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Operator Guide

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Cont inuum Operator GuideVersion E, December, 1999Andover Controls Part Number: 31-3001-758

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Continuum OverviewBuilding Automation .................................................................................................................. 1-3Continuum Basic Architecture ................................................................................................... 1-4Controller Hardware .................................................................................................................. 1-4Continuum Workstation ............................................................................................................. 1-5Networks ................................................................................................................................... 1-6Continuum Hardware Overview ................................................................................................ 1-9Continuum Software Overview................................................................................................ 1-14

Chapter 2: Starting ContinuumWindows NT Desktop Environment........................................................................................... 2-3Starting Continuum from the Desktop ....................................................................................... 2-4Continuum Menu Pages............................................................................................................ 2-7Logoff Continuum ...................................................................................................................... 2-8Logon through the Continuum Icon ........................................................................................... 2-8

Chapter 3: Menu Pages and On-Line HelpMenu Pages Overview .............................................................................................................. 3-3Changing Menu Pages.............................................................................................................. 3-4On-Line Help System ................................................................................................................ 3-7

Chapter 4: Working with SchedulesSchedules Overview.................................................................................................................. 4-3Opening a Schedule from the Menu Page ................................................................................ 4-4Schedule Features .................................................................................................................... 4-4Calendar Views ......................................................................................................................... 4-7Making Changes to the Schedule ........................................................................................... 4-13Assigning Standard Days to the Calendar .............................................................................. 4-13Editing Events for the Selected Day........................................................................................ 4-18Changing Event Time Intervals ............................................................................................... 4-23Adding a New Event to the Selected Day ............................................................................... 4-25Editing a Standard Day ........................................................................................................... 4-26Creating a New User-Defined Day .......................................................................................... 4-29Saving Changes to the Schedule ............................................................................................ 4-32

Chapter 5: Using List ViewsListViews Overview ................................................................................................................... 5-3Opening a ListView from the Menu Page.................................................................................. 5-3ListView Features...................................................................................................................... 5-4Working with ListViews.............................................................................................................. 5-6Highlighted Objects ................................................................................................................... 5-6All Listviews ListView ................................................................................................................ 5-7Prompted ListViews................................................................................................................... 5-8Editing an Object from the ListView Window............................................................................. 5-9Refreshing the ListView........................................................................................................... 5-10

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Printing ListViews .................................................................................................................... 5-10Changing Print Settings........................................................................................................... 5-12

Chapter 6: Using GroupsGroups Overview....................................................................................................................... 6-3Opening a Group from the Menu Page ..................................................................................... 6-3Member List............................................................................................................................... 6-4Working with an Object in the Member List ............................................................................... 6-6Editing an Object ....................................................................................................................... 6-8Viewing the Group History......................................................................................................... 6-9Editing the Range Parameters .................................................................................................. 6-9History View Features ............................................................................................................. 6-11Fill Options .............................................................................................................................. 6-11Viewing the History for a Single Object ................................................................................... 6-13

Chapter 7: Responding to AlarmsContinuum Alarm System Overview.......................................................................................... 7-3Alarm Bar .................................................................................................................................. 7-3Responding to an Alarm............................................................................................................ 7-4Active Alarm View ..................................................................................................................... 7-5Alarm Details View .................................................................................................................... 7-8Working in the Active Alarm View ........................................................................................... 7-10Reviewing Alarm History Information ...................................................................................... 7-12

Chapter 8: Issuing New CardsUnderstanding Access Control .................................................................................................. 8-3Creating a New Personnel Record from a Menu Page ............................................................. 8-4Personnel Editor........................................................................................................................ 8-5Steps within the Personnel Editor to Add a New Person ........................................................ 8-12Using Templates ..................................................................................................................... 8-16Handling Temporary and Lost Cards ...................................................................................... 8-18Working with Personnel Objects through ListViews ................................................................ 8-21

Chapter 9: Viewing Access Control EventsUnderstanding Access Control Events...................................................................................... 9-3Opening an Active Event View from the Menu Page ................................................................ 9-3Active Event View...................................................................................................................... 9-4Working in the Active Event View.............................................................................................. 9-6Access Events for a Specific Person......................................................................................... 9-9Access Events for a Specific Door .......................................................................................... 9-11Reviewing Access Event History Information.......................................................................... 9-13

Chapter 10: Exploring GraphicsGraphics Overview .................................................................................................................. 10-3Graphic Panels........................................................................................................................ 10-3Graphic Controls ..................................................................................................................... 10-8

Appendix: Glossary................................................................................................................. A-1

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Conventions Used in this Manual

The book is arranged in a two-column format:

The right column contains the text and graphics describing the ContinuumOperator features presented in this document.

The left column contains topic labels making it easy to find thecorresponding text for a particular topic.

In addition, special items of interest are presented in the left column suchas notes, tips, warnings, and keyword definitions. The following graphicalicons are used to highlight these items:

Provides supplementary information about a feature ortask.

Indicates additional reference materials should beconsulted for a feature or task.

Provides warning information about a feature or taskwhich you should pay particular attention to.

Presents a tip related to a feature or task which may helpyou save time and work more efficiently.

Warns you of a situation, related to a feature or task,requiring special consideration.

Note

Tip

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Chapter 1:Continuum Overview

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 1 – C on t i n u um Ov e r v i e w

1-2 Continuum Operator

What is Building Automation?

Control Devices

Continuum Basic Architecture

Controller Hardware

Net Controller

CX Controller

Infinet Controller

Continuum Workstation

Networks

Ethernet

Andover I/O Bus

Infinet

Stand-Alone Configuration

Local Area Network (LAN)

Multiple Workstation Configuration

Enterprise Configuration

Continuum Hardware Overview

NetController

NetController Power Supplies

Continuum IOU Modules

Continuum Display Modules

Infinity Ethernet Controllers

Infinet Controllers

Access Controllers

System Controllers

Lighting Controller

Terminal Controllers

Infinlink Repeaters

Continuum Software Overview

TopicsPresented inthis Chapter


Continuum Operator 1-3

What is Building Automation?

A building contains electrical and mechanical equipment that performslighting, heating, air conditioning, access, and security controlfunctions. Building automation systems use computer and networktechnology to efficiently and intelligently control and manage the totalbuilding environment.

When we talk about the equipment involved in building automation,we refer to the actual devices that monitor and control buildingfunctions, such as:

Security Applications – card readers, keypads, videomonitors and cameras, motion detectors, and electronic lockmechanisms;

HVAC Output – actuators, fans, dampers, large relays, andmotors;

HVAC Sensors – monitor pressure, humidity, temperature;and tank levels; and

Lighting Controls – lamps, electronic ballasts and occupancysensors.

Control Devices



Continuum Basic Architecture

A controller connects to the various control devices used in thebuilding. The controller is a microcomputer-based piece of equipmentwhich seamlessly integrates with HVAC and security access systems.

As shown in the picture below, one controller can communicate with awide-array of electrical and mechanical components. In complexsystems, several types of controllers are usually employed tooptimally manage the building environment.

Net Controllers are the central processing units (CPU) of theContinuum system. They run programs that control the operation ofyour building or process. Net Controllers communicate with manydifferent specialized Continuum IOU modules to receive sensor input,to activate equipment such as valves and fans and perform accesscontrol functions.

Net Controllers can also communicate with other types of controllerssuch as those in the Andover Controls Infinity product line. Thesecontrollers interact with the Net Controller through a communicationsport (CommPort) configured for a special link called the Infinet.

Net Controllers can be connected to standard office printers forobtaining hard copies of event logs and other system-related reports.They can also include telecommunications modems for connectingwith remote installations.

Controller Hardware

Net Controller



CX Controllers are functionally similar to Net Controllers. Their Inputsand Outputs are located within the controller cabinet.

Infinet controllers are specialized stand-alone controllers that containtheir own I/O points. Andover produces a multitude of these geared tospecific tasks. These range from touch screen interfaces to VAV boxcontrollers with built-in actuators. Once programmed, they operateindependently of any other controller.

An operator workstation is a personal computer (PC) which providesan easy-to-use view of the building control system. An operatorinteracts with system components via a graphical user interface onthe workstation (also referred to as the CyberStation). A basicContinuum system consists of at least one workstation and onecontroller.

Through a workstation an operator:

Responds to alarms

Monitors and controls system devices and schedules

Operates local and remote equipment

Views the actions of the entire system from one location

Produces useful reports from gathered information

CX Controller

Infinet Controller

Continuum Workstation



A network is the communications path through which many computer-based systems share information. Continuum workstationscommunicate with NetControllers and NetControllers communicatewith other controllers through network connections. Continuumsupports a variety of communication protocols such as EthernetTCP/IP, Internet, BACnet, and LON.

The Ethernet is an industry standard high-speed local area network(LAN) upon which Continuum NetControllers, CX Controllers andContinuum workstations communicate. Continuum adheres to theTCP/IP networking standard directly to the controller level.

NetControllers use a special proprietary network called the I/O Buswhen communicating with local and remote Continuum I/O modules.This network is physically separate from the Ethernet connection.

An Infinet is another Andover Controls proprietary communicationsnetwork. The Infinet network connects NetControllers and CXControllers to their sub-controllers (Infinet controllers). EachNetController includes provisions for two separate Infinet networks. AContinuum NetController would address or control an I/O point on anInfinet Controller through these networks.

Networks

Ethernet

Andover I/O Bus

Infinet



A stand-alone Continuum system consists of a single workstationnetworked to Ethernet-level controllers, IOU modules, Infinetcontrollers and peripheral devices. The application utilizes MicrosoftAccess for the database engine. The workstation can support a largenumber of controllers and peripheral devices.

A multiple workstation configuration consists of workstations, aWindows NT file server, and controllers connected over an EthernetTCP/IP network. The application utilizes a Microsoft SQL databaseresiding on the server.

Multiple WorkstationConfiguration

Stand-Alone Configuration

NetController

I/O Modules

ACC I/O BusNetwork

Ethernet Network

Workstation

Local field wiring

Ethernet TCP/IP Network



From one workstation you can monitor and configure networkeddevices within an entire enterprise.

Enterprise Configuration



Continuum Hardware Overview

The following information provides a general overview of theContinuum product line and highlights important product features.However, for the most complete and current information, refer toproduct cut sheets available from the Marketing department or fromthe Andover Controls web site (www.andovercontrols.com).

NetController features include:

Optional on-board modem

Ethernet connection with transceiver options

Operating system is in flash ROM

4 Comm ports and an I/O bus

Comm Port Type Can Be Set To

COMM1 RS232 orRS485

Infinet, Xdriver TankNet or Printer (RS-232)

COMM2 RS485 Printer, Infinet, Xdriver, TankNet

COMM3 RS232 orModem

Printer, Xdriver, TankNet or 14.4 KBPSModem

COMM4 RS485 Printer, Xdriver, TankNet

Model Input SpecificationsOutput

Specifications

PS 120/240 AC 50Non-UPS

100 to 240 VAC @ 50-60 Hz,1.8A @ 100V; 1.0A @ 240V

+24 VDC ±5%

PS 120/240 AC 50 UUPS

100 to 240 VAC @ 50-60 Hz,1.8A @ 100V; 1.0A @ 240V

+24 VDC ±5%

PS –48 DC 50 –41 to –53 VDC @ 1.8A +24 VDC ±5%

NetController

NetController PowerSupplies



Module Features

AC-1 andAC-1-PlusAccess Control

3 supervised inputs

2 Form C relays

AC-1 supports 1 Wiegand or proximity reader

AC-1-ABA supports 1 ABA reader

Will operate in a degraded mode if networkcommunication is lost

AO-4-8 andAO-4-OAnalog Output

4 analog outputs with eight-bit resolution

Configurable as voltage or current outputs

AO-4-8-O provides override feedback to PlainEnglish programs

DI-6-AC andDI-6-AC-HVAC Digital Input (wet)

Monitors absence or presence of AC voltagedirectly

ON-OFF status indication

DI-8Digital Input (dry)

Sensing for up to 8 dry digital inputs

High-speed counting up to 10KHz is availableon Channels 1 and 2

DM-20Digital I/O

Can control any combination of 20 digitalinputs and outputs

Typically used for Continuum Display Paneloption

DO-4-RRelay Output

4 Form C Relay Outputs with Override

Rated at 5 amps, 240 VAC

DO-6 TRTriac Output

6 Form A triac-based outputs

Control of lighting, heat and fan units

LO-2 and LO-2-OLighting Output

Interfaces up to 2 standard GE RR7 or RR9lighting relays

MI-6Milliamp Input

Can direct connect up to 6 2-wire 0-20mA or4-20mA sensors

UI-8-10 andUI-8-10-10VUniversal Input

8 universal inputs, software configurable asvoltage, thermistor, digital or counter point

Can also be configured as supervised inputs

VT-1Voice Touch Tone

Complete control over phone message output

Fully programmable with Plain English

VS-8Video Switcher

8 in X 4 out video switch matrix

Fully programmable with Plain English

Infistat Fully programmable I/O module with displayand keypad

Can include room temperature and humiditysensors

Allows control of temperature set points andschedules

Signals alarm conditions

Allows arming/disarming of security systems

Continuum IOUModules



Continuum display and control modules are programmed with theAndover Controls Plain English programming language.

Module Features

LC-1LCD Display

2-line, 16-character display

12-button programmable keypad

Optional VM-1 Voice Module

LS-8LED 3-Digit Display

8 user-programmable, 3-digit, 7-segment LEDdisplays with floating decimal point

8 user-programmable up/down arrow push-button digital inputs

LB-8LED Bar Module

8 user-programmable LED ON/OFF indicators

8 user-programmable push-button digitalinputs

Controller Features

CX 9400Aeclipse ControllerSystem

CX 9400 CPU module with flash EPROM

2 Infinet field bus connections

4 user definable COMM ports

Programmable battery backup

16 or 32 universal input module

16 or 32 dry contact input module

8 digital output module

8 analog output module

80 high-density LED driver output module

CX 9200Network Controller

10 MB Ethernet communications

Supports 2 Infinet networks

4 user definable COMM ports

RS-232 / RS-485 communications tomodems, printers, dumb terminals and third-party devices

Continuum DisplayModules

Infinity EthernetControllers



A wide-variety of Infinet controllers is available. The tables below listthe controllers and their features categorized by building controlfunction.

Controller Features

ACX 781Access Control Unit

8 Wiegand or ABA protocol reader inputs

8 3x4 matrix keypad inputs

32 supervised alarm inputs

8 5amp Form C relay outputs for door control

Controller Features

SCX 920System Controller

16 universal inputs 8 universal software-programmable outputs I/O expansion port Optional display with keypad

DCX 250Touch ScreenDisplay Controller

Touch screen interface to buildingmanagement systems

User-definable graphics, text and customcontrol panels

LCX 800Local Control Unit

8 universal inputs 8 single-pole double-throw Form C relay

outputs

LCX 810Local Control Unit

8 universal inputs 8 single-pole double-throw Form C relay

outputs I/O expansion port Optional display with keypad

Controller Features

LCX 89X SeriesLighting Controllers

8 Class II low voltage inputs

16 programmable digital inputs

16 programmable universal inputs

8 pulsed output lighting control relays

Access Controller

Infinet Controllers

System Controllers

Lighting Controllers



Controller Features

TCX 84X SeriesTerminal ControlUnits

Up to 4 universal inputs

1 airflow sensor

5 Form C Triac-based outputs, 2 voltage

TCX 85X SeriesTerminal ControlUnits

4 universal inputs

2 airflow sensors

3 single-pole single-throw Form A relays

1 Form K tri-state relay

TCX 865VAV Controller withBuilt-In Actuator

2 universal inputs

1 airflow sensor

1 Smart Sensor

3 single-pole single-throw outputs

1 integrated damper actuator

2 analog outputs

TCX 867Terminal Control Unit

4 universal inputs

1 tri-state output

3 Form A outputs

2 0-10V outputs

TCX 870Terminal Control Unit

4 universal inputs

3 single-pole single-throw Form A relayoutputs

2 analog outputs

Repeater Features

Infilink 200 Repeater 5 RS-485 twisted pair connnections

1 RS-232 interface

Infilink 210 Repeater 1 RS-485 twisted pair connection

2 fiber optic

Terminal Controllers

Infilink Repeaters



Continuum Software Overview

Continuum is a Windows-based application running on a workstationlinked to a Microsoft SQL or Microsoft Access database (LAN orstand-alone configuration, respectively). The Continuum software,referred to as CyberStation, provides an easy-to-use graphicalinterface for the monitoring and control of your system.

