Guard Tour Definition (Global/KT-NCC Gateways Only)

A guard tour consists of a number of stations or doors that must be physically verified according to a predefined schedule. The stations can either be door readers or inputs. A delay between stations can be defined; the system will generate an alarm if a station is not visited at a specified time.

NOTE: Guard tours can only be initiated and ended by an operator’s manual intervention ( Operations  > Guard tours ).

1 - From the Definition tab, select the Guard tour  button.

•   If you want to create a new guard tour, click the New  button in the toolbar. The Select a gateway (Guard tour) window will open.

○   Select the gateway where the guard tour will take place, then click OK  to close the window.

○   In the Guard tour window, enter a name for the new Guard tour and click the Save button.

•   If you want to modify an existing guard tour, select it in the Guard tour scrolling   list.

2 - Select a schedule from Notify schedule  list by clicking the Select a component button. If this schedule becomes valid, the system generates the “Guard tour scheduled” event and notify the operator that the guard tour must be started. The operator will then have to start the guard tour physically. He will then present his card to readers related to this specific tour or open/check doors defined in this tour.

3 - Specify the Pre-alarm delay . After this delay, the system will generate the “Guard tour alarm” event.

NOTE: The first late event is issued when the station-to-station time expires; for example, if the guard has 1:00 minute to reach the next station and the 1:00 minute expires, the system will generate the “Guard tour station late” event. Then, the “pre-alarm delay” will be initiated. The “Guard tour alarm” event will be generated when the pre-alarm delay expires.

4 - When applicable, enter the Time adjustment based on Gateway time zone . If, for example, the time difference is 1 hour and 30 minutes, you will enter 1,5.

5 - Checking the Automatically stop guard tour at the end will not require the guard to manually end the guard tour when it is completed.

6 - Select a Video view (if applicable) and a Graphic view where the guard tour has been assigned.

7 - Select the Station tab to define stations for the guard tour.

•   # : Indicates the guard tour steps. These must be defined in a way that it will be easy for the guard to go from a station to another. For example, the sequence should be programmed according to the order of stations to be visited.

•   Delay : This delay specifies the period (hh:mm:ss) to reach the next station. If this delay expires before the guard reaches the next station, the system generates the “guard tour station late” event. If the guard does not reach the station within the next delay, the system generates the “Guard tour alarm” event.

•   Door or Input : The station can either be defined as a door reader or an input. In the description column, select the door or input that will be used for the reporting station.

•   Unlock door : When selecting a door as a station, it is possible to specify if the guard must “open” the door (unlock) to complete this tour.

•  Description : Select the door or input according to the “door or input” column that will be used as the station for the guard.

Comment

NOTE: For more details about the Comment entry box, please refer to Comment Field.