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SOFTWARE HOUSE From Tyco Security Products C•CURE 9000 Version 2.50 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide REVISION FO EFTA01224450 C•CURE and Software House are registered trademarks of Tyco Security Products. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this document are registered in the United State [or other countries]. Any misuse of the trademarks is strictly prohibited and Tyco Security Products will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including pursuit of criminal prosecution wherever necessary. MI trademarks not owned by Tyco Security Products are the property of their respective owners, and are used with permission or allowed under applicable laws. Product offerings and specifications are subject to change without notice. Actual products may vary from photos. Not all products include all features. Availability varies by region; contact your regional sales manager. 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EFTA01224451 Table of Contents Preface 7 Finding More Information 8 Conventions 9 Software House Customer Support Center 10 Chapter 1 - Overview 11 Introduction 12 General Purpose Interface 13 Monitoring Point 14 Monitoring Point Message Processing 15 Poll Command 16 Output 16 Chapter 2 - Using the Pane and Folders 19 Using the General Purpose Interface Pane 20 Partitions 21 General Purpose Interface Tasks .23 Creating a New Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree 23 Deleting an Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree 24 Viewing a List of General Purpose Interface Tree Objects 25 Using Drag and Drop in the General Purpose Interface Tree 25 Refreshing the General Purpose Interface Tree 26 General Purpose Interface Folders 28 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide 3 EFTA01224452 Creating a New General Purpose Folder 28 Renaming a General Purpose Folder 29 Creating and Using a New General Purpose Folder Template 30 Chapter 3 - Configuration 33 Configuration Sequence Overview 34 General Purpose Device Editor 39 Accessing the General Purpose Device Editor 39 General Purpose Device General Tab 40 General Purpose Device General Tab Definitions 41 General Purpose Device Editor Tasks 43 General Purpose Device Port Tab 50 General Purpose Device Communication Protocol Tab 52 General Purpose Device Triggers Tab 53 General Purpose Device Status Tab 58 General Purpose Device State Images Tab 59 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor 61 Accessing the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor 61 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Definitions 62 General Purpose Message Protocol Tasks 64 Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol 65 Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol Template 65 Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Message Protocol 66 General Purpose Action Editor 68 Accessing the General Purpose Action Editor 68 General Purpose Action Editor Definitions 69 General Purpose Action Tasks 71 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor 74 Accessing the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor 74 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Definitions 76 General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab 77 General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab Definitions 78 General Purpose Monitoring Point Tasks 79 General Purpose Monitoring Point Triggers Tab 82 General Purpose Monitoring Point Status Tab 83 4 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224453 General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images Tab 83 Using the Virtual Keyboard 85 Virtual Keyboard Definitions 85 Using the Virtual Keyboard To Enter Text into General Purpose Interface Fields 87 ASCII Character Codes Chart 88 Creating Events 90 General Purpose Interface Action 90 General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action 93 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide 5 EFTA01224454 6 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interlace Configuration Guide EFTA01224455 Preface The C• CURE 9000 General Pupose Interface Configuration Guide is for new and experienced security system users who want to learn to use this product for the C•CURE 9000 Security Management System. In this preface Finding More Information 8 Conventions 9 Software House Customer Support Center 10 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Preface 7 EFTA01224456 Finding More Information Finding More Information You can access C•CURE 9000 manuals and online Help for more information about C•CURE 9000. Manuals C•CURE 9000 software manuals are available in Adobe PDF format on the C•CURE 9000 DVD. You can access the manuals if you copy the appropriate PDF files from the C•CURE 9000 Installation DVD English \ Manuals folder. The available C•CURE 9000 and Software House manuals are listed in the C•CURE 9000 Installation and Upgrade Guide, and appear as hyperlinks in the online.pdf file on the C•CURE 9000 DVD English \ Manuals folder. These manuals are also available from the Software House Member Center website Online Help You can access C•CURE 9000 Help by pressing Fl or clicking Help from the menu bar in the Administration/Monitoring Station applications. 8 Preface C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224457 Conventions Conventions This manual uses the following text formats and symbols. Convention Meaning Bold This font indicates screen elements, and also indicates when you should take a direct action in a procedure. Bold font desates one of the following items: • A oommand or character to type, or • A button or option on the screen to press, or • A key on the keyboard to press • A screen element or name blue cobr text Indicates a hyperlink to a URL, or a cross-reference to a figure, table, or section in this guide. Regular italic font Indicates a new term. <text> Indicates a variable. The following items are used to indicate important information. Indicates a note. Notes call attention to any item of information that may be of special NOTE importance. Indicates an alternate method of performing a task. TIP Indicates a caution. A caution contains information essential to avoid damage to the system. A caution can pertain to hardware or software. Indicates a warning. A warning contains information that advises users that failure to avoid a specific action could result in physical harm to the user or to the hardware. sine Indicates a danger. A danger contains information that users must know to avoid death or serious injury. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Preface 9 EFTA01224458 Software House Customer Support Center Software House Customer Support Center Telephone Technical Support During the period of the Agreement, the following guidelines apply: ■ Software House accepts service calls only from employee of the Systems Integrator of Record for the installation associated with the support inquiry. Before Calling Ensure that you: ■ Are the Dealer of record for this account. ■ Are certified by Software House for this product. ■ Have a valid license and current Software Support Agreement (SSA) for the system. ■ Have your system serial number available. ■ Have your certification number available. Hours Normal Support Hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 8:00 , EST. Except holidays. Emergency Support Hours 24 hours/day, seven days a week, 365 days/year. Requires Enhanced SSA"7 x 24- Standby Telephone Support (emergency) provided to Certified Technicians. For another customers. bilabie on time and materials basis. Minimum charges apply- See MSRP. Phone For telephone support contact numbers focal regions, see support.aspx. 10 Preface C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224459 Overview This chapter introduces the General Purpose Interface (GPI) Integration for C•CURE 9000. In this chapter: Introduction 12 General Purpose Interface 13 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter1 11 EFTA01224460 Introduction Introduction The General Purpose Interface provides a general way for C•CURE 9000 to talk to a third-party device. The General Purpose Interface does the following: • Initializes communication between a C•CURE 9000 system and a third-party device. • Maintains a communication channel by polling a third-party device. • Defines General Purpose Actions that send messages to third-party devices using C•CURE 9000 event activation and then support acknowledgement messages from these third-party devices. • Defines General Purpose Monitoring Points that represent monitoring points in third-party devices. • Supports five Activated Status properties for these General Purpose Monitoring Points. • Defines General Purpose incoming message protocols that interpret incoming messages from third-party devices and support acknowledgement for incoming messages. The General Purpose Interface can work with any device that uses ASCII code for communications protocol for event monitoring, such as the following: • Intercom • Programmable Liner Controllers (PLCs) • Burglar/Intrusion • Lighting • Dome control • Refrigeration • EAS • Wireless communication • Elevators • To support secondary alarm annunciation for fire/burglar panels • Environmental • As multiple device interfacing (unlimited) • HVAC • Process Control Equipment 12 Chapter1 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224461 General Purpose Interface General Purpose Interface The General Purpose Interface is a programmable bi-directional communication protocol that provides a general mode of communication between the General Purpose Interface driver and the third-party device. A third-party device sends pure ASCII messages via a a serial port (RS-232) or remotely via a TCP/IP port (Lantronix or Systech) into the General Purpose Interface driver. C•CURE 9000 interprets messages in two ways: ■ As journal messages recorded into the historical journal. ■ As any of five Monitoring Point status changes configured to trigger a C•CURE 9000 event. The General Purpose Interface supports the following functionality: ■ Input where the input strings are sent from the device through the Serial/Network port to C•CURE 9000. The General Purpose Message Protocol object is used to define and parse the information. ■ Output where the output is an Action and requests a response from the device. ■ Poll: where the poll is an action that requires a response from the device. Figure 1: General Purpose Interface Functionally C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 1 13 EFTA01224462 General Purpose Interface Figure 2: Linkseethin C•CURE 9000 Monitoring Point Monitoring Points can activate events directly. ■ You can design events to activate any of the various event actions. ■ Monitoring Points can also be enunciated at the Monitoring Station and written to the historical journal. You should configure a message protocol that then parses the received Monitoring Point string. You can also define a header or trailer character in the General Purpose Device Communications Protocol tab, if they are required. Figure 3: Monitoring Point C.CURE 9000 14 Chapter! C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Con figuration Guide EFTA01224463 General Purpose Interface Monitoring Point Message Processing When the General Purpose driver receives the message from the device, it does the following: • Parses the message and looks for poll or action responses. • If it finds a poll or an action response, it processes the response. • If it does not find a poll or an action response, it continues to parse. • Looks for a message protocol. • If it finds a message protocol, it processes the protocol. • If it does not find a message protocol, it forwards an unknown message signal. The device can either delimit the message with a header and a trailer or discard the NOTE header and a trailer. Figure 4: Monitoring Point Message Processing InconvivOma Mimi we, Hee-tried Incoming Vat Data 040.0 'MS ird Trailer Processing SOW Viitian Lan.4 0*. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 1 15 EFTA01224464 General Purpose Interface Poll Command The Poll Command, the frequency of polling (Poll Period), and the expected response (Poll Command Acknowledgment) are all defined as part of the configuration of a specific General Purpose Device. Figures: PoiCommand --I General Purpose C•CURE 9000 Device Editor Serial Port Third-Party or Net*ork Port Device Output ski49-- 1 r I [ Poll Command 7. i IROSPOlt" Output Output is performed using an Action that is activated by an event and sends a string of characters to the General Purpose Device through the Serial/Network port. The optional expected response (Acknowledgement Message) is also configured as part of the Action. 18 Chapter1 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224465 General Purpose Interface Figure 6: Output 1 Other event causes C•CURE 9000 Keypad commands Serial Port Third-Party or Network Port Device 0 Output sUinig— 1 1 I Response C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 1 17 EFTA01224466 General Purpose Interface 18 Chapter 1 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224467 2 Using the Pane and Folders This chapter explains how to use the C•CURE 9000 General Purpose pane to configure and manage the General Purpose components that are connected to your C•CURE 9000 server. In this chapter Using the General Purpose Interface Pane 20 General Purpose Interface Tasks 23 General Purpose Interface Folders 28 C•CURE 9000 Genera/ Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 19 EFTA01224468 Using the GeneralPurpose Interface Pane Using the General Purpose Interface Pane The General Purpose Interface pane displays a tree structure that shows how the General Purpose Interface configuration on the C•CURE 9000 system. Example: The General Purpose Interface tree shows you General Purpose Actions, General Purpose Message Protocols, General Purpose Devices and General Purpose Monitoring Points configurations. You can use the General Purpose Interface Tree to navigate to General Purpose Interface components you want to view or edit, or to create new General Purpose Interface components, such as a Monitoring Point you want to add to a General Purpose Device. The Company Name folder is the default container for your General Purpose Devices and under the device, your General Purpose Monitoring Points. This folder is re-namable so you can customize the C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Tree to your site's needs. General Purpose Actions and General Purpose Message Protocols are the only NOTE General Purpose Interface objects you create at the root level, and these objects cannot be partitioned. You can do the following with the tree: ■ Create additional General Purpose Interface Folders as needed. ■ Click , I to the left of a folder or object to expand the tree. ■ Select a folder or object in the tree and right-click to display a context menu that shows the actions you can perform on the selected folder/object and the other objects you can create under the selected folder/object. Example: If you right-click the Company Name folder, the context menu shows that you can create a new General Purpose Device object in this folder or a new General Purpose Device template, as shown in Figure 7 on Page 21. 