Through a workstation, operators access a wide-variety of Continuumfunctions, such as:

Menu Pages and On-Line Help (Chapter 3)

Schedules (Chapter 4)

List Views (Chapter 5)

Groups (Chapter 6)

Alarms (Chapter 7)

Personnel Management (Chapter 8)

Access Control Events (Chapter 9)

Graphics (Chapter 10)

Each of the software features listed above are explored in thesubsequent chapters. The chapters provide detailed informationabout each function including Continuum screens, tips, notes,warnings, and keyword definitions.

A complete glossary of commonly used terms is located at the end ofthis manual in an Appendix.

Operator FunctionsPresented in thisManual

Glossary

An interactive computer based training CD is available fromEducational Services. Through a simulated Continuumenvironment, an operator learns about the features discussed in thisbook and experiences, first-hand, how to perform operator tasks.

If you wish to purchase a CD, contact the Educational Servicesdepartment at 978.470.0555 extension 193.

Note

Chapter 2:Starting Continuum

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 2 - S t a r t i n g C on t i n u um


Desktop Environment

Windows NT Desktop

Steps for Starting Continuum from the Desktop

Step 1—Start Menu

Step 2—Programs Menu

Step 3—Continuum Menu

Step 4—Continuum Logon (User Name)

Step 5—User Password

Continuum Menu Pages

Menu Page Components

Logoff Continuum

Logon through the Continuum Icon




Desktop Environment

When you successfully log into Windows NT, the NT desktop appearsas shown below.

The desktop consists of three basic components: icons, task bar, andthe Start button.

Shortcut Icons are the graphical pictures arranged from top tobottom on the left side of the desktop. By double clicking on icons,functions or programs associated with the icons are executed.

The Task Bar, which is the row located at the bottom of the screen,displays information about active tasks and windows.

The Start Button is located in the bottom left corner of the task bar.Through the Start button, you perform a wide-variety of tasks such asrunning programs, changing system settings, and shutting down yourcomputer.

Refer to your Microsoft Windows NT documentation for detailedinformation about the desktop environment and components.

Start Button Task Bar

Windows NT Desktop

ShortcutIcons



To start Continuum, point and click on the Start button located in thebottom left corner of the screen.

The Start menu pops up. Using the mouse, move the pointer throughthe list and highlight the Programs option.

The Programs submenu appears to the right of the Start menu. Movethe pointer through the list and select the Continuum option.

When you see an arrowsymbol next to amenu item, it indicatesa submenu of choicesexist for that option.

Tip

Starting Continuumfrom the Desktop

Step 1: Start Menu

Step 2: Programs Menu



The Continuum menu appears to the right of the previous menu.Move through the list and click on the Continuum option.

An opening splash screen appears while the Continuum applicationlaunches, which may take a few moments. The splash screen isreplaced with the Continuum Logon dialog box as shown below.

Enter your assigned User Name and press the Tab key to move tothe password box.

UUUUSERSERSERSER : An individual or functional capacity (a group of peopleperforming a specific function such as guard) provided access to theContinuum system. Each user is assigned a unique user name andpassword and granted access privileges by the Continuum Administrator.

Do not confuse yourContinuum user name andpassword with your WindowsNT logon. They may be thesame or could be twodifferent logons. If you havequestions about your logon,please ask your ContinuumAdministrator for assistance.

Step 3: Continuum Menu

Step 4: Continuum Logon

Keyword Definition



Type in your Password and click on OK or press the Enter key tocontinue. (If you enter an incorrect password, the cursor remains inthe password box awaiting re-entry).

Warning: Unlike the user name, the password is case sensitive.It must be entered in lower and/or uppercase based upon how thepassword was created. If you require a password change, askyour Continuum Administrator for assistance.

Also notice when you type in your password, asterisks appearrather than the real characters. This is a security measure toprotect your password.

Step 5: Password



Once you successfully logon to Continuum, a Home Menu Pageappears.

Menu pages represent the graphical interface with the Continuumapplication. Through clicking on buttons, images or icons displayedon Menu pages, you easily navigate from one system function toanother (such as looking at schedules, creating personnel records,monitoring doors, and generating reports).

Menu pages consist of five distinct areas: the title bar, menu area,alarm bar, status line, and Continuum icon.

The Title Bar, the row located at the top of the screen, shows the titlefor the current menu page.

The Menu Area covers the entire region in between the title andalarm bars. In this area, buttons and images are presented for you toclick on to perform tasks.

The Alarm Bar is located below the menu area. When an alarmcondition occurs, text describing the alarm appears in the white box.To respond to the alarm, you click on the appropriate icon in the barfor the action you wish to perform (i.e., silence, acknowledge, viewreport, etc.).

The Status Line appears below the alarm bar. Information displayedon this line includes user name, current date and time, errormessages, and prompts. Notice the line currently informs a user howto access Help by pressing the F1 key.

Continuum MenuPages

Title Bar

Status Line

Alarm Bar

Menu Area

Continuum Icon

Important: Menu pagescan be customized specificto site requirements andmay vary from oneinstallation to another.What you see in thismanual may not matchyour Continuum menupages, but the componentsand functionality operatethe same way.

Note




The Continuum Icon is found in the bottom right corner of the screenon the task bar. System options are accessible through the pop-upmenu associated with this icon (such as logging on and offContinuum).

Refer to Chapter 3, Menu Pages and the On-Line Help System, formore detailed information about the menu pages system.

To Logoff Continuum, click on the Continuum Icon with the rightmouse button. The pop-up menu shown below appears. Move thepointer to the Logoff option and click the left mouse button.

When you logoff, the Continuum Icon changes displaying a red “Not”symbol laying on top of it. To log back on, right-click on the iconand choose the Logon option from the pop-up menu. Then, repeatthe logon steps described earlier in this section.

Logoff Continuum

Logon through theContinuum Icon

Chapter 3:Menu Pages and

On-Line Help

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 3 - Menu P a g e s a n d On -L i n e H e l p


What is a Menu Page?

Overview


Changing Menu Pages

Example of Access Restrictions

On-Line Help System Three Ways to Access On-Line Help

Main Help Window

How Do I Topics

Continuum Help Index

Overview Topics

Opening a Book

Context Sensitive Help




What is a Menu Page?

As introduced in the Starting Continuum chapter, Menu Pages areyour primary interface with Continuum. Menu pages are customizedgraphic screens configured specifically for your control system. Thescreens contain active areas (buttons or images) that when “clicked”start other processes, navigate to other menu pages, or display otherimages. Continuum menu pages share the following features:

Title Bar

Menu Area

Hot Spots

Alarm Bar

Status Bar

Task Bar

Continuum Icon

The Title Bar, the row located at the top of the screen, shows the titlefor the current menu page.

The Menu Area covers the entire region in between the title andalarm bars. In this area, buttons and images are presented for you toclick on to perform tasks.

The Alarm Bar is located below the menu area. When an alarmcondition occurs, text describing the alarm appears in the white box.

Menu PageComponents

Menu Pages are generallycreated and maintained by yourContinuum Administrator. If yourequire modifications to yourcontrol system menu pages,refer to your Administrator orSpecialist for assistance.

Note

Title Bar

Status Line

Alarm Bar

Hot Spots

Menu Area

Task Bar Continuum Icon



To respond to the alarm, you click on the appropriate icon in the barfor the action you wish to perform (i.e., silence, acknowledge, viewreport, etc.).

The Status Line appears below the alarm bar. Information displayedon this line includes user name, current date and time, errormessages, and prompts. Notice the line currently informs a user howto access Help by pressing the F1 key.

The Task Bar displays information about active tasks, minimizedwindows, whether you are logged on or off (the Continuum Icon),and the time.

Hot Spots are areas of a menu page that when clicked on:

Move you to another menu page

Launch a Continuum application such as Schedules orListViews

Run a program

Create new objects such as Personnel

Hot spots may look like buttons clearly marked by text or icons, orthey may simply be key objects, such as a door, a boiler, or acontroller, that are part of the overall graphic.

The menu page system used throughout this manual is composed ofbuttons. The buttons are active hot spots linked to other menu pagesor specific Continuum functions. Within our menu system, there aretwo ways to move easily between pages as described below.

Click on a change page icon at the bottom of a menu page, such asthe Home Page icon on the ListViews Page.

Changing MenuPages

Whenever the cursortraverses a hot spot,the cursor changesfrom an arrow to ahand . This letsyou know an actionwill be performed ifyou click on the spot.

Tip

Change Page Icons

Option One

The Change PageIcons do not appear onthe Home Menu Page.

Moving to a new menupage from the HomePage is accomplishedby clicking on one ofthe menu page buttons.

Note



Right-click anywhere on a menu page that is not a hotspot. Selectthe Change Page option from the shortcut menu. From thesecondary pop-up list, click on the title of the page you want tochange to.

From our Main Menu Page, clicking on the Continuum Tools button(or selecting page from the pop-up menu) takes you to the Toolsmenu page as shown below.

This page provides access to Continuum functions usually reservedfor users with Administrator privileges. As an Operator, you may beable to move from one menu page to another, but not given access torestricted functions.

Example of AccessRestrictions

Option Two



If you are denied access to a particular function, a dialog box, similarto the one shown below, will be displayed.

As you work in your Continuum environment, you may run intosituations where you will be denied access to a particular function. Ifyou encounter a function, which you think you should have access to,contact your Continuum Administrator and request your userprivileges be modified to include the function.

SSSS E C U R I T Y E C U R I T Y E C U R I T Y E C U R I T Y LLLL E V E L SE V E L SE V E L SE V E L S :::: Varying levels of access privileges granted tousers. The privileges allow or deny access to perform functions withinContinuum. Security levels are configured by the ContinuumAdministrator.

AAAA C C E S S C C E S S C C E S S C C E S S RRRR E S T R I C T I O N SE S T R I C T I O N SE S T R I C T I O N SE S T R I C T I O N S :::: If a user does not have privileges toperform functions within Continuum, menu options will be grayed out andnot selectable. In some cases, you will be able to select an option only to bepresented with the error message "You do not have sufficient access to dothe requested operation."

Keyword Definitions

Note



On-Line Help System

Within Continuum, an extensive on-line help system is readilyaccessible. As with most Windows applications, more than onemethod for launching the Help system is available. Three options forconnecting to on-line help are described below.

1. Click on the Help button on any of the menu pages.

2. Press the F1 key as instructed in the Status Line.

3. Right-click on the Continuum Icon. From the pop-up menu, clickon the How Do I option.

Status Line

Continuum Icon

Three Ways toAccess On-Line Help



When you perform one of the three ways described previously, themain Help screen appears which contains three categories of on-lineassistance. To choose any of these options, click on their button.

The How Do I option provides Continuum procedure overviews. Toselect any of these procedures, click on the underlined item.

Main Help Window

How Do I Topics

When first using your controlsystem, you may find itextremely useful to consultthis area of the help system.It describes how you performspecific functions andpresents related conceptsand terminology.

Tip



The Continuum Help Index provides an alphabetical list of topics.To choose one of the topics, click on any of the underlined items anduse the vertical scroll bar to review the entire list.

The Overview Topics window presents Continuum topics for you toobtain a general understanding of the system.

Continuum Help Index

Overview Topics



The overview topics are presented as books. To open a book,double-click on the topic and a list of associated chapters will bepresented, as illustrated below. At this point, you would click on thechapter of interest.

While you work within Continuum, you are also provided contextsensitive help accessible by pressing the F1 key. For the windowbelow, a help box displays information for the InfinityInput Value field.

Opening a Book

Context SensitiveHelp

Chapter 4:Working with Schedules

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 4 – Wo rk i n g w i t h S c h e d u l e s


What are Schedules?

Overview

Schedule Times

Opening a Schedule

Schedule Features

Title Bar

Calendar Colors

Pull-Down Menus

Quick Picks Toolbar

Current Day

Scroll Bar

Standard Days Tab

Calendar Views

• Yearly View

• Monthly View

• Weekly View

• Daily View

• Status View

Making Changes to the Schedule Assigning Standard Days to the Calendar

Editing Events for the Selected Day

Adding a New Event to the Selected Day

Editing a Standard Day

Creating a New User-Defined Day

Saving Changes to the Schedule




What are Schedules?

A schedule is a graphical calendar of events used to determine when:

Equipment operates

Processes occur

Personnel have access to an area

Doors are locked or unlocked

Alarm conditions apply to devices such as motion sensors

Schedules are configured by a Continuum Administrator to specifywhen events should occur within your system. The events areperformed automatically by Continuum at the specified times.

A Lobby Door schedule may be setup to specify the standard timeswhen a facility’s lobby door should be under card access control(locked) or not under card access control (unlocked). If the standardunlocked hours were defined as Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to6:00 PM, the lobby door would be locked prior to 7:00 AM and after6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. On weekends, the lobby doorwould be locked 24 hours a day. During locked hours, personnelwould need to use card access to gain entry.

An Air Conditioning schedule may be setup to specify the standardtimes when air conditioning processes should be started and stopped.This schedule may specify the standard times as 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM,Monday through Friday, for the months of June, July, and August.The tasks required to air condition the building would occur during thespecified times and months and not occur at all other times.

Schedules are based on two types of times:

Occupied—when the building or area is occupied or should beoccupied. Typically during occupied time, devices are turned on(e.g., fan) and doors unlocked.

Unoccupied—when the building or area is not occupied or shouldnot be occupied. Typically during unoccupied time, devices areturned off and doors are locked.

The default names for these times are On (occupied time) and Off(unoccupied time). Your Continuum Administrator defines thesenames when configuring schedules and may rename them to bettersuit your application (for example, Unlocked and Locked or Openand Closed).

As an Operator, you will be responsible for monitoring and modifyingschedules. This chapter provides information about schedulefunctions and shows you how to use and make changes to schedules.

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Even t :Ev en t :Ev en t :Ev en t : A change in thevalue of an object (i.e.,door, light, fan, elevator) orany of its attributes.Continuum automaticallycontrols events based on theobjects linked to schedules.

Example of an AccessControl Schedule

Example of an HVACControl Schedule

Schedule Times



From the Home Menu Page, point and click on the Schedules buttonto access the Schedule Page (displayed below).

Upon opening a schedule, you are presented the current Yearcalendar with days highlighted in different colors depending on theattributes assigned to them.

The Title Bar displays the name and location of the schedule.

