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Express Setup Program

The Express Setup program offers a quick and simple way to configure all the components of a system  gateway : type of readers used, number of connections, connection name, number of controllers on a connection, etc. For example, it enables users to modify a door’s name by automatically applying default settings to all relays and inputs of controllers connected to the selected door.

Configuring a Multi-site Gateway connection Using Express Setup

1 - From Windows® Start menu: Start > All Programs > EntraPass Corporate Edition > Workstation/Server > Express Setup. You may also launch Express Setup by clicking the Express Setup button from the registration window or gateway definition window.

2 - From Windows® Start menu: Start > All Programs > EntraPass Global Edition > Workstation/Server > Express Setup. You may also launch Express Setup by clicking the Express Setup button from the registration window or gateway definition window.

Note: The Operator login window appears only when starting Express setup in stand-alone mode.

3 - Enter your Operator user name and password, then click OK . The OK  button is enabled when the Password field contains data.

4 - Select the gateway for which you want to configure a connection, then click the New connection button.

5 - Enter the connection name in the connection description field, then select the reader type.

6 - Select the Controller type for this connection.

Note: The KTES option is available for a Multi-site Gateway only.

Note: There is no reader type  or number of controllers to select when the controller type is a KTES.

7 - Select the Reader type .

8 - Set the Number of controllers .

9 - Specify the Connection type . This indicates how the connection communicates with the gateway computer. The connection types available will follow the controller type selection.

•   Select Direct (RS-232 or USB) , if the connection is integrated to the gateway computer and connected to it by an RS-232 serial port. If the connection type is direct, then you have to specify the serial port (com:) as well as the controller connection baud rate (usually set at either 9600 or 19200). The default value is 19200.

•   Select  Ethernet (polling) if the connection communicates with the gateway through a terminal server device (Lantronix) using a port number. Then you have to specify the terminal server’s IP Address and Port number . To configure the terminal server, follow the manufacturer’s instructions or refer to the terminal server documentation.

•   Select Dial-up (RS-232) modem if applicable.

•   Select Secure IP (KT-400) if applicable. Complete the associated tabs.

•   Select Secure IP (KTES) if applicable. Complete the associated tabs.

•   Select Secure IP (IP Link) if applicable. Complete the associated tabs.

10 - Click OK .

11 - Specify the minimum configuration for the controllers or KTES defined in the site. This includes assigning a name to the controller/KTES, specifying the passback option, and entering the serial number.

Note: The serial number  column appears only for the KT-100, KT-300, KT-400 controllers and the KTES. The passback type  column only appears for the KT-300 and the KT-400. The passback feature will not allow any card to re-enter unless it has been used to exit. This requires that readers be used for both entry and exit.

12 - For a new site with a KTES , go to Step 14 .

13 - Check the Same   door 1 and 2  and Same door 3 and 4  option if a reader is installed on each side of the door. The Same door 3 and 4 boxes are available only when you are using KT-400.

14 - Select the appropriate Passback type  (none, soft or hard). If a door is defined as an access door, there is no anti-passback defined for this door. An entry or an exit door can be assigned a passback option.

15 - Go to Step 16 .

16 - Check the Door contact option.

17 - Check the Postal lock option, if applicable, for a KTES only.

18 - Enter the Serial number , if this column is displayed. The serial number ( S/N ) is on a sticker and generally starts with Axxxxxxx .

19 - Click OK . The components associated with the controller and to the site are created in the server database. By default, the KT-200 and KT-300 are assigned two doors except for the KT-400 which is assigned four doors, if the Same door  option is not checked. The following table summarizes default values that are assigned to controllers.

Note: When the system is updating the database, the second status flag turns red, indicating that the system database is locked. When you try to access another system menu while the database is locked, an error message appears. Simply wait until the system database becomes available.

The following are default values assigned to controllers by the Express Setup program.

The following tables summarize how input zones are used by the system for controllers.

The following tables summarize how input zones are used by the system for the KTES.

The following table summarizes how output zones are used by the system.

Note: The remaining components (relays and input zones) are undefined, that is, they have been created but not yet defined. Components that are defined are grayed out. You cannot select them or change their description. You can change their description in their respective definition menu (Devices > Relays/Input zones).

