Entry Delay provides some time (default of 30 seconds) for a user to disarm an area, after entering the site. It is ideally suited for intruder alarm sites, where a user has entered using a physical key, and must then disarm the site.
To configure entry delay, perform the following procedure:
Click the Areas tab.
Select the area to configure entry delay for.
Select the Delay Warnings tab.
Enable Entry Delay. The default entry delay time is 30 seconds. This is the period of time a user will have to disarm the site, after entry.
Click the Assign Inputs button and assign one or more entry points.
The first entry point to be activated will trigger entry delay. When the area is in delay, entry points will not raise an alarm until the delay period has expired. Non-entry point sensors will immediately raise an alarm when the area is in delay or armed.
Notes:
Assignment of an entry point is required if entry delay has been enabled.
Only inputs assigned to the area, can be assigned as entry points.
Inputs assigned to an access-controlled door cannot be assigned as entry points.
Battery Low and Mains Failure inputs cannot be assigned as entry points.
When a disabled input is assigned as an entry point, it will be automatically enabled.
When an input is assigned as an entry point, the input’s alarm response will be set to ‘Secure Alarm’.
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.
If required, select the outputs to activate when the area is in entry delay.
Any output, excluding door relays, can be assigned as a delay warning. The output will activate, until such time, as entry delay has been cancelled, or entry 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 entry delay. An output is useful when the audio from a reader cannot be heard, (e.g. a user has entered an upstairs office, failing to disarm before entry).
Note: To complete the configuration, a warning (reader or output) must be assigned.
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 the delay period expires and an incident is generated, auto-guard callout will occur from the time the incident was raised. For example, if the system has been configured to call a guard after 10 minutes, and entry delay is configured for 30 seconds, the system will call a guard 10 minutes and 30 seconds after activation of the first entry point.
If a customer isolates an entry point when arming, the input will continue to trigger entry delay. An alarm will be raised that entry delay has timed out (if timed out), however, the isolated input will not raise an alarm. This is expected behaviour. Ideally, the customer should not arm the area when the entry point is open.
An area is a collection of sensors that the customer will want to arm or disarm together, separately from other areas. Areas typically define a physical space within the customer’s site, and include the sensors installed in that space.
Example: The manager's office is set up as a separate area from the reception. The receptionist is able to disarm the reception, leaving the office secure.
Area Groups allow areas of a site to be grouped to suit the way the business owner wants to operate their site. Area Groups typically define parts of the site which are physically separate from each other, so that entering one doesn’t necessarily mean you want to enter or disarm another.
Example: The site has an office block and a separate warehouse. Staff that work in the office block typically don’t have access to the warehouse. By creating two area groups, fully privileged users can easily disarm the office block on arrival while leaving the warehouse armed, or vice versa.
If a site wants to use Key Tags, cards, or User Codes to access an area, the area must use Single Factor. In the Area's properties, set the Locally disarm area option to 'Single Factor'.
When first created, the site is populated with default input and output data. The inputs are assigned to the default Area - Area 1, and default Area Group - Default Area Group.
The data can be viewed by 'As wired' and 'By area'. For configuring Areas and Area Groups, 'By area' is the easiest view to be in.
To add a new Area, select the + ADD NEW button and select 'Area'.
From the Areas tab, select the Area you have created to open its properties.
Name the Area something meaningful to the customer.
If the site has Area Groups configured, the Area Group drop-down list displays. Select an Area Group for the Area to be added to, or leave it in the 'Default Area Group'.
If using Key Tags, Cards, or User Codes to arm & disarm an Area, change the Locally disarm area to 'Single Factor'. 'Two Factor' can only be used if the customer is using the SMB app only.
Select the customer's desired behaviour from the Default Arming Mode drop-down list. This option determines how the Area arms when it is armed via SMB tags and User Codes or Automatic Arming schedule. It does not affect arming via the SMB app, which always uses the Bypass method.
Force Arm: When the Area is armed via SMB tag, User Code, or schedule, it will arm even if there are open (active) Inputs in the Area. Any input that is open when the Area arms will immediately trigger an alarm, and an incident will be raised.
Bypass: When the Area is armed via SMB tag, User Code, or schedule, it will arm even if there are open (active) Inputs in the Area. When the Area arms, any open Input will be bypassed, i.e. it will not trigger an alarm or raise an incident until the Area is disarmed and armed again.
Fail to Arm: When the Area is armed via SMB tag, User Code, or schedule, it will fail to arm if there are open (active) Inputs in the Area. If arming fails, this is raised in an incident. If arming fails when attempting to arm at an access reader, the reader will also briefly sound a siren noise to indicate the arming failed. If no Inputs in the Area are open, the Area will arm successfully.
Assign Inputs and Outputs as required.
To configure the Delay Warnings tab, refer to the following sections: Configure Entry Delay and Configure Exit Delay.
Once finished configuring the Area, click OK to close and save your changes.
Note: Once the Area is configured, its Event History tab displays all events associated with this output. Events can be filtered.
Assign the Area to Area Groups, if applicable.
To add a new Area Group, select the + ADD NEW button and select 'Area Group'. Or, select an existing Area Group to open its properties.
Name the Area Group something meaningful to the customer.
To add Areas to the Area Group, select the + ASSIGN AREAS button, then select the check box next to each Area you wish to add to the Area Group.
Once finished, click OK to close and save your changes.
Note: Once you have created at least one Area Group, all Areas must be in one Area Group. An Area cannot be in multiple Area Groups. To accommodate this, all Areas that you have not yet added to an Area Group, and all newly created Areas, are added to a 'Default Area Group' by default.
Since all Areas must be in an Area Group (once you have created at least one Area Group), you cannot simply remove an Area from its group. To remove an Area from an Area Group, add it to another Area Group or the 'Default Area Group'. This will remove it from its previous group, since it can only be in one group.
Once an Area Group has had all of its Areas moved to another group, it can be deleted. If all Area Groups are deleted, the 'Default Area Group' is also deleted.
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.
To configure exit delay, perform the following procedure:
Click the Areas tab.
Select the area to configure exit delay for.
Select the Delay Warnings tab.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.