Warning: Pay attention to whether an asterisk is displayed next tothe name indicating the schedule is in edit-lock (you will not be able tosave changes since the schedule is open elsewhere).

Opening a Schedule

Schedule Features

Pull-Down MenusQuick Picks ToolbarCalendar View Tabs

Standard Days Tab

Current Day

Scroll Bar

Title Bar

Title Bar



Default colors for five specific types of days are predefined as:

Yellow for standard weekdays

Aqua (cyan) for standard weekends

Red for holidays

Dark Blue for the selected day

White for individually changed days

The colors for standard weekdays, weekends, holidays, and user-defined days can be changed. Refer to the Changing ScheduleColors section later in this chapter for specific instructions.

Selecting functions from the pull-down menus (File, Edit, View,Assign, and Help) is one way for you to perform a variety of theschedule tasks described throughout this chapter.

The File Menu provides file-related functions (new, open,save, save as, restore, print, andfile history). Also, the options fordistributing events to the controllerand exiting the scheduleapplication are available throughthis pull-down menu.

The Edit Menu provides editing optionssuch as undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, anddelete. Also, from this menu you cannavigate to a specific date and access thefunctions for editing the weekly and user-defined standard days.

The View Menu provides the options forselecting between the different calendar views(yearly, monthly, weekly, daily, and status).Also from here, you can select which standarddays tab is currently displayed (weekly or user-defined). The Configuration option is reservedfor users with Administrator privileges.

The Assign Menu provides the options for assigningevents and holidays to the selected day.

Pull-Down Menus

Calendar Colors



Clicking on the quick pick icons provides an easy way for you to:

Create a new schedule (reserved for Administrators)

Open another schedule

Save the current schedule

Print the schedule

Cut the selected day’s events (same as delete)

Copy events from one day to be pasted to another day

Paste the copied events

Delete the selected day’s events (same as cut)

Access the on-line help system

In the bottom left corner, the Current Day is displayed correspondingto your computer’s date. When a schedule first opens, the selectedday is equal to the current day. The current day only appears in theYearly and Monthly Views.

To the right of the date is a horizontal Scroll Bar, which is used tonavigate forward and backward in time depending on the currentcalendar view. For the previously displayed Yearly schedule, clickingon the scroll bar will change the calendar to future or past years(depending on the direction you choose).

Schedules contain a Standard Days area located on the right side ofa calendar view. This area consists of two tabs:

The Weekly tab manages the global settings for a standardMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, andSunday. When you make changes to standard days, the changestake effect globally for all years within the schedule and affect allobjects set by that schedule. For example, if you change the Ontime for Monday in the Weekly Standard day tab, all Mondays areupdated with the new On time.

The User Defined tab handles the assignment of holidays andother special days to a calendar.

To switch between the two, just click on the desired tab or use theView pull-down menu. Refer to the Editing a Standard Day andCreating a New User-Defined Day sections later in this chapter formore information.

Quick Picks Toolbar

Current Day

Scroll Bar

Standard Days Tab

Warning: Only settingsmade to individual calendardays are unaffected when aStandard Weekly day ismodified.



A schedule can be viewed by year, month, week, or day by clicking onthe Calendar View Tabs. The present conditions and configurationattributes of the schedule are accessed through the Status tab.

To move between calendar views, click on the desired tab (Yearly,Monthly, Weekly, Daily, or Status). You can also select thedesired calendar from the View pull-down menu.

Refer back to the Schedule Features section for a picture of theYearly View and discussion of its elements.

To select a different day, point and click the left mouse button. To edit a day’s events, point and double click the left mouse

button, which will open the Daily View for the selected day.

The month calendar for the selected day is displayed. The features ofthis view are the same as the Yearly view.

To change the selected day, point and click the left mouse button. To edit a specific day, point and double click the left mouse

button. The Daily view for the day will appear.

Monthly View

Calendar Views

Tip

The On and Offtimes for theschedule areonly visible fromthe Weekly andDaily views.

Yearly View



Based on the selected day, the corresponding weekly calendar will bedisplayed when you click on the Weekly View tab.

In this view, graphical boxes are displayed representing the block oftime for events. The schedule above shows one event scheduledMonday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The Timeline onthe left side of the window reflects a day’s 24-hour clock in hourlyincrements and shows events for the selected day in white.

Clicking the left mouse button on the selected day’s event boxdisplays the On/Off times for the event and outlines the event box(shown above), which allows you to drag the box.

Clicking the right mouse button on the selected day’s event boxdisplays the On/Off times for the event.

Clicking the right mouse button on an event box not associatedwith the selected day displays the On/Off times of the event (doesnot select the event).

Double clicking the left mouse button on the selected day’s eventbox opens the Edit Event window.

Refer to the Editing Events for the Selected Day section for editinginstructions using the Edit Event window and dragging an event box.

Weekly View

Graphical Event Boxes

Left Scroll Arrow Right Scroll ArrowTime Interval Icon

Numeric Day Label BoxesText Day Label Boxes

Timeline



At the top of the view, the Numeric Day Label of the week ispresented in the corresponding color for the category of the day (i.e.,standard weekend—aqua, standard weekday—yellow, holiday—red,etc.). The selected day is shown in dark blue. Below the numberboxes, Text Day Label boxes are displayed (Sunday throughSaturday).

Clicking the left mouse button on a Numeric or Text Day Label boxchanges the selected day to that day.

Clicking the right mouse button on a Text Day Label box changesthe selected day to that day (nothing happens when you right-clickon a Numeric box).

Double clicking the left mouse button on a Numeric or Text DayLabel box opens the Daily View for the day.

A new quick pick icon appears in this view. The Time Interval Icon isused to change the time increments for events. Refer to the EditingEvents for the Selected Day section for the specific steps to changethe time interval.

Notice the scroll bar for this view is located at the top of the window.To move back to the previous week, you would click on the LeftScroll Arrow button. To move forward to the next week, you wouldclick on the Right Scroll Arrow button.

Numeric and Text Day Label Boxes

Time Interval Icon

Scroll Arrows



The Daily View presents a time-based calendar for the selected dayshown in the time increments specified (the default is by hour).Events are highlighted in the day’s corresponding color (i.e., yellow,red, aqua, white, etc.).

The schedule above shows one event occurring from 8:00 AM to 6:00PM, as indicated by the timeline on the left side of the window. HourlyTime and Note Boxes are listed starting at 12:00 AM.

To indicate the Start of an Event, a small square is displayed in thenote box to the right of the beginning time box (08:00 AM in thisexample). A Vertical Scroll Bar appears to the right of the noteboxes. Use this scroll bar to move up and down through the timeboxes from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.

Clicking the left mouse button on a time box, which is part of analready defined event, opens the Edit Event window.

Clicking the left mouse button on a time box, which is not part ofan already defined event, opens the New Event window.

Double clicking the left mouse button on the note box for thestarting event time box puts a cursor in the box so you can add anevent description.

A thorough discussion of the editing and adding events functions forthe selected day is covered later in this chapter.

Daily View

Time and Note Boxes

Right Scroll ArrowLeft Scroll Arrow Time Interval Icon

Vertical Scroll BarTimeline Event Start Indicator

Time Boxes

Note Boxes (for the corresponding Time Box on the left)



The Time Interval Icon is also available in the Daily view to changethe time increments displayed for the time boxes. The default is bythe hour.

When the time intervals are changed, the time boxes automaticallyupdate to reflect the new increments (5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes).Refer to the Editing Events for the Selected Day section for thespecific steps to change the time interval.

Similar to the Weekly View, a horizontal scroll bar for this view islocated at the top of the window. To move back to the previous day,click on the Left Scroll Arrow button. To move forward to the nextday, click on the Right Scroll Arrow button.

Time Interval Icon

Scroll Arrows



The Status View is a read-only window showing the presentconditions for the schedule. This view shows the current and nextoccupancy times, the present value, whether the schedule is enabledor disabled, and the object set by the schedule.

The parameters configured for the schedule by your ContinuumAdministrator are reflected in this view.

Status View



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Making Changes to the Schedule

When making changes to the schedule, you will be responsible forassigning standard days (weekly or user-defined), editing and addingevents to the selected day, editing the standard days, or creating anew user-defined day. The following sections provide step-by-stepinstructions for making these changes.

Schedules automatically default to the standard Weekly (Mondaythrough Sunday) definitions configured by your ContinuumAdministrator. Unless set up by your Administrator, no holidays areautomatically assigned to schedules by the Continuum application.

As a Continuum Operator, one of the first tasks you may need toperform is to assign holidays to schedules. The steps to accomplishthis are as follow:

Step 1: In one of the calendar views, point and click the left mousebutton on the day to be changed to a holiday. The color forthe day changes to dark blue indicating it is the selected day.

For example, the figure below shows November 25th as theselected day. This day will be changed to a holiday forThanksgiving.

Assigning StandardDays to the Calendar

Steps for Assigning aHoliday to the Schedule



Step 2: Click on the User-Defined Tab under the Standard Daysarea.

Step 3: Click on the Holiday button. The selected day is nowdesignated as a holiday and the color for the day changesfrom dark blue to red.



Besides assigning holidays to your schedule, you may need tochange a day to a standard weekday or weekend configuration. Forexample, let’s change November 25th back to a standard weekdayfrom its holiday designation.

Step 1: In one of the calendar views, point and click the left mousebutton on the day to be changed to a standard weekday orweekend. The color for the day changes to dark blueindicating it is the selected day.

Step 2: Click on the Weekly Tab under the Standard Days area.

Step 3: Click on the Thursday button. The selected day has nowbeen changed back to a standard Thursday and the color forthe day changes from red to yellow.

Steps for Assigning aStandard Weekday orWeekend



Warning: When assigning standard weekly configurations, theselected day and the standard day must match (i.e., if the selectedday is a Monday, click on the Monday button). Otherwise, thefollowing error message displays:

Another type of Standard Days assignment you can perform isapplying User-Defined days to the schedule. The steps are similar tothe assignments discussed previously. For example, let’s changeNovember 29th to a user-defined day from a standard Monday.

Step 1: In one of the calendar views, point and click the left mousebutton on the day to be changed to a standard weekday orweekend. The color for the day changes to dark blueindicating it is the selected day.

Step 2: Click on the User-Defined Tab under the Standard Daysarea.

Steps for Assigning aUser-Defined Day to theSchedule



Step 3: Click on the Maintenance Day button. The selected day hasnow been changed to a maintenance day and the color forthe day changes from yellow to white.



Events are the critical elements of schedules since they tell thesystem when processes should occur, such as the doors unlocking at8:00 AM and locking at 6:00 PM.

As an operator, you will be responsible for editing events. Forexample, you may be requested to extend the occupied hours for thenext day since a CPR class will be conducted in the building afterhours.

A HVAC example would be extending the operating hours of the airconditioning system on a particularly hot day.

Two methods for changing event times are available within Continuumbased on which calendar view you are using (Weekly or Daily). Tochange an event time in the Weekly calendar view, you drag the eventbox for the selected day to the appropriate start and end times. In theDaily calendar view, you edit events by opening an Event dialog boxand select the On and Off times through pull-down menus.

Step 1: Click on the Weekly calendar view tab.

Step 2: Click on the Numeric or Text Day Label for the day with theevent to be changed.

Step 3: Click on the Event box to be changed. An outline will appearin the box indicating it has been selected and ready to bedragged. Also, the current On and Off times are displayed.

Editing Events forthe Selected Day

Steps for Editing an Eventin the Weekly View



Step 4: Click on either the top or bottom of the event box and whileholding the mouse button down drag the event box up ordown to the new time. The corresponding time is displayedas you drag the box.

For example, the figure below shows the event box has beendragged down changing the Off time to 9:00 PM.

Notice the color of the day has changed to white (NumericDay Label box) signifying the day is an individually editedday, now, rather than a standard Monday (yellow).

Step 5: Click on the Save quick pick icon to save the schedulechanges.



Changing an event time in the Daily View is accomplished through theEdit Event dialog box. The steps to be performed are as follow:

Step 1: From one of the calendar views, select the day containingthe event to be changed.

Step 2: Click on the Daily calendar view tab.

Step 3: Click on the beginning time box for the event (e.g.,in the illustration below).

Step 4: The dialog box opens for the event. From this window, youcan change the On and Off times, add a text note to theevent, delete the event, and perform editing functions (cut,copy, paste, and delete).

Step 5: Make the changes required as described below.

On Time and Off Time: Click the down arrow button in eachof these fields. From the pull-down menus, select thebeginning and ending times for the event.

The pull-down menus for the On and Off Times presentchoices based upon the current Time Interval setting (i.e., 5,10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes). Refer to Changing Event TimeIntervals later in this section for detailed information.

Note: Click in the note box and enter the text for the note.The text you enter will appear on the message line in theDaily view next to the event start time.

Steps for Editing Events inthe Daily View

The On and Off Timesfor events can notoverlap within thesame day. Thisapplies to days withmore than one event.



Delete this Event: Click this button to delete the event fromthe selected day.

Cut Icon: Click this button to delete the event from theselected day (same as the Delete icon).

Copy Icon: Click this button to copy the event parameters tobe pasted to another day.

Paste Icon: Click this button to paste event parameters intothis event from the clipboard.

Delete Icon: Click this button to delete the event from theselected day (same as the Cut icon).

Step 6: Once you have made all of the changes required, click on theOK button to save the changes and return to the Daily view.

For example, the figure below shows the Off Time for theevent changed to 09:00 PM and a Note added to indicatewhy the time was changed.




When the changes are saved by clicking on the OK button, the Dailyview updates to reflect the edits and changes to individually editedday shown in white rather than the standard weekday color of yellow.



As mentioned in previously, you may need to change the TimeInterval prior to editing the On and Off times for events. The defaulttime interval for schedules is 60 minutes. If you are changing anevent time to a smaller increment than the hourly default, follow thesteps below to change the Time Interval.

Step 1: From either the Weekly or Daily calendar view, click on theTime Interval quick pick icon .

Step 2: A Time Interval dialog box appears. A black dot is displayedin the radio button next to the currently selected interval time.Click on the radio button to the left of the new time intervalyou want to select.

Step 3: Click on the OK button to accept the changes and return tothe calendar view.

If you make the interval change with the Daily calendar viewopen, the time boxes for the day update to reflect the newtime interval (as shown below). With the Weekly view, novisible changes appear in the window.

Changing Event TimeIntervals



A few special considerations related to Time Intervals are important tounderstand and are explained below.

When a time interval is changed, only increments smaller than theselected time interval are available for selection in subsequenttime interval changes.

This becomes a problem when you want to change the timeinterval to a greater increment, but an event’s on or off time is setto a time divisible by the currently selected increment. In thissituation, you must first change the event time to a time divisibleby the greater increment you want to select as the new timeinterval.

For example, the display below shows the selected time interval at15 minutes and the event start time at 6:45 AM. The larger timeintervals of 30 and 60 minutes are grayed out (not selectable).

If you wanted to change the time interval to 30 or 60 minutes, firstyou would need to change the event’s On time to a time divisibleby 30 or 60. Then, you would perform the steps for selecting anew time interval.

Another item of interest pertaining to time intervals is the system’sautomatic update of the time interval when editing events in theWeekly view.

When you drag an event box in the Weekly view, you can changethe time to any time divisible by 5 minutes. Depending on the timeyou select, the Time Interval for the schedule will automaticallyupdate to correspond to the event times (like the figure above).

Notes

In the Daily view,the On and Off pull-down menu choicescorrespond to thecurrently selectedtime interval (notdown to five minuteincrements unlessthat is the currenttime interval).

