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Mode Tab

Reference Topics:

Parameter Form

Mode Schedule Form

Overview – Micro Utility Form

Manual Control Form

Select all or individual micros or clients for immediate change of mode.

Example: The change of mode for micros is helpful for an immediate "lockdown" or to open all doors

immediately. The change of mode for clients applies to alarm routing and bumping.

When you select this tab, a windowpane displays a list of available online micros or client groups in your

system, based on facility permissions for the current operator.

Element Description

Select Display Type

• Micros: Select to display real time discription, current mode, and address of

online micros.

• Clients: Select to display real time current mode for configured Clients.

Set Mode to

From the drop-down list, select one of the available modes to which you want to

change.

• The Current Mode status, as displayed in the list, refreshes automatically

following a change of mode (by schedule or manual control).

• Updates for micros display in the Mode column of the Micro Utility Form.

• Updates for clients display on the Client Monitor Form.

Apply Mode

Click Apply Mode to send the command to the micro or client. Available modes

include Normal, Mode 1, Mode 2, and Mode 3. (Modes are created and

labeled on the Mode Labels tab of the Parameter Form.)

Purpose

Enter the reason for this change of mode. This box accepts 255 characters. This

comment is written to the operator history file and displays on the Operator

History Report.

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Multiple Language Support

Some items you should note about SP’s national language support:

• English is the default language and is always installed.

• The Windows operating system should be installed for the specific language chosen for SP. For

example, if running Secure Perfect Spanish, Windows Spanish should be installed.

• Secure Perfect will start in the language of the operating system. For example, if Windows Spanish is

installed, Secure Perfect will start in Spanish.

• Initially, there is only one operator provided with the system: an English language operator with the

login ID of secure and a password of master. The very first login to Secure Perfect MUST be done

under this operator. If the operating system is in a language other than English, there will be a slight

delay in bringing up the Secure Perfect main menu since the English help files must be copied into the

main directory.

• To set up a different language operator, you must go to the Operator Form, and add an operator with

the desired language. A combo box on the operator form lists the available languages for the system.

A language must be selected prior to saving the operator’s record.

• Multiple language logins are supported without having to restart the application. Log out of Secure

Perfect and log back in as the new operator. (There will be a slight delay in bringing up the Secure

Perfect main menu since the new language help files must be copied to the main directory.) Secure

Perfect along with the Help files will display in that operator’s language.

• Any data entry done after the operator’s login will be in the operator’s language. For example, when

adding a micro, all the attached device descriptions will be in the operator’s language.

• There are several areas in Secure Perfect that are not translated, such as certain Windows messages

and certain parts of the reporting functions.

• If a particular language is not provided by GE Security, the installation will take place in English and

the Secure Perfect application will run in English.

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Networking

Secure Perfect requires that you set up a network protocol to allow the server and clients to

communicate. Secure Perfect uses the TCP/IP network protocol.

You will need to validate visibility and connectivity to the client and servers by name resolution. (Secure

Perfect uses PC Names only.) The following describes two ways to validate operations:

• Envoking Ping: Select Start, then Run. At the Open field, type command. A DOS-like window opens.

At the prompt, type ping pcname where pcname is the name of the PC to which you are validating

visibility and connectivity. If you receive a response of an unknown host, you will need to re-examine

you TCP/IP configuration. If you receive a reply, the client/server is online and available for

connection.

• Start, Run, PC Name: Select Start, then Run. At the Open field, type //pcname where pcname is

the name of the PC to which you are validating connection. If the connection is valid, you will see the

shared folders on the remote PC.

If you are using Token Ring and/or TCP/IP, you are encouraged to contact your system administrator

for local requirements and restrictions.

New Icon

Micro Utility Form

Click this graphic to open the Micro Form and create a new micro:

New Record

File Menu Item

The New Record menu option creates a new record preloaded with default data. This is the best way to

start or add a new record as the default data often saves you from entering in the data. The New Record

option is available only when a form is open, contains records, and you have been given permission to

update records.

Clicking this icon on the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access this option:

New Template Dialog

Use this dialog box to create a new template. You are prompted to enter the name of the template you

want to create. Keep in mind that any information currently on the report form will be saved under this

name.

Next Pane

View Menu

The Next Pane option moves the cursor between the main form, the tabs, and the search results window,

if there is one.

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No Alarms on Alarm Monitor

Go to the Alarm Form and click the Alarm tab. Make sure that the Monitor option is On. Also, check the

schedules. There may be one in effect that does not route certain alarms to the Alarm Monitor Form.

No Floor Tracking

With this method, you define the floors available and define a digital output for each floor. Only digital

outputs (DOs) provided by the 16 DO board can be used. In addition, each DO may be used in only one

elevator and mapped to only one floor. The number of floors is limited by the number of 16 DO boards

that can be placed in the Micro/5-PX; the maximum is 4. Therefore, the maximum number of floors

available is 64 (4 boards x 16 DOs = 64 DOs).

