MAUSER CA8300 Alliance 8300 User Manual

2015-08-27

• Preface
• Conventions used in this document
  • Safety terms and symbols
• Chapter 1 Introduction
  • Product overview
    • Figure 1. Alliance 8300 Professional with two remote clients and a digital video recorder.
  • Key concepts
    • Badge groups
    • Controller setup
    • Person profiles
    • Persons
    • Badges
    • Facilities
    • Event-triggered video
  • References and related documentation
    • Other manuals
    • Online help
• Chapter 2 Setting up Alliance 8300
  • Before you begin
    • Tasks to be performed
      • Table 1. Initial Setup of Alliance 8300
  • Starting Alliance 8300
  • Accessing help
  • Adding an operator
  • Defining facilities
    • Figure 2. Facility Assignment
  • Setting system parameters
  • Control panel connections
  • Setting up a network connection
    • Figure 3. Ethernet connection via CA1806 Universal Interface and CA1801 Computer-Printer Interface
    • Prerequisite data - Alliance 8300 computer
    • Prerequisite data - control panel
    • Prerequisite data - universal interface
    • Setting up the universal interface
    • Setting up Alliance 8300
    • Using encryption keys
  • Setting up a direct connection
    • Figure 4. Direct connection via CA1801 Computer-Printer Interface
    • Prerequisite data - Alliance 8300 Computer
    • Prerequisite data - control panel
    • Setting up Alliance 8300
  • Setting up a dial-up connection
    • Figure 5. Dial-up connection via modem
    • Prerequisite data - Alliance 8300 computer
    • Prerequisite data - control panel
    • Setting up Alliance 8300
  • Connecting and uploading data
  • Completion
• Chapter 3 Operator interface
  • Overview
  • Starting Alliance 8300
  • Main window
    • Figure 6. Alliance 8300 Main Window
  • Toolbar
    • Table 2. Alliance 8300 main window toolbar buttons and commands
  • Status bar
    • Figure 7. Alliance 8300 Main Window Status Bar
  • Forms
    • Figure 8. Operator Form.
    • Using search criteria
    • Tab pages
    • Shortcuts
      • Figure 9. Example of right-click shortcut to Permission Form from the Operator Form
    • Online help
  • Main menu command reference
    • File menu
    • Search menu
    • View menu
    • Operations menu
    • Personnel menu
    • Device menu
    • Administration menu
    • Reports menu
    • Window menu
    • Help menu
• Chapter 4 System parameters
  • Overview
  • Parameters form
    • Settings tab
    • User fields tab
    • Address fields tab
    • Communication settings tab
    • Clear archive tab
• Chapter 5 Permissions, facilities, and operators
  • Overview
  • Creating Alliance 8300 permissions
    • Permissions form
    • Adding a permission
  • Creating facilities
    • Adding a facility
  • Creating operators
    • Adding an operator
  • Managing facilities
• Chapter 6 Configuring devices
  • Configuring alarms
  • Configuring a control panel
    • Standard alarm system programming
    • Additional alarm system programming
    • Using 4-door/elevator DGPs in access control system programming
  • Configuring DVRs and cameras
• Chapter 7 Access rights, persons, and badges
  • Access rights
  • Person
  • Person profile
  • Badges
  • Badge groups
    • Master badge groups
    • Assigning badge groups
  • Control panel memory
  • Learning badge data
• Chapter 8 Controlling operations
  • Managing control panels
    • Controller utility
  • Monitoring badges
  • Monitoring alarms
  • Creating and using alarm maps
    • Alarm graphics editor
    • Alarm graphics viewer
  • Managing clients
  • Managing zones
    • Zone control
    • Zone status
  • Managing doors
    • Door/output control
    • Door/output status
  • Managing elevators
    • Elevator control
    • Elevator status
  • Managing areas
    • Area control
    • Area status
  • Managing arming stations
    • Arming station control
    • Arming station status
  • Managing DGPs
    • DGP controller control
    • DGP controller status
  • Managing digital video
    • Digital video viewer
  • Changing your password
  • Selecting facilities
• Chapter 9 Network client computers
  • Client monitor form
    • Figure 10. Client Monitor Form
  • Client form
    • Adding clients
    • Modifying/removing clients
• Chapter 10 Reports and templates
  • Reports
    • Standard reports
    • History reports
    • External reports
  • Templates
    • Templates button
    • Print preview report
    • Print report
• Chapter 11 Using Microsoft Access
  • Creating the exreport user
    • Creating an MS access project
      • Figure 11. Existing project database
      • Figure 12. Data Link Properties window
    • Connecting to the database
      • Figure 13. Microsoft Data Link dialog box
      • Figure 14. List of tables
    • Creating a new user
      • Figure 15. SQL Server Security box
      • Figure 16. SQL Server Login Properties box
      • Figure 17. SQL Server Login Properties - exreport
  • Setting up MS Access reports for Alliance 8300
    • Creating an MS Access project
      • Figure 18. Project Database icon
      • Figure 19. Data Link Properties window
    • Connecting to the database
      • Figure 20. Microsoft Data Link
      • Figure 21. List of tables.