Tip



We just reviewed the steps related to editing events. Now we aregoing to explore the function of adding a new event to the selectedday. The process is similar to the editing procedure and you mayneed to refer back to that section for some of the functions discussedbelow.

Step 1: A new event can only be added to the selected day from theDaily view. From the Yearly, Monthly, or Weekly calendarviews, double-click on the day for the event to be added towhich will open the Daily view for the selected day.

Step 2: Click on the time box for the starting time of the new event.Important Note: The time must not already be a part ofanother event since event times can not overlap within a day.

Step 3: The Add Event dialog box opens. Select the On and Offtimes for the event and enter an optional note.

Refer back to Step 5 under Steps for Editing Events in theDaily View for specific instructions related to these functions.

Refer to the Changing Event Time Intervals section if youneed to update the time interval prior to setting the On andOff times.

Step 4: Click on the OK button to save the new event and return tothe Daily view.


Adding a New Eventto the Selected Day



Another task you may be required to perform is editing a standard dayconfiguration. With Standard Days, you can change the color, name,and events for Weekly and User-Define days. The steps to change astandard Weekly day are presented first.

Step 1: From one of the calendar views, click on the Weekly tabunder the Standard Days area.

Step 2: Right-click on the button for the day of the week to be edited(Monday through Sunday).

Step 3: A pop-up menu displays as shown below. Select the optionto Edit the day.

Step 4: The Edit Standard Day window opens as shown below.

Editing aStandard Day

Steps for Editing aStandard Weekly Day



Step 5: In this window, you can change event information, buttoncolors, and the time interval. Make the required changes forthe event information and time intervals based on theinstructions provided earlier in this chapter (see Steps forEditing Events in the Daily View and Changing Event TimeIntervals).

Step 6: Changing the color for the standard day is a function wehave not yet discussed. As shown in the previous figure, thecolor for the button background and button text can bechanged using the three color bars (Red, Green, and Blue).

Click on the radio button to the left of the item you want tochange the color of (background or text).

Step 7: The three colors have individual vertical scroll bars withbottom values equal to 0 and top values of 255. Use the leftmouse button to move the sliders on each scroll bar to thedesired value. (Or, type in the numeric values at the bottomof the scroll bars.)

A preview of the new color appears in the Appearance areato the right of the color bars. For example, the figure belowshows the settings for the button background color changedto purple and the button text changed to white.

Step 8: Click on the OK button to save the changes to the standardWeekly day and return to the calendar view.


Here’s a list of the red, green, and bluevalues for commonly used colors:

Black = Red 0, Green 0, Blue 0White = Red 255, Green 255, Blue 255Yellow = Red 255, Green 255, Blue 0Red = Red 255, Green 0, Blue 0Green = Red 0, Green 255, Blue 0Blue = Red 0, Green 0, Blue 255Cyan = Red 0, Green 255, Blue 255Dark Blue = Red 0, Green 0, Blue 128

Tip



The procedure for editing a User-Defined day is similar to the oneperformed for a standard Weekly day.

Step 1: From one of the calendar views, click on the User-Definedtab under the Standard Days area.

Step 2: Right-click on the button for the day to be edited.

Step 3: A pop-up menu appears. Select the option to Edit the day

Step 4: The Edit Standard Day window opens. For a user-definedday, you may want to change the name for the day from itscurrent setting. If so, click in the Edit Name box and enter anew name.

Step 5: Make the required changes for the event information andtime intervals based on the instructions provided earlier inthis chapter (see Steps for Editing Events in the Daily Viewand Changing Event Time Intervals).

Step 6: Change the colors for the button background and button textper the instructions presented in the previous section.

An example of an edited user-defined day is shown below.

Step 7: Click on the OK button to save the changes to the user-defined day and return to the calendar view.


Steps for Editing a User-Defined Day



Along with editing user-defined days, you will probably be responsiblefor creating new user-defined days. The steps for accomplishing thistask are presented below.

Step 1: Click on the Edit item on the menu bar at the top of thewindow.

Step 2: From the pull-down menu, move the pointer onto the User-Defined Standard Days option.

Step 3: A submenu appears to the right. Move the pointer onto theCreate a User-Defined Standard Day and let go of themouse button to select this option.

Step 4: The Edit Standard Day window opens. You will need tochange the name for the day from its default setting (NewStandard Day). Click in the Edit Name box and enter a newname.

Step 5: Make the required changes for the event information andtime intervals based on the instructions provided earlier inthis chapter (see Steps for Editing Events in the Daily Viewand Changing Event Time Intervals).

Step 6: Change the colors for the button background and button textper the instructions presented in the previous section.

Creating a New User-Defined Day



An example of a new user-defined day is shown below.

Step 7: If you know what days you want to designate as this newuser-defined day, you may want to click on the Assign Datesbutton.

Step 7a: A current year calendar opens. Point and click on all thedays which should be assigned these settings. For example,the figure below shows our Inventory Day being assigned toa day at the end of each quarter.



Step 7b:Click on the OK button to save the assigned dates.

Step 8: Click on the OK button to save the settings for the new user-defined day and return to the calendar view. The User-Defined tab updates to include a button for the created day(as shown below).




After making changes to your schedule, two important steps must beperformed—save the changes and download the changes tocontrollers. These functions are discussed below.

To save changes, just click on the Save quick pick icon .

To download the event information, follow these steps:

Step 1: Click on the File item in the menu bar at the top of thewindow.

Step 2: From the pull-down menu, move the pointer to theDownload Events to Controller option (as shown) and letgo of the mouse button.

Step 3: The information will be downloaded. A progress window mayappear showing the status of the download and any errorsencountered.

Saving Changes andDownloading Eventsto Controllers

Chapter 5:Using ListViews

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 5 – U s i n g L i s tV i ew s


What are ListViews?

Opening a ListView from the Menu Page

ListView Features Title Bar

Pull-Down Menus

Quick Picks Toolbar

Objects and Attributes

Scroll Bars

Total Objects Retrieved

Working with ListViews Highlighted Objects

All Listviews Listview

Prompted ListViews

Editing an Object from the ListView Window

Refreshing the ListView

Printing ListViews Table Format

HTML Report

Changing Print Settings

Page Setup

Print Setup

Header/Footer Option




What are ListViews?

ListViews are tabular lists of one or more objects from a single classsuch as inputs (sensors) or personnel records. ListViews aredynamically updating windows of “live” object values and informationretrieved from the Continuum database.

ListViews may be your primary interface to your control systemobjects. Through ListViews, you can make changes to objects,generate reports, and monitor system log information.

Your Continuum Administrator configures class default listviews andother listviews that contain frequently accessed or monitoredinformation. Examples of typical listviews include:

Access Control ListViews HVAC ListViews

All Personnel All Temperature Inputs

All Doors All Relative Humidity Points

All Motion Detectors All Disabled Inputs

Visitors with Cards All Disabled Outputs

All Personnel with Disabled Cards Comm. Status of Controllers

From the Home Menu Page, point and click on the ListViews button toretrieve the ListViews Page (displayed below). The listviews, whichhave been configured for our system, are listed on the buttons. Clickon one of the buttons to open the listview.

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O b j e c t :O b j e c t :O b j e c t :O b j e c t : An elementwithin the Continuumenvironment representingphysical and software items.Physical objects includecontrollers, I/O modules,and workstations.

Cla s s :C l a s s :C l a s s :C l a s s : Objects aregrouped into classes basedon similar attributes.Typical classes includedoors, personnel records,inputs, outputs, schedules,and graphics.

At t r ibu t e s :A t t r ibu t e s :A t t r ibu t e s :A t t r ibu t e s : Aproperty or characteristic ofan object. For example,personnel attributes includename, department, andcard number.

Opening a ListViewfrom the Menu Page



All ListViews consist of seven basic elements as shown below anddescribed following the figure.

The Title Bar displays the listview name which describes the contentsof the list (i.e., All Inputs).

Selecting options from the pull-down menus is one way for you toperform the listview functions discussed throughout this chapter.

The Object Menu provides options related toprinting, deleting all objects from the list, andclosing the listview window. As an Operator,you may not be granted sufficient privileges toperform the Delete All function.

Default settings for printing listviews areautomatically configured. If you wish to modifythe defaults, refer to the Changing PrintSettings section later in this chapter.

The Edit menu provides options for copyingselected objects, selecting all objects in thelist, and setting the attributes for a selectedobject.

Title BarPull-Down Menus

Quick Picks Toolbar

VerticalScroll Bar

Objects


Attributes

ListView Features

Title Bar

Pull-Down Menus



The View menu provides options fordisplaying the Toolbar and Status Bar,refreshing the listview or objectinformation, generating a HTML report(if one is configured for the listview),and editing the configurationparameters for the listview (if you havebeen granted editing privileges).


Print the listview to the Windows NT default printer

Copy the selected object(s)

Refresh the list with current values

Refresh the listview object

Generate and display a HTML report

Edit the listview configuration

Access the on-line Help system

A ListView consists of rows and columns of information pertaining tothe items in the list. The rows contain the Objects in your controlsystem that match the listview criteria. Columns contain descriptiveinformation and values for the associated object (referred to asAttributes). Attribute data is specific to a listview. Thus, the contentsof columns change from one listview to another.

Horizontal and vertical scroll bars may be presented when you open alistview. If the list contains many rows and columns of informationwhich does not all fit in the window, then you will use the scroll bars toview the additional information.

A box appears in the lower right corner of the listview indicating thetotal number of objects contained in the list. When a listview firstopens, the message “Building List, please wait” appears in this area.

Warning: If the listview contains many objects, it may take awhilebefore the list is compiled and the data is displayed. Be patient.Don’t click on the listview button repeatedly since a listview for everyclick will be loaded.

Quick Picks Toolbar


Scroll Bars




ListViews help you to look at objects in your system based uponspecified criteria (typically configured by a Continuum Administrator).The previous figure illustrated a listview for All Inputs. This listviewcontains All Personnel records in our access control system arrangedalphabetically by last name.

Some listviews use colors to visually draw your attention to objectsthat may require evaluation. For example, the All Temperature Inputslistview (shown below) has two objects highlighted in yellow. Theyare highlighted because their values are less than zero indicating aproblem may exist with the temperature sensors.

Working withListViews

Highlighted Objects



Another listview, which may be available in your system, is the AllListviews listview. This listview shows you the names of all thelistviews in your system. From this window, you can double-click on alistview to open it.

For example, the All Listviews shown below contains 60 objectsarranged in alphabetical order. If you wanted to open the Alarms Last1 Hour listview, you would point and double-click on its name.

All Listviews ListView



The ListViews we have looked at so far retrieve objects based uponthe requirements specified in the listview configuration (as defined byyour Continuum Administrator). Some listviews, however, prompt auser to enter search criteria before compiling the listview.

Prompted listviews are frequently used in Access Controlenvironments to allow Operators to search for personnel by lastname, department, card number, etc. When you retrieve one of thesetypes of listviews, a dialog box first appears prompting you to enteryour search criteria. For example, the following figure shows theprompt when searching personnel by last name:

When you search, the prompt box always contains an asterisk (*)character. The asterisk is known as a wildcard and is used tosimplify the search process. An asterisk matches any number ofcharacters. It can be used as the first or last character in the searchstring.

The best way to describe the use of a wildcard is through examples,as provided below.

If you searched for last names and only entered the asterisk in theprompt box, all the personnel records in your database would beretrieved.

If you wanted to retrieve all personnel whose last names beginwith the letter “S,” you would enter S* in the box.

If you wanted to retrieve all personnel whose last names end withthe letters “LY,” you would enter *LY in the box.

Prompted ListViews

Keywo rd

W i l d c a r d :W i l d c a r d :W i l d c a r d :W i l d c a r d : Aplaceholder for othercharacters when you arespecifying a value andonly know part of whatyou are looking for orwant to find more thanone value that maymatch a certain pattern.



From a listview, you can edit an object. Three methods for changingan object exist within listviews:

Double-click on the object name to open the Object Editor windowfor the item.

Right-click on the object name to retrieve a pop-up menu (shownbelow). Select the Edit option which opens the Object Editorwindow where you can make the required changes.

For some of object attributes (column information), you can makethe change directly within the listview window. Double-click on theattribute to change and a cursor will appear in the box where thepointer was located (if it can modified in this manner). Enter thenew value and press the ENTER key to make the change.

For example, the figure below shows the cursor at the end of theDisabled State for the RoomTemp18 object (row 5). If youwanted to change the State to Enabled, you would use theBACKSPACE key to erase the current value, type in ENABLEDand press the ENTER key.

Editing an Objectfrom the ListViewWindow

Description of the pop-up menuoptions:

Open displays the Editor window forthe selected item allowing you toview the item properties.

Edit displays the Editor window forthe selected item allowing you tochange the item properties.

Enable and Disable change thecurrent state of the selected item.When enabled, an input isautomatically updated by the systemand reflects the current value of theattached object. For an output ornumeric, enabled allows programsto control it.

View provides the ability to retrievethe History or Graph for the item.

Send To is used to send theselected item’s information to thecontroller, a text file, or printer.

Delete provides to option to deletethe selected item’s record from thedatabase. This option should beused with extreme care since thereis no method for restoringinformation that has been deleted.

Rename allows you to change thealias name of the selected item.

Properties opens a tabbed windowdisplaying system information for theselected item.

As an Operator, you will probablynot have sufficient privileges toaccess the Delete, Rename, andProperties window; these areusually reserved for users withAdministrator privileges. Also, youmay not be able to Edit the item.



While reviewing listview information, you will need to refresh the list,from time to time, to retrieve the most current database informationand update the display to reflect any changes you may have made toobjects. Two quick pick icons are available to perform refreshfunctions:

Refresh List: Click on this quick pick icon to update thelistview when no changes have been made to any of thelistview objects or attributes.

Refresh List View Object: Click on this quick pick icon toupdate the listview when you have made changes to an objector attributes.

Printing listviews is a very simple function and Continuum providestwo report formats—Table or HTML.

Clicking on the Print quick pick icon sends a report to thelocally connected printer (the Windows NT default). The reportuses default settings to print a report in a Table format similar tothe listview display.

You can modify the printed report settings through the PageSetup, Print Setup, and Header/Footer options from the Objectpull-down menu. Refer to the next section, Changing PrintSettings, for detailed information.

Clicking on the View Report quick pick icon generates aHTML report which is displayed on your screen through a webbrowser. From your web browser, you can print the HTML report,send it someone using email, change the format, and save it to afile. An example of a HTML report appears on the following page.

Refer to you web browser documentation for specific informationon the available functions and capabilities of the application.

Two important items of note regarding HTML reports are:

The HTML report is only a valid option if your ContinuumAdministrator has associated a HTML template with thelistview. Otherwise, when you click on the icon, a dialog boxwill appear with the message “Nothing to do. HTML templatefile not defined.”

HTML reports contain information captured from the listview atthe moment when you click on the icon. The values do notcontinue to update in the HTML report. If you want to retrievea new set of values, you must return to the Continuum listviewand generate another HTML report.

Refreshing theListView

Printing ListViews

Table Format

HTML Report



Example of a HTML Report generated from a Disabled Inputs Listview(displayed through Microsoft Internet Explorer):



As mentioned, three print format options are available through theObject pull-down menu—Page Setup, Print Setup, andHeader/Footer. Each option is described below.

