Configure Exit Delay

Exit Delay provides some time (default of 30 seconds) for an on-site user to exit or disarm the area, after an arming request has been sent. It is ideally suited when a user has remotely armed an area, unaware that a user is on-site. It provides the on-site user with an opportunity to disarm the area (cancel the arming request) or to exit the area.

Functionality:

• After arming an area (or several/all areas), the area's configured Exit Delay starts counting down (if Exit Delay is enabled). If a user with the Privilege to disarm presents a valid credential at one of the area's readers before the delay period expires, the 'arm' action is cancelled and the area/site remains disarmed.

• The area's Exit Delay period expires (and the area is armed) as soon as a door that accesses the area is opened and closed. If one of the area's access doors is opened or closed after the Exit Delay period has expired, an alarm is raised.

Procedure

To configure exit delay, perform the following procedure:

1. Click the Areas tab.

2. Select the area to configure exit delay for.

3. Select the Delay Warnings tab.

4. Enable Exit Delay. The default exit delay time is 30 seconds. This is the period of time a user will have to exit or disarm the area, after an arming request has been sent.

5. Click the Assign Inputs button and assign one or more exit points.

   When an exit point closes, exit delay will cancel, and the area will immediately arm. For example, a reed switch on a door, when closed, will immediately arm the area.

   Notes:

   • Assignment of an exit point is optional.

   • Only inputs assigned to the area, can be assigned as exit points.

   • Battery Low and Mains Failure inputs cannot be assigned as exit points.

   • When a disabled input is assigned as an exit point, it will be automatically enabled.

   • When an input is assigned as an exit point, the input’s alarm response will be set to ‘Secure Alarm’.

6. If required, select the readers to beep when the area is in entry delay.

   Any reader can be assigned as a delay warning. When the area is in delay, the reader will emit a continuous beep, until such time, as the delay has been cancelled, or the delay period has expired.

7. If required, select the outputs to activate when the area is in exit delay.

   Any output, excluding door relays, can be assigned as a delay warning. The output will activate, until such time, as exit delay has been cancelled, or exit delay has expired. The output could be a piezo buzzer or light that provides an audible or visual indication to users, that the area is in exit delay. An output is useful when the audio from a reader cannot be heard, (e.g. the site has been armed remotely, and an onsite user is unable to hear the reader beep).

Note: To complete the configuration, a warning (reader or output) must be assigned.

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Output behaviour

If the delay warning output is on, and delay occurs, the output will remain on for the delay period and will turn off when the delay has been cancelled, or the delay period has expired. If the output is an Alarm Output, the output will be on when the area is in alarm, (i.e. will remain on after the delay period, if the area is in alarm). Likewise, if the output is a Reflected Output, the output will be on when the area is armed, (i.e. remain on after the delay expires, if the area is armed).

If an input is open when an area configured with exit delay is armed, the input will raise an alarm. For areas without exit delay, the user will be notified that the input is open when attempting to arm.

Input behaviour

If an input is open when an area configured with exit delay is armed, the input will raise an alarm. For areas without exit delay, the user will be notified that the input is open when attempting to arm.