Floor Group Creation

This menu is used to group the floors that were created in the floor definition menu. Floor groups are also used for various operations in the system such as: manual operations (unlocking schedules), access levels, etc.

1  - From the Groups tab, select the Floor Group button.

2  - Select the View hierarchy  button to display all the sites defined in the system; then from the Gateway/connection drop-down list, select the connection or gateway from which you want to group the floors.

3  - From the Floor   group  drop-down list, select an existing group if you want to modify it; or click the New  button to create a new group. Then enter the name of the group in the language section.

4  - From the list of defined floors that is displayed by the system, check the state column for the floors you want to include in the group. Only floors that have the state field selected will be enabled when:

•   A manual unlock operation is done, or

•   An “input” is programmed, for example, as a push button to enable floors for visitors ( Devices  > Input  definition menu > Elevator  tab),

•   Cardholders present their card to the card reader to enable floor selection when the controller is operating in stand-alone mode (due to communication failure). Only the floors marked with an “X” are available for selection.

5  - From the Schedule column, select a schedule for each floor in the group.

•  When assigning a floor group and an unlock schedule to an elevator door (see Defining Elevator Doors for details), the system scans the schedule column of that group and unlock each floor accordingly.

•  The schedule assigned to the floor group will be used to validate the access card and its unlock schedule. This way, the floors will be unlocked only when the two schedules (the floor and the access card) are valid.

NOTE: The unlock schedules are effective even when the controllers are in Fail soft mode (communication failure).