The Page Setup option is used to modify the page format defaultssuch as margins. When you select this option, the following dialogbox appears:

Most of the items allow you to select or deselect the formattingoption such as whether the headers for rows and columns will beprinted on every page.

To change the current setting, click on the radio button or box tothe left of the item.

To change the margin settings, click in the box and type in thenew value in inches.

The Preview area shows an example of how the report will lookwhen it is printed with the current settings.

Changing Print Settings

Page Setup



The Print Setup option allows you to make changes to your printersettings. When you select this option, a dialog box similar to the onebelow appears:

The Print Setup dialog box lets you modify the properties of thedefault printer or select a different printer if more than one printer isavailable. Also, you can set the orientation of the printed report andthe type of paper the report is being printed to.

Since the Print Setup dialog box is a Windows NT function, refer toyour Windows NT and printer documentation for more informationabout changing these parameters.

Print Setup



With the Header/Footer option, you can specify items to be printed onthe top and bottom of every page of the report. For example, youcould specify a report title to be printed as the header and the pagenumber and date to be printed as the footer.

When you select the Header/Footer option, the following dialog boxappears:

The Distance to Frame, Page Numbering, and Font options applyto both the Header and Footer.

In the tabular area with the three alignment columns, you enter thetext to be printed as the header or footer.

Enter the text you want printed in the Header in the left aligned,centered, and/or right aligned boxes based on where you want thetext to appear.

If you have more than one row of header information, move to thenext row and enter the text in the appropriate left, centered, and/orright aligned column.

Header/Footer Option

For the Header and Footer, thefollowing codes are available for theeasy insertion of page numbers, date,and total number of pages.

$P: Inserts the page number$N: Inserts the total number of pages$D: Inserts the date

You can use these codes along withtext to customize your printed report.

Note



To enter the Footer information, click on the Footer tab and thenenter the text in the left aligned, centered, and/or right alignedboxes based on where you want the text to appear.

If you have more than one row of footer information, move to thenext row and enter the text in the appropriate left, centered, and/orright aligned column.

To change the Font, click on the Font button. A dialog box similarto the one shown below displays.

Make your font choices from the items listed which correspond toyour selected printer’s capabilities.

When you have made the required changes, click on the OKbutton to return to the Header/Footer previous dialog box.



Chapter 6:Using Groups

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 6 – U s i n g G r o u p s


What are Groups? Overview

Opening a Group View from the Menu Page

Member List

Title Bar

Pull-Down Menus

Quick Picks Toolbar


Select/Deselect Boxes

Scroll Bars

Working with an Object in the Member List

Editing an Object

Viewing the Group History Editing the Range Parameters

Changing the Start or End Date

Changing the Start or End Time

Changing the Time Between Rows

Changing the Log Type

NOW Button

OK Button

History View Features

Fill Options

No Fill

Repeat Fill

Slope Fill

Dim Fill

Viewing the History for a Single Object Select/Deselect Boxes Option

View>History Option from Pop-Up Menu




What are Groups?

Groups are collections of objects put together in a convenient way toorganize and view information that is somehow related, as defined byyour specific needs. For example, you may want to group all of yourfan points in a building or create a group which contains all of thepoints of VAV box controllers associated with an air handler unitcontroller.

Although ListViews also provide a way for you to view informationabout points, ListViews are limited to points within one object class.Members of a group can come from different object classes such asinputs, outputs, numerics, etc.

When viewing information about groups, you are presented thecurrent values associated with the points in a group, as well ashistorical information. To collect historical data, automatic logs needto be configured for the points (configured by your ContinuumAdministrator).

The history and graphical views provide valuable information aboutgroup member activities over a specified time period which can beeasily printed or saved to a file for management reporting.

From the Home Menu Page, point and click on the Groups button toaccess the Group Page (displayed below). The groups, which havebeen created, are listed on buttons for you to choose from. Click onone of the buttons to open the group.

Opening a GroupView from the MenuPage

Note

Groups only apply toHVAC functions. If youare an Access ControlOperator, you may wantto skip this chapter.



When a Group View opens, the Log Viewer application displays theGroup Member List. The Member List shows the objects associatedwith the group and their current values and settings.

This figure shows the Member List for the VAV10 Group. MemberList features are discussed below.

The Title Bar lists the Group name and indicates what view iscurrently displayed.

Selecting options from the pull-down menus is one way for you toperform the group functions discussed throughout this chapter.

The Object Menu provides administrativeoptions to edit the parent object for the groupand to save the group.

The View Menu provides the options forselecting between the member list, history, orgraph views. Also, you can select or deselectthe toolbar and status bar from beingdisplayed. If one of the objects in the MemberList is selected, then the option MemberProperties is also available from this menu.

The Window Menu provides options for managingopen windows. From this menu, you can choosebetween the arrangement options (Cascade, Tile,Arrange Icons) and see a list of currently openwindows which you can choose from.

Member List

Title BarPull-Down Menus

Quick Picks Toolbar

Objects

Attributes


Title Bar

Pull-Down Menus




Edit the parent object for the Group or selectedmember list object

Save the changes to the Group

Print the Member List

View the Member List

View History information for the Group [or selectedMember List object(s)]

View Graph of History information (not yetimplemented as of Continuum version 1.2)

Access the on-line Help system

A Member List consists of rows and columns of information pertainingto the items in the Group. The rows list the Objects contained in thegroup. The columns list Attribute information for each of the objects.

Boxes with or without check marks in them are displayed to the left ofeach object. These boxes are referred to as the Select/DeselectBoxes. They are used to indicate whether an object in the groupshould be included when History and Graph functions are performed.

The figure on the previous page does not include horizontal or verticalscroll bars, but you may encounter Groups which contain a lot ofobjects and attributes that require the use of scroll bars to view all ofthe information.

Quick Picks Toolbar



Scroll Bars



From the Member List, you can perform functions associated with theobjects in the group. When you right-click on the name of an object, apop-up menu appears as shown below.

As you can see, a variety of options is available for you to perform asdescribed below.

Open and Edit both launch the Editor application for the selectedobject. The Edit option is the recommended function to use.

Enable and Disable make it easy for you to, in effect, turn on orturn off the object.

View provides the option to retrieve the History or Graph for theselected object.

Send To allows you to send the object information to thecontroller, a database, a text file, or the printer.

Delete removes the selected object from the Group.

Rename allows you to change the name and alias for the object.

Working with anObject in the MemberList

Tip

The Open and Editoptions can be a bitconfusing. Depending onthe Continuum applicationyou are running(schedules, listviews,groups, graphics, etc.),they may performdifferent or the samefunction. In some cases,choosing Open allowsyou to only view theobject. Other times, youcan use Open and beallowed to Edit the object.



Page Setup provides you access to the settings for how groupinformation prints.

Print Selected sends the information for the object to the printer.

Remove Members performs the same function as Deleteremoving the object from the group.

Member Properties opens a dialog box allowing you to changesettings for how data for the object will be displayed in a Graphview. Specifically, you will be able to change top and bottomrange values and the steps between the range. The units andformat for the object are also displayed in the dialog box.

Note: The Graphing function for group information is not yetimplemented as of Continuum version 1.2.

Properties provides descriptive information about the object suchas name, alias, device, current status, and history.

Note

The Page Setup andPrint Selected optionsrequire a default printerto be configured withinWindows NT. Ask yourContinuum Administratorfor assistance if a printeris not already defined.This also applies to thequick pick Print icon.



If you are using the Group function to monitor the activity of objects, attimes you may want to edit the object in response to a problemsituation. The Member List shown previously contains the InfinityInputobject SpaceTemp with a value of –327.7.

This value does not look like an accurate reading for the temperaturesensor (let’s hope something is wrong or the room is extremely cold).

Right-clicking on the SpaceTemp object and selecting the Edit optionopens the Object Editor window.

In this case, you would probably want to Disable the point and changethe value to an approximate real value. Disabling an input point stopsthe automatic update of the value until it is Enabled again. (Disablingan output point stops programs from controlling the value).

Once you have made the necessary changes, click on the OK buttonto return to the Member List. In order to update the display to reflectthe changes, you will need to close the window and re-open theGroup by clicking on its button on the Menu Page.

Editing an Object



The History function displays tabular list of all the points in the groupand the values logged for them over a specified time period. Thesevalues are displayed in table format.

The data presented in the History View is retrieved from theinformation recorded via the automatic logs configured for the objects(as configured by your Continuum Administrator). If a point does nothave an automatic log defined, no values will appear in the HistoryView.

To generate a History view, click on the quick pick icon from theMember List display. A Range dialog box appears allowing you tospecify the dates, times, and value intervals for the history view.

Based on the parameters configured through the Edit Parent Objectfunction, defaults for the Range will be automatically selected. In thefigure above,

The Start and End Dates reflect the default of the current day.

The Start and End Times reflect the default of one hour from thepresent time.

The Time Between Rows reflects that the object values will bedisplayed every one minute.

The Log Type indicates the values will be retrieved from a CXLog.

Viewing the GroupHistory

Editing the RangeParameters



To change the Start or End Date, click on the down arrow next to thecurrent value to select new dates from the pull-down menu. You canalso type in a new value by clicking on the field and entering a newvalue (make sure to enter it in the same format mm/dd/yyyy).

To change the Start or End Times, click on the up or down arrowsnext to the current value to increase or decrease the current time.You can also type in a new value in each field by clicking on the timeelement (i.e., hour, minute, second) and entering a new value. Usethe TAB key to move between the time elements.

To change the Time Between Rows, click in the appropriate field(hours, minutes, or seconds) and enter the new value. You can entervalues in each field to attain the time interval you desire.

If both log types have been configured for the group, then you canchoose between the CX or the Extended Log (not an implementedfeature as of Continuum version 1.2). Click on the radio button to theleft of the desired log type.

You can use the NOW button at the bottom of the window to set theEnd Date and End Time to the current date and time.

When you have made all the necessary Range changes, click on theOK button to proceed to the History View based upon your settings.

Changing the Start or End Date

Changing the Start or End Time

Changing the Time Between Rows

Changing the Log Type

NOW Button

OK Button



The History View below shows the values logged for the VAV10Group on 11/4/99 from 10:50:00 AM to 11:00:00 AM. The listdescends backwards in increments of 30 seconds (the time betweenrows setting).

Three new quick pick icons are available in the History View. Theyprovide the following Fill options for the values.

The No Fill option only displays the logged values (asshown in the figure above).

The Repeat Fill option repeats the most recent loggedvalue between time increments.

The Slope Fill option displays gradations of slopingvalues calculated between the time increments.

The Dim Fill option is a toggle button controlling theappearance of the Fill values. When it is in the Dimmode, the values appear in gray. In the non-Dimmode, they appear in black.

History ViewFeatures

Fill Options(New Quick Pick Icons)

In a History View,the rowscorrespond to thetime intervals forthe values. Thecolumns displaythe members ofthe Group andtheir values.

Note



An example of a history view with the Repeat and Dim Fill optionsselected is shown below. Notice some values appear in gray sincethey are the repeated values shown in Dim mode.

The figure below shows an example of the Slope Fill option withoutthe Dim option selected. Notice the values are now calculatedbetween the actual logged values rather than repeated (compare thedifference between these two figures).

Repeat and Dim Fill

Slope Fill without Dim Fill

Tip

Remember to clickon the Print quickpick icon when youhave a history viewyou want to captureto paper. You mayneed a printout toassist a Technicianwith troubleshootinga problem or to finetune the performanceof a particular point.



In the previous examples, we looked at the History View for the entireVAV10 Group. Sometimes you may only want to look at the historyfor a particular object or objects. Two options for accomplishing thisexist and both are performed from the Member List.

The first option uses the Select/Deselect Boxes to indicate whichobject(s) to include in the History View. Click on all of the boxes forthe objects not to be included in the list (the check marks will beremoved). Then, click on the View History icon. For example, if weonly wanted to retrieve the history information for the SpaceTempobject in the VAV10 Group, then the Member List would look like this:

The other option involves you selecting the object (click on item) andthen right-clicking on the object name to retrieve the pop-up menu.From the menu, select the View > History option as shown below.

Viewing the Historyfor a Single Object

Select/Deselect BoxesOption

View > History Option fromPop-Up Menu



When you have performed either option, the Range dialog box opensallowing you to specify the time period and time increments. Makeany required changes and click on the OK button to retrieve theHistory view. The list for the object(s) will be displayed based uponyour range settings (similar to the list below).

Chapter 7:Responding to Alarms

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 7 – R e s p o n d i n g t o A l a rm s


Continuum Alarm System

Alarm Bar

Responding to an Alarm

Active Alarm View Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions

Quick Pick Icons

Active Alarms and Alarm Details

Scroll Bars

Acknowledge and Silence Buttons

Alarm Details View Opening the Details View

Field Descriptions

Working in the Active Alarm View Resizing Columns

Removing/Adding Columns from the View

Entering Operator Text and User Actions

Changing the Sort Order

Reviewing Alarm History Information




Continuum Alarm System

One of the most important tasks an Operator performs is monitoringand responding to alarms. An alarm condition occurs when thevalue of an object, or one of its attributes, changes to a state outsideof defined normal operating conditions or a specified range.

For example, an alarm can be triggered when a forced entry through adoor is detected. Or, when a door has been forced open or left ajar.In a HVAC system, a temperature sensor can trigger an alarm whenthe temperature gets too hot or too cold.

Alarms are displayed to the workstation through the Alarm Bar andthe Active Alarm View. Details of these two alarm modes arediscussed in the following sections.

The Alarm Bar, located at the bottom of menu pages, displays themost recent active alarm. Five icons for quick response to an alarmcondition appear on the alarm bar. This figure shows the position ofthe alarm bar on a menu page. Alarm Bar features are described onthe next page.

The normal operatingand alarm conditionsfor system objects areconfigured by yourContinuum Administrator.

Note

Alarm Bar

Alarm Bar



Clicking on the alarm bar icons provides an easy way for you to:

Acknowledge the alarm. Clicking on the Acknowledgeicon indicates you are aware of the currently activealarm, which is displayed in the alarm message area.

View an associated Graphic for the currently activealarm (if one has been configured).

Run an associated Program for the currently activealarm (if one has been configured).

Silence (mute) the audio alarm which may be playingto alert you of the currently active alarm.

Launch the Active Alarm View application whichmonitors all of the active alarms.

Responding swiftly to an alarm and providing useful information aboutthe alarm situation is often vital to building safety. As an Operator,you will perform a series of actions to respond to alarms. Therecommended three-stage process is:

Step 1: Silence the alarm.

Step 2: Do something about it and enter information into thesystem describing what actions are being taken.

Step 3: Acknowledge the alarm.

Investigating the cause of the alarm, taking the appropriate actions toaddress the situation that caused the alarm condition, and recordingthe actions taken (step 2) is the most important function to beperformed.

Quick Pick Icons Alarm Message Area

Active AlarmView Icon

Quick Pick and ActiveAlarm View Icons

Responding to anAlarm



The Active Alarm View lists the active alarms in chronological orderwith the most recent alarm presented first. Each row displaysinformation related to a particular alarm condition. Alarm informationcan be displayed in a variety of colors depending on how your controlsystem is configured.

Typically, the Active Alarm View will be configured to pop upautomatically when an alarm occurs.

The Title Bar shows that the Active Alarm View is currently displayed.

Selecting options from the menu bar is one way for you to perform thealarm functions discussed throughout this chapter. Seven items areavailable from the menu bar. The Object, View, and Acknowledgeitems have associated pull-down menus which are presentedfollowing a brief description of the other menu bar items.