No Readers in List Box

Only readers assigned Active will be displayed in the list box. Go to the Reader Form and click the

Reader tab. Verify that the readers you are using are assigned Active.

Normal Type Reader

Follow the steps below to shunt alarm groups within a micro connected to a normal reader.

1. Click the start key on the keypad. The start key is labeled with either an asterisk <*> or a plus <+>

depending on the reader model.

2. Type one of the following:

0 - to turn monitoring off

1 - to turn monitoring on

3. Type the alarm group number (00 to 15) you want shunted.

4. Click the end key which is labeled with either a pound sign (#) or an <x>.

5. Present a valid badge to the reader.

Notes

File Menu Item

The Notes menu option opens a text file, notes.txt, into which you can enter site-specific information.

The program used to edit this file is the program that has been associated with .txt files in Windows

(usually Notepad). The notes.txt file is saved to your desktop by default.

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Operations Menu Selections

The following selections display in the Operations drop-down menu:

Micro Utility

Activity Monitor

Alarm Monitor

Client Monitor

Digital Input Status

Alarm Graphics Editor

Alarm Graphics Viewer

Manual Control

Digital Output Status

Digital Video Viewer

Change Password

Select Facilities

Enable Alarm Video Pop-up

Operator

Administration Menu

The Operator option opens the Operator Form that allows you to set up individuals as users for the

Secure Perfect system and assign the facilities to which they have access.

Operator History

Reports Menu

The Operator History option opens the Operator History Report Form that allows you to create a report

based on the history of operator activity.

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Operator Tab

Reference Topics:

Permission Form

Multiple Language Support

Change Password

Password Tab

Operator Form

Use this form to create operator records that allow individuals to access the Secure Perfect program.

• Login ID: Assign and enter a login ID for this operator.

• Name: Enter the name of the operator.

• Permission: From the drop-down list of previously created permissions, assign a permission to ths

operator.

• Language: Click the drop-down list to display a list of available languages installed on your system.

Select the language with which this operator accesses and operates the Secure Perfect system.

Secure Perfect Password Authentication

• Password: Enter the password this operator will use to log in to Secure Perfect. This field accepts a

minimum of 1 and maximum of 20 digits. Additional password parameters were set on the Password

tab of the Parameter Form.

• Confirm Password: Enter the password a second time exactly as entered in the Password field.

IMPORTANT: The assigned password cannot match any previous five passwords. Operator login

passwords are case sensitive. Because it is difficult to retrieve, it is important for operators to

remember their assigned password or write it down and store in a safe place.

• Permission to Change Password: If this check box is selected, the operator indicated in this record

has the option to change the login password. If this checkbox is clear, the option to change the login

password is unavailable to this operator.

Expiration

• Password never expires: If selected, the password assigned to the current operator will never expire.

If this checkbox is not selected, the two remaining fields are available.

• Expires in (days): This field is not available if Password never expires is selected. From the drop-

down list of available time periods, select number of days that will pass before the password assigned

to the current operator expires. The selections are 30, 60, 90, 120, or 180 days.

• Warn prior to expiration (days): This field is not available if Password never expires is selected.

Enter or select the number of days before the expiration of the operator’s password that a warning

message displays, indicating that the assigned operator password is about to expire. The number of

days in this field must be less than the number of days selected in the Expires in (days) field.

When this option is selected, a message displays when logging in to Secure Perfect, informing the

operator of the number of days until the password expiration is valid.

- Select Yes to change the password immediately.

- Select No to continue using Secure Perfect and change the password at a later time.

- If the password has expired, the operator can no longer log on.

- If the operator does not have permission to change the password, the operator is instructed to

contact the SP Administrator to change the password. These warnings are logged as operator history

transactions and can be retrieved by running a report on operator actions, using the System Operator

filter for Login Name.

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Active Directory Password Authentication

If this option is available, Secure Perfect Password Authentication options will not be available. The

Active Directory domain controller authenticates this operator name and password. (The operator added

to Secure Perfect must be a valid operator in the domain computer.) The next time this operator logs in to

Secure Perfect, for this feature, the user must log in to the domain when logging into the computer, for

access to the Secure Perfect system. (The user cannot log in to the local computer; the user will log in to

the Domain.) Secure Perfect validates the user login ID and password against the specified Active

Directory, and not the Secure Perfect database. This authentication overrides any password parameters

entered through Secure Perfect.

• Browse: Click to display a list of Active Directory Domain Controller Servers. Select the Domain

Controller Server computer that will authenticathe the Secure Perfect operator, and controls the

users, passwords, and the Secure Perfect sytem to which you are assigning this operator. The

selected Server computer will authenticate this operator name and password. The selected Server

name now displays in this field.

Override

Administration Menu

The Override option opens the Override Form that allows an operator to configure persons and particular

readers for override, and generate Anti-Passback and Time and Attendance transactions that can be

added to history or archive databases.

Override Tab

Use this tab to set up the badge transaction that you want to enter into history.

Person: Select a person from the drop-down list.

