Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 8
Device management
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Fields and controls
Table 54. Output Groups form fields
Field
Description
Facility
Enabled
Description
Enter a description (up to 60 characters). You can write descriptions for output group names to reflect how
the outputs in the group function. The description becomes part of the transaction message, telling the
monitoring operator what happened and where. One part of this description may include non-technical
language for operator information, and the other part may include a wiring address or location.
Example:
001-0-01 FIRE OUTPUT DEVICE
001-0-02 PERIMETER SURVEILLANCE DEVICE
Click Facility to display the facilities list box. By default, the output group record is assigned the same
facility as the micro to which the door is assigned however, you can manually re-assign an output group’s
facility. This might be desirable when one micro controls more than one facility, for instance two companies
occupying the same building that use separate doors for entry/exit. For more information, see Creating
facilities on page 52.
• Select Yes to allow this output group to activate when triggered by an input group.
• Select No to prevent the outputs in this output group from activating when triggered by an input group.
Note:
An output cannot belong to more than one output group; but more than one output can be assigned to one
output group.
Related procedures
To create, edit, or delete an Output Group record:
1. Select Configuration, Inputs/Outputs, and then Output Groups tab.
2. Refer to Creating, editing, deleting, and printing records on page 36.
Creating input groups
Before defining individual inputs, you must create input groups to which individual inputs can be
assigned. Input groups trigger output groups when all or any of the inputs assigned to the group are
detected. Input groups are needed for physical inputs such as readers and sensors and for logical
events determined by the system or micro.
Logical Input Events for a micro are:
• Badge History Overflow
• Alarm History Overflow
• Upstream Communication Failure
• Downstream Communication Failure
• Reader Communication Failure