The Mute! option silences an audio alarm.

The Graphic! option generates an associated graphic for theselected alarm (if one has been configured).

The Program! option runs an associated program for the selectedalarm (if one has been configured).

The Help option provides access to the on-line help system.

Active Alarm View

Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions

Title Bar

Menu BarQuick Pick Icons

ActiveAlarms

AcknowledgeButton

SilenceButton

Alarm Details

Scroll Bar



The Object Menu provides options toperform print functions and exit the ActiveAlarm View.

The View Menu provides the option todisplay or not display the Toolbar andStatus Bar. The Sort option allows you torearrange the alarm list. The Freezeoption stops the automatic update of thewindow. Always on Top keeps the ActiveAlarm View window open (on top) of otherContinuum windows. And, Add/RemoveColumns allows you to select what alarminformation is displayed. (The SelectRange option has not been implementedas of Continuum version 1.2).

The Acknowledge Menu provides the threeacknowledgement options—acknowledge theselected alarm(s), acknowledge all alarms, oracknowledge a range (not yet implementedas of Continuum version 1.2).


Print the Active Alarm View (not yet implemented as ofContinuum version 1.2).

View an associated Graphic for the selected alarm (ifone has been configured).

Run an associated Program for the selected alarm (ifone has been configured).

Acknowledge All of the alarms in the Active AlarmView that have not already been acknowledged.

Acknowledge Selected alarms.

Acknowledge a Range of alarms (not yetimplemented as of Continuum version 1.2).

Quick Pick Icons

Note

Your system may automati-cally open the Active AlarmView when an alarm condi-tion occurs, if it has beenconfigured to function in thisway. Or, the Active AlarmView window may alwaysbe open and on top of otherContinuum windows (View >Always on Top option).



Toggle to the Active Alarm View “live” mode—new andupdated alarm information is automatically added tothe current view.

Toggle to the Active Alarm View “freeze” mode—nonew or updated alarm information is added to thecurrent view.

Silence (mute) the audio alarm which may be playingin association with the selected alarm.

Access the on-line Help system.

Alarms appear on the rows in the window, as they occur. The mostrecent alarm appears in the first row at the top of the list. When a newalarm occurs, the alarm list scrolls down do make room for the newalarm. The columns contain alarm detail information. Some of thecolumns are editable such as User Action and Operator Text.

Horizontal and vertical scroll bars may be presented when workingwith the Active Alarm View. If the list contains many rows andcolumns of information, which does not all fit in the window, then youwill use the scroll bars to view the additional alarm information.

To the left of each alarm, Acknowledge and Silence buttons exist making it easy for you to quickly acknowledge and/orsilence the alarm.

When you Acknowledge an alarm, the system records your username and the date and time of the acknowledgement. The ActiveAlarm View automatically updates to reflect the acknowledgementinformation letting other system users know you have seen the alarmand are taking the appropriate steps to address the problem.

Silencing an audible alarm is considered a soft acknowledgementaction because the system reflects you are aware of the alarm (sinceyou silenced it) and records your user name and the date and time ofthe silencing.

When either of these actions are performed, their associated iconchanges appearance. For example, in the previous list, alarms thathave been acknowledged show a check mark next to the text ACK(now shown in red). The silence icon reflects a black X behind thespeaker picture.

Active Alarmsand Alarm Details

Scroll Bars

Acknowledge andSilence Buttons



Viewing and modifying the alarm information can be accomplishedthrough the Active Alarm View (described after this section) or youcan retrieve an Alarm Details View. The Details View convenientlydisplays all of the alarm information in one window. Working in theDetails View makes it easier to read the alarm information and enterOperator Text and User Actions.

To open the Details View, double-click on an alarm.

Each of the alarm detail fields are described below:

The Date and Time fields indicate when the alarm occurred.

The Name field reflects the object or point associated with thealarm.

Value shows the value of the point or object when the alarm wastriggered.

The To State field indicates whether the alarm in is an Alarm,Returned to Normal, or Fault state.

Alarm Details View

Opening the Details View

Field Descriptions



Priority relates to the criticality of the alarm (configured by yourContinuum Administrator).

Message displays a text string describing the alarm condition.

Acknowledged By displays the user name of the person whoacknowledged the alarm (if it has been acknowledged).

Date/Time of Acknowledgement indicates when theacknowledgement action was performed.

Silenced By displays the user name of the person who silencedthe alarm (if it has been silenced).

Date/Time of Silence indicates when the silence action wasperformed.

Event Notification and Alarm Enrollment are administrativefunctions.

Operator Text provides a place where you can enter a messageabout the alarm condition. You can enter up to 70 characters.

Operator Text is extremely useful for providing additionalinformation about the alarm condition, the object causing thealarm, or to indicate what actions you have already taken toaddress the problem.

User Actions provides a pull down list of actions to be taken inresponse to alarms. This field provides additional informationabout how the problem is being addressed and corrected.Examples of user actions include Call Emergency, Call Security,and Dispatch Technician.

If after displaying the list of user actions, you don’t see an actionthat accurately describes your response to the alarm, type theaction you took in the Operator Text field.

If you need a new action added to the list, ask your ContinuumAdministrator to make the required change.

Notice an ACK button appears at the bottom of the window. Fromthe Details View, you can acknowledge the alarm by clicking onthis button.

Warning: OperatorText and User Actionsentered in the DetailsView will not be savedunless the alarm isacknowledged in thisview.



As mentioned previously, the Active Alarm View is a dynamicallyupdating list. New alarms appear at the top of the list and alarmdetails automatically change to reflect the current alarm condition(e.g., the State changes from Alarm to Return to Normal).

By default, the view lists all of the alarm details in columns. You usethe horizontal scroll bar to access the information not displayed in thewindow. Two options are available for changing the way theinformation is presented in the view—resize the column width andadd/remove columns from the view.

You can resize column widths by pointing on the vertical dividing linebetween two columns (as shown below).

When the cursor changes to a double arrow , then hold down themouse button and drag the column boundary to the left or right.

You can modify the settings for the view to remove (or add) columnsfrom the display. To accomplish this, choose the option Add/RemoveColumns from the View pull-down menu. A dialog box appears:

Click on the box to the left the columns you want removed from theview. The check mark is removed from the box indicating the columnhas been deselected. Click on the OK button to save the changesand have the view updated to reflect the column removal.

Conversely, if you want to add columns to the view, click in the box soa check mark does appear and then click OK to save the changes.

Removing/AddingColumns from the View

Working in the ActiveAlarm View

Resizing Columns



Entering information about the alarm situation and actions being takenis a critical task an Operator performs. In the Active Alarm View, thecolumns Operator Text and User Actions are used for this for function.

For Operator Text, double click in the operator text column for aparticular alarm. A cursor appears in the box indicating you are intype mode. Enter up to 70 characters of information and press theENTER key to save the change.

For User Actions, right click in the user actions column for aparticular alarm. A down arrow appears in the box. Click on thearrow to see the list of actions. Select one of the actions.

Refer to the previous section, Alarm Details View, for detaileddescriptions of these fields.

Another Active Alarm View setting you can modify is the sort order forthe alarm information. By default, alarms are listed chronologically(date/time) with the most recent alarm in the first row.

To change the sort order, choose the Sort option from the View pull-down menu. A dialog box appears showing the current settings:

You can specify three sort criteria where the primary occurs first,secondary next, and tertiary last. For each one you want to specify,

Click on the down arrow to see a list of the alarm fields.

Choose the field for the sort.

Click on the box next to the ascending text to indicate how youwant the information sorted (no check mark is equivalent todescending order).

When all the sort criteria has been entered, click on OK to savethe changes and update the view with the new sort criteria.

Entering Operator Textand User Actions

Tip

When working with aparticular alarm, you maywant to stop the auto-matic update of the view.This way the alarm youare concentrating on willnot scroll down the listwhen new alarms occur.To do this, click on theFreeze icon (stoplight).When you are finished,click on the icon again toresume the live update.




In addition to monitoring active alarms, you may need to review pastalarm information which has been stored in the Continuum database.To look at alarm history, ListViews are utilized (refer to Chapter 5,Using ListViews, for specific instructions about this function).

Alarm history is useful in diagnosing recurring problems. Forexample, your supervisor may ask you to research numerous MotionDetection alarms in a particular area. Or, gather information about atemperature sensor which continually triggers a too hot alarm.

An example of an alarm listview is shown below.

Reviewing AlarmHistory Information

Chapter 8:Issuing New Cards

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 8 – I s s u i n g N ew Ca r d s


Understanding Access Control

Creating a New Personnel Record from aMenu Page

Personnel Editor General Tab of the Personnel Editor

Area List Tab

Privileges Tab

Employee Info Tab

Personal Info Tab

Current Status Tab

Access Events Tab

Templates Tab

Custom Attributes Tab

Control Buttons

Steps within the Personnel Editor to Adda New Person

General Page Information

Add Areas

Save the Record

Using Templates

Handling Temporary and Lost Cards Issuing a Temporary Card

Restoring a Permanent Card

Marking a Card as Lost

Working with Personnel Objects through ListViews Editing a Person

Pop-Up Menu Functions

Steps for Enabling, Disabling, Adding or Removing Areas

Steps for Setting the Current Area




Understanding Access Control

Access Control is the process of monitoring and controlling personnelentry into facility locations through the control of door and gateoperations. In the Continuum environment, three objects are used toperform this function—areas, doors, and personnel.

Area, Door and Personnel objects work together to unlock a doorwhen authorized personnel request to enter or exit an area.

An Area is defined as a controlled space requiring passagethrough some type of access control device to gain entry or exit(such as a door or gate). For example, the figure below showsthree areas: Lobby, Lab, and Office.

A Door is an entry/exit portal controlled by a hardware device (i.e.,card reader, keypad, or REX), leading to a predetermined area.Each door is assigned to one or two areas. For example, Door 3is attached to both the Office and Lobby areas.

Personnel objects relate to people assigned a card numberand/or PIN to allow them access to specified areas in a facility.Based on the areas assigned, the person gains entry through thedoors defined for the area. For example, personnel with access tothe Office area are allowed entry/exit through both Doors 3 and 4.

Note

Issuing cards only applies toAccess Control systems. If youare an HVAC Operator, youmay want to skip this chapter.

Lab

Outside

Door 2

Office

Door 3

Lobby

Door 1

Door 4Glass BreakDetector

MotionDetector

Card Reader

Request-to-Exit

Keypad

Keywo rd s

C a r d R e a d e rC a r d R e a d e rC a r d R e a d e rC a r d R e a d e r :::: Adevice mounted onthe wall next to a doorwhich reads generalcode and card numberinformation for thecontrol of personnelaccess to an area.

K e y p a d :K e y p a d :K e y p a d :K e y p a d : A devicemounted on the wallnext to a door whichcontrols personnelaccess through a doorto an area by verifyingentered general codeand/or personalidentification number(PIN) information.

R E X :R E X :R E X :R E X : A Request toExit device such as amotion sensor or pushbar. This supervisedinput unlocks thedoor when activated.



Areas and doors are configured by your Continuum Administrator.Creating and maintaining personnel records is usually a taskperformed by Access Control Operators. How you go aboutaccomplishing this is described in this chapter.

From the Home Menu Page, point and click on the Access Eventsbutton to retrieve the menu page displayed below. The access controlfunctions, which have been configured for our system, are listed onthe buttons. Click on the Add a New Person button.

Creating a NewPersonnel Recordfrom a Menu Page



The next window that appears is the multi-tabbed Personnel Editor.Each tabbed page represents a category of parameters to be definedfor the person. As an Operator, you may have restrictions on theinformation you can configure for a person. Tabs and fields, whichappear, grayed out represent the functions you can not access.

By default, the Personnel Editor always opens to the first tab—theGeneral Page. This page contains the essential information about aperson required for them to be assigned an access card or PIN.

Also, you use this page to issue temporary cards, flag a card as lost,and interface with the optional EpiSuite application for badge creation.

The three boxes next to the Name field provide for entry of aperson’s first name, middle name, and last name, respectively.

At least a last name must be entered for a person; otherwise, therecord will not save to the database.

The State field can be set to either Enabled or Disabled. Enabledallows the person access to all assigned areas. Disabled deniesaccess to all areas.

Personnel Editor

Field Descriptions

First Name Last NameMiddle

Photo fromoptionalEpiSuite

application

Signature from optional EpiSuite

General Tab



The Activation Date specifies the date and time when a personcan begin using an access card or keypad code.

Use the Expiration Date field for visitors (check the Visitor box),temporary employees, contractors, or former employees.

A person must be assigned a Site Code, Card Number and/orPIN to gain access to areas.

A Card Type must be chosen from the pull-down list (PINOnly isselected for keypad access).

The ADA flag identifies if the person requires assistance due to adisability. Selecting this attribute causes a door to remain openfor an extended length of time.

The Signature box displays a read-only version of the person'ssignature either created through the optional EpiSuite badgeapplication or loaded from a JPG file.

The Mark Card as Lost button is used when a person loses his orher card. Choosing this function marks the card as lost, disablingthe card from gaining access to areas. If the card is used afterbeing marked lost, doors will not open and events will be recordedfor every invalid entry attempt.

The Issue Temporary Card button allows you to assign anothercard to the person, which is useful when an employee misplacesor forgets their card. This button changes to Restore PermanentCard when a temporary card has been assigned (the systemmaintains the original card information for easy reactivation).

The Make/Edit Badge button provides access to the optionalEpiSuite GuardCard application for the creation and maintenanceof ID badges.

Photo provides for the display of the person’s picture. You caneither load a picture file (.jpg format) or use a picture that is part ofa badge made using EpiSuite’s GuardCard program.

Refer to the EpiSuite GuardCard software documentation for detailson how to use the program to create and maintain badges, photos,and signatures.

About EpiSuite

EpiSuite is a software productthat maintains security data-base information; capturesphotographs, fingerprints, andsignatures; corrects outputcolors; encodes magneticstripes and smart chips; printscards; and performs accesscontrol tasks.

When integrated with theContinuum database, you cancreate photo ID cards thatwork with Continuum’s per-sonnel objects. That meanswhen these cards are used ataccess control points, Opera-tors can compare the image inthe database to that on thecard or the actual cardholder.

To use EpiSuite’s GuardCard,the badge-making option andthe necessary software fromAndover Controls must havebeen purchased and installedfor your control system.



The next tab is the Area List Page. This page is where you specifywhat areas the person has access to in your facility.

When you first enter a person, the Area List is blank (as shown). Youuse the Add Area button to select what areas are assigned to theperson.

The steps for assigning areas are described later in this chapter.

The Privileges Page allows a Continuum Administrator to configureadvanced access privileges for the person.

Refer to the Continuum Configuration Student Guide for detailedinstructions related to this page.

Area List Tab

Privileges Tab



The next tab, Employee Info Page, collects employment-relatedinformation, as shown below. As an Operator, you may or may nothave the ability to view and enter employee data into this page.

The Personal Info page is used for optional personal information asshown in the figure below. As an Operator, you may or may not havethe ability to view and enter employee data into this page.

Employee Info Tab

Personal Info Tab

The Info fields allowfor the entry ofadditional employeeinformation notcollected in one of thepre-defined fields.

Note



You use the Current Status Page to monitor the parameters currentlyassociated with the person.

Current Area: The last area entered by this person basedon the last valid access event.

Current Security Zone: If zones are used in your facility, this fielddisplays the zone number assigned to thecard reader and/or keypad last accessedby this person.

