micro you set up and boards that the micro contains.

The alarms for digital inputs are not created automatically when you set up a micro. Set the Type field to

Alarm and then save the record. The associated alarm record is created. Refer to the Micro Installation Guide for information on how to connect a digital input device to the micro.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any tab and click the right

mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Time Schedules Form or Events Form, all schedule or event records will display.

To view and edit existing records, click Search. A list of records displays.

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Description

When the records are created, the default description is in the format: mmmm-b-pp where mmmm represents the micro number to which this digital input is associated, b represents the board number, and pp represents the point or device number.

Example: 0001-1-01 DI

This digital input is on micro 1, board 1, point 1. To change or add to this description, enter text over the existing text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmmm-b-pp prefix in each digital input displayed to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware. This field accepts a maximum of 64 characters.

Facility

A facility can be assigned for the new Digital Input record from the Facility drop-down list.

The same facility is assigned for all devices associated with the micro when a micro is created.

Be very careful when assigning the facility of a DI to a different facility than the micro. You can

create an undesired result if you do not fully understand facility assignment.

Digital Outputs

Digital Output Form

Reference Topics:

Digital Output Tab

Schedule Tab

Manual Control Tab

Device Menu

A digital output represents an external device, such as lights, sirens and door strikes that may be connected to the micro. Refer to your micro installation manual for information on how to connect a digital output device to the micro. The digital outputs available depend on the micro setup and readers used. Use the Digital Output Form to search and view or modify an existing digital output record.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the right mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Schedules Form, all schedule records will display.

Description

When the records are created, the default description is in the format: mmmm-b-pp where mmmm represents the micro number to which this digital output is associated, b represents the board number, and pp represents the point or device number.

Example: 0001-1-01 DO

This digital output is on micro 1, board 1, point 1. To change this description, type over the existing text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmm-b-pp prefix in each digital output description displayed to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware. This field accepts a maximum of 32 characters.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for your new Digital Output record from the Facility drop-down list.

Be very careful when assigning the facility of a digital output to a different facility than the micro.

You can create an undesired result if you do not fully understand facility assignment.

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Digital Output Groups

Digital Output Group Form

Reference Topics:

Group Tab

Schedule Tab

Digital output groups provide an easy, convenient way of scheduling many digital outputs at once. To create digital output groups, manually create the groups and then assign the digital outputs to them. Use the Digital Output Group Form to assign digital outputs to a group and schedules to digital output groups.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Schedules Form, all schedule records will display.

To locate and view existing records, click Search button. A list of records will display. You can either click the Add button to add a new record OR search and view or change an existing record.

Description

Assign a unique description to the digital output group.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

If you assign DOs that belong to a different facility, you may be creating an undesired result; not all

DOs will be visible under certain facilities.

Digital Video Recorders

Overview

Reference Topic:

Digital Video Recorder Form Completion

Digital Video Surveillance

Digital video surveillance is integrated into the Secure Perfect system and requires its own hardware and software. The system supports the following Kalatel digital video multiplexer/recorders:

Kalatel DVMR

Kalatel DVMRe-16 CD

(Requires duplex PPC firmware Version 3.18 or later and MUX firmware Version 3.24 or later.)

Kalatel DVMR

Kalatel DVMRe-16 CT

(Requires triplex firmware Version 5.xx or later. Kalatel DVMRe Matrix is supported as a 16 CT recorder.)

Increasing the processor speed and memory on the Secure Perfect Server and/or client workstations

may be required for optimizing performance in your specific application.

The Digital Video Recorder Form allows you to configure integrated digital video surveillance within SP. This option provides event-driven video recording, allowing you to access and control live and recorded video and initiate camera control at any workstation within a Secure Perfect system.

-4 CD

-10 CD

-4 CT

-10 CT

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SP Enterprise Edition supports up to 64 licensed DVR connections.

SP Professional Edition supports up to 16 licensed DVR connections.

EZ Edition supports up to 8 licensed DVR connections.

The following order is recommended for configuration of an SP Editions DVR system:

1. Set up operators and permissions.

2. Configure the DVR.

3. Configure DVR devices. DVR devices can be hosted on the SP Server computer and/or client workstations. The actual number of DVR devices hosted on each Server computer may vary. Distributing DVR hosting across multiple computers may be required for optimizing system performance in your specific application.

4. Create preset records.

5. Configure cameras.

6. Set up event triggers.

7. OPTIONAL: Set up alarm graphics.

Digital Video Recorder Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Communications Settings Tab

Video Display Tab

Overview

Definition Tab

Status Tab

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the

right mouse button.

Click Search to display or change an existing record or click Add to add a new record and display default values.

Description

Enter a unique descriptive name for your DVR in the Description field.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for your new DVR from the Facility drop-down list. When you change a facility designation, it changes the facility for the DVR only. You receive a message displaying, Do other

devices change to the same facility as the digital video recorder? Select Yes or No. If you select Yes, the alarm record and camera records will change as well. You will need to verify the accuracy of the

revised records.

The Digital Video Recorder Form contains the tabs listed below. Complete each tab in the order they are listed.

Refer to the Digital Video Viewer Help file for additional information about features of PTZ control and

event tagging.

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Elevator Management

Overview

Reference Topics:

Elevator Form

Elevators

The first step in configuring elevator control is setting up floors. The Floor Form of the Administration menu allows you to set up floors.

Now, you can configure the elevator records. You will use the Elevator Form to configure elevator records. Here, you select the method of elevator control, the readers, and the floors that will be used. You can set a reader for elevator control using this form only. When you return to the Reader Form and display a corresponding reader record, you will notice that all other options in the Logical Type section are not available.

Elevator control does not span micros. This means the reader, digital outputs, and digital inputs (if

applicable) must be on the same micro.

The type of boards you want to use in your dedicated micro (DO only or a combination of DO and DI boards) determines the number of floors available. After installing the CPU board, the Power/Communication board, and at least one reader board, there are four slots available that can be used for digital input boards or a combination of digital input boards and digital output boards.

Methods of Elevator Control

There are three methods of implementing elevator control:

No Floor Tracking Method

With this method, you define the floors available and define a digital output for each floor. Only digital outputs provided by the 16 DO board can be used. In addition, each DO can by used in only one elevator and mapped to only one floor. The number of floors is limited by the number of 16 DO boards that can be placed in the micro; the maximum is four. Therefore, the maximum number of floors available is 64 (4 boards x 16 DOs = 64 DOs).

Floor Tracking by Input

Define the floors available, then define a digital input and digital output for each floor. The digital inputs are used for floor selection. Only digital inputs provided by the 20 DI board can be used for floor selection and each digital input can by used for only one elevator and mapped to only one floor. The digital outputs are used to control where the elevator moves. Only digital outputs provided by the 16 DO board can be used, and each digital output can only be used in one elevator and mapped to one floor. Using this method, a maximum of 32 floors can be supported (2 boards x 16 DOs = 32 DOs).

Floor Tracking by Keypad

Define the floors available and define a digital output for each floor. The reader’s keypad is used to select the desired floor. Only digital outputs provided by the 16 DO board can be used. In addition, each DO can be used in only one floor. The number of floors is limited by the number of 16 DO boards that can be placed in the micro; the maximum if four. Therefore, the maximum number of floors available is 64 (4 boards x 16 DOs = 64 DOs).

Floor Tab of Access Right Form

On the Personnel menu, select Access Right to open the Access Right Form, Floor tab to assign access rights to elevators and floors. Select from the Available list those elevators you want to use with the form. The elevators that display in this list are those that are set up on the Elevator Form. Floors and DOs can be assigned an access right to define which floors a person can access and what DOs a person can trigger with a valid badge.

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Elevator Form

Reference Topics:

Overview

Setting Up an Elevator

Elevator Tab

Floor/Digital Output Tab

Floor/Digital Output/Digital Input Tab

Use this form to create or modify an elevator record.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

Elevator control does not span micros. This means the reader, digital outputs, and digital inputs (if

applicable) must be on the same micro.

Description

To locate and view existing records, click Search. A list of records will display. You can search and view or edit an existing record.

Micros

Overview

Reference Topics:

Micro Form Completion

Records Generation

Micros

Micro records can be created within Secure Perfect without having the micros attached and

configured. Additional device records can be configured after creating micro records.

Micros control access through the use of devices such as badge readers, alarm points, and output points physically wired to the micro, which is then connected to the host by one of the following methods:

1. Directly

2. Using RS-232 cabling through a modem

3. Through a network

Secure Perfect provides a micro auto-configuration feature, allowing you to set up the database with the exact board configuration that you selected during the micro configuration process. When you create a micro record, only those records for the associated devices (readers, alarms, alarm groups, and digital outputs) supported by the micro’s configuration are created. The auto-configuration feature anticipates your configuration requirements. For example, the Micro/PX2000 is a single-board microcontroller. Other boards do not display for selection, as shown in the image below. This board address is 2.

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In this example, notice the DI records created automatically when the Micro/PX2000 record was saved.

The Micro Form contains a combination of tabs. The settings selected on the Micro Definition tab

determine which tabs display.

Note that any time a badge that is not in a micro is presented to a reader, it is reported as unknown and the host sends the badge to the micro. This happens regardless of the Badge Loading option. The micros can store only a limited number of badges. When a previously unknown badge is sent to a micro whose badge capacity is exceeded, the micro randomly chooses a badge to delete to make room for the new badge. The badge is deleted from the micro but not from the Secure Perfect system.

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Micro Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Overview

Micro Definition Tab

Security Tab

Time Zone Tab

Comments Tab

Events Tab – Micro Form

Status Tab – Micro Form

Micro Configuration Tab

Port Settings Tab

Settings to Reach Host Tab

Settings to Reach Micro Tab

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the

right mouse button. If you are using this shortcut menu to get to the Schedules Form or Events Form, all schedule or event records will display.