    • Creating an MS Access report
      • Figure 22. Create report by using wizard
      • Figure 23. Report wizard
      • Figure 24. Report wizard
      • Figure 25. Employees icon
    • Linking an MS Access report to Alliance 8300
      • Figure 26. Program files
      • Figure 27. Drag the report to the folder
      • Figure 28. Shortcut created in the Alliance 8300 Externals folder
  • Launching external reports from Alliance 8300
    • Figure 29. View of shortcut in the Reports | External Reports command
    • Figure 30. Login
  • MS Access 2002 database utilities
• Chapter 12 Database and system management
  • Overview
  • Alliance 8300 databases
    • Archiving Alliance 8300 history
    • Deleting Alliance 8300 archive history
      • Figure 31. Parameter form, Settings tab
      • Figure 32. Parameter form, Clear Archive tab
      • Figure 33. .Message - Delete Data from Archive Database
    • Backing up Alliance 8300 and 8700 databases
      • Figure 34. .Alliance 8300/8700 database backup window
  • Alliance 8300 files and settings
    • Backing up with MS Windows Backup
      • Figure 35. Backup Wizard
    • Backing up to your computer CD-RW drive
  • Restoring data from a backup
    • Restoring Alliance 8300 and 8700 databases
      • Figure 36. Select a service and then click Stop Service
      • Figure 37. Alliance 8300/8700 Database Maintenance (Restore) window
      • Figure 38. Backup box
    • Restoring files
  • System recovery
• Chapter 13 Diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • Turning on diagnostics
  • Creating a logfile
  • Viewing the diagnostics logs
  • Questions and answers
    • Installing Alliance 8300
    • Starting Alliance 8300
    • Using Alliance 8300
      • Table 3. Service Dependencies
      • Figure 39. Sample services startup
    • Hardware
      • Figure 40. Sample Ping Command Reply Screen
    • Server-client communications
  • Uninstalling Alliance 8300
• Appendix A CCTV support
  • Setup and configuration
  • Digital video recorders (DVRs)
• Appendix B Changing the server name
  • Server name
  • Changing the name in Windows
  • Changing the name in the Windows registry
    • Figure 41. Sample screen
    • Figure 42. Registry editor
  • Changing the name in the 8300 database
  • Changing the name in ODBC
    • Figure 43. ODBC Data Source Administrator
    • Figure 44. Microsoft SQL Server DSN Configuration
    • Figure 45. Login ID and password
    • Figure 46. Accept the defaults
    • Figure 47. Finish
    • Figure 48. ODBC Microsoft SQL Server Setup
• Appendix C Managing passwords
  • Windows user passwords
    • Changing the secure password
      • Figure 49. Alliance 8300 license setup
    • Changing other Windows users’ passwords
  • Database passwords
    • Figure 50. Reset sa Password Window
    • Resetting the application password
    • Procedure
      • Figure 51. Reset Application Password Window
• Appendix D Adding Windows users
  • Windows users and groups
    • Default Windows groups
    • Default Windows user secure
  • Adding Windows users
    • Assigning Windows users to groups
      • Figure 52. alliance admin group window
      • Figure 53. Alliance group properties
      • Figure 54. .Select users or groups
      • Figure 55. Fred properties?
• Appendix E Alliance 8300 utilities
  • Database utilities
    • Creating the database
      • Figure 56. Create Alliance 8300 database
    • Removing the database
      • Figure 57. Remove Alliance 8300 database
    • Updating the database
      • Figure 58. Alliance 8300 database converter
  • System administration utilities
    • SpInitClient.exe
      • Figure 59. SPInitClient utility
      • Figure 60. SPInitClient utility
    • SPDirShare.exe
    • SPShare.exe
    • SPStop.exe
      • Figure 61. Run window
• Glossary
• Index