Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 18
Advanced features
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Defining the alarm-response code
Use the Micros form to define an alarm-response code (up to 10 digits) for each micro on which
Keypad Alarm Response is implemented. When an authorized badge holder responds to an access
violation on a door using this feature, he enters this code (for reader keypads on this micro).
The same code can be used on any number of the system’s micros, or you can configure different
codes for different micros. The alarm-response code must be different from the shunt code assigned
to that micro. Failure to define an alarm-response code prevents Keypad Alarm Response from
working on any of the micro’s doors. See Defining micros on page 128.
Defining a reader
Use the Readers form to define a reader as a Badge-and-Keypad reader. Keypad Alarm Response
only works with doors associated with Badge-and-Keypad readers. Once the reader is defined, you
then associate it with a door that has Keypad Alarm Response enabled. See Defining readers on
page 175.
Enabling keypad alarm response
Use the Doors form to enable Keypad Alarm Response. This feature can be enabled or disabled for
individual doors, and status requests on doors show this. The door must be associated with a Badgeand-Keypad
reader. You are warned if the door is not associated with at least one Badge-and-
Keypad reader connected to a micro with an alarm-response code. You may save the door
information anyway, or make the necessary associations before saving the door again, but Keypad
Alarm Response does not function correctly unless those associations are made.
While it is possible to configure a Picture Perfect system to have more than one reader associated
with one door, and for one reader to be connected to more than one doorstrike output, Keypad Alarm
Response does not support this configuration.
Keypad Alarm Response can be incorporated into scheduling. For instance, if a reader is scheduled
to change between being a Badge-Only reader and a Badge-and-Keypad reader for a door with
Keypad Alarm Response enabled, alarms occurring during the badge-only state do not require a
keypad alarm response, while those occurring during the badge-and-keypad state require it. If an
alarm occurs during the badge-and-keypad state, but has not yet been responded to when the
schedule change goes into effect, the reader remains in the Keypad Alarm Response mode until
proper response is made, then the reader changes to the badge-only mode. See Defining doors on
page 180.
To enable Keypad Alarm Response:
Use the Badges form to enable a badge for Keypad Alarm Response. Status requests on badges
show whether or not a badge is authorized for keypad response. Keypad response authorization is
independent of badge type (such as permanent, contractor, etc.), but it must be an active badge. See
Defining badges on page 216.