ADDING OR MODIFYING A RECORD:

Click Add to add a new record or Search to display or change an existing record.

Description

The description of the micro should be unique and include where the micro is located and/or how it is used.

Example: 1 - Building A2 North Telco Closet could represent Micro 1 located in Building A2 North in the Telco Closet.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for your new micro record from the Facility drop-down list. All devices, such as readers, alarms, and DIs added with the micro will belong to the same facility as the micro. If you edit the Facility option on an existing micro record, a messages displays, Do other devices change to the same facility as the micro? If you select Yes, all associated devices and alarms will change to newly assigned facility. If you select No, the facility change takes place only on the micro record.

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Readers

Readers Overview

Reference Topics:

Reader Tab

Door Functions Tab

Routing Tab

Functions Schedule Tab

Routing Schedule Tab

Reader Type Events Tab

Status Tab

Readers Form

Readers are the devices that interpret the encoded numbers on badges. Readers are usually located near doors or gates that the system controls. Badges are presented to the readers in order to gain access through a door.

When a micro record is created, reader records are also created. The number of records depends on the micro you configure and the reader boards that the micro contains. The reader is automatically enabled as Online and Active, and configured to accept badge transactions when a reader record is created. The number of active readers counts against your reader limit. For example, if your license key allows the use of 128 readers, you may have only 128 readers marked as active.

When the total of all reader records equals the maximum number of active readers allowed by your

license, you will receive a warning message.

The reader record controls both the physical reader and how the door locks and unlocks. See your micro and reader installation manual for information on how to connect readers to a micro. Use the Reader Form to modify the reader configuration.

ADDING OR MODIFYING A RECORD:

Click Search to display a list of previously created reader records. You can either click Add on the Secure Perfect toolbar to add a new record OR modify an existing record.

Description

When reader records are created, the default description is in the format: mmmm-b-pp where mmmm represents the micro number to which this reader is associated, b represents the board number, and pp represents the reader number.

Example: 0001-1-01 Reader

This reader is on micro 1, board 1, reader 1. To change or add to this description, select and enter text over the existing text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmmm-b-pp prefix in each reader displayed to aid in locating the reader points on the physical hardware. This field accepts a maximum of 64 characters.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for your new Reader record from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

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Person Records Creation

Access Rights

Reference Topics:

Access Rights Tab

Floor Tab

Digital Output Groups Tab

Intrusion Zone Tab

Overview - Intrusion Zones

Access Right Form

Use this form to create access rights to define where (with readers) and when (with time schedules) an individual can gain entry. Floors and digital output groups can be assigned to an access right to define which floors a person can access and what digital output groups a person can trigger with a valid badge. Intrusion Zones can be assigned to an access right, allowing the ability to arm/disarm (with a reader) the zone and access to a particular zone.

ADDING OR MODIFYING A RECORD:

Description

Click Add to add and assign a unique title to this record or Search to display or change an existing record.

Facility

You can assign a facility from the drop-down list of those facilities available for assignment by this operator.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any tab and right-click.

Departments

Reference Topic:

Department Tab

The Department Form allows you to create a department that you can then assign to a person record using the Person Form. Department selection can also be used to group records when running a Person Report.

ADDING OR MODIFYING A RECORD:

Click Search to display a list of previously created Departments. You can either click Add on the Secure Perfect toolbar to add a new Department record OR modify an existing record.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for the Department from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

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Person Records Creation

Reference Topics:

Personnel Tab

Location Tab

User Fields Tab

Access Rights Tab

Photo Tab

Mass Update

Person Form

Use this form to create a record for a person, someone who can access the readers controlled by the Secure Perfect system. Click Add to add a new record or click Search to display a list of previously created person records to review or modify.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.

Last Name

Enter the last name of the individual record you are creating. This is a required field.

A facility option can be assigned to this record from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, right-click below any of the tabs on this form.

Personnel Type Assignment

Reference Topic:

Personnel Type Tab

Personnel Type Form

This form is used to create category types for employees and assign default badge designs for each category.

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Badging

Badge Alias Form

Reference Topic:

Badge Alias Tab

This form is available only if aliasing option was elected during initial Secure Perfect Server

installation.

Use this form to control the alias numbers that will display in place of the encoded badge number. An alias is a number that represents the encoded badge number. You decided whether to use badge alias and which method during installation of SP. If you chose None, this form is unavailable in the Secure Perfect program.

Badge alias provides added security in that the encoded number is displayed only to authorized users. The encoded badge number is hidden on the Badge Form, reports, and Activity Monitor Form. There are two methods of using badge alias:

Manual: Enter the badge alias number on this form.

Automatic: The badge alias number is chosen for you.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right mouse button.

Badge Design

Reference Topics:

Design Tab

Badge Design Creation Overview

Image Capture Overview

Complete the Badge Design Form to create badge designs. Badge designs are the graphics printed on badges. You may want to use different graphics for different types of personnel, such as a specific graphic for regular employees and a different graphic for contract employees within your organization.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Displays existing records.

Configure a new Badge Design record. Default values display for you.

Delete a selected Badge Design record from the list in the windowpane on the right, that is no longer required or applicable.

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Description

Facility

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this badge design. The field accepts 1 to 32 characters.

During installation of Badge Designer, four standard badge designs are included, in the Designs folder of Secure Perfect:

• Landscape

• Portrait

• No Design

• Wanted Poster

Do one of the following:

• Select from the list of existing standard design records.

• Select and edit a standard design by renaming and saving.

• Create a new design.

When you add a design, enter a desciption and click Save to enable the Edit

Badge Design button on this form.

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

Badge Design Creation Overview

The Badge Design application has an extensive Help system to assist in designing your badge layout,

import graphics, link designs to badgeholder information, and add barcodes or encode magnetic stripes.

This topic is an abridged summary of the badge design process.

To create your own simple badge design:

1. Select Badge Design from the Secure Perfect Personnel menu.

2. The Badge Design Form, Design tab displays.

3. Click Add and enter a unique Description, then click Save. The Edit Badge Design button is now enabled.

Click Edit Badge Design to run the Badge Design application.

1. Select New from Imaging File menu.

2. Draw a shape in your design window the size of your badge.

3. For a background color, select Edit, Background, then select a color from Color dialog that displays.

4. Add one or several bitmaps inside the badge design parameters.

5. Add one or several text boxes.

6. Move or resize the photo and text as desired.

7. Click Save.

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Badging Overview

Reference Topic:

Badge Definition Tab

Status Tab

User Fields Tab

Mass Update

Badge Form

A badge identifies a person to SP. This is usually a card with an embedded number that uniquely identifies the card. However, the badge does not have to be a card; it could be a unique number that is entered into a keypad reader. The Badge Form is used to define a badge by entering specific information, such as the badge number and the person to whom this badge is assigned. Click Add to add a new record or click Search to display a list of previously created badge records to review or modify.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right mouse button.

Description:

Enter a unique description of the badge, person name, or badge type. This is a required field and this record will not save without an entry in this dialog box. If you attempt to save a record without a description, a dialog box displays, asking if you want to use the badge identification number as the Description. Click Yes to use the badge identification number or return to the form and enter a Description of your choice. (If you are entering badge records before person assignment, consider entering a badge identification number as the Description.) This dialog box accepts up to 32 alphanumeric characters.

If this is a converted database from an earlier version of Secure Perfect that allowed blank

Description fields, the badge identification number now displays in the Description field of those records.

Facility:

The facility assignment is a read-only field. Facilities are assigned by the operator when creating a Person record.

Image Capture Overview

Your photographs and signatures can be created by digital cameras, video cameras, and signature pads. Support for certain Imaging features and functions may be product specific and not necessarily supported by all compatible peripherals.

Selecting an Input Device

Follow the instructions provided by the device manufacturer for installing an input device. Imaging can use any device that has a TWAIN, WINTAB, or Video for Windows (VFW) driver installed.

To select an input device:

1. Go to the Personnel menu and select Person. The Person Form displays.

2. Select the Photo tab, then click Search to display a current list of records.

3. Select one of the records in the records list, then click Capture Image/Signature. The Secure Perfect Image Capture Application screen displays.

4. Using the mouse, point to the photo area and right-click. A context menu displays.

5. Select Input Device from the context menu. A Select Profile window displays, listing the available input devices on your computer. By default, the input device loads from a file.

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6. Select the input device you will be using and click OK. The next time you capture a photo, the program will use the input device you selected.

7. Repeat these steps to set up an input device for signature pads. The program will recognize a separate input device for photos and signatures.

To select a record and capture a NEW image for the selected record:

1. Select Person from the Personnel menu.

2. Select the Photo tab on the Person Form.

3. Select ONE of the records in the Record List.

4. Click Capture Image/Signature to capture a new image. Based on the input device you previously selected, the proper interface window will come up for adjusting, capturing, and loading a new image.

5. Adjust, then save the adjusted settings.

6. Click Capture Photo to capture the new image. Once the photo is taken, the Image Enhancement dialog box will display.

7. The dialog box that displays allows you to crop and enhance the newly captured image. You will notice that a highlighting box with eight sizing handles is placed directly over the center of the Original Image.

8. Place your mouse pointer over the image. The pointer will change from a single arrow to a fourheaded arrow. This allows you to move the cropping area across the newly acquired image.

9. At this point, you can either capture a different portion of the image "as is," or adjust the highlighting box to capture some or all of the image.

Refer to the Image Capture Application Help system for additional specific details of this application.

