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Introduction

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  1. Click on the Controlled Areas navigation tab.

  2. In the Actions bar, click Add Controlled Area. The following screen is displayed:

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  3. Enter a Name that describes the controlled area.

  4. Enter an optional Description.

  5. Select Door Area as the Area Type.

  6. Select a Reader for the controlled area.

  7. By default, Primis assigns input 1 as Door Contact and input 2 as Request to Exit. To choose a custom setting, check Custom and select the desired input mapping.

  8. Click Save.

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  1. Select a Schedule for this controlled area.

  2. Select an ON action.

  3. Select an OFF action.

  4. Select the box below each Alert Level that corresponds to the users in this controlled area: Low, Guarded, Elevated, High, or Severe.

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  5. To add another Schedule line, click the button beside the first schedule line.

  6. Click Save.

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  1. Select a Floor Controlled Area from the Linked Floor Area dropdown box to link to this controlled area.
    NOTE: More details on Floor Controlled Areas can be found in Chapter Elevator Configuration.

  2. Enter a Delay time (a pause before the relay fires, default is 0 seconds) and an Activation Time (the duration that the relay activates, default is 5 seconds).

  3. Click the Show Accessibility box to enter an Accessibility Delay time and an Accessibility Activation time. This is a separate set of delays and activation times for users with special needs (e.g. wheelchair, crutches) that are used if the Accessibility check box is selected on that user’s setup page. See Chapter Users for more information on setting up a User.

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  4. To link another floor to this controlled area, click the add button +

  5. Click Save.

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  1. Click on the Controlled Areas navigation tab and select the Controlled Area that was just created.

  2. In the Actions bar, click Assign Device.

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  3. In the Assign/Replace Door Reader screen, select a Reader for this controlled area.

  4. Select Default or Custom

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  1. In the Controlled Areas navigation tab, click the Alarm Instructions link.

  2. In the Actions bar, click Add Alarm Instruction. The following screen is displayed:

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  3. Enter a Description of the alarm instruction.

  4. Enter any Details that pertain to this instruction.

  5. Click Save.

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  1. In the Controlled Areas tab, click the Alarm Resolutions link.

  2. In the Actions bar, click Add Alarm Resolution. The following screen is displayed:

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  3. Enter a Description of the alarm instruction.

  4. Enter any Details that pertain to the instruction.

  5. Click Save.

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  1. Click on the Controlled Areas navigation tab.

  2. On the left, click the Port Triggered Actions link.

  3. In the Actions bar, click Add Port Trigger. The following screen is displayed:

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  4. Enter a Name for this action.

  5. Select a Port Event from thedropdown listand select the state of the event: For inputs, choose Reset, Set, Error Break, or Error Short.

    For outputs, choose Activate or Non Active.

  6. Choose up to two Condition States for an output port and the condition of that device’s output port.

  7. Combine two conditions with AND or OR from the dropdown list. For example, if Front Reader’s Output Port is Not-Active AND Front Door Trip Input 1 is Active then the Output Action is triggered.

  8. Select an Output Action and select Deactivate, Activate, Buzzer On, Buzzer Off, Latch Active, Unlatch Active or No Action.

  9. Enter the Delay before activation for the output action.

  10. Enter the Activation Time for the output action.

  11. Select a Controlled Area and its associated action: Open, Close, Enable panel, Disable panel, LOCKDOWN, or Toggle.

  12. Select a Schedule that defines the time that the Port Triggered Action is going to be used or leave it as Always On.

  13. Generate an Alarm enables or disables logging of this Port Triggered Action in the alarm logs, desktop alarm client, and AMS servers.

  14. Choose the Severity of the alarm level: Info, Warning, Error, Critical, Alert, or Emergency, when set to Alarm this will log the action to the Alarm Log. 

  15. If needed, a customized message can be added in the Instruction field that will be displayed in the log when the Alarm is triggered. The Instruction dropdown menu passes the selected instructions to the AMS Server.