20 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224469 Using the General Purpose Interface Pane Figure 7: General Purpose Interface Tree Context Menu • Gener4 Purpose Fob. vO. Gown, Popov Inleduse Tors Sonrch • Gerod Noose letelece Al Senn PuOnie Action al Omni Pupoto Nonage Mama' L Conon Elmo PorinonCiel Eat 40241 lOstglio ottAl I 0Oletto Fair. Auk Ito.. Gott& PI/1:050 Device Mtn New Teniato Options & took Partitions If you partition your C•CURE 9000, a new General Purpose folder is created for each Partition you create, and give the same name as the Partition, as shown in Figure 7 on Page 21. You can also create additional General Purpose folders to contain General Purpose Devices if you need to separately group General Purpose Devices to reflect a multi-tenant building, a campus, or a multi-site company, for example. You can use Partitioning and Privileges to control Operator access to each tenant's General Purpose folder(s) if you don't want one tenant to be able to view another tenant's security access General Purpose Devices and personnel. The New Object Partition setting in the Administration Workstation determines the Partition in which an Operator can create objects, in addition to General Purpose Interface Tree objects such as Actions and Message Protocols that reside at the root of the General Purpose Interface Tree. You can use the Privilege Editor to grant or deny an Operator access to a Partition, which affects whether they can view or create objects in that Partition. Example You could create a privilege that has no access to the Partition (and General Purpose folder) called Company A, but with full access to Company B, and assign it to Operators from Company B, so that they can view their configuration but not the configuration for Company A. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 21 EFTA01224470 Using the GeneralPurpose Interface Pane For more information about Partitioning and Privileges, see the C•CURE 9000 Software Configuration Guide. You can also drag and drop objects to move them in the General Purpose Interface Tree. Example You can move a General Purpose Device from one General Purpose folder to another. See Using Drag and Drop in the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 25 for more information. 22 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224471 GeneralPurpose Interface Tasks General Purpose Interface Tasks ■ Creating a New Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 23 ■ Deleting an Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 24 ■ Viewing a List of General Purpose Interface Tree Objects on Page 25 ■ Using Drag and Drop in the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 25 ■ Refreshing the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 26 ■ Creating a New General Purpose Folder on Page 28 ■ Creating and Using a New General Purpose Folder Template on Page 30 ■ Creating a New General Purpose Folder on Page 28 ■ Renaming a General Purpose Folder on Page 29 ■ Creating and Using a New General Purpose Folder Template on Page 30 Creating a New Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree Most objects in the General Purpose Interface Tree support a right-click Context Menu that shows you the actions you can perform on that object. The right-click Context Menu for an object has selections for objects that you can create under that object. To Create a New Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree 1. Select the Folder or Object that will contain the object you want to create. Example: If you want to create a General Purpose Device, select the specific Company folder the device is for. 2. Right-click the Folder/Object, then select the object you wish to create from the Context menu, and click New on the sub-menu, as shown in the example in Figure 7 on Page 21. The Editor for the object opens where you can configure the object. (For detailed information, see Configuration Sequence Overview on Page 34.) C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 23 EFTA01224472 General Purpose Interface Tasks Deleting an Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree You can delete objects from the General Purpose Interface Tree if they are no longer needed. If you delete an object that has a child object below it (such as a Monitor Point on a General Purpose Device), that object is also deleted. To Delete an Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree 1. Select the Folder or Object that you wish to delete. 2. Right-click the object and select Delete. A confirmation dialog box opens to confirm that you want to delete the object. 3. Click Yes to confirm deleting the object or No to cancel the deletion. The object is deleted if you confirm by clicking Yes. A Deleting General Purpose objects dialog box also opens, shown in Figure 8 on Page 24, with one line per deleted object, showing the results of the deletion operation. Figure 8: Deleting General Purpose Objects Dialog Box OSP TeM1 ha been dented tee ire :iekting &reed A 4. Click: • OK to close the dialog box. • Print to print the deletion message. 24 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224473 General Purpose Interface Tasks • Email to send the deletion message to the email address you have configured in the Customer Support section of the C•CURE 9000 System Variables. Viewing a List of General Purpose Interface Tree Objects You can view a list of any type of General Purpose Interface Tree object. To View a List of General Purpose Interface Tree Objects 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Use the drop-down list in the General Purpose Interface pane to select the object type that you want to list. 3. Click a and a Dynamic View listing the object type opens in the content area. 4. You can filter, sort, group, and add columns to the list. (For more information, see the Dynamic Views chapter in the C•CURE 9000 Data Views Guide.) Using Drag and Drop in the General Purpose Interface Tree You can drag and drop objects to move them in the General Purpose Interface Tree, within certain restrictions. ■ You cannot move Root level objects such as Folders and General Purpose Action and General Purpose Message Protocol. ■ You cannot move objects in General Purpose Interface Folders to the Root level. ■ You cannot move child objects of one General Purpose Device to another General Purpose Device. You cannot move a non-partitioned object like a General Purpose Action or a General NOTE Purpose Message Protocol. To determine if you can drag and drop an object, click on the object and then drag to the right with your mouse. If the rill cursor opens, you can drag and drop the object. If you try to drop the object in an invalid location, the object remains in its original location instead. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 25 EFTA01224474 GeneralPurpose Interface Tasks Example: If you tried to drop a General Purpose Device in a General Purpose Action, the object is not moved, and an error message "General Purpose Folder is not found" opens. "MI To Drag and Drop an Object in the General Purpose Interface Tree 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Click an object to select it. The object will be highlighted 6PD' el." Cnn 3 3. Drag to the right with your mouse. The drag and drop cursor WIappears. If it does not appear, you cannot drag and drop the object. 