To crop an image:

1. Place your mouse pointer within the highlighting box’s cropping area.

2. Press and hold down your left mouse button, and drag (move) the cropping area to the desired location on the image. Release the left mouse button when you are satisfied with the new location of the highlighting box.

3. Click OK. The photo can be placed on either the front or the back of your badge design. To print the photo, your badge design must include photo image keylines. When you print the badge from the Secure Perfect application, the keylines are replaced by the image.

To resize the crop box:

1. Place your mouse pointer directly over one of the highlighting box handles. The pointer changes from a four-headed arrow to a two-headed arrow. This allows you to resize the cropping area.

2. Press and hold down your left mouse button, and drag (move) the handle toward the center of the cropping area. The size of this highlighting box is fixed to the aspect ratio of the image type: 4 x 5 for photos; 5 x 1 for signatures.

3. When the cropping area is sized to your satisfaction, move the highlighting box so that it covers the portion of the image that you want to capture.

4. Click OK. The Secure Perfect Image Capture Application screen displays with the selected image in place. To print the photo, your badge design must include photo image keylines. When you print the badge from the Secure Perfect application, the keylines are replaced by the image. The photo can be placed on either the front or the back of your badge design.

5. Click OK. The selected image will be moved to the Photo tab of the Person Form.

6. Click Save. The image capture is saved to the database.

Displaying Existing Images

During normal operations, images are not downloaded from the server. In order to view an existing image for a badge record, the image(s) must be loaded to the computer. On the Person Form, select the Photo tab, then click Search, and highlight a record from the record list. Click Capture Image/Signature button to enable the Secure Perfect Image Capture Application screen. Move the mouse pointer to the existing image and right-click. A shortcut menu for the image will appear. The available image options on that menu are discussed in the paragraphs that follow.

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Capture

Based on the input device you previously selected, the appropriate interface window will come up for adjusting, capturing and loading a new image.

Enhance and Crop

These options allow you to individually crop or enhance the current image. You can adjust the existing image without having to recapture the image.

Compare (and Restore)

When a stored image is downloaded and a new image is captured, the Compare option will be enabled on the shortcut menu to compare the newly captured or edited image to the original image. Choosing

Restore will undo any changes made to the original image.

Clear

When you select the Clear option from the shortcut menu, the image will be cleared and the image file will be deleted. (The image cannot be recovered.)

Enhancement Shortcut Menu:

There are four submenus for the Enhancement shortcut menu option.

Adjust by Example

When you select this option, a dialog box will display. You can adjust the brightness, contrast, focus, exposure, and red, green, and blue colors.

Special Effect by Example

This dialog box allows you to add special effects to any image. The applicable effects are Mosaic, Impressionist, Watercolor, Emboss, and Posterize.

Remove Red Eye

This dialog box allows you to remove the red eye effect of any person in an image.

Vignette

The Vignette dialog box allows you to configure a vignette effect to any image.

Manipulation Shortcut Menu: Mirroring

Flip Vertically: Flip an image from top to bottom. Flip Horizontally: Flip an image from left to right. Invert (negative)

Select this option to invert an image (create a color negative).

Convert to 8-bit grayscale

Select this option to convert an image to an 8-bit 256-grayscale image. Once this election is selected, there is no undo. You will have to reload your image.

Save Image

Changes to an existing image or newly captured image are saved to the host when you click Save.

Export To File

When you select this option, a Save As window will display. Navigate to the Secure Perfect Images folder that contains previously captured photo images. You may select a filename, image format, bit depth, and JPEG compression factor. When you click Save, the contents of the image control are saved using the selected settings. If you want, you can replace an existing image.

Select Input Device

This option allows you to select an input device on the Select Profile dialog box, from a list of Capture Profiles. You may also set and apply automatic properties for the image you are about to capture.

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Select Image Type

This dialog box enables you to configure image types in the EPISUITE SDK configuration database. You can use this dialog box to edit, create, or remove image types. To modify an image type, highlight the image type name in the list and click Edit to open the Image Type Manager dialog box. Click Add to create a new image type, or click Remove to delete the highlighted image type.

Revert Changes

When you make any change to the image, the Revert Changes option will be enabled. Otherwise, the option is dimmed and you will not be able to select it. Selecting this option will reload the original image.

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Administration Menu Options

Alarm Instruction Form

Reference Topics:

Alarm Instruction Tab

Alarm Monitor Form

Alarm instructions are directions on how to react to alarms. Use this form to create messages that will display on the Alarm Monitor Form whenever the associated alarm occurs.

ADDING OR MODIFYING A NEW RECORD:

Click Add to add a new record OR Search and view or change an existing record.

Facility: A facility can be assigned to your new Alarm Instruction record from the Facility drop-down list.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

Alarm Notifier Form

Reference Topics:

Alarm Selection Tab

Person Selection Tab

Message Format Tab

Keep in mind that you can use an SMTP Server such as Lotus Notes or SendMail, or even online mail services such as Yahoo, to send e-mail. Contact your local network administrator to get the SMTP server name to be used. E-mail sent by Secure Perfect will be sent through this SMTP Server. If you receive an error message or have a problem with your configuration, contact your local network administrator.

The Alarm Notifier form allows you to:

• Assign those alarms and reset conditions that will trigger an e-mail message.

• Assign people who will receive that e-mail notification of the alarm/reset condition.

• Format the style and content of the e-mail message.

Click Add to add a new record or Search to display or change an existing record.

Description

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this alarm notification.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any tab and click the right

mouse button.

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Alarm Response Form

Alarm Routing and Bumping Form

Reference Topics:

Definition Tab - Alarm Routing and Bumping

Alarms Tab - Alarm Routing and Bumping Form

This form allows you to configure the routing of alarms to one or more Client Groups by time schedule or at all times. Bumping is a term used to describe forwarding the alarms to an additional location.

• You must have Client Groups configured beforehand.

• You can bump an alarm to one or more Client Groups following a time lapse of an unacknowledged

and unpurged alarm to the Client Groups selected for routing.

• Alarm bumping information is displayed on the Alarm Monitor form in the alarm state column.

You may want to review this Sample Scenario before you begin. This is a routing and bumping schedule for a business in two buildings (administration building and a factory, working three shifts).

Time Schedules

8am to 5pm Group 1 Group 4 10 min Group 1 WS#1: Front Door - Admin Bldg

5pm to Midnight Group 2 Group 5 5 min Group 2 WS#4: Back Door - Admin Bldg

Midnight to 8am Group 2 Group 6 1 min Group 3 N/A

Group 4 WS#2 (Supervisor’s desk -

Group 5 WS#6 (Supervisor’s desk -

Group 6 WS#5 (Supervisor’s desk -

Alarms Route to:

Alarms Bump to:

Alarms Bump After

Example: An alarm comes in at 8:30am that is configured to be routed to Group 1. The alarm is not purged or acknowledged; therefore, it is bumped to Group 4 at 8:40am. The transaction is written to Alarm History.

Group Descriptions: Client Work Station (WS) #s

WS#3: Front Door - Factory

WS#5: Back Door - Factory

Admin Bldg, 8am to 5pm)

Factory, 5pm to Midnight)

Factory, Midnight to 8am)

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Complete this form as follows:

Element Description

Add

Display or change an existing record.

Configure a new alarm routing and/or bumping record. Default values display for you.

Delete

Delete a selected record from the list in the windowpane on the right that is no longer required or applicable.

Description

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this record. The field accepts 1 to 64 characters.

Facility

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

API Connections Form

Reference Topics:

Definition Tab

About Secure Perfect

This option is purchased individually and licensed with your Secure Perfect system. For complete details, contact your GE Security Sales Representative.

The number of API records that you can configure is limited to the number of API connections for which you are licensed. This form allows you to define an interface license for external application integration, by assigning a description of the API (Application Program Interface) service that has been configured to communicate with Secure Perfect.

Once configured, real-time event processing and remote command and control functionality extended by way of the API includes the following:

• Bi-directional alarm event processing for monitoring and acknowledgement

• Receiving Secure Perfect access control badge events

• Receiving digital input events

• Receiving intrusion zone events

• Control of alarm point monitoring On/Off

• Control of digital input points Enable/Disable

• Control of digital output points Open/Close

• Control of intrusion zones Arm/Disarm.

An API can be installed on any computer in your Secure Perfect system; however, do not attempt to install on a domain controller. The installation will not complete properly. Review the system configuration with your IT Department for alternative reconfiguration options.

Description: Enter the title of the external API. This should be a unique identifier to the product.

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Badge Format Form

Reference Topic:

Badge Format Tab

Administration Menu

If you experience difficulty with this form, contact GE Customer Support for assistance.

This form allows an operator to do the following:

• Import or export custom badge records in a Wiegand or magnetic stripe format, into the micros on

your Secure Perfect system.

• Identify the pattern of data bits (mask) of the badge numbers that you will importing or export to your

Secure Perfect system.

• Store standard custom badge format in the Secure Perfect database.

• Interpret data from badges presented at a Wiegand or magnetic stripe reader.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Description

Facility

Badge Format Tab

Display or change an existing record.

Configure a new Badge Format record. Default values display for you.

Delete a selected Badge Format record from the list in the windowpane on the right, that is no longer required or applicable.

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this badge format. The field accepts 1 to 64 characters.

Example: 33 Bit Indala

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

Configure the specific mask of this custom badge format. You cannot save this record until you have completed the entries on this tab.

Camera Preset Form

Reference Topic:

Definition Tab

After setup and programming of your DVR devices to meet your monitoring requirements, you will need to parallel the settings and positions in the Secure Perfect configurations. This form allows you to edit or enter a description and number for a camera preset. Presets must be defined before you can assign them to a camera on the Presets tab of the Camera Form.