  16. Select an Alarm Area.

  17. To lag an NVR camera clip to the Port triggered event, select the camera from the NetCam drop-down list. Before Event and After Event specify the time window (in seconds) of the clip relative to the event.

  18. Click Save.

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8. Check the APB Enforced on Exit Readers box to enable this feature; anti-passback is imposed on exit readers also. You must set EnforceExitAccessRight to Yes in siteEngine.ini – go to the System tab, Administration, System Parameters page to edit this file.
9. Select a group of users in the Exempt Access Groups if you want them to be exempt from anti-pass back passback rules.
10. Click Save.

Assigning Controlled Areas to Zone Groups

Once Zone Groups are created, controlled areas can be assigned to the zone groups.  A Zone Group is a security perimeter that contains multiple controlled areas.  Each zone group can exercise anti-passback rules in its controlled areas. For example, a building with two entrances can be seen as a zone group with two controlled areas (doors).  If the anti-passback rule is enforced in this building, a person cannot enter through one door and re-enter to either door without first exiting the building.

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  1. Click on the Controlled Areas navigation tab.

  2. On the left, click on the Zone Groups link.

  3. Click on the Zone Group to edit.

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  4. In the Controlled Areas drop-down box, select all the Areas that are to be included.

  5. Click Save

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  1. Click on the Muster navigationtab.

  2. Check the box in the Reset column next to the user and click the [Reset] button above it.

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Mustering

The Muster tab has two sub-links: Muster/Anti Passback and Emer. Mustering. This functionality must be turned on in licensing.

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This page shows a live view of the number of users who have entered into or exited from a Controlled Area. You can also go here to identify who is in what areas for anti-passback.

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The Emergency Mustering Report tab allows you to create custom area reports by Access Group and Controlled Area to support operations. This report is useful when security staffs staff want to find out who are is in the designated safety area (e.g. a zone group) during an emergency.

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  1. Click on the Muster navigationtab.

  2. On the left, click on the Emer. Mustering link. The following screen appears:

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  3. Select the Zone Group which represents the designated safety zone.

  4. Select Access Groups to report on.

  5. Select User Categories to report on.

  6. Enter an Alarm Message Token to identify when a tagged event is enabled; it will grab the last event date and time as an anchor point to help highlight users who have entered the safety zone before the alarm took place. If there is no alarm required, leave this input blank.

  7. Select the Zone Groups to be excluded in Report and select In, Out, or Both from the State dropdown box for each Controlled Area selected. This feature helps to filter areas from the report that is are not relevance to the alarm event.

  8. Click the Add button to add this report to your list of Mustering Reports. These reports will list at the top of the screen and as sub-links on the left once they are created.

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  1. Click on the Access navigation tab.

  2. Click on the User Access Groups, Floor Access Groups or Guest Access Groups link.

  3. In the Actions bar, click on Add Access Group. The following screen is displayed:

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  4. Enter a Name and a Description.

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  5. Select the Risk Levels during which this group will have access: Low, Guarded, Elevated, High or Severe (the current risk level is always displayed at the top of the Primis screen)
    For more information on Risk Levels see the Alert Level Managementsection.

  6. Select a Controlled Area for this group.

  7. Select a Schedule for the Controlled Area. If that controlled area is not going to be accessed by that User Access Group, leave the schedule as Always Off.

  8. If you need an additional line for extra Controlled Areas and/or Schedules, click the + button beside the current line. To delete a line, click the button.

  9. Click Save.

Global User Access Groups

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  1. Click on the Access navigation tab.

  2. Click on the User Access Groups.

  3. Enter a Name and a Description.

  4. Click Global Group check box.

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  5. Click Save to create the Access Group.

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  1. Click on the Users navigation tab.

  2. In the Actions bar, click on Add User.  The following screen is displayed. 

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  3. Enter the user’s Last Name.

  4. Enter the user’s First Name.

  5. Select Yes or No to Display this user’s name in the Directory if there is an intercom on the panel.

  6. Select this user’s Suite. This is also for Intercom functionality

  7. Enter the MESH Card Number.

  8. Enter the Wiegand Card Number that is assigned to the user or click on the [Read Card] button and present the card to the reader - the Wiegand number will automatically fill in the field. If the number is unknown, a card reader can be set up as an enrolment reader. To set up an enrolment reader, click on Select Enrolment Reader from the left menu and select the appropriate card reader.

