Transcript dsx - The Protection Bureau

Basic Administration
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Familiarize support staff with basic DSX
administrative tasks
Provide expedited service to customers
Minimize the involvement of field technicians
in system administration support
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Troubleshoot badge problems
Lock/Unlock doors
Change door schedules
Add new cardholders
Generate history reports
Configure backup
This badge is
not
programmed
into the
system.
This is a
normal
badge
read.
This
badge
has a
facility
code
that is
not
entered
into
DSX
This is a scaled down view of the DSX workstation screen.
The system will show all card activity as long as the devices
are online and normal. You can see several different
messages have been generated; Access Granted, Denied
Unknown Code and Denied Unknown Facility Code. If a
person reports their card is not working, always check this
screen first. It will tell you exactly why the card isn’t
working.
2.) Click on “Add New” icon. That opens the
Add Facility Code form.
1.) Click on Facility Code
Most proximity cards have a burned in code called a Facility Code. DSX must know
this code before it will allow access to the card.
1.) Enter the Facility Code
2.) Enter a name
for the Facility
Code, i.e. – HID
3.) Click OK to save
These devices are
offline
In the previous slide we mentioned all card activity
will display on the workstation as long as the
devices are online. If no card activity appears on the
screen, check the devices by clicking on “Devices” in
the tree view. A list of device will appear in the right
side window. If you see red circles with a slash
through it over an icon of a reader, the devices are
offline. This usually requires a service call.
Be careful with
these options. All
means ALL! You
could unlock all the
doors by mistake!!
The icons will
change state to
show the current
status.
To lock or unlock a door, choose the “Outputs” option under the location in the device tree.
The outputs will display as lock icons in the right window. Find the door you want to
lock/unlock and right click the mouse. The control menu will display with your choices.
***REMEMBER*** WHEN YOU LOCK/UNLOCK A DOOR USING THIS METHOD, THE
SCHEDULE WILL NEVER RESUME UNLESS THE OUTPUT IS PUT BACK ON IT’S
TIMEZONE BY CHOOSING THE “TIMEZONE” OPTION.
1.) Click on Time Zone
2.) Double
click on the
time zone
you want to
edit
3.) This form
will appear.
Click on
“Schedule”
The grid shows what times the schedule is active using colored bars. Blue is active and
white is inactive. Active means the door is locked. The start and stop times correspond
to the active times. Any changes made here will affect EVERYTHING the schedule is
linked to.
1.) Click Output
2.) Double click the
output
3.) Choose the
schedule in TZ1
To apply the schedule to the door, click on “Outputs” in the device tree in database. Double click the output for the door
you want to change. Under TZ1, click the drop down and choose the schedule you want to use.
To add a cardholder, click ONCE on “Card Holder” in the location. The above menu will appear. Choose “Add Card
Holder”
The New Cardholder form appears. On the General tab enter the first and last name of
the cardholder and choose a company. To enter the card number click on the Add Card
button.
Required
Optional
The code # is the internal card number and is required. This number cannot be
duplicated in the system. The Imprinted Card# is the external stamped number of
the card. This field is NOT required. The other fields are generally left at the default
values. To change dates click on the drop down arrow and select the dates required.
After this information is entered click on the Access Level tab.
Available Levels
Assigned Levels
To assign an access level to a cardholder, click on the name of the level
in the left window and click on Add. That will move the level to the
right side window which means it is assigned. Click on OK to save.
To run a history report
click on History under
the location tree in
database. When it is
highlighted in blue click
on the Add New icon in
the icon bar. That will
open the New Report
form.
Click to
create
report
Click
once to
highlight
On the General tab enter a name for the report. Then click
on Report Details to enter your criteria.
Keep
defaults
Clear the check box to
choose parameters
The start and stop date default to today’s date. To change dates click on the drop
down arrow and choose the dates you need. Leave the options under the dates at the
default values. The report criteria is entered in the bottom section. To create a specific
report, clear the check boxes in the Data to be Included or Excluded and choose the
parameters you need. Start by clearing the check box next to Include All Event Types.
To choose the parameters you need, click on the event and press the space
bar. That will remove the red circle and include that event in your report.
The example above will report on Access Granted events. This is the report
you will run 95% of the time. Click OK to close the form. The next check you
will clear is the Include Events From All Cardholders so we can select a
person for our report.
The Select Names To Include form will open. Click Select Names To
List to start your search.
Smith
Enter the first or last name of the person you are searching for. You can also
filter the list by company. Click OK to see the results of the search.
The results window lists all the names that met your search criteria. To
select the name you want for your report click on it once and press the
spacebar. This report has selected Brian Smith. Click OK to go back to the
Report Details tab.
To run the report click on Build Report
The results appear in a table format. To view the report as
it will be printed, place a check in Print Preview and click
on Print.
Click here
to export to
a file
Click here to
print
This is how your report will print. To save the report as a file
click on the Envelope icon. To print the report click on the
printer icon.
To backup the DSX database, expand the System tree in Database. Click the + next to Setup and click once on BackUp
DataBase. In the right window, Double Click where instructed to begin the backup process.
When the backup form opens it will display a list of all the locations
defined in the system. Keep all of them selected for backup and click OK.
That will open the Windows Explorer window to configure the filename
and location of the backup.
The default name for the file is AcsBak.zip. You can place it in any
folder you wish by clicking on the drop down arrow and choosing
the folder from the Windows explorer. Click Save to begin the
backup.
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