This option is available for PTZ cameras only.

Description

In this field, enter or edit the description for the selected preset. This should be a unique name describing or numbering a preset camera position.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

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CCTV Alarm Form

Reference Topic:

CCTV Tab

This form is used for serial interfaces that are interfaced to Secure Perfect. Following installation of hardware and the CCTV interface software, you must create CCTV alarm records. This form is used to set up CCTV alarms.

To locate and view existing records, click Search. When a list of records displays, you can edit an existing record OR click Add to add a new record.

Description: Enter a description of this CCTV interface.

Facility: A facility option can be designated for the CCTV Alarm record from the Facility drop-down list.

Client Form

Reference Topics:

Client Tab

Backup Clients Tab

Networking

Client Redundancy Overview

Use this form to add a client to the Secure Perfect network or assign backup clients.

Only systems licensed for Client Redundancy will have the ability to select backup clients.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Description*

Facility

You must restart the Secure Perfect client program for changes to the Auto logoff selection to take effect.

Click to display and view or edit an existing client record.

Click to add a new record. Note that default values display where appropriate.

Select a Client Name from the right windowpane and click to delete the client record .

Enter or edit a unique description for the client you are adding. If you do not enter a description, this field automatically populates with the PC Name selected on the Client tab.

Global Edition Client Descriptions: We recommend that your client description include a meaningful name of the Global or Regional Database Server computer. When the description displays on the Client Monitor Form, the Global and Regional Server will be easily identifiable.

Example Description: bcttestpc(client to bcteeserver) where bcttestpc is the name of the client computer and bcteeserver is the name of the Regional Database Server for this client.

A facility option can be designated for your new client record from the Facility dropdown list.

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Client Group Form

Reference Topic:

Client Group Tab

Alarm Bumping and Routing Form

This form allows you to assign Secure Perfect client computers into logical groups. Members of a Client Group cannot have conflicting Mode Schedules. A comment box is available for entry to describe the reason for this group or configuration.

Client groups can be assigned to specific alarm routing and bumping configurations. You may want to review the Sample Scenario in the Alarm Routing and Bumping Form Help topic.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Descriptions

Facility

Save

Display or change an existing record.

Configure a new record. Default values display for you.

Delete a selected record that is no longer required or applicable, from the list in the windowpane on the right.

Enter a unique description that identifies this Client Group.

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

You cannot save this record until at least one client is assigned to this group on the Client Group tab.

Diagnostic Setting Form

Reference Topic:

Settings Tab

Use this form to select items to monitor using the DiagView program.

Use this form with care. The more items you turn on for monitoring, the more your system performance is affected. This is even more important when monitoring port, communications, or micro items.

Click Search to display a list of components that you can monitor.

Description: Select a component from the list box in the right windowpane. The selected component displays in the Description field as a read-only entry.

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Event Schedule Form

Reference Topic:

Event Schedules Tab

An event schedules when an action occurs, such as resetting an anti-passback status, dialing a micro, or changing a physical reader type. There is no end time associated with an event. Events are comprised of one or more times on one or more days of the week and modes. Events differ from time schedules in that events define when an action occurs and time schedules define an interval of time over which an action occurs. Note that an event can schedule an action multiple times, even within the same day. Once an event is defined, it may be applied anywhere events are used.

Deleting an event schedule does not affect the current state of any devices currently under the effect of the deleted event schedule. An event will remain active until another event occurs to change it.

This form is used to create event schedules. Events define the day(s) of the week and time(s) an action will start. Click Search to display a list of previously created event schedules or Add to add a new event.

Description

Enter a meaningful and unique 32-digit or less alphanumeric description for this event.

Event Tagging Overview

Reference Topic:

Event Trigger Form Completion

When a digital video camera is activated and associated with a reader event or alarm event, the recording for that activity is tagged. During this tagging process, the camera remains actively recording and then archives the recording to disk.

Once recorded, the recording can be retrieved by a search option based on the event tag. If the Event Trigger that activated the tagging was defined as Tag as event instead of Tag only, the DVR would have changed recording rate to a special event-recording rate for a period of time, as predefined during the DVR setup and configuration.

When tagged events are identified by a search, retrieved, and viewed, the video playback begins at the start of the event and continues playing until you elect to discontinue the playback.

Event triggers must be created on the Event Trigger Form, to define the logical rules that will initiate event-driven video response.

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Event Trigger Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Preset/Camera Tab

Readers Tab

Alarms Tab

Intrusion Zone Tab

The Event Trigger Form opens with the Preset/Camera tab displayed. An event consists of a camera and either readers, alarms, or zone activity. A trigger causes an event or program routine to be executed, depending on what options you set on the tabs of this form. Intrusion Zone activities can also trigger an event.

Example: A camera begins recording in response to an invalid badge transaction. An alarm is recorded in response to the badge transaction.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Description

Save

Click to display or change an existing record.

Click to add a new record.

Select and then click to remove an Event Trigger record.

Enter text up to 64 alphanumeric characters in length. The description should convey specific information relating to a physical location, camera, reader, or state, such as.

Front Door Inv Badge Camera 1 Reader 1

You can assign a reader alarm or camera alarm or both and this can be reflected in the description of the Trigger.

Following the completion of applicable options for this record, click to save this record. The selection results display in the columns of the form window on the right.

Facility Form

Reference Topic:

Facility Tab

Use this form to define facilities. Your database can be partitioned and related records can be grouped. These groupings are called facilities. If facilities will be used, you must create Facility definitions in the Secure Perfect system.

A facility option can be designated on MOST forms throughout the system and any number of facilities can be defined.

Usually, the system administrator is assigned to all facilities. Operators can be assigned to one or more facilities and can choose which facilities to be active at any given time. All records have the default Ignore Facilities, which means the records are not under facility protection; therefore, those records are visible to all operators.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

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Floor Form

Reference Topic:

Floor Tab

Use this form to associate a description to a floor number.

Click Add to add a new record OR Search and view or change an existing record.

Facility: A facility can be designated for the new Floor record from the Facility drop-down list.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

Guard Tour Form

Reference Topics:

Guard Tour Tab

Activity Monitor

Guard Tour Tab - Manual Control Form

Administration Menu

This form is unavailable if you are not licensed for Guard Tour.

A Guard Tour is an inspection of your facility premises, made by a security officer at random intervals. The officer stops at pre-determined tour points along the way, where a badge must be presented to a reader or hit a DI point, so that the Secure Perfect system can track the tour progress. Each time the officer presents a badge to a reader, a tour point is ‘hit.’ The following statements are true of Guard Tour features:

• Tour Point Form must be configured before a Guard Tour record is configured.

• A Guard Tour must be configured before a physical tour can begin.

• All tour points must be associated with micros within the same Region.

• Tour points can be both readers and DIs.

• The same badge must complete the entire tour. A badge can only be assigned to one tour at

a time.

• The badge read does not grant access or cause an invalid alarm.

• Double-hit points by the tour badge along the tour result in invalid tour transactions.

• A tour begins when the Start Point is ‘hit’ or manually started by the operator at a Secure

Perfect computer.

• A tour ends when all points assigned to the tour are ‘hit,’ or at the expiration of the time

assigned for the duration of the tour. Also, a tour can be ended manually, by the operator at a Secure Perfect computer.

• An alarm is generated if a tour is not completed within the assigned maximum tour time.

• Badge transactions are stored in badge history and available to generate reports.

• DI tour points are assigned to only one tour.

• Badges must be assigned to a tour in order to be a tour badge.

Requirements are indicated by an asterisk.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Display or change an existing record.

Configure a new Guard Tour record. Default values display for you.

Delete a selected Guard Tour record from the list in the windowpane on the right, that is no longer required or applicable. The associated alarm record for this Guard Tour is simultaneously deleted.

If a tour is in progress, this record cannot be deleted or edited. Refer to the Activity

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Monitor or the Guard Tour tab of the Manual Control form for tour status.

Description*

Facility

Guard Tour Tab*

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any tab and click the right

mouse button.

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this tour. The field accepts 1 to 64 characters.

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

Configure the specifics of this tour. You cannot save this record until you have completed the Tour tab.

Intrusion Zone Form Completion

Reference Topics:

Intrusion Zone Tab

Status Tab

Overview - Intrusion Zones

Administration Menu

This option opens the Intrusion Zone Form that allows you to create or edit an Intrusion Zone record, then assign related devices, based on the current operators’ facilities and permissions. If you are modifying an existing zone configuration, it is recommended that you verify the state of the zone by obtaining a current status.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below any of the tabs and click the

right mouse button.

Description

Enter a unique description for the Intrusion Zone in this field.

In the process of saving a modified configuration, a dialog box will display: Please note, if zone is

currently armed, this update will disarm and rearm with your new configuration. Do you want to continue? If you select Yes, the new configuration will save to the database. If you select No, your

changes will not be saved.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned for this intrusion zone record from the drop-down list of available facilities for this operator.

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LogFile Form

Reference Topics:

LogFile Tab

Diagnostics Overview

The LogFile Form allows you to select a computer in your Secure Perfect network, set up a new logfile (establish an identity for the file), and designate a path and directory in which to place your LogFile. All log files should be saved in the Secure Perfect/Logs folder; it will be easier to locate for backups and upgrades. It is a shared folder, which means other clients can gain access to the log files.

Each client computer will have a set of diagnostic objects that represent what can be monitored on that machine. Diagnostic objects can be controlled remotely (turned on or off). All diagnostic objects can write messages to a common default logfile or any diagnostic object can write to a separate log file created and defined by the user.

