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Manual Operations on Relays

Use this menu to manually change the state of a relay or group of relays. You can activate/deactivate and temporarily activate relays or group of relays manually. The window will also display, in real-time, the status of the selected relay(s).

This feature allows to manually turn off a relay; for example, when an input programmed to activate a relay goes in alarm in unknown conditions.

Icon	Definition
	Deactivate relay: allows an operator to deactivate a relay which was pre­viously activated by an operator, event, schedule or input in alarm.
	Activate relay: activate a relay which was previously deactivated by an operator, event, schedule or input in alarm.
	Temporarily activated relay: Temporarily activate a relay or group of relays for a preset delay.
	Return to schedule: Will re-apply a schedule after a manual operation was performed on a component.

Note: A hint is displayed when you move your cursor over a button. It gives details about the operation to be performed.

Selecting Relays

1 - From the Operation window, select the Relay button.

2 - Click the Enable animation button to view a real-time display of the relay status.

•   The left-hand pane displays the list of all Sites/Gateways . all Sites/Gateways . You may select All or select one connection/gateway.

•   The individual relays associated with t he connection/gateway selected on the left are displayed in the top right side of the pane. If you select All  on the left, all relays in the system will be listed on the right. You can select one, several or all relays.

•   Relay groups associated to the connection/gateway selected on the left are displayed at the bottom right side of the pane. If you select All  on the left, all relay groups in the system will be listed at the bottom right. You can select one or several or all groups.

Note: The Relay Group bottom panel is available only to the selected site or to a selected connection not linked to a site.

Deactivating a Relay Manually

1 - Select a relay or a group of relays.

2 - Click the Deactivate Relay button.

Note: If you manually deactivate a relay that is usually activated according to a schedule, it will remain deactivated until its reactivation schedule becomes valid. This means that if a relay needs to be activated according to a schedule and you deactivate it, remember to reactivate it again for the remaining scheduled time, because one relay can be defined for various components of the system; its activation or deactivation will relate to its configuration within these components.

Activating a Relay Manually

1 - Select a relay or a group of relays.

2 - Click the Activate Relay button.   The selected relay(s) will be activated. This operation allows an operator to activate a relay which was previously deactivated by an operator, event, schedule or input in alarm.

Activating a Relay Temporarily

1 - In the right-hand pane, you may select a relay in the upper part of the window, All Relays  in the lower part of the window.

2 - Click the Activate relay temporarily  button. The Change delay on action window will popup on screen.

3 - Enter the New time  delay (m:ss) and click OK . The selected relay will be temporarily activated by an operator.

Note: The selected relay (s) will be temporarily activated. This is useful for an operator who would like to activate temporarily a relay which was previously deactivated by an operator, event, schedule or input in alarm. The system displays a message box requesting that a temporary activation delay, is entered. When this delay is over, the relay will be deactivated automatically.

Resetting a Relay Schedule

EntraPass allows you to reset a relay schedule after a manual operation has been performed on a component.

1 - In the Relay door dialog, select desired relay(s) or relay group.

2 - Click the Return to Schedule button. This option will reset the schedule for the selected components.