4. Drag the object to the location you want and release the mouse button. If the location is valid for the object, the object displays in the new location. Example: If you drag a General Purpose Device to a different General Purpose Folder, the Device and all its child objects, Monitoring Points, are moved to that General Purpose Folder. Refreshing the General Purpose Interface Tree 'I'o make sure that all your folders and objects in the General Purpose Interface Tree are accurately displayed on the screen, you can refresh the General Purpose Interface Tree. To Refresh the General Purpose Interface Tree 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click General Purpose Interface and select Refresh Tree from the context menu. 26 Chapter 2 C•CURE9000General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224475 General Purpose Interface Tasks Figure 9: General Purpose Interface Context Menu - Refresh Tree The General Purpose Interface Tree is updated. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 27 EFTA01224476 General Purpose Interface Folders General Purpose Interface Folders You can create additional General Purpose Folders if you need to organize your General Purpose Devices into separate folders. When you create a new Partition, a new General Purpose Interface Folder is automatically created to contain objects that reside in that Partition. The tree structure in the General Purpose Interface Folder pane shows how you have configured the General Purpose Interface on the C.CURE 9000 system. Example: The General Purpose Interface tree shows you which General Purpose Devices and Monitor Points are configured for each company folder. You can use the General Purpose Interface Tree to navigate to General Purpose Interface components you want to view or edit, or to create a new General Purpose Interface component, such as a Monitor Point you want to add to a Device. Creating a New General Purpose Folder Perform the following steps to create a new General Purpose Folder. To Create a New General Purpose Folder 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click General Purpose Interface at the top of the tree and select General Purpose Folder>New from the context menu, as shown in Figure 10 on Page 28. Figure 10: General Purpose Interface Context Menu-General Purpose Folder General Purpose Interface a P.Vose Pct.: Gonad RecoDe Inietwe Tay Genera Repose Weds.. Csymel Ripot Refresh Tree in ()trace Gwent Appose hider e New TotiCaroavl CenralPlows° Honor PrOtCCOI • Tcephte I. el TeiCarPn2 General Anon Act= • On Ta' 28 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224477 General Purpose Interface Folders [he General Purpose Folder dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 11 on Page 29. Figure 11: General Purpose Folder Dialog Box In General Purpose Folder - L i7,0 and Cbse itjSsve end new aom QesatOon Primo TeoBI 3. Type the name for the new folder into the Name field. 4. Optionally, type a description for the new folder into the Description field. 5. Click Save and Close to save the new folder. Alternatively, if you want to save the folder and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current folder is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Folder dialog box remains open to allow you to create a new folder. The General Purpose Interface Tree automatically updates to display your new folder. If the tree does not display the folder, right-click on General Purpose Interface and select Refresh Tree from the context menu, as described in Refreshing the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 26. Renaming a General Purpose Folder You can rename a General Purpose Folder to customize it to your site's needs. Typically, you want to rename the default folder, Company Name, with a more suitable name. To Rename a General Purpose Folder 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the folder that you want to rename, and select Edit from the context menu. The General Purpose Folder dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 11 on Page 29. 3. Type the new name for the folder into the Name field. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 29 EFTA01224478 GeneralPurpose Interface Folders 4. Optionally, type a description for the folder into the Description field. 5. Click Save and Close to save the renamed folder. - or - Alternatively, if you want to save the folder and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current folder is saved with your edits and closed, but the General Purpose Folder dialog box remains open to allow you to create a new folder. Creating and Using a New General Purpose Folder Template You can create a General Purpose Folder Template that you can use as a basis for creating additional General Purpose Folders. The field values you enter in the template are then applied when you use that template to create new General Purpose Folders. This allows all your General Purpose Folders to have the same values and simplifies the process of creating new folders. To Create a New General Purpose Folder Template I. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click General Purpose Interface in the tree and select General Purpose Folder>New Template from the context menu, as shown in Figure 10 on Page 28. The General Purpose Folder (Template) dialog box opens, as shown in Figure 12 on Page 30. Figure 12: General Purpose Folder (Template) Dialog Box ■ General Purpose I older ( Imp late) Sere and axe TI Pathen TettDI 3. Type the name for the new folder template into the Name field. 4. Optionally, type a description for the new folder template into the Description field. 5. Click Save and Close to save the new folder template. 30 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224479 General Purpose Interface Folders To Use a General Purpose Folder Template to Create New General Purpose Folders 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click General Purpose Interface in the tree and select General Purpose Folder from the context menu. The next level menu appears listing the General Purpose Interface Folder Templates you have previously created —under the — Templates category, as shown in Figure 13 on Page 31. Figure 13: General Purpose Interface Context Menu - General Purpose Interface Folder BawdPupr,elnetxe Tree • Gereul Repose Idol Refresh Tree Gt.ner a Govt.' !1 NSA elIZZF Genevan/rose Message Procccd r Woo angle L j Tesituroany Genial Purpose Acts(' -- raepwn r d TesiC G•nRuSTIMISIGI • Ifl TeoGyroter 3. Click the specific General Purpose Folder Template you wish to use as the basis for your new General Purpose Folder. A General Purpose Folder dialog box, similar to that shown in Figure 10 on Page 28 opens with the values you entered in the template. 4. As necessary, depending on the values from the template already entered in the Name and Description fields, type or edit: a. The name for the new folder. b. An optional description for the new folder 5. Click Save and Close to save the new folder. - - Alternatively, if you want to save the folder and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current folder is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Folder dialog box remains open (with the same template values) to allow you to create a new folder. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 2 31 EFTA01224480 General Purpose Interface Folders The General Purpose Interface Tree automatically updates to display your new folder. If the bee does not display the folder, right-click on General Purpose Interface and select Refresh Tree from the context menu, as described in Refreshing the General Purpose Interface Tree on Page 26. 