Last Door Entered: The object name of the last door thisperson went through using an access cardand/or keypad PIN. This is a read-onlyfield.

Current Status: Indicates whether the person’s accessprivileges are currently enabled ordisabled. This is a read-only field.

Time of Entry: The time and date the person entered thecurrent area. This is a read-only field.

Current Status Tab

Field Descriptions

In the case of an anti-passback violation, thecurrent area and currentsecurity zone represent thevalues of the personnelrecord. However, thevalues may not accuratelyreflect where the person iscurrently located.

To correct the violation,click on the browse buttonto select the correct area.If zones are utilized, enterthe correct zone number.

Note



Once a person has been assigned access privileges and starts usingtheir card or keypad code, the system records all of their accessactivity. Through the Access Events Page, you will be able tomonitor the access events associated with this person. This is a staticwindow requiring manual refreshing to update the display information.

The Templates Page provides default settings configured for differentcategories of personnel. You use templates to simplify the data entryprocess when entering personnel into the database.

Access Events Tab

Templates Tab

Refer to Chapter 9,Viewing Access Con-trol Events, for moredetailed informationabout this page andrelated functions.

The steps for usinga template whencreating a newpersonnel recordare presented laterin this chapter.

Note



The Custom Attributes Page is used by Administrators to monitordata collected for personnel which has been tailored to your system.

At the bottom of the Personnel Editor window, five control buttons arepresented which perform the following functions when clicked on:

OK: Saves changes and exits the editor.

Cancel: Exits the editor without saving changes.

Apply: Applies and saves changes without exiting the editor.

Refresh: Restores the person’s settings back to what they werewhen you first opened the editor. Note: Refresh does notwork if you have already clicked Apply.

Help: Accesses the on-line Help system.

Custom Attributes Tab

Control Buttons



Now that all of the Personnel Editor pages have been reviewed, wecan continue with the steps for creating a new personnel record.

Creating a new person minimally requires information to be enteredon two pages—General and Area List. The steps to accomplish thisare described below.

1. Type in the first name and press the TAB key to move to the nextfield. You can enter up to 16 characters.

2. Optionally, enter a middle name and press the TAB key to moveto the next field. You can enter up to 16 characters.

3. Type in the last name. You can enter up to 32 characters.

1. Using your mouse, click on the down arrow in the Card Typefield. A menu of card types appears similar to the one below.

2. Move the pointer through the list and select the appropriate cardtype. Remember to choose PINOnly if you are assigning keypadaccess to this person.

3. Let go of the mouse button to choose the highlighted card type.

If you are assigning card access to this person, perform these steps:

1. Click in the Card Number box.

2. Enter the encoded card number (should be printed on the card).The number should be unique and between 0 and 524,287.

Steps within thePersonnel Editor toAdd a New Person

Step 1: Entering a Name

Step 2: Select a Card Type

Step 3: Enter a CardNumber

Names appear exactly asthey are typed in. A formatshould be established andconsistently adhered towhen entering new person-nel records. For example,capitalize the first characterof each name component(i.e., John Smith).

Tip



If you are assigning keypad access to this person, perform thesesteps:

1. Click in the PIN box.

2. Press the Back Space key to remove the asterisk from the box.

3. Enter a unique PIN (personal identification number). The PIN canbe any number between 0 and 65,535.

Next, you need to assign areas to the person allowing them access toplaces within the facility.

1. Click on the Area List Tab.

2. Click on the Add Area button. Since this is a new record, a dialogbox appears stating the object needs to be saved prior to addingan area. Click on the OK button to continue.

3. The following dialog box appears.

Step 4: Enter a PIN

Step 5: Assign Areas



4. Click on the browse area button on the right side of the Areabox. A browse window similar to the one below is displayed.

5. The browse window lists all of the defined areas in your system.Click on one of the areas which the person will have access to.

For example, if you clicked on the Lobby area, the windowupdates to look like this:

6. Click on the Select button to choose this area.

Step 5: Assign Areas(continued)

In your browse window,you may have to navigatethrough folders to retrievethe list of areas for yourfacility. If you have troublefinding areas, ask yourContinuum Administratorfor assistance.

Note



7. The Add Area dialog box reappears reflecting the area youselected from the browse window. Click on the OK button to savethe area assignment.

8. You return to the Area List page for the person. Most people willhave access to more than one area. For each area, you need toperform the steps outlined above (2 through 6).

The last step—and most important—is saving the information. At thebottom of the Personnel Editor window is a row of buttons. Two of thebuttons perform save functions as described below:

Click on the OK button to save the information and close thewindow.

Click on the Apply button save the information and remain in thePersonnel Editor.

Step 6: Save the Record

Important Note: The six steps presented in this section only illustrate theactions required to set up the minimal information for a new personrequiring card or keypad access.

You may be required to enter additional information for new personnel,such as data collected on the Employee Info page (department, officephone, office location, supervisor, etc.).

Refer to the on-line help documentation for instruction on entering theadditional personnel information. If you require more assistance, ask yourContinuum Administrator for help.

Note

Step 5: Assign Areas(continued)



Templates are an excellent tool for simplifying the amount of dataentry required when creating new personnel. By applying a templateto a person, their information updates to reflect the default settingsinherited from the template (such as card type, site code, etc.).

The function where templates helps the most is adding areas to aperson. You learned in the last section how to add one area at a timeto a person. Imagine having to perform those five steps over and overagain for a large number of areas. The process would be very timeconsuming and tedious.

With a template, a person would gain the entire area list associatedwith the selected template. Much easier.

The steps for applying a template to a person are described below.

1. Click on the Templates tab.

2. A list of the available templates is displayed.

Click on the radio button to the left of the template you want toapply to the person (the figure below shows the Sales templatehas been selected).

3. Click on the Apply button at the bottom of the window.

Using Templates

Templates must firstbe configured by yourContinuum Adminis-trator for any toappear in the window.

Note

Steps for Applying aTemplate



4. A dialog box appears requiring confirmation of refreshing thetemplate reference for this person. (This box appears even whenno template has been previously applied.)

Click on the YES button to continue.

5. A window appears showing the progress of the templateapplication process. When the process finishes, the windowupdates to let you know the operation is complete.

Click on the Close button to complete the template process.

6. Click on the OK or Apply button to save the changes made by thetemplate.

7. You may want to look at the General and Area List pages to seewhat information has been inherited from the template.



At times, you will encounter the situation where a person hasforgotten or lost their access card. When this happens, you use twofunctions within the Personnel Editor’s General Tab to provide themnew or temporary access privileges.

If a person has forgotten their card, you will want to issue a temporarycard. The steps to perform this task are as follow:

1. Click on the General Tab.

2. Click on the Issue Temporary Card button which appears attowards the bottom of the window.

3. The cursor moves to the Card Number box. Type in the numberfrom the temporary card you are issuing the person.

4. If the card type is different from the current setting, click on thedown arrow next to the Card Type field and select the correct typefrom the list.

5. Click on the Apply button to save the change.

Handling Temporaryand Lost Cards

Issuing a Temporary Card



When a person has been assigned a temporary card, the IssueTemporary Card button is relabeled to Restore Permanent Card.This indicates the system has saved the person’s original cardinformation making it easy to restore those settings when the personno longer needs to use the temporary card.

To perform the restore process, follow these steps:


2. Click on the Restore Permanent Card button.

3. The original card settings (card number and card type) arerestored. The button changes back to Issue Temporary Card.

4. Click on the Apply button to save the changes.

Restoring a PermanentCard



Inevitably, people lose their access cards. When this occurs, you willneed to issue a new card to the person. You can accomplish this bysimply changing the card number, but a special function exists withinContinuum to mark cards as lost ensuring the card is deactivated.

This is critical to the security of the building; it will protect the facilityfrom being accessed by someone who possesses the lost card (orperhaps a stolen card).

To perform this function, follow these steps:


2. Click on the Mark Card as Lost button.

3. A dialog box appears requiring confirmation to perform thisfunction. Click on the Yes button to continue.

4. The cursor moves to the Card Number box. Type in the new cardnumber.

5. If the card type is different from the current setting, click on thedown arrow next to the Card Type field and select the correct typefrom the list.

6. Click on the Apply button to save the change.

Marking a Card as Lost



When you have entered people in the database, you will need toretrieve their saved information in order to make changes. Theeasiest way to work with personnel records is through ListViews.(You should have already completely read Chapter 5, UsingListViews, prior to continuing with this section.)

On one of your menu pages, a button for the retrieval of the AllPersonnel listview should exist. Click on this button to open awindow similar to the one shown below.

From the listview, you can perform a variety of functions as presentedin the rest of this section.

To edit a specific person, double-click on the row containing theperson. The Personnel Editor window will open showing the person’scurrent information.

Make the required changes. Click on the OK button to save thechanges and return to the listview. Click on the Refresh List ViewObject to update the display with the new information.

Working withPersonnel Objectsthrough ListViews

Editing a Person



By right-clicking on a person’s record in the listview, a pop-up menuappears as shown below:

Open and Edit perform the same function—opening thePersonnel Editor window for the selected person.

Enable and Disable change the current state of the selectedperson. When Enabled, the person can access the areasassigned to them using their card or keypad codes. WhenDisabled, the person’s access privileges are deactivated.

Enable All Areas and Disable All Areas activates or deactivatesaccess to all of the areas assigned to the person. This isespecially useful in strike situations where you need to quicklylock a person or group of people out of a building.

Enable Areas and Disable Areas allow you to selectively choosewhich areas to enable or disable for the selected person.

Add Areas provides the option for adding areas the person canaccess to the selected person.

Remove Areas provides the option for removing areas the personcan access from the selected person.

Set Current Area allows you to change the current area for theselected person. This is commonly used to correct tailgatingsituations.

Send To is used to send the selected person’s information to atext file or printer.

Pop-Up Menu Functions

Option Descriptions

You can select more thanone person in the listviewand perform the pop-upmenu options for all of theselected people.

To do this, hold down theCTRL key while clickingon people in the list.When all of the people areselected, right-click onone of the highlightedrows to retrieve the menu.

Tip



Delete provides to option to delete the selected person’s recordfrom the database. This option should be used with extreme caresince there is no method for restoring information that has beendeleted.

As an Operator, you will probably not have sufficient privileges toperform this function; it is usually reserved for users withAdministrator privileges.

Rename allows you to change the alias name of the selectedperson. This is the name used by Continuum and does notcorrespond to the person’s name as entered into the PersonnelEditor.

As an Operator, you will probably not have sufficient privileges toperform this function; it is usually reserved for users withAdministrator privileges.

Properties opens a tabbed window displaying system informationfor the selected personnel record.

As an Operator, you will probably not have sufficient privileges toaccess the Properties window; it is usually reserved for users withAdministrator privileges.

To perform most of the functions available through the pop-up menu,you simply highlight the option and click the mouse button.

The next section discusses the options that require additional steps.



For the Enable/Disable Areas and Add/Remove Areas options, thereare additional steps to be performed, which are presented below.

1. Right-click on the person whose area information you will bechanging.

2. From the pop-up menu, select one of the four options.

3. An Area window appears listing all of the available areas in yourfacility. Point and click on the area you want to enable, disable,add, or remove to the selected person.

4. Click on the OK button to save the change.

5. You return to the listview window. Click on the Refresh List ViewObject quick pick icon to update the display.

Steps for Enabling, Disabling,Adding, or Removing Areas

The Area list does not reflectthe current settings for theperson. Thus, you can dothings like add an area to aperson that is alreadyassigned to them or disablean area that is not evenassigned to the person.

Note



The Set Current Area option also requires a little more work asdescribed below.

1. Right-click on the person whose current area you will be changing.

2. From the pop-up menu, select the Set Current Area option.

3. A browse window similar to the one below is displayed. Thebrowse window lists all of the defined areas in your system. Clickon the area where the person is currently located.

4. Click on the Select button to choose this area.

5. You return to the listview window. Click on the Refresh List ViewObject quick pick icon to update the display.

In your browse window,you may have to navigatethrough folders to retrievethe list of areas for yourfacility. If you have troublefinding areas, ask yourContinuum Administratorfor assistance.

Note

Steps for Setting the Current Area



Chapter 9:Viewing Access Control Events

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 9 – V i ew i n g A c c e s s C o n t r o l E v e n t s


Understanding Access Control Events

Opening an Active Event View from the Menu Page

Active Event View Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions

Quick Pick Icons

Active Events and Event Details

Scroll Bars

Working in the Active Event View Resizing Columns

Removing/Adding Columns from the View

Accessing an Event Details View


Access Events for a Specific Person

Access Events for a Specific Door

Reviewing Access Event History Information




Understanding Access Control Events

In the previous chapter, Issuing New Cards, the elements of anaccess control system were presented—areas, doors, and personnel.An action or condition associated with one of these three objects isreferred to as event. Events record routine movement as well asshowing trouble situations like Door Ajar or Exit Keypad Tamper.

An important task an Access Control Operator performs is monitoringevents taking place within the facility. For example, you may need towatch the events occurring at a particular door. Or, you may need tomonitor the movement of a specific person within the facility.

Within Continuum, four methods for viewing access control eventsexist:

Active Event View Access Events for a specific Person Access Events for a specific Door Historical Access Events Information

Each of these options is presented in this chapter.

From the Home Menu Page, point and click on the Access Eventsbutton to retrieve the page displayed below. Click on the Lobby DoorLive Events button to open the Active Event View.

Note

Viewing events only applies toAccess Control systems. If youare an HVAC Operator, youmay want to skip this chapter.

Opening an ActiveEvent View from theMenu Page



The Active Event View lists the events associated with the specifiedobject (in this case the Lobby Area). Based on how the active eventview has been configured by your Administrator, it can show eventsfor one door, a group of doors, all doors, or doors associated with aparticular area.

The events are shown in chronological order with the most recentevent presented first. Each row displays columns of informationrelated to a particular event. Event information can be displayed in avariety of colors to depict different categories of events.

The Title Bar shows that the Active Event View for the selectedobjects is currently displayed.

Selecting options from the menu bar is one way for you to perform theactive event view functions discussed in this section.

The Object Menu provides options toperform print functions and exit the ActiveEvent View. (Note: The print functionshave not implemented as of Continuumversion 1.2.)

Active Event View

Title BarMenu Bar

Quick Pick Icons

Events

Scroll Bars

Event Details

Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions



The View Menu provides the option to dis-play or not display the Toolbar and StatusBar. Sort allows you to rearrange the eventlist. Freeze stops the automatic update ofthe window. Always on Top keeps theActive Event View window open (on top) ofother Continuum windows. Add/RemoveColumns allows you to select what eventinformation is displayed. (Note: The SelectRange option has not been implemented asof Continuum version 1.2; Event ViewObject is reserved for Administrators.)


Print the Active Event View (not yet implemented as ofContinuum version 1.2).

Toggle to the Active Event View “live” mode—new andupdated event information is automatically added to thecurrent view.

Toggle to the Active Event View “freeze” mode—nonew or updated event information is added to thecurrent view.

Open the Event View Object window (administrativefunction).

Access the on-line Help system.

Events appear on the rows in the window, as they occur. The mostrecent event appears in the first row at the top of the list. When a newevent occurs, the list scrolls down do make room for the new item.The columns contain event detail information.

Horizontal and vertical scroll bars may be presented when workingwith the Active Event View. If the list contains many rows andcolumns of information, which does not all fit in the window, then youuse the scroll bars to view the additional event information.