Before any logfile can be deleted from Secure Perfect, you must re-assign diagnostic objects to another logfile.

Mode Schedule Form

Reference Topic:

Mode Schedule Tab

Mode schedules define the date and time a mode goes into effect. The purpose of a mode is to allow the micros to operate differently than predefined for Normal mode (Monday through Sunday, which is the default mode of the Secure Perfect system). Operating modes are an administrative decision, as each

facility has unique requirements. For each mode, Secure Perfect micros will control its devices such as

readers and doors in a predefined way.

You may have a schedule configured, but never see a schedule change if you do not have the

schedule associated with an Alarm Routing and Bumping configuration.

Description: Click Search to edit an existing mode schedule or click New to add a new mode schedule.

• The Host PC and micros may be in different modes at the same time.

• Modes are not partitioned by facilities. If you need to use facilities in your system, create a mode

schedule for each facility. Use the facility description as a prefix on the Mode Schedule Form, in the

Description to indicate to which facility this mode will apply. For example: BocaHQ 8 to 5 would

indicate a facility-specific mode, where BocaHQ refers to a geographic location.

• There are four possible modes. Normal is day-of-the-week dependent and it is the default mode for

the Secure Perfect system. The remaining three are not day-of-the-week dependent. Both schedules

and events can be defined in terms of modes. Sunday through Saturday configurations are only in

effect in Normal mode. Then, you could define Mode 1 as Half-Day Holiday, and Mode 2 as

Full-Day Holiday. Mode 3 might be Return to Normal.

Like events, there is no end time associated with a mode. The mode will remain active until changed by another mode schedule.

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Operator Form

Reference Topics:

Operator Tab

Facilities Tab

An operator is an individual who can access and control the Secure Perfect software.

To locate and view existing operator records, click Search. A list of operator records will display. You can either click Add to add new operators OR search and view or change the existing list of operators on the Secure Perfect system.

Once a facility is assigned to an operator, it will appear in the Facility field after a successful login by that operator. Operators are associated with permissions that define the actions operators can perform within SP. Use this form to configure operator records.

Facility

A facility can be assigned from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

Override Form

Reference Topic:

Override Tab

Use this form to manually enter an In or Out status for badge transactions that you want to enter into the history. This information can be used by those who create reports to track, view, and verify employee transactions, pair In and Out transactions, or review total transactions.

Parameters Form

Reference Topics:

Settings Tab

User Fields Tab

Mode Labels Tab

Address Fields Tab

Communication Settings Tab

Clear Archive Tab

Password Tab

Complete the tabs of the Parameter Form to assign global settings used throughout the Secure Perfect system. You will want to configure the global system parameters before you begin loading your database by creating records and assigning permissions.

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Permission Form

Reference Topic:

Permission Tab

The forms in Secure Perfect will display an icon in the left corner indicating the permissions assigned to this operator. The form icons correspond to the icons and permissions assigned here.

Use the Permission Form to create permission records.

Permissions and facilities must be created before they are assigned to operators. Permissions are assigned to operators and define what operators can do within SP.

To locate and view existing permission records, click Search. A list of records will display. You can either click Add to add a new permission OR search and view or change an existing permission.

Description: Enter a description for the permission.

Secure Perfect comes with a System Administrator permission that allows full action on all forms. You can create more restrictive permissions and apply the System Administrator permission ONLY to those operators fully trained in SP.

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Region Form

Reference Topics:

Region Form Tab

Backup Regions Tab

APB Region Configuration

Welcome

This form displays if you are licensed for Global Edition software. Refer to the Secure Perfect Installation Guide for complete details of the Global Edition features. When a Server computer is added to a Secure Perfect Global Edition system, Region Form records are also created. You cannot delete a Region Form record.

The Region Form allows you to assign or edit the frequency of synchronization intervals for your Global Edition database replication. Global Edition systems can also be configured for database redundancy, at the Regional level. A Regional Database Server can be configured to have backup Servers in the event of a failure at the default Regional Server. Additionally, APB options are available for configuration in the selected Region.

REMINDER: A subscription is a request for a copy of data or database objects to be replicated. It

defines what publication will be received, where, and when. The time that it takes to complete this process of replication and synchronization is dependent on the amount of data needed to be synchronized.

Description

Click Search to display a list of Database Servers in your Secure Perfect system. Select one of the Database Servers from the list box in the right windowpane. The selected server name now displays in the Description field.

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SP Auto Update Configuration Form

Administration Menu

Use this form to configure your Secure Perfect network computer for automatic notification and installation of the latest Quick Fixes and Service Packs. This feature must be coordinated with your IT Department. They may have certain procedures, restrictions, or security policies in place.

Enable Auto Update: Select this check box to enable the Check for Update item of the File menu.

Settings:

HTTP Server Path: This is the Server to which you need to connect in order to search for available

updates. This field may look something like the following: http://ge-interlogix.com

HTTP Server User Name: Enter the User Name used to reach the HTTP Server, if required.

HTTP Server Password: Enter the password used to reach the HTTP Server, if required.

Repeat HTTP Server Password: Enter the password used to reach the HTTP Server, a second time as

a security check.

Secure Perfect supports Basic Authenication only and not Integrated Windows Authenication.

Product Update Available:

Notify Clients Immediatlely that Product Update is Available: Select this check box to automatically

notify client computers that a product update is available.

Update Message Text: In this box, enter a message that will display in a popup, notifying client computers that a product update is available.

OK: Click this button when configuration is complete. The entries on this window are saved.

Cancel: Click this button to terminate and close this window. The entries will not be saved.

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Time Schedule Form

Reference Topic:

Time Schedules Tab

Administration Menu

Time schedules define the day(s) of the week and time(s) an action will start AND end.

This form is used to create time schedules. A time schedule determines when an action will occur, such as turning on alarm monitoring. Time schedules are comprised of one or more time intervals (start and stop times) on one or more days of the week and modes. Time schedules differ from events in that time schedules define an interval of time over which an action occurs while events schedule when an action occurs. Note that a time schedule can define an action multiple times, even within the same day. Once a time schedule is defined, it can be applied anywhere time schedules are used.

Deleting a time schedule does not affect the current state of any devices currently under the effect of

the deleted schedule. If you delete a schedule while it is currently active, this schedule will never end.

Time schedules are not partitioned by facilities. If you need to use facilities in your system, create an event for each facility. Use the facility description as a prefix on the Time Schedule Form, Description to indicate to which facility this event will apply.

Example: BocaHQ Normal Workweek would indicate a facility-specific time schedule, where BocaHQ refers to a geographic location. For example, you can create a time schedule that is active Monday through Friday 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. This particular time schedule (perhaps called Normal Workweek) can be applied to the Access Right for Permanent Employees and you may want to turn off alarm monitoring during those hours.

The maximum number of supported time schedules for any one micro is 1,023. Click Search to display a list of previously created time schedules or Add to add a new schedule.

Description

Enter a meaningful and unique 32-digit or less alphanumeric description for this schedule.

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Tour Point Form

Reference Topic:

Tour Point Tab

Administration Menu

This form is unavailable if you are not licensed for Guard Tour.

A Guard Tour is an inspection of your facility premises, made by a security officer at random intervals. The officer stops at pre-determined tour points along the way, where a badge must be presented to a reader or DI point so that the Secure Perfect system can track the badge progress. Each time the officer presents a badge to a reader, a tour point is ‘hit.’

• Tour Points and a Guard Tours record must be created before a tour can begin.

• Tour points can be any readers or DIs that are not on a dialup micro.

• DIs must be configured as a DI type of Guard Tour.

• DI points can only be assigned to one Guard Tour.

• Reader tour points can be assigned to any tours and any number of tours.

• All tour points must be associated with micros within the same Region.

• The badge read does not grant access or cause an invalid alarm.

• Double-hit points along the tour result in invalid tour transactions.

• Badge transactions are stored in badge history and available to generate reports.

• A badge must be assigned to the tour.

Additional statements relating to Guard Tours are listed in the Guard Tours topic of this Help file.

Requirements are indicated by an asterisk.

Element Description

Add

Delete

Description*

Facility

Tour Point Tab*

Click to display or change an existing Guard Tour point record. If this is a Secure Perfect Global Edition, points that display are limited to the active Region. You cannot edit a Guard Tour Point if it is assigned to a Guard Tour.

Click to configure a new Tour Point record.

Click to delete a selected Tour Point record from the list in the windowpane on the right, that is no longer required and is not assigned to an existing Guard Tour. If this is a Secure Perfect Global Edition, points that display are limited to the active Region.

Enter a unique or suggestive description for this tour point. The field accepts 1 to 64 characters.

Assign a facility option from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator. If you do not select a facility, Ignore Facilities will be assigned for you.

Configure a reader or digital input. You cannot save this record until you have completed the Tour Point tab.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

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Reporting Capabilities

Overview - Reports

Reference Topics:

New Template Dialog

Print Preview Report

Print Report

Export

Report Templates Window

Secure Perfect provides extensive reporting capabilities based on your system configuration. All reports are selections on the Secure Perfect Reports drop-down menu.

Reports are filtered so that supplied information pertains only to the selected facilities of the current

operator.

A list of standard reports is provided below. Seven are history reports. In addition, Secure Perfect has the ability to access reports created by using a third-party report generator. The following is a brief description of each report:

1. Person: Provides person information, such as address and department, on all or a subset of

persons in the system.

2. Badge: Provides information in areas you select on all or a subset of badges in the system.

3. Administration: Generates reports about the administrative areas of the system. Reports cover

alarm instructions, events, event triggers, parameters, operators, permissions, responses, schedules, clients, e-mail notification, and intrusion zones.