32 Chapter 2 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224481 3 Configuration This chapter explains how to configure the General Purpose Interface in C•CURE 9000. In this chapter Configuration Sequence Overview 34 General Purpose Device Editor 39 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor 61 General Purpose Action Editor 68 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor 74 Using the Virtual Keyboard 85 Creating Events 90 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 33 EFTA01224482 Configuration Sequence Overview Configuration Sequence Overview The C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface pane and tree provide options that you can use to configure the General Purpose objects. Configure objects in the following general order: Table 1: GPI Basic Configuration Sequence Order of Tasks See... 1. Create a General Purpose Interface device and configure the connection • Creating a General Purpose parameters. Enable the device and configure the connection type. Device on Page 44 • Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Device on Page 44 2. Create a General Purpose Action to allow the sending of a message to C•CURE • Creating a General Purpose 9000 when an event occurs. Action on Page 71 • Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Action on Page 72 3. Create an Event that triggersthe sending of the C•CURE 9000 message. • Creating Eventson Page 90 ■ Configure a message ■ Trigger the message ■ Test through the hardware configuration - or - ■ Monitoring point ■ Event to be linked to a General Purpose device and a General Purpose action. You configure the Event object on the Event Editor accessed from the C•CURE 9000 Configuration pane. Table 2 on Page 35 shows the tasks and related C•CURE 9000 Editors you use to create General Purpose Interface Objects. 34 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224483 Configuration Sequence Overview Table 2: Creating General Purpose Interface Objects Task C•CURE 9000 Configuration Notes Additional Information Editor Configure the General Purpose Creates a General Purpose • General Purpose Device General General Interface>General Device and specifies: Tab on Page 40General Purpose Purpose Device Purpose Interface Device General Tab on Page 40 • Vendor Tree>Company • General Purpose Device Editor Fokler>General • Poll information Taskson Page 43 Purpose Device>New>Generai • Using the Virtual Keyboard on Purpose Device Editor Page 85 and General tab Configure General Purpose Specifies: • General Purpose Device Port Tab General Interface>General • Port type (Serial/Network) on Page 50 Purpose Device Purpose Interface Port Tree>Company • Port numbers Folder>General Purpose Device>New>Generai Purpose Device Editor>Port tab Configure General Purpose Specifies • General Purpose Device General Interface>General • Delay times Communication Protocol Tab on Purpose Device Purpose Interface Page 52 Communication Tree>Company • Header/Trailer characters in Protocol Folder>General General Purpose message Information Purpose • Retry attempt number Device>New>General • Buffer size Purpose Device Editor>Communication Protocol tab C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chaptur 3 35 EFTA01224484 Configuration Sequence Overview Creating General Purpose Interface Objects (cent nued) Task C•CURE 9000 Configuration Notes Additional Information Editor Configure General Purpose Specifies Event Actions to be • General Purpose Device Triggers General Interface>General activated for General Purpose Tab on Page 53 Purpose Device Purpose Interface Device online status. • General Purpose Device Triggers Triggers Tree>Company Tab Tasks on Page 55 Folder>General Purpose • Creating Eventson Page 90 Device>New>General Purpose Device Editor>Triggers tab Change General Purpose Modifies Images that indicate • General Purpose Device State General Interface>General General Purpose Device states on Images Tab on Page 59 Purpose Device Purpose Interface the Monitoring Station. • State Images Tab Taskson Page State Images Tree>Company 60 Folder>General Purpose Device>New>Genera. Purpose Device Editor>State Images tab Configure the General Purpose Creates a General Purpose • General Purpose Message General Interface>General Message Protocol that interprets Protocol Editor on Page 61 Purpose Purpose Interface incoming messages from third • General Purpose Message Message Tree> General partydevices and supports Protocol Tasks on Page 64 Protocol Purpose Message acknowledgment for these Protocol messages. Specifies: • Using the Virtual Keyboard on Fokler>New>General Page 85 • Match criteria Purpose Message Protocol Editor and • KeyWords General tab • Position 36 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224485 Configuration Sequence Overview Creating General Purpose Interface Objects (cant nued) Task C•CURE 9000 Configuration Notes Additional Information Editor Configure the General Purpose Creates a General Purpose Action • General Purpose Action Editor on General Interface>General and specifies: Page 68 Purpose Action Purpose Interface • Outgoing messages • General Purpose Action Tasks on Tree>General Page 71Using the Virtual Purpose Action • Acknowledgment messages Keyboard on Page 85 Foider>New>General Purpose Action Editor • Using the Virtual Keyboard on and General tab Page 85 Configure General Purpose Creates a Monitoring Point for a • General Purpose Monitoring Point Monitoring Interface>General General Purpose Device that Editor on Page 74 Points for the Purpose Interface activates Events. • General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tree>Company General Tab on Page 77 Purpose Device Folder>Existing General Purpose • General Purpose Monitoring Pont Device>General Taskson Page 79 Purpose Monitoring • Using the Virtual Keyboard on Point>New>General Page 85 Purpose Monitoring Point Editor and General tab Configure General Purpose Specifies Event Actions to be • General Purpose Monitoring Point General Interface>General activated for General Purpose Triggers Tab on Page 82 Purpose Purpose Interface Monitoring Point Activation status. • Creating Eventson Page 90 Monitoring Tree>Company Point Triggers Foider>Exisung General Purpose Device>General Purpose Monitoring Point>New>General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor>Triggers tab C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Con figuration Guide ChilpiL'I 3 37 EFTA01224486 Configuration Sequence Overview Creating General Purpose Interface Objects (continued) Task C•CURE 9000 Configuration Notes Additional Information Editor Change General Purpose Modifies Images that indicate • General Purpose Monitoring Point General Interface>General General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images Tab on Page 83 Purpose Purpose Interface states on the Monitoring Station. • State Images Tab Taskson Page Monitoring Tree>Company 60 Point State Foider>Existing Images General Purpose Device>General Purpose Monitoring Point>New>General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor>State Images tab Create Events Configuration • Creating Eventson Page 90 to link to >Event>New>Event • The Events chapter lathe General Editor C•CURE 9000 Software PurpOSO - or - Configuration Guide. Devices and General Edit an existing Event Purpose Actions 38 Chapter 3 C•CURL 9000 General Purpose Inturlacy Conliguration Cindy EFTA01224487 General Purpose Device Editor General Purpose Device Editor The General Purpose Device Editor in C•CURE 9000 lets you create and modify General Purpose Device Objects. The General Purpose Device Editor displays six configuration tabs. Click on the following tabs for more information: ■ General Purpose Device General Tab on Page 40 ■ General Purpose Device Port Tab on Page 50 ■ General Purpose Device Communication Protocol Tab on Page 52 ■ General Purpose Device Triggers Tab on Page 53 ■ General Purpose Device Status Tab on Page 58 ■ General Purpose Device State Images Tab on Page 59 See General Purpose Device Editor Tasks on Page 43. Accessing the General Purpose Device Editor You can access the General Purpose Device Editor from the General Purpose Interface pane. To Access the General Purpose Device Editor 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the Company Folder for which you want to create the device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Device, and then click New on the sub•menu that appears, as shown in Figure 14 on Page 40. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 39 EFTA01224488 General Purpose Device Editor Figure 14: General Purpose Interface Context Menu - General Purpose Device Genveuposelreegface Tree • Getti PuipmeIntalece Al Genoa, Pupon Acim Gernal Pupate Memel Prob:cl Or, click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list and select General Purpose Device. General Purpose Interface Click RIO to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Devices, right-click the General Purpose Device you want to change, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. The General Purpose Device Editor opens with the General tab displayed. General Purpose Device General Tab The General Purpose Device General tab, shown in Figure 15 on Page 41, lets you define the vendor and the polling specifics for the General Purpose Device. See the following: • General Purpose Device Editor - General Tab Fields/Buttons on Page 41 • General Purpose Device Editor Tasks on Page 43 40 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224489 General Purpose Device Editor Figure 15: General Purpose Device Editor General Tab General Purpose Device General Tab Definitions the General Purpose Device General tab buttons and fields are described in Table 3 on Page 41 Table 3: General Purpose Device Editor- General Tab Fields/Buttons Field/Button Description Save and Close Clickthis button when you have completed changes to the General Purpose Device and wish to save those changes. The General Purpose Device Editor doses. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 41 EFTA01224490 General Purpose Device Editor General Purpose Device Editor - General Tab F 'olds/Buttons (continued) Field/Sutton Description Save and New Click this button when you have completed any changes to the General Purpose Device and wish to save those changes and also create a new General Purpose Device. The General Purpose Device you were editing is saved, and a new General Purpose Device opens (either blank or including template information if you were using a template to create the new General Purpose Device). Name Enter a unique name. up to 100 characters. to identify the General Purpose Device. Description Enter a description of the General Purpose Device, up to 255 characters. Enabled Select this check box to put the General Purpose Device onbne. NOTE: You cannot edit any fields on either the General. Port. or Communication Protocol ta bs when the General Purpose Device isenabled. Partition A read-only field displaying the name of the Partition to which this General Purpose De via: belongs. (This field is visible only if the C•CURE 9000 system is partitioned.) NOTE: The General Purpose Device derives its Partition from the Company Folder it was created in. If the folder's Partition is changed, then the General Purpose Device's Partition changes accordingly. Hex Format NOTE: This button becomes available for either the Poll Command or Poll Command acknowledgement field only after you enter the command string for the field. Click this button to display the Hex Format dialog box showing the Hex format of the string entered in the Poll Command or Poll Command Acknowledgement field. Device Information NOTE: None of the fieldson this tab can be edited if the General Purpose Device isenabled. Vendor Ignore. Not applicable Poll Period (seconds) Enter the period in seconds that C•CURE 9000 attempts to poll this General Purpose Device. The default value is 10 seconds. 42 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224491 General Purpose Device Editor General Purpose Device Editor - General Tab F ieldsiButtons (continued) Field/Sutton Description Poll Command Enter a poll command (the command string) that C•CURE 9000 sends to the General Purpose Device as the poll message. Double-click 41°. , the Keyboard button, to open the Virtual Keyboard that allows you to create and edit text strings for a General Purpose Device. For procedural information, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85. Poll Command Enter a poll camma nd acknowledgment (the oommand string) that the General Purpose Device Acknowledgement sends back to C•CURE 9000 as an acknowledgment of the poll message. Double-click 4P . the Keyboard button, to open the Virtual Keyboard that allows you to create and edit text strings for a General Purpose Device. For procedural information, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85. Hex Format Click this button to display the Hex Format dialog box showing the Hex format of the string entered in the Poll Command on Page 43 or Poll Command Acknowledgement on Page 43 field. NOTE: This button becomes available for either the Poll Command or Poll Command Acknowledgement only after you enter the command string for the field. Journal Unknown Select this option if you want unknown messages received by Message C•CURE 9000 recorded in the historicaljournal. For information about the Journal, see the "Historical Tracking of System Activity' chapter in the C•CURE 9000 System Maintenance Guide. General Purpose Device Editor Tasks The C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Device Editor allow you to accomplish the following tasks: ■ Creating a General Purpose Device on Page 44 ■ Creating a General Purpose Device Template on Page 45 ■ Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Device on Page 44 ■ Viewing a List of General Purpose Devices on Page 47 ■ Deleting a General Purpose Device on Page 49 ■ Using Set Property for General Purpose Devices on Page 46 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 43 EFTA01224492 General Purpose Device Editor Creating a General Purpose Device You can create a new General Purpose Device using the General Purpose Device Editor. To Create a General Purpose Device 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the Company Folder for which you want to create the device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Device, and then click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 14 on Page 40. The General Purpose Device Editor opens. (For examples of this Editor and its tabs, see Figure 15 on Page 41, and , Figure 19 on Page 52, Figure 22 on Page 59, and Figure 23 on Page 61.) 3. You can now configure the new General Purpose Device. 4. To save your new General Purpose Device, click Save and Close. Or Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Device and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Device is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Device Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Device. Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Device You can configure a new General Purpose Device or modify an existing one using the General Purpose Device Editor. To Configure a General Purpose Device 1. Create a new General Purpose Device or modify an existing General Purpose Device. The General Purpose Device Editor opens (see Figure 15 on Page 41) for you to edit the General Purpose Device making changes as you wish in the fields on the top of the editor, and on any of the tabs with the following exception: You cannot change any fields on either the General, Port, or Communication Protocol tabs when the General Purpose Device is enabled. So enable the Device after you have finished configuring/editing it. 44 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224493 General Purpose Device Editor 2. Type a Name and Description for the General Purpose Device that sufficiently identifies this Device and its purpose. 