Badge: Select a badge from the drop-down list of badges currently in the database.

The current time and date are displayed by default.

• Time: Enter a time.

• Date: Use the Calendar button to enter a date.

• Calendar: Click to display the Calendar dialog.

Reader Type: Select a reader type.

Reader: Select a reader from the drop-down list of available readers for assignment by the current

operator.

Update Micro: Enable this field if you want to send this transaction to the micro.

Database Selection:

Generate: Click this button to enter the transaction into history. Select either Secure Perfect History

database or Secure Perfect Archive database.

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Parameters

Administration Menu

The Parameters option opens the Parameters Form that allows you to establish settings for your entire

Secure Perfect system such as archive intervals and appropriate modems.

Password Tab - Parameter Form

Parameter Form

This tab allows you to select the parameters for passwords used on the Secure Perfect system.

• Minimum Length (characters): This field accepts 1 to 20 characters.

• Cannot begin with a numeric character

• Cannot end with a numeric character

• Must be mixed case (contain both upper and lower case characters)

• Must contain both alpha and numeric characters: If selected, this option enables the Minimum numeric

characters contol field.

• Minimum numeric characters: The range for this selection is 1 to 19 characters with at least 1 alpha

character.

If the current operator has permission to change their password, the parameters selected here display in

the Change Password window as reminders.

Pause Button

This option pauses or suspends the scrolling of badge transactions on the Activity Monitor Form.

Clicking this icon from the Activity Monitor Form toolbar will access this option:

PDF Files and Adobe Acrobat Reader

Portable Document Files (PDFs) are read-only electronic versions of printed documents. The Secure

Perfect documents are in PDF format and included on a separate document CD.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view these documents. It is also included on the CD. If you do not

already have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, follow the steps below:

1. Copy the file ar500enu.exe from CD-ROM onto your hard drive.

2. Navigate to Windows Explorer and double-click ar500enu.exe.

3. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

To view the PDF file, double-click the file name or start Adobe Acrobat Reader and open the document

you want to view. For additional information, refer to Adobe Acrobat Reader online Help.

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People Assignment

This window displays a list of Person Records with an e-mail address in the Secure Perfect system. Only

person records in the operators’ facilities are available for assignment by this operator.

• Select, then click the right arrow to assign an available person.

• Select, then click the left arrow to unassign a person.

Permission

Administration Menu

The Permissions option opens the Permission Form that allows you to set access or right to use various

forms within your Secure Perfect system.

Permission Tab

Assigning a Level of Permission.

The forms in Secure Perfect will display an icon in the left corner indicating the permissions assigned

to this operator. The form icons correspond to the icons and permissions assigned here.

The information in Forms windowpane can be viewed one of two ways.

Forms

1. If a + displays to the left of the form name, then additional items are available. Click + to display

additional forms. You can also double-click the Forms: menu item to view the additional forms.

2. Right-click on the windowpane to display the shortcut menu with these options.

 Show by Action lists the actions (None, Read, Update, All) followed by the forms assigned to

them.

 Operator displays the Operator Form, which shows permissions assigned to existing

operators.

Actions

Four types of actions can be assigned:

None means that no access is given to that form.

Read means that read only access is given. The form and the associated records can be viewed

but not modified.

Update means that the records on that form can be viewed and modified.

All means that the records on that form can be viewed, modified and deleted.

Mixed is not an action to be assigned. It is used only on this form to signal that any forms beneath

a general title have different actions assigned.

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Example:

If you want an operator to monitor alarm and badge activity, select the Operation Forms, then set the

following actions:

• Select Activity Monitor, then select Read.

• Select Alarm Monitor, then select the action Read.

• Select Manual Control, then select Update. (Selecting Update for Manual Control allows the

operator to manually change the DO state.)

• Select Digital Output Status, then select Read.

On the Personnel Forms, set up actions to allow the new permission to add persons and badges into the

database.

• Select Person, then select Update

• Select Badge, then select Update.

For a shortcut menu to related forms, move the mouse pointer below the tab and click the right

mouse button.

Person

Personnel Menu

The Person option displays the Person Form that allows you to enter a person record into the system.

You will enter information such as the name and address, assign access rights for access control, assign

a department or user fields, and capture a photo. The shortcut key combination for Person Form is

CTRL+P.

Clicking this icon from the Secure Perfect toolbar can also access this option:

Person

Reports Menu

The Person option displays the Person Report Form that allows you to create a report on the people in

the database.

Person Selection Tab

Alarm Notifier Form

The Person Selection tab allows you to assign people available in this operators’ facility that will receive

an e-mail notification of the alarm/reset condition.

Assigned People:

Click Assign People to display the People Assignment window, allowing you to select specific people

that will receive an e-mail alarm notification.

Only those with an e-mail address in their Person Record will display in the People Assignment list for

assignment to an alarm notification.

Click OK and the selected people names will display in the Assigned People windowpane of the Person

Selection window.

Save the new or modified Alarm Notifier record before you exit the form.

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