4. Device Configuration: Generates reports about the devices in the system, such as readers,

alarms, cameras, and digital video recorders.

5. Schedules/Events: Lists the schedules and events assigned for each micro.

6. Floor Access: Provides a list of floors defined in the system and the access granted to each one.

7. Reader Access: Provides a list of persons who have access to the specified reader(s); that is, who

has access where.

8. Roll Call: Provides a list of the last access granted to any or all persons in the system; that is, who

last went where based on individual badge activity.

9. Alarm History: Generates reports on alarm transactions.

10. Badge History: Generates reports on badge transactions.

11. Zone History: Generates reports on intrusion zone transactions.

12. DI History: Generates reports on digital input transactions.

13. Time and Attendance History: Generates reports on the number of hours employees were in their

facilities.

14. Operator History: Generates reports on operator actions relating to operations on Secure Perfect

forms.

15. Guard Tour History: Generates sets of Guard Tour activities containing start points, hits, invalid

points, pauses, resumes, tour end points, and tour time exceeded.

16. External Reports: The External Reports option opens the Launch External Reports window,

allowing you to access an executable application or report that was not created within SP. For example, you may want to access a report created by a third party report generator such as Crystal Reports or Microsoft Access 2002. Within SP, you can navigate to the application or folder, select the file, and click to Open, once the report has been created and saved in a folder. This is a view only function; you cannot launch Access or edit entries.

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Reports

Administration Report

Reference Topics:

Generates reports about the administration and organization of your Secure Perfect system.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: The Templates button is for saving a template or making it a default.

Alarm History Report Form

Reference Topics:

This form generates reports based on alarm transactions.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make the displaying template the default.

General Tab

Fonts Tab

General Tab

Filters Tab

Date Range Tab

Database Tab

Fonts Tab

Badge History Report Form

Generates reports based on badge transactions.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Additional Filters Tab

Date Range Tab

Database Tab

Fonts Tab

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Badge Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Expiration Date Filter Tab

Return Date Filter Tab

Fonts Tab

This report provides information in areas you select on all or a subset of badges in the system.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: The Templates button is for saving a template or making it the default.

Device Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Fonts Tab

This form generates reports about the devices in the system. Device Reports cover alarms, alarm groups, digital inputs, digital outputs, digital output groups, elevators, cameras, digital video recorders, micros, and readers.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: This button is for saving a template or making it a default.

DI History Report Form

Generates reports on digital input history transactions.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Date Range Tab

Database Tab

Fonts Tab

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Floor Access Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Fonts Tab

This report lists the people who have access to floors.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make the displaying template the default.

Guard Tour History Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Guard Tours Tab

Date Range Tab

Database Tab

Fonts

Generates reports that include such information as start points, hits, invalid points, pauses, resumes, and tour end points.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Operator History Report Form

Generates reports on operator actions.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Date Range Tab

Database Tab

Fonts Tab

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Person Report

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Additional Filters Tab

Fonts Tab

Overview - Reports

This report provides personal information, such as address, department, badge, access rights, and user fields on all or a subset of persons in the system.

Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: The Templates button is for saving a template or making it the default.

Reader Access Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Readers Tab

Fonts Tab

This report provides a list of persons who have access to the specified reader(s); that is, who has access where.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make the displaying template the default.

Roll Call Report Form

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Readers Tab

Date Range Tab

Fonts Tab

This report provides a list of the last access granted to any or all persons in the system and each of their badges; that is, who last went where.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: This button is for saving a template or making it the default.

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Schedule Report Form

This report lists the schedules and events assigned for each micro.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Time and Attendance History Report Form

Generates reports on time and attendance transactions.

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded template, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Fonts Tab

Reference Topics:

General Tab

Filters Tab

Readers Tab

Date Range

Database Tab

Fonts Tab

Zone History Report Form

Template: Displays the name of the currently loaded templete, if there is one.

Templates: Click to save a template or make it the default.

Reference Topics:

General Tab allows you to set parameters of the form and the method to use for grouping and presenting

the information.

Filters Tab allows you to limit the person or badgeholder records printed on this report.

Additional Filters Tab allows you to limit the type of records printed on this report.

Date Range Tab allows you to select the date and time range on which the report should be based.

Database Tab allows you to select the history file you want to report on. You can select the default listed

on the tab or select the archived history file.

Fonts Tab allows you to select the fonts you want to use in the report.

Generates reports on intrusion zone transactions.

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Troubleshooting and Help

Customer Support

If you require assistance, first contact your local Business Partner.

To contact GE Security, use the following numbers and addresses:

Telephone 1 888 GE SECURITY (437-3287)

FAX 561 998 6244

Web Site www.ge-security.com

Training rs-bcttraining@ge.com

Documentation bctdocs@ge.com

Check the Web site periodically for timely information on all GE Security products.

Help Menu Selections

Support rs-bctsupport@ge.com

The following selections display in the Help drop-down menu:

Help Topics

About Secure Perfect

Overview - Diagnostics

Reference Topic:

LogFile Form

Diagnostics

Secure Perfect provides an extensive and convenient diagnostic utility to turn the monitoring of Secure Perfect system components on and off. To display debug messages in the Diagnostics Log within SP, the diagnostics for that component you want to monitor must be turned on. Each client computer will have a set of diagnostic objects that represent what can be monitored on that computer.

For each client, Secure Perfect creates a default logfile (others can be created) for each day of the week such as SPEEFriday.spl. This file is overwritten each week, thus creating a new log for that day. During normal operation of SP, informational as well as debug messages are written to the daily log file. Under abnormal conditions, the log file may also contain warning and/or fatal messages indicating failure conditions.

Additionally, for each client, there is a log located in the WINNT\system32 folder. Under normal system operation, this log will be empty. It will be used to log messages if the server and the database cannot be reached.

DiagView is a separate program within Secure Perfect. To access DiagView, select Diagnostic Viewer from the Administration menu. It operates in "real time." That is, every time Secure Perfect writes an entry to the log file, DiagView automatically displays the latest message. By default, DiagView displays only the latest 1000 messages. The number of displayed messages can be changed on the DiagView, Preferences form.

All log files should be saved in the Secure Perfect/Logs folder; it will be easier to locate for backups and upgrades. It is a shared folder, which means other clients can gain access to the log files.

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Remote Diagnostics

If you purchased your computer from GE Security, the program pcANYWHERE was included. If you are experiencing problems, this program allows your GE Security Business Partner or Support Center personnel to dial into your Secure Perfect computer and observe the situation, thus providing a quicker response and resolution time.

The LogFile Form allows you to select your computer, set up a new logfile (establish an identity for the file), and designate a path and directory in which to place your LogFile.

Troubleshooting

While Secure Perfect was created to be as user-friendly as possible, this topic is created to assist you with answers to frequently asked questions. Click to display the linked topic.

Software:

Can I customize the toolbar and add more buttons?

How do I perform a search on a specific item?

Why can't I delete a record?

No readers display in the reader list box. Why?

Why are there no alarms displayed on the Alarm Monitor Form?

How do I put a reader online?

I deleted all the records on one of my forms. I clicked Add to add a record and the text <deleted> displays and sometimes information from the previous record. How do I get rid of the text <deleted>?

Our site uses SP in two languages. Sometimes, when we log in, the Help files are not in the correct language. Why?

How do I remove an alarm from the Alarm Monitor Form?

How do I troubleshoot my Global Edition system?

Setup:

Why aren't the supervised DI points on my 2SRP board working?

Dial-Up Troubleshooting Tips: While some information is automatically saved to the logfile, you can

decide whether certain items (ports, lines, micro, or forms) will be sent to the logfile. Select Diagnostic

Settings from the Administration menu. For more persistent problems, Secure Perfect provides an

extensive diagnostic utility, Diagview. DiagView allows you to view the diagnostic log file, apply filters to view information, and search for a specific log entry. Diagview has its own Help system for additional information.

Why does the host dial a micro?

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Index of 'Show me' Demo Files

Index of 'Show Me' Demo Files

This is a comprehensive list of all demonstration files displayed throughout this Help system. The demo files are in English only. Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo. There is a

short pause as the demo begins.

Demo Title

Alarm Monitor

Backing Up a Secure Perfect Professional/eZ System

Backing Up a Secure Perfect Enterprise Edition System

Badge Assignment

DVR to Online

Intrusion Zone Arm/Disarm

Mass Updates

Manual Control: Unlock a Door

Online Help Contents

Online Help Index

Online Help Search

Person Record Creation

Report Export

Report Generation: History Report

Report Generation: Person Report

Report Template

Restoring Secure Perfect on an eZ/ Professional System

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Restoring Secure Perfect on an Enterprise Edition System

Video – Recording and Playing Back

Video Save

Video Search – General Event Tab

Video Search – General Playback Tab

Video Search – Motion Tab

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Reference Topics (Elements, Descriptions)

About Secure Perfect

Help Menu

Selection of this option opens a screen displaying the Secure Perfect software version, service pack number, copyright information, licensing information, and contact information.

A sample window for a Secure Perfect system might display as follows:

Access Right

Personnel Menu

The Access Right option displays the Access Right Form that allows you to assign when (using a time schedule or allowing access at all times) and where (using readers) access is given, that is then assigned to a person.

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Access Rights Assignment

Select from the Available list those access rights you want to assign to this person. The access rights that display in this list are those that were previously set up on the Access Rights Form. Only access rights in the operators’ facilities are available for assignment by this operator.

• Select, then click the right arrow to assign an available access right.

• Select, then click the left arrow to unassign an access right.

Access Rights Tab

Access Right Form

Use this tab to create and define access right records.

• Assigned readers: This windowpane lists all readers currently assigned to this access right.

• Assign Readers: Click to display the Reader Assignment dialog box and select from a list of

readers available for assignment by this operator. If no readers are listed, check that the readers have been marked Active on the Readers tab of the Reader Form.

Access control:

• Allow access at all times: Select this option to allow access all the time, in all modes.

• Allow access by schedule: Select this option to assign a time schedule to this access right.

The time schedule governs when the access right grants access to the assigned readers.

• Time schedule: If you selected Allow access by schedule, this field is now available to select

a time schedule from the drop-down list of previously created time schedules.

If you do not have valid access to a reader that belongs to an Intrusion Zone due to a schedule in that

access right, you will not be able to arm/disarm a zone.

Access Rights Tab

Person Form

Use this tab to assign access rights to this person.

Assigned access rights

This windowpane lists any currently assigned access rights.

Assign

Click to display the Access Rights Assignment dialog box, enabling you to select the access rights you want to assign or unassign for this badgeholder.

Activity Monitor

Operations Menu

The Activity Monitor option opens the Activity Monitor Form that allows you to monitor badge and intrusion zone transactions. The shortcut key combination for Activity Monitor Form is CTRL+A.

Clicking this icon from the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access this option:

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Activity Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

Options of the shortcut menu are as follows:

Resume: Starts the scrolling of badge transactions. This option will be active only if you previously selected Pause. All badge transactions that occurred while the Pause option was on will be displayed once you select Resume.

Pause: Suspends scrolling of badge transactions on the Activity Monitor.

Clear: Clears all badge transactions from the Activity Monitor.

Swipe and Show Readers: Select to display an Edit Readers List assignment form. Select those

readers you want monitored in the Swipe and Show window. If readers have not been selected, the Swipe and Show program will not start.

Launch Swipe and Show: Starts the Swipe and Show program. Only one instance of Swipe and Show is available for display on a computer at one time. If Imaging is not licensed for the system, this option is not available.

Badge: Displays the Badge Form, making available the selected badge record.

View Live Video: Accesses live video from the camera(s) associated with the reader’s badge transaction

as defined by its event trigger. In order to view live video, the DVR must be online (if it is a duplex recorder, the recorder must also be in record mode). The following windows open:

• The Digital Video Viewer. (Refer to Digital Video Viewer Help for information about the Digital

Video Viewer.)

• Video window(s) displaying the current live view of the camera(s) associated with the badge

transaction. Each window displays a dialog box containing the current date and time.

View Recorded Video: Accesses previously recorded video from the camera(s) associated with the reader’s badge transaction as defined by its event trigger. In order to view recorded video, the DVR must be online and available. The DVR cannot be serving another request for playback of any recorded video event. The following windows open:

• The Digital Video Viewer. (Refer to Digital Video Viewer Help for information about the Digital

Video Viewer.)

• Video window(s) displaying the recorded video associated with the badge transaction. Each

window displays a dialog box containing the current date and time.

View Single Recorded Frame: Select to display the first frame of the event recording as a still photo.

Quick Launch: Accesses live and recorded video from camera(s) associated with the reader’s badge

transaction as defined by its event trigger.

A message dialog will display if video is not available because associated cameras are not assigned

to the current active facility.

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Activity Monitor Form Toolbar

The Activity Monitor Form toolbar consists of the following options:

Click To

Resume or restart the scrolling of badge transactions.

Pause or suspend the scrolling of badge transactions.

Clear all badge transactions.

Display an Edit Readers List dialog.

Start the Swipe and Show program. This option will not be available if the system is not licensed for Imaging or readers have not been selected.

Reference Topic:

Activity Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

Add Map

An Add Map dialog box displays when you click Add Record on the Secure Perfect toolbar while the Alarm Graphics Editor window is displayed, allowing you to navigate to a file source for an existing map.

Description

Enter a description of the type of map. Example: Overview of Main Building.

Facility

A facility option can be assigned from the drop-down list of available facilities for assignment by this operator.

File

Enter the full pathname of the file or click Browse to navigate, locate, and select the file. Secure Perfect supports map files in the Windows MetaFile format (.wmf or .emf).

Add New Icon to Database

Alarm Graphics Viewer Form

Click to import your own icon files to the list of available icons used in the previous three fields to represent a specific alarm state. Icon files must be .ico format.

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Adding Sound to an Alarm

If you would like to hear a sound from the Secure Perfect computer when an alarm occurs, follow the steps below:

You MUST have a sound card in your computer!

1. Click Start, Settings, then Control Panel.

2. From the Control Panel window, double-click the Sounds and Multimedia icon.

3. In Sound Events, scroll to Secure Perfect.

4. Select the alarm to which you want to assign sound; then select the sound you want for that alarm.

5. Click OK to save the change and exit the window or Apply to save that change and add more sounds.

6. Start SP; select Administration, then Parameters.

7. On the Settings tab of the Parameters Form, verify that the Console alarm sound field is set for the results you anticipate (either Continuous or Short).

Additional Filters Tab

Person Report

This tab displays ONLY if you have selected User Data in the field Report Type on the General Tab of the Person Report. Use this tab to add user fields as an additional filter for the report.

• User Fields: This window lists all the user fields, the user field value you want to use as a

filter, and whether the user field should print. (You can print the user field on the report by selecting the field Print selected user field or deselect this field so the user field will not print.)

• Modify Value: To change the value of a user field, select the user field you want and enter a

new value in this field.

• User fields printed on report: If this field is enabled, then the currently selected user field will

print on the report.

• Clear All/Set All: Click Clear All so that none of the User Fields are set to print. Click Set All

to set all of the User Fields to print.

• Print selected user field: Enable this field to set the selected User Field to print or disable this

field so that the selected User Field does not print.

Additional Filters Tab - Badge History Report Form

Use this tab to select additional, specific criteria by which this report will be generated.

• Micro: Select the micro you want to use to generate report information. If you want to use all

micros, select <ALL>.

• Reader: Select the reader you want to use to generate report information. If you want to use

all readers, select <ALL>.

• Department: Select the department you want to use to generate report information. If you

want to use all departments, select <ALL>.

• Activity: Select the badge activity you want to use to filter report information, such as Duress

Invalid, Duress Valid, Duress Valid No Passage, Duress Valid Open, Guard Tour Activity, Invalid, Invalid APB In, Invalid APB Out, Invalid Floor, Invalid PIN, Invalid T&A In, Invalid T&A Out, Invalid Timed APB, Lost, Max Invalid PIN, Overdue, Override, Unknown, Valid, Valid No Passage, and Valid Open. If you want to use all activities, select <ALL>.

• Logical Reader Type: Select the logical reader type that you want to use to limit the report,

such as APB In, APB In or Out, APB Out, Elevator, In Required, Normal, T&A In, T&A In and Out, T&A In or Out, or T&A Out. If you want to use all the logical reader types, select <ALL>.

• Floor Description: Select the range of floor descriptions you want to display on the report. If

you want to list all floor descriptions, leave these fields blank.

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Additional Filters Tab - Zone History Report

Use this tab to select additional, specific source criteria by which this report will be generated.

• Activity Type: Select the type of activity to use in generating this report. If you want to use all

intrusions zone activity type messages, select <ALL>.

• Locaton : Select the source of the zone activity as a Badge, Digital Input, Manual, Micro, or

<ALL>.

• Device Description: Enter the range of device descriptions on which you want to report.

Leave blank for all descriptions.

• Micro Description: Enter the range of micro descriptions you want to use to generate report

information. If you want to use all micros, select <ALL>.

Address Fields Tab

Parameters Form

Use this tab to modify the labels of the address fields. These labels are used on the Person Form.

Address 1/Address 2/Address 3/Address 4/Address 5

Displays the current label. To edit or create a new label, select and enter text over the existing text. The address field label can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters in length.

Click Save before you exit this form.

Administration

Reports Menu

The Administration option opens the Administration Report Form that allows you to create a report on the administrative aspects of your Secure Perfect system, such as alarm instructions, events, host parameters, operators, permissions, responses, schedules, archives, client, and floors.

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Administration Menu Selections

The following selections display in the Administration drop-down menu:

Operator

Permission

Client

Region

API Connections

Event Schedule

Time Schedule

Mode Schedule

Instruction

Response

Alarm Notifier

Client Group

Alarm Routing and Bumping

Floor

Parameters

Override

Badge Format

Auto Update

LogFile

Diagnostic Setting

Diagnostic Viewer

CCTV Alarm

Camera Preset

Event Trigger

Intrusion Zone

Guard Tour

Tour Point

Facility

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Alarm

Device Menu

The Alarm option displays the Alarm Form that allows you to modify records that are automatically generated when you define a micro. It also displays alarms created from Digital Inputs.

Alarm Assignment

This window displays a list of alarms in the Secure Perfect system for the facilities available for assignment by this operator. All alarms display. If this is a Global Edition system, alarms are not filtered by Region.

• Select, then click the right arrow to assign an available alarm.

• Select, then click the left arrow to unassign an alarm.

Click OK to display results in the Assigned Alarms windowpane.

Alarm Bumping Client Group Assignment Dialog Box

This dialog box allows you to select and assign Client Groups for this bumping record. Only Client Groups in the operator’s facilities are available for assignment by this operator.

• Select, and then click the right arrow to assign an available Client Group.

• Select, and then click the left arrow to unassign a Client Group.

Click OK to close this dialog box and display the results in the Bumping, Client Groups windowpane.

Alarm/Digital Input Tab

Manual Control

Manually monitor alarms and DIs (digital Input points) depending on the current operator’s facilities and

permissions.

There may be schedules in effect that will override manually controlled changes if schedule override

is selected; otherwise, the manual control selection is truly indefinitely.

Select type

Select one of the alarm/DI types from the drop-down list:

• Alarms

• Alarm Groups

• Digital Input

Nothing will display in the list box until you choose a micro option.

Select micro

Select a micro option.

• All displays all the selected type of devices in the current operator’s facilities for all micros.

• By Micro displays all the selected type of devices in the current operator’s facilities for a specific micro.

Columns in Windowpane

• Description: Description of the Alarm/DI in the database.

• Micro: Micro on which the Alarm/DI is located.

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Set state to:

The names of the buttons change depending on the DI type (Alarm or Other) selected.

If an Alarm or Alarm Group is selected, click . . .

• Monitor On: To monitor the selected alarms or alarm groups. Setting Monitor On will display the

alarms on the Alarm Monitor Form.

• Monitor Off: To immediately discontinue monitoring the selected alarms or alarm groups. Setting

Monitor Off will not display alarms on the Alarm Monitor Form.

• Indefinite: To make the change permanent. This selection does not allow it to be overridden by a

schedule (can be monitor ON or OFF).

• Sched. Override: To change the state of the monitoring by a schedule override. For example, use

Sched. Override to monitor an alarm until a schedule overrides it. If you don’t want the schedule to stop the monitoring, click Indefinite.

If a DI is selected, click . . .

• Enable: To enable the selected DI on the micro so a state change will be reported.

• Disable: To immediately disable the selected DI on the micro so its state changes will not be reported

to the host or trip a Digital Output.

• Indefinite: To Enable or Disable permanently.

• Sched. Override: Use this option to change operation state of a DI if you want a schedule to override

its setting. For example, use Sched. Override to control operation of the DI until a schedule takes over. If you don’t want a schedule to control activation of a DI, use the On Indefinite selection.

Purpose

Enter an explanation for monitoring an alarm or enabling/disabling DI points. This field accepts 255 alphanumeric characters. These comments are written to the operator history field and display on the Operator History Report, Purpose Field.

Alarm Graphics Editor

Operations Menu

The Alarm Graphics Editor option opens the Alarm Graphics Editor that allows you to add icons on graphical map views to point out the location and type of incoming alarms. You cannot create a map using SP; create it using the program of your choice and save it in .WMF or .EMF format.

Alarm Graphics Viewer

Operations Menu

The Alarm Graphics Viewer option opens the Alarm Graphics Viewer that allows you to view the maps of your facility that were created. These maps point out the location and type of incoming alarms. The shortcut key combination for Alarm Graphics Viewer is CTRL+V.

Clicking this icon from the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access this option:

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Alarm Graphics Viewer Shortcut Menu

Operator permissions for the Alarm Graphics Viewer must be assigned to ‘Update’ in order to view and select right-click menu options. Points, alarms, DIs, and DOs do not display if not in the operator’s facility. For shortcut menu functionality, move your mouse pointer to an assigned point and click the right mouse button. The shortcut menu that displays with a right-click mouse button depends on the Point Type assigned.

Element Description

• Alarm Monitor Form

Alarm Point Right-Click Menu Options:

• Alarm Monitor Form

• Monitor On Indefinite

• Monitor Off Indefinite

• Monitor On Schedule Override

• Monitor Off Schedule Override

Digit Input Point Right-Click Menu Options:

• Enable On Indefinite

• Enable Off Indefinite

• Enable On Schedule Override

• Enable Off Schedule Override

Digit Output Point Right-Click Menu Options:

• Unlock Reader/On for Duration

• Unlock Reader Indefinitely/On

• Lock Reader/Off

• Unlock Reader Schedule Override

Displays the Alarm Monitor form. This is the right-click menu option when mouse pointer is not on an assigned map point.

Displays the Alarm Monitor form.

Activates the assigned alarm. The alarm will remain active until you manually turn it off.

Immediately deactivates the alarm.

Immediately activates this alarm and the schedule overrides any active setting.

Immediately deactivates this alarm and the schedule overrides any active setting.

Enables this DI and will remain enabled until you change the state manually.

Disables this DI and this DI will remain Off until you change the state manually.

Immediately activates this digital input and a schedule can override any active setting for this digital input.

Immediately deactivates the digital input and a schedule can override any active setting for this digital input.

Immediately unlocks the reader or turns on the DO and remains unlocked for the specified ‘On Time.’

Immediately unlocks the reader or turns on the DO associated with this reader and remains unlocked indefinately.

Immediately locks the reader or turns off the DO associated with this reader.

Immediately unlocks the reader or turns on the DO associated with this reader and the schedule overrides any active setting.

Alarm Group

Device Menu

The Alarm Group option opens the Alarm Group Form that allows you to assign alarms into groups or sets for scheduling purposes. Example: To apply a schedule to a series of alarms, apply the schedule to a group that contains the specific alarms.

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Alarm History

Reports Menu

The Alarm History option opens the Alarm History Report Form that allows you to create a report based on the history of alarm activity.

Alarm Instruction Assignment

This window displays when you click Edit, allowing you to modify the list of alarm instructions assigned to this alarm. Only alarm instructions in the operators’ facilities are available for assignment by this operator.

Select, and then click the right arrow to assign an available instruction. A maximum of six alarm instructions can be assigned.

Select, and then click the left arrow to unassign an instruction.

Click OK to display results in the Instruction windowpane of the Alarm Form.

Alarm Instruction Tab

Use this tab to create instructions on how to react to alarms. The instructions should belong to the same facility as the alarm with which they will be associated.

• Number: Assign a number to the instruction records. The range for alarm instructions is 0 to

254 for a total of 255 instructions.

• Instructions: Enter the text you want to display when the associated alarm occurs. The

instruction can be 0 to 64 alphanumeric characters in length.

Alarm Monitor

Operations Menu

The Alarm Monitor option opens the Alarm Monitor Form that allows you to monitor alarm activity. The shortcut key combination for Alarm Monitor Form is CTRL+M.

Clicking this icon from the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access this option:

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Alarm Monitor Form Shortcut Menu

Select To

Show Inactive Alarms

Alarm

Alarm Graphics Viewer

Alarm Graphics Editor

View Live Video

View Recorded Video

View Single Recorded Frame

Display alarms in an inactive state and removed from view. These alarms were previously acknowledged or purged from the Alarm Monitor. This is a toggle election and is a way to display previous alarm activity without running a report.

Opens the Alarm Form, allowing you to modify or view that particular alarm record.

Opens the Alarm Graphics Viewer Form, allowing you to view the alarm graphics map to which the alarm belongs.

Opens the Alarm Graphics Editor Form, allowing you to create or edit a graphical view of alarm states for the alarms you select.

(If a camera icon is not displayed to the left of the alarm description, this option is not available.) If an alarm transaction is displayed with a camera icon to the left of the alarm description, right-click to view live video from the camera(s) associated with the alarm’s transaction as defined by its event trigger. Refer to Video Windows

- An Overview topic in this Help system for window management

information.

In order to view live video, the DVR must be online (if it is a

duplex recorder, the recorder must also be in record mode).

The following windows open: 1) Digital Video Viewer. Refer to Digital Video Viewer Help for information about the Digital Video Viewer. 2) Video window(s) displaying the current live view of the camera(s) associated with the alarm transaction. Each window displays a dialog box containing the current date and time.

(If a camera icon is not displayed to the left of the alarm description, this option is not available.) If an alarm transaction is displayed with a camera icon to the left of the alarm description, select to view live video from the camera(s) associated with the alarm’s transaction as defined by its event trigger. Refer to Video Windows - An Overview for window management information.

In order to view recorded video, the DVR must be online and

available, and not serving another request for playback of recorded video based on this event.

The following windows open: 1) Digital Video Viewer window. Refer to Digital Video Viewer Help for information about the Digital Video Viewer. 2) Video window(s) displaying the current live view of the camera(s) associated with the alarm transaction. Each window displays a dialog box containing the current date and time.

Select to display the first frame of the event recording as a still photo.

Reference Topic:

Alarm Monitor Form Toolbar

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GE v6 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

READ ME FIRST!

Table of Contents

Introduction to SP Editions

Welcome

What's New?

Client/Server Architecture

Getting Started

Related Documentation

Navigation

Log On/Log Off or Shut Down

Navigational Conventions

SP Menus

SP Taskbar

SP Toolbar

Frequently Performed Tasks

Tasks and Functions You Will Perform Frequently

Operations Menu

Activity Monitoring

Alarm Graphics Functions

Alarm Monitoring

Changing Operator Password

Client Monitoring

Digital Input Status Configuration

Digital Output Status Configuration

Digital Video Viewer Program Configuration

Enable Alarm Video Window

Manually Control - Doors, DOs, Alarms, DIs, Intrusion Zones

Micro Monitoring

Selecting Facilities

Devices

Configuring Devices

Alarms

Alarm Groups

Cameras

Digital Inputs

Digital Outputs

Digital Output Groups

Digital Video Recorders

Elevator Management

Micros

Readers

Person Records Creation

Access Rights

Departments

Person Records Creation

Personnel Type Assignment

Badging

Badge Alias Form

Badge Design

Badge Design Creation Overview

Badging Overview

Image Capture Overview

Administration Menu Options

Alarm Instruction Form

Alarm Notifier Form

Alarm Response Form

Alarm Routing and Bumping Form

API Connections Form

Badge Format Form

Camera Preset Form

CCTV Alarm Form

Client Form

Client Group Form

Diagnostic Setting Form

Event Schedule Form

Event Tagging Overview

Event Trigger Form Completion

Facility Form

Floor Form

Guard Tour Form

Intrusion Zone Form Completion

LogFile Form

Mode Schedule Form

Operator Form

Override Form

Parameters Form