3. Select a Vendor for the General Purpose Device from the drop-down list on the General tab. See Figure 15 on Page 41.) 4. Use the General tab to configure the options that affect the polling of the General Purpose Device and whether or not unknown messages are joumaled. For information about creating the Poll text strings, see Using the Virtual Keyboard To Enter Text into General Purpose Interface Fields on Page 87. 5. Use the Port tab (see Figure 17 on Page 50) to set up the port to which the General Purpose Device is connected, selecting the Port type and then the identifying the specific port. 6. Use the Communication Protocol tab (see Figure 19 on Page 52) to configure the communication options for the Device—delay times, header and trailer message characters, the number of message retry attempts, and the message buffer size. 7. Use the Triggers tab (see Figure 20 on Page 54) to configure triggers that can activate Event Actions when the General Purpose Device's online state has a certain value (is either online or offline). 8. Use the State Images tab (see Figure 22 on Page 59) to change the default images used to indicate states for the General Purpose Device on the Monitoring Station, or to return to the default images. 9. When you have finished configuring/modifying the General Purpose Device, make sure that you select the Enabled check box on the top of the editor to put the Device online. 10. To save the General Purpose Device, click Save and Close. - - Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Device and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Device is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Device Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Device. Creating a General Purpose Device Template You can create a new template for a General Purpose Device. A General Purpose Device template saves you time because you do not have to re-enter the same Device information again. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 45 EFTA01224494 General Purpose Device Editor To Create a General Purpose Device Template 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the Company Folder for which you want to create the device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Device, and then click New Template on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 14 on Page 40. The General Purpose Device Editor where you can configure the General Purpose Device template opens (see Figure 15 on Page 41). 3. Configure the template to meet your requirements. Any fields you configure values for become part of the template; then when you subsequently create a new General Purpose Device from that template, these values are already filled in. 4. In the Name field, enter the name you wish to use for the template Example: GenPurposeTemplatel 5. To save the template, click Save and Close. The template will be available as an option on the pull-down Template menu. 1 Cs General Purpose Device Now Template ----resusrates GercuposeTemplate Using Set Property for General Purpose Devices You can use Set Property to quickly set a property for one or more General Purpose Devices without opening the General Purpose Device Editor, thus making it useful for mass updates. See Table 4 on Page 48 for the properties that can be changed. To Set a Property for General Purpose Devices 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Pane. 2. Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list, select General Purpose Device, and click Ma to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Device objects. 46 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224495 General Purpose Device Editor 3. Right-click the General Purpose Device(s) in the list for which you want to set the property and select Set Property from the context menu. 4. Specify the property for the General Purpose Device(s). Click the drop-down button to see a list of properties. 5. Enter the value for the property, click OK, and then click OK again on the Setting Properties of General Purpose Device message box. Viewing a List of General Purpose Devices You can display a list of the General Purpose Devices you have created by opening a Dynamic View of General Purpose Devices. To View a List of General Purpose Devices 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Pane. 2. Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list, select General Purpose Device, and click ILI to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Devices, as shown in Figure 16 on Page 47. (You can also click the down-arrow of this button to either view the list in the current tabbed view or open a new tabbed view). Figure 16: General Purpose Device List 4 General Repose De•ke x Drag columns b5 gots bY n•n Na. Dackdon Ratko GEDevsel Degas' Conoe-v2Dtrf Dela/ 6FDEncelkiCempir93 Dela CoeptnilDed Dela • You can sort, filter, and group items in the list. • You can righ -click a General Purpose Device in the list to open the General Purpose Device Context menu (see Table 4 on Page 48) and perform any of the functions on that menu. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 47 EFTA01224496 General Purpose Device Editor • You can right-click any column heading to open a context menu of all possible General Purpose Device fields that can display as columns and add/remove fields to view certain information. For more information on using Dynamic Views, see the Dynamic Views chapter in the &CURE 9000 Data Views Guide. General Purpose Device List Context Menu The context menu that opens when you right-click a General Purpose Device in the General Purpose Device Dynamic View includes the selections described in Table 4 on Page 48. Table 4: General Purpose Device List Right-Click Context Menu Options Menu Selection Description Lit Click this menu selection to edit the selected General Purpose Device. The General Purpose Device Editor opens. You can rename the device and change the description and any other attributes except the fields on the General, Port, and Communication Protocol tabs if the device is enabled. Delete Click this menu selection to delete the selected General Purpose Device. A prompt appears asking you to confirm that you want to delete the General Purpose Device. Click Yes to delete the General Purpose Device or No to cancel the deletion. Set property Click this menu selection to change the value of the selected properties in the selected General Purpose Device(s). A dialog box appears asking you to select a property to change. Click IS to open a selection list and click the property you wish to change. You can then change the value of the following properties: • Description - You can change the textualdescription of the STAR Intrusion Zone(s) by selecting this property and typing in a new value. • Enabled - You can determine whether or not the General Purpose Device(s) are online on the system by selecting this property and selecting/clearing the Value check box. • Template - You can determine whether or not the General Purpose Device(s) can be used as templates by selecting this property and selecting/clearing the Value check box. Add to Group This option is not supported for General Purpose Devices. 