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Message Filters Definition
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The Message
filter feature allows you to define filters for the Filtered Messages
desktop. These filters are used to view a specific selection of events.
For example, you may define
specific filters for an operator: a Guard may only view “Guard tour events”.
You can then create filters so that only guard tour events are sent to
the Guard’s EntraPass workstation.
There
are many pre-defined filters such as: access events, controller events,
etc. These filters can be accessed by all operators. You can select or
create filters directly from the “Filtered Messages” desktop or from the
Message Filters menu.
Note: For more information, see Filtered
Messages Desktop.
Defining
Event for a Message Filter
1 -
In the
System main window, select the
button.
The Message filter window appears.
2 -
From the
drop-down
list, select an event message type (for example: Door events or Relay
events) for which you want to define a filter. You may also click the
button to create your own filter.
3 -
From the
,
select the events that must appear in the selected filter. You may check
the
option,
if you do not want to select specific events. For example, for a Door
events type filter, you may decide to include all events or select the
events.
4 -
Select
the
tab
to filter doors that will send messages to the Filtered messages desktop.
Additionally, when “Access events” are filtered, the card holder’s picture
can be displayed with the event (if pictures are assigned to cardholders).
You can select which doors will display the cardholder picture when the
event for this door is generated.
5 -
Check
the
option
or choose specific doors for which the cardholders picture will be displayed
an door event.
6 -
From the
select the filter that will be used for filtering Door events:
•
:
Only events related to the selected doors will be sent to the Filtered
Message desktop
•
:
Cardholders pictures related to cards presented to the selected doors
will be sent to the Filtered Message desktop
•
:
Door events related to the selected doors as well as cardholders pictures
that triggered door events on the selected doors will be sent to the Filtered
Message desktop.
7 -
Select the
tab
to filter applications that will send messages to the Filtered Messages
desktop.
8 -
Check the
option
for the Filtered Messages desktop to receive all events originating from
all EntraPass applications defined in the system. You may also choose
to display events from specific applications. To do this, select the EntraPass
application from which you want to receive events.
9 -
Select
the
tab
to filter gateways and sites events sent to the Filtered Messages desktop.
10 -
Check
the
option
to receive events originating
from
the components of the gateways or sites.
You
may select the gateway or the connection that will send events to be displayed.
Note:
When
you use filters, the system retrieves events that are already displayed
in your Message desktop and sorts these events according to the settings
of the selected filter.
If
events originating from a specific gateway are displayed in your messages
desktop and this gateway is not selected in the filter definition, then
these events will not be displayed when you select this filter.
11 -
Select
the
tab to filter events according to their type.
•
:
all events associated with a card holder’s picture will be displayed in
the Filtered Message desktop.
•
:
all events generated by a controller in stand-alone mode following a communication
failure will be sent to the Filtered Message desktop. Fail-soft messages
are identified with a + sign in the Filtered Message desktop (and Message
Desktop) when this option is select when defining the Messages list properties
(
>
> right-click
an event >
).
•
:
all video record events will be sent to the Filtered Messages desktop.
Note:
When
you use filters, the system retrieves events that are already displayed
in your
Message desktop
and
filters these events according to the settings of the selected filter.
If events originating
from a specific gateway are displayed in your messages desktop and this
gateway is not selected in the filter definition, then these events will
not be displayed when you select this filter.