By default, the system assumes that:

•   The reader is ioProx Kantech XSF Format,

•   The power supervision schedule is always valid,

•   The failsoft delay is enabled for 45 seconds,

•   The resistor type is none (KT-100, KT-300, KT-400 and KTES),

•   The wait for second card delay is 30 seconds.

Configuring a Controller Using Express Setup

When you select a connection type to a new site  and immediately save , the system prompts you to use the Express Setup  tool to define the device. You may also launch this tool by selecting a controller and clicking the Express Setup in the Controller dialog.

1 - From the Controller window, select an undefined controller.

2 - Under the General  tab, select the Controller type .

3 - Click on Save , a message box should display: Do you want to use the Express Setup  program to configure the associated devices. Click Yes  to continue with the Express Setup .

•   If you click on No , you can always return to the Express Setup by clicking on the button.

Note: Please note that the KT-300 is a 2-door system while a KT-400 is a four-door system.

4 - Specify if Both readers are installed on the same door,  if applicable (not for a KTES). When two readers are installed on the same door, the REX contact option is disabled.

5 - Click the Advanced  button to define the other devices, such as doors, inputs, relays and outputs.

Note: Components are listed in the left-hand pane. The related tabs are displayed in the middle of the window. When you select a component, its default name, number and default settings are displayed in the language section. Select a component to enable its tab. Components that are assigned are gray and cannot be modified at this stage. However, you may later modify any component description in its definition menu ( Devices  > Controller/Door/ Relay / Input / Output ).

Configuring a KTES Using Express Setup

When you select a connection type to a new site and immediately save, the system prompts you to use the Express Setup tool to define the device. You may also launch this tool by selecting a KTES and clicking the Express Setup (rabbit button) in the KTES dialog.

1 - From the Site  window, click on New to define a new site. Assign it a name for both languages.

2 - Under the General  tab, select the Controller type : Secure IP (KTES) .

3 - Click on Save , a message box should display: Do you want to use the Express Setup  program to configure the associated devices. Click Yes  to continue with the Express Setup .

•   If you click on No , you can always return to the Express Setup by clicking on the button.

4 - Check the Door contact  and the REX contact options.

5 - Check the Postal lock option, if applicable.

6 - Click the Advanced button to define the other devices, such as doors, inputs, relays and outputs.

Note: Components are listed in the left-hand pane. The related tabs are displayed in the middle of the window. When you select a component, its default name, number and default settings are displayed in the language section. Select a component to enable its tab. Components that are assigned are gray and cannot be modified at this stage. However, you may later modify any component description in KTES dialog menu ( Devices  > Kantech Telephone Entry System ).

Defining Relays

You may configure relays to define their operation mode, activation and deactivation schedules. If you want to assign a name to the relay, you have to select it. When you use the Select All button, the default names are kept.

1 - Select the first relay if you want to modify its description. The relay tab is enabled. You have to check the box beside the relay name in order to enable the language section.

2 - Check the appropriate options for the Operating mode .

3 - In the Automatic activation schedule drop-down list, choose the appropriate activation schedule.

4 - In the Disable relay action drop-down list, choose the appropriate action.

Defining Inputs

By default, the response time for a REX is 250 ms; it is 500 ms for other input zones. The alarm restore time is 500 ms by default. The Express Setup program allows you to define the Input Normal State and Monitoring Schedule.

1 - Select the first undefined input (its checkbox is not gray). Check its box to enable the language fields, then assign names to it.

2 - Choose the Input normal state option.

3 - Select the Monitoring schedule  from the drop-down list. If you want to assign a custom schedule to the selected input, you have to define it in the Definition > Schedule .

Defining Auxiliary Outputs (LED and Buzzer)

If you want to change their assignment, you may do so while defining a controller or a KTES and in the Devices > Output.

1 - Select the first undefined output (its checkbox is not gray). Check its box to enable the language fields, then assign names to it.

2 - Choose the Operating mode option.

3 - Assign a door to the output from the Selected doors drop-down lists.

The following table summarizes how output zones are used by the system.