48 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224497 General Purpose Device Editor General Purpose Device List Right-Click Context Menu Options (continued) Menu Selection Description Expor t selection Click this menu selection to Open an Export...to XML or CSV file dialog box to export one or more of the selected General Purpose Device records to either an XML or a CSV file. This allows you to quickly and easityaeate XMUCSV reports on the selected data. NOTE: Although XML is the initialdefault file type, once you choose a type in the Save as type field, whether XML or CSV, that becomes the default the next time this dialog box opens. CSV-formatted exports cannot be imported. If you require importing functionality, export to XML. • When you export to an XML file, all available data for the selected object(s), whether displayed in the Dynamic View or not—aswell as all the child objectsof the selected record (s), is exported. • When you export to a CSVfile, onty data in thecolumnsdisplaying in the Dynamic View is exported, and in the order displayed. This allows you to both select and arrange data fields for your report. In addition, exporting to a CSV file allows you to view the exported data in an Excel spreadsheet and further manipulate it for your use. For more information. see the Dynamic Views chapter in the C•CURE 9000 Data ViewsGuide. NOTE: When you click Export Selection, you are running the export on the client computer. Consequently, the system does not use the Default Export Directory Path—which is on the server. It opens a directory on the client, reverting to the last directory used. You can navigate to the default export server directory, if you wish. Or to avoid confusion or use the same destination folder for both client and server computers, you can use UNC (Universal Naming Convention) paths, for example: \\Computer Name\ Program Files1Software House1SWHouse1SWHSystem1Export. Find in Audit Log Click this menu selection to Open a Query Parameters dialog box in which you can enter prompts and/or modify the Query aiter ia to search for entries in the Audit Log that reference the selected General Purpose Device. When found the resuttsdisplay in a separate Dynamic View. Find in Journal Click this menu selection to Open a Query Parameters dialog box in which you can enter prompts and/or modify the Query criteria to search for entries in the Journal that reference the selected General Purpose Device. When found the results display in a separate Dynamic View. Deleting a General Purpose Device You can delete a General Purpose Device. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 49 EFTA01224498 General Purpose Device Editor To Delete a General Purpose Device 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Pane. 2. Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list, select General Purpose Device, and click Emir to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Device objects. 3. Right-click the General Purpose Device in the list that you want to delete and select Delete from the context menu that appears. 4. Click Yes on the "Are you sure that you want to delete the selected General Purpose Device object?" message box. General Purpose Device Port Tab The General Purpose Device Port tab, shown in Figure 17 and Figure 18, lets you define information to set up the port to which this General Purpose Device connects. The fields on the tab change depending on whether you are setting up a Serial Port (the default) or a Network Port. Figure 17: General Purpose Device Editor Port Tab-Serial Port [fat ilSonvunb0"R0ICait Terni swat. sa Pat inn 01400Pal 0 HthictiPoi Pot Ocitra CormtricalicePort : [1 50 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Con figuration Guide EFTA01224499 General Purpose Device Editor Figure 18: General Purpose Device Editor Port Tab - Networking Port Genoa, Pa, ComarAbort Flolocell Limn Sian Stem mart Poi Trc-e O lead Pal ,I4t494 Pa, Pot Ocixn: le Aciant CormorahonEta 2 BraerwionPood facontit, 3 11w General Purpose Device Port tab has the fields shown in Table 5 on Page 51. Table 5: General Purpose Device Editor- Port Tab Fields Fields/Buttons Description None of the fields on this tab can be edited if the General Purpose Device is Enabled. Port Type Serial Port Select a port type for connecting this General Purpose Device: Network Port • Serial if you are using a serialoonnection . This is the default. • Network if you are using a terminal server for the connection. Port Options Communication Port Enter the number of the port: • For Serial Port - enter a port number such as COM1, COM2, etc. • For Network Port - enter the TCP/IP port number from which the terminal server communicateswith C•CURE 9000. The values range from 0 through 9999. The default is 3001. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 51 EFTA01224500 General Purpose Device Editor General Purpose Device Editor - Port Tab Fields (continued) Fields/Buttons Description IP Address NOTE: This field is available only if you select the Network Port option. Enter the TCP/IP addressor the Network Port. Re-connection Period NOTE: This field is available only if you select the Network Port option. (Seconds) Enter the duration time in seconds that C•CURE 9000 waits before trying to re-connect an unresponsive networkdevice. The default is 3 seconds. General Purpose Device Communication Protocol Tab The General Purpose Device Communication Protocol tab, shown in Figure 19 on Page 52, lets you define communication details for the General Purpose Device, such as delay times, header and trailer message characters, retry attempt numbers, and message buffer size. Figure 19: General Purpose Device Editor Communication Protocol Tab 8..,0,41pa0 1CatftLA *COI Pmoccr Nom 9.001 Stet mve•. Carteuir.00,F10occlIrlometon TineOtt Debi Tm (1.910 tee, : CLIMES Day line bacon*): 300 Iles* Choldei : 0 batChimer 13 Messy.&send Cant: 0 HaqiuSw See: 2000 The General Purpose Device Communication Protocol tab has the fields shown in Table 6 on Page 53. 52 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224501 General Purpose Device Editor Table 6: General Purpose Device Editor - Communication Protocol Tab Fields Fields/Buttons Description Communication Protocol Information None of the fields on this tab can be edited if the General Purpose Device is enabled. TimeOut Delay Time Enter the extra interval (in 1/10th seconds) that C•CURE 9000 waits fora (1/10 sec) response from thisdevice after sending a message to the switcher. If a response is not received in the specified time, C•CURE 9000 re-transmits the message or declares a communications failure. The default value is 20 (2 seconds). Comm Fad Delay Enter the time period (n seconds) after the Tlmeout Delay Time expires Time (seconds) that C•CURE 9000 waits to declare an unresponsive General Purpose Device to be in failure. When this occurs, a message appears in the GeneralActivity Monitor. The default value is 300 seconds. Header Character Enter a value (in decimal) to define the first character in a message from the General Purpose Device. Zero (0) indicates that any character can be the first message character. (The default value is zero.) See ASCII Character Codes Chart on Page 88 for more information. Trailer Character Enter a value (in decimal) to define the last character in a message from the General Purpose Device. The value cannot be zero (0). (The default value is 13.) See ASCII Character Codes Chart on Page 88 for more information. Message Resend Enter the number of times C•CURE 9000 should attempt to re-send a Count message that the General Purpose Device has not acknowledged receiving. Thedefault iszero. Max Buffer Size Enter the maximum size of the C•CURE 9000 buffer that stores the message from this General Purpose Device. The default is 2000. General Purpose Device Triggers Tab The General Purpose Device Triggers tab, shown in Figure 20 on Page 54, allows you to set up Triggers, configured procedures used by C•CURE 9000 to activate specific actions when a particular