Menu Bar Functions(continued)

Quick Pick Icons

Active Eventsand Event Details

Scroll Bars



As mentioned previously, the Active Event View is a dynamicallyupdating list. By default, the view lists all of the event details incolumns. You use the scroll bars to access the information notdisplayed in the window.

Two options are available for changing the way the information ispresented in the view—resize the column width and add/removecolumns from the view.

You can resize column widths by pointing on the vertical dividing linebetween two columns (as shown below).

When the cursor changes to a double arrow , then hold down themouse button and drag the column boundary to the left or right.

You can modify the settings for the view to remove (or add) columnsfrom the display. To accomplish this, choose the option Add/RemoveColumns from the View pull-down menu. A dialog box appears:

Click on the box to the left the columns you want removed from theview. The check mark is removed from the box indicating the columnhas been deselected. Click on the OK button to save the changesand have the view updated to reflect the column removal.

Conversely, if you want to add columns to the view, click in the box soa check mark does appear and then click OK to save the changes.

Removing/AddingColumns from the View

Working in the ActiveEvent View

Resizing Columns



Viewing the event information can be accomplished through theActive Event View or you can retrieve an Event Details View. TheDetails View conveniently displays all of the event information in onewindow which you may find easier to read the event information.

To open the Details View, double-click on an event.

Each of the event detail fields are described below:

The Type field indicates what type of event occurred.

The Date and Time fields indicate when the event occurred.

The Message displays a text string describing the event condition.

Door indicates at which door the event occurred.

The Personnel field shows the person associated with the cardreader or keypad event.

Area shows what area the event occurred (where door is located).

Message displays a text string describing the event condition.

Accessing an Event DetailsView

Field Descriptions



Controller displays the name of the controller the access controldevice is attached to.

Department Point indicates the department point number of theperson causing the event (if one has been defined for the person).

Zone Code reflects the code number of the zone in which theevent occurred, if your system uses zone rather than area basedaccess control.

Card # shows the access card number of the person causing theevent.

Card Type indicates the type of access control card used by theperson causing the event.

Site Code displays the site code assigned to the person causingthe event (if one has been defined for the person).

Another Active Event View setting you can modify is the sort order forthe event information. By default, events are listed chronologically(date/time) with the most recent event in the first row.

To change the sort order, choose the Sort option from the View pull-down menu. A dialog box appears showing the current settings:

You can specify three sort criteria where the primary occurs first,secondary next, and tertiary last. For each one you want to specify,

1. Click on the down arrow to see a list of the event fields.

2. Choose the field for the sort.

3. Click on the box next to the ascending text to indicate how youwant the information sorted (no check mark is equivalent todescending order).

4. When all the sort criteria has been entered, click on OK to savethe changes and update the view with the new sort criteria.


Field Descriptions (continued)

Clicking on the OK but-ton at the bottom of thewindow returns you tothe Active Event View.

Note



The Active Event View provides an overall method for monitoringevents occurring in your facility. However, if you are interested in theactivities of a particular person or door you will find it easier to viewthese events using the object editor window.

To monitor the access control activities of a particular person, youopen the Personnel Editor window for the person through a listview.The steps to do this are as follow:

Click on the All Personnel listview button from the menu page. Thelistview opens showing a list of all your personnel.

Double-click on the person whose activities you want to monitor.The Personnel editor window opens for the person (in this example,John Entwistle is the selected person).

Access Events for aSpecific Person

Step 1: Retrieve the AllPersonnel Listview

Step 2: Open thePersonnel Editor Window



Click on the Access Events Tab. The window updates to show theevents recorded for this person, in chronological order.

As you can see from the figure above, the Access Events list displays:

The type of event (EventClass column); Date and time the event occurred (TimeStamp column); Door associated with the event (Door column); and Area associated with the event (Area column).

Unlike the Active Event View window, which dynamically updates withnew information, this window is static and must be refreshedperiodically to obtain the most current events. To do this, click on theRefresh button at the bottom of the window.

Step 3: Move to AccessEvents Tab

Step 4: Refresh theWindow



To monitor the access control activities of a particular door, you openthe Door Editor window for the door through a listview. The steps todo this are as follow:

Click on the All Doors listview button from the menu page. Thelistview opens showing a list of all your doors.

Double-click on the door whose activities you want to monitor. TheDoor editor window opens for the door (in this example, Lobby Door isthe selected door).

Step 1: Retrieve the AllDoors Listview

Step 2: Open the DoorEditor Window

Access Events for aSpecific Door



Click on the Access Events Tab. The window updates to show theevents recorded for this door, in chronological order.

As you can see from the figure above, the Access Events list displays:

The type of event (EventClass column); Date and time the event occurred (TimeStamp column); Person associated with the event (Person column); and Area associated with the event (Area column—not shown in

this figure but accessible via the horizontal scroll bar).

Unlike the Active Event View window, which dynamically updates withnew information, this window is static and must be refreshedperiodically to obtain the most current events. To do this, click on theRefresh button at the bottom of the window.

Step 3: Move to AccessEvents Tab

Step 4: Refresh theWindow



In addition to monitoring active events, you may need to review pastevent information which has been stored in the Continuum database.To look at event history, ListViews are utilized (refer to Chapter 5,Using ListViews, for specific instructions about this function).

Event history is useful in diagnosing recurring problems. Forexample, your supervisor may ask you to research Door Ajar eventsfor a particular door. Or, gather information about the number ofpersonnel moving into or out of a specific area.

An example event listview is shown below.

Reviewing AccessEvent HistoryInformation



Chapter 10:Exploring Graphics

Operator Guide

Chap t e r 10 – Exp l o r i n g G r a p h i c s


What are Graphics?

Graphic Panels

Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions

Tabbed Pages

More Examples of Graphic Panels

Photographs

Buttons

Artistic Renderings

Graphic Controls

Switch Examples

Knob and Gauge Examples

Slider Examples

Graph Examples

Animation Examples

Opening a Graphic




What are Graphics?

Graphics are an another method for interacting with your controlsystem. Through graphics, Operators are provided an easy-to-usegraphical interface that simulates a "virtual" control panel for themanipulation of devices. Graphics consist of two components,graphic panels and graphic controls, which are further explored in thischapter.

Graphic Panels are interface tools that display pictorialrepresentations of elements within the control system. Graphicpanels can contain a wide-variety of items including photographs, clipart, graphic controls, and buttons.

Floor plans are frequently used as graphic panels, both in the AccessControl and HVAC environments. The figure below is a goodillustration of a floor plan graphic and highlights panel features.

Graphic Panels

Since graphics varygreatly from oneimplementation toanother, this chapteronly illustrates thewide-array of HVACand Access Controlgraphical options.

Note

Tabbed PagesMenu Bar

Title Bar



The Title Bar shows the name of the currently displayed graphicpanel.

Menu bar options relate to configuration functions performed by yourContinuum Administrator.

A graphic panel may contain more than one page of information.Each page is represented as a tab and is accessible by clicking on thetab text.

In the previous figure, two tabs are shown: Floor Plan (current page)and Setpoint Changes. Clicking on the Setpoint Changes Tabupdates the display with this graphic:

This graphic is used to change temperature setpoints for the rooms onthe corresponding floor plan.

Title Bar

Menu Bar Functions

Tabbed Pages



As mentioned previously, the contents of a graphic panel can bealmost anything. A floor plan graphic is just one example.

Another example is a photograph of your building. With a photograph,you may click on it to perform different functions (like opening the floorplan corresponding to a floor you click on) or buttons may be used toaccess to system functions (similar to the graphic below).

More Examples of GraphicPanels

Photographs



A graphic panel may contain only buttons. The buttons provide aneasy way for you to perform other Continuum functions such asviewing schedules, retrieving list views, generating reports, andcreating new database records.

This feature allows for graphics to be used in place of Menu Pages orto be used in conjunction with Menu Pages (a button on a graphicmay open a menu page).

Buttons



Or, a graphic may shown a pictorial representation of an element inyour control system such as a chiller:

Artistic Renderings



Graphic Controls are objects in graphic panels linked to a systempoint allowing for direct manipulation of a control device (i.e., sensor,fan, controller, door, gate, etc.).

Through mouse or keyboard interaction, an operator can monitor andcontrol points as well as perform other system functions (such as runa report, view a schedule, and respond to alarms).

Examples of graphic controls include switches, knobs, text, graphs,gauges, animations, buttons, and levels (illustrations shown below).

Switches can be turned on or off by clicking on the switch.

Knobs and gauges can be turned by clicking on the pointer anddragging it to the new value.

Sliders can be moved by clicking on the pointer and dragging it to thenew value.

Graphic Controls

Switch Examples

Knob and Gauge Examples

Slider Examples



Graphs present line and bar chart diagrams of point values plottedover time.

Animations show illustrations of control devices in their operable state.For example, an animation can show a spinning fan indicating the fanis on. You may be able to click on the animation or a button attachedto the animation to change the operable state (on or off, open orclosed, etc.).

Animation Examples

Graph Examples



Options for opening a graphic depend on how your system isconfigured, but the typical methods for displaying graphics include:

Clicking on a Menu Page button.

From another graphic, you may click on a button or objectwhich opens a new graphic.

When you logon to Continuum, your system may automaticallyopen with a graphic (rather than a menu page).

An alarm condition may trigger the display of a graphic.Additionally, in the Active Alarm View you can access anassociated graphic for an alarm by clicking on the Graphicquick pick icon or Graphic! menu bar option.

Opening a Graphic

Appendix:Glossary

Operator Guide

App e n d i x - G l o s s a r y

A-2 Continuum Operator

Alphabetical list of terms and definitionsreferenced in this manual.


App e n d i x – G l o s s a r y

Continuum Operator A-3

Term Definition

Access andSecurity Control

The process of monitoring and controlling personnel locations through the control ofdoor and gate operations.

Active AlarmView

The Active Alarm View displays a list of active alarms. For each alarm on the list, youcan see the alarm message and other properties of the alarm, acknowledge and/orsilence (mute) the alarm, display a panel or run a report.

Alarm A point, door or system variable that is operating outside specified ranges orsituations. An alarm can be displayed on a CyberStation to the active alarm bar andthe active alarm view. A report or graphic can be associated or linked with an alarmto further troubleshoot the situation.

Alarm Bar The Alarm Bar appears at the bottom of the Continuum screen, unless it has beendeselected in the View menu. The Alarm Bar is for monitoring the status of currentlyactive alarms. Icons on the Alarm Bar allow you to quickly acknowledge and/or silencean alarm, jump to Active Alarm View, and take other actions in response to alarms.

Area An Area is a room or location in your building or site. An Area object is onecomponent of a Continuum access control system. Area, Door and Personnel objectswork together to check which personnel can access which areas of your site.

Attribute An attribute is a property or characteristic of an object. For example, you have manyattributes such as height, weight, hair color, and age. Some attributes of objectsinclude value, electrical type, display format, and threshold.

Bond Sensor A bond sensor detects whether or not a door is truly locked. It senses if the lock boltis extended or retracted.

Card Reader A card reader is mounted on the wall next to a door. It reads site code and cardnumbers on cards passed through it (swiped) or waved near it (proximity reader).

Class Objects are categorized into classes. Devices, points, personnel records, areas,graphics, doors, schedules and programs are all examples of classes of objects.Continuum keeps track of the objects you create by storing them in class folders.

ContinuumWorkstation(CyberStation)

A Continuum Workstation (also referred to as the CyberStation): Is the front end of a Continuum intelligent building control system Is a networked PC, running Windows NT® based Continuum software Has a monitor, keyboard and disk drives.

Controller A controller is a computerized piece of equipment that you use to control an HVACsystem, building access, or process. Controllers in a Continuum system can includeNetControllers, InfinityControllers, and InfinetControllers.



Term Definition

Device The Device object class includes workstations, file servers and controllers.

Door A door is a portal through which personnel pass to move between areas of a buildingor site. The control of hardware components of an access control system installed ata door, such as a controller, card reader, motion detector and door switch, areconfigured with the Door object editor. A Door object is one component of aContinuum access control system. Area, Door and Personnel objects work together tocheck which personnel can access which areas of your site.

Door Switch A door switch is a supervised input device which detects if a door is open or closed. Adoor switch can detect a wire circuit cut or short by displaying “Trouble.”

Event An action or situation originating from a door or door controller. There are 38 types ofevents. Example: Door Ajar—the door has been open for an extended period of time.

Graph A pictorial display of a Group’s points and their associated values over a specifiedperiod of time as defined by the log.

Graphics Graphics are interface tools that display OLE objects, switches, knobs, text, graphs,gauges, levels and other graphic controls to represent a “control panel.” A user canmonitor point values and actually change them by manipulating the controls with amouse.

Group A Group is a collection of Continuum objects that may share characteristics or relateto a certain topic that an operator needs to know about.

History A tabular display of a Group’s points and their associated values over a specifiedperiod of time as defined by the log.

IOU Module IOU Modules are separate portable input/output units that are physically attached toContinuum controllers. IOU Modules replace circuit boards and are the networkconnections between sensors and devices and the Continuum controller.

Keypad A keypad is mounted on the wall next to a door. People unlock the door by typing thegeneral code numbers and/or their unique PIN.

ListView A list of one or more objects from a single class. One or more attribute columns maydynamically update. One or more rows may change color based on the value in oneor more columns (example, disabled inputs highlighted).

Logs A log is a collection of object values stored in a structure from which you can print orretrieve them. You can define two logs for a point, a short-term and an extended log.

App e n d i x – G l o s s a r y

Continuum Operator A-5

Term Definition

Member List The list of objects contained in a defined Group.

Motion Detector A motion detector is an input device mounted on a wall. It can be integrated into aDoor as a request to exit device or as an independent unit used to detect intrusion.

Network A network is the communication or connection system that lets workstations,controllers and devices exchange information.

Object An object is a unit recognized by an object-oriented program such as Continuum.Objects in Continuum include editors, points, programs, values, controllers, IOUmodules, sensors, and the icons that represent these objects in Continuum Explorer.There are two categories of objects in Continuum, BACnet objects and Infinity objects.

Personnel A database record which associates a person with a card number and/or PIN. APersonnel object is one component of a Continuum access control system. Area,Door and Personnel objects work together to check which personnel can accesswhich areas of your site.

Point A point is an object in Continuum. There are two categories of points: hardware andsoftware. Hardware points are either inputs (sensors) or outputs (controls). Softwarepoints are holding places for information and are either numerics (numbers orON/OFF), datetimes (holding an instant in time), or strings (alphanumeric characters).Continuum has an object editor for each kind of point.

Report A report is a HTML file that can be opened through a ListView and displayed in aninternet browser.

Request to Exit(REX) Device

A request to exit device can be a pushbar mounted on a door, a motion detector, or abutton mounted near a door. A REX can unlock the door when activated.

Schedule Groups of date and time events that are used to timely control the operation ofequipment or control the access of personnel through doors.

Security Levels Varying levels of access privileges granted to users. The privileges allow or denyaccess to perform functions within Continuum. Security levels are configured by theContinuum Administrator.

User An individual or functional capacity (a group of people performing a specific functionsuch as guard) provided access to the Continuum system. Each user is assigned aunique user name and password and granted access privileges by the ContinuumAdministrator.

UserRestrictions

If a user does not have privileges to perform functions within Continuum, menuoptions will be grayed out and not selectable. In some cases, you will be able toselect an option only to be presented with the error message "You do not havesufficient access to do the requested operation."



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