C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide - Tyco Security ...

Configuring Incident Groups for TrackingFor more information about running incident reports, see theC•CURE 800/8000 Reports Guide.Incident GroupsAn Incident Group allows you to group inputs and events together. Youconfigure Incident Groups from the C•CURE 800/8000 Administrationapplication menu, Configure>Group>Incident Group. For the detailedprocedure, see “Configuring an Incident Group” on page 25-14.Incident Groups can consist of the following:• One or more inputs• One or more events• A combination of the preceding two elementsOnce an Incident Group is created, and an input (alarm point) or an eventinside of the group changes state, a unique Incident ID is created for thegroup. This ID is also maintained and tagged (or labeled) to all the monitoredactivities and activity messages that are part of the group. During this changeof state, if other inputs or events inside of the group also change state, they arelabeled with the same Incident ID established by the initial activation.The Incident ID is also tagged to monitored activities and activity messagesfor inputs when the following inputs are generated:• Regular inputs• Input activates• Input deactivates• Input supervision errors.• Door Switch Monitor (DSM) input for a door• Door forced open active• Door held open active• Door close (the inactive state for both door forced and door held)• Supervision error for DSM input used by a door.• Request to Exit (RTE) input for door:• Supervision error for RTE input used by door.25–10 C•CURE 800/8000 Software Configuration Guide