  9. Enter a PIN number for the card. This is for Intercom functionality.

  10. Enter the user’s Email address.

  11. Enter the user’s Telephone number.

  12. Select the User Access Groups in the Available box that should be assigned to this user and click the right arrow button to move the group to the Selected box.

  13. Select the Floor Access Groups for this user.

  14. Enter the Date that the user’s access rights will Start.

  15. Select Never, or enter the Date that the access rights of this user will Expire.

  16. Click the Accessibility box if this is a user with special needs (i.e. wheelchair or crutches) that requires the longer Accessibility Delay and Activation times configured in Controlled Areas.

  17. Select Yes to Enable Admin Functions if this user is an administrator – the View/Edit Admin User options will become available.

  18. Click Save.

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  1. Click on the Users navigation tab.

  2. On the left, click on the User Categories link.

  3. To add a new user category enter a Category ID number and a Category Name and click the add button.

  4. To remove a User Category click the delete button.

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Once you have created all of your User Categories you can assign them to your Admin Users in order to filter the users they have access to. Please refer to the Admin Users section to assign the categories.

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The following screen is displayed. Note how the preview changed with the enhancements made while editing the badge.

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 1212. Click on the Badging link and then the Add Badging Template button to create another template for the back of the double-sided card i.e. BackTemplate. Click Save.

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16. Click on Back.

17. Click on Print Badge.

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 18. Go back to your Windows workstation and you will notice a blinking print utility icon and two consecutive message bubbles: 

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  1. Click on the Controlled Areas navigation tab.

  2. In the Actions bar, click Add Controlled Area.

  3. Enter a Name and Description for the Controlled Area.

  4. Select Floor Area in the Area Type dropdown box.

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  5. Click Save.

Add All Outputs that Belong to that Floor

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  1. Once the Controlled Area is saved, the Outputs and Unlock Schedule tabs appear.

  2. Select a device Output for this Floor controlled area. You may select and add multiple Floor Areas. Click the plus sign button to add the selected Output(s).

  3. To create an unlock schedule, click on the Unlock Schedule tab. Please see the Unlock Schedules section of the Controlled Areas chapter earlier in this document for more information.

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  4. Click Save.

Link Floor Areas to the Elevator Reader’s Door Area

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  1. Create a new Controlled Area with the elevator reader.

  2. In the new Controlled Area’s Floor tab, select all the associated Floor Areas; specify the desired activation time and click +.

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Create a Floor Access Group

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The Events page refreshes automatically depending on login settings and is divided into a grid. The grid sections contain information about the event that took place. Multiple devices whose states are changed as a result of one event are grouped together to help with readability. Expanding an event will show all the resultant device changes.

 

  1. Click on the Events navigation tab. The following screen is displayed:

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  2. Check the boxes above the grid to display the following options:
    Live Update: check this box to update the table when there is live data or pause it for discussion and/or troubleshooting.
    Local Time: the local monitoring time of the system.
    Category: the final category of what is occurring.
    Event Code: the events that are supposed to occur.
    Current Site Only: the current site; leave unchecked to show data for all sites.
    Access Events Only: only show access-related events.  To see all I/O and logic leave this box unchecked.

  3. From the Display dropdown box, select Today, Last 3 days, This Week or This Month.

  4. Select the number of entries to Show on one page.

  5. You can filter the view by entering Search criteria and/or selecting the Type of event you’d like to view from the dropdown box. Type in the search text and hit Enter.

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 As user is entering search content, Primis will provide type-ahead hints for the user. If the user prefers using a wildcard search, type ‘*’ to suspend type-ahead and continue to enter search text.

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 To remove a Certificate Policy OID:

Click theX button next to the OID.

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Extended Key Usage Extensions

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To remove an extended key usage extension constraint:

Click the button next to the OID.

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PKI Fault Options

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