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System Controller Setup

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Open the Controllers Setup Window

• Click the Setup System tool bar button

OR

• Select the Setup > System pull-down menu option

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Setup System Controllers Window

• Displays controller information• Allows you to set controller configuration parameters

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Auto Configuration

• Polls the access control network for all installed controllers, and displays configuration information

• Click the button, and after a short delay, the status of all communicating controllers is displayed

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Set Controller Time

• Click the button to set the day, date, and time of all controllers to match that of the host computer

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Set Time/Date Confirmation

• Once the time and date on all controllers has been set, a confirmation window appears, displaying the new network time and date.

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Controller Address and Type

• Controller Address – displays the address set on each controller (C001 is the Master Controller)

• Type – displays the model of each controller

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User and Event Capacity

• Lists the user enrollment capacity for each controller• Displays the number of events the controller can

store before its event buffer is full

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Dialout Enable

• Allows you to configure a controller to dial out to the host computer and upload its event buffer when the buffer approaches some percentage of being full– Click the ON button to enable controller dialout

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Threshold Percent

• Allows you to set how full the event buffer must be before dialing out to the host computer– The default value is 80%

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Local APB

• Allows you to enable anti-passback on a controller-by-controller basis– Click the ON button to enable local anti-passback

29 July 2003 12

Wiegand Reader Type

• Allows you to identify the type of LED control the Wiegand reader requires (three possible)– Single Line for a reader with one line/wire control for the LED– Dual Line for a reader with two line/wire control for the LED – Essex Keypad which annunciates its state via two separate

LEDs

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Saving a Controller Configuration Change

• Changes must be saved or they will be lost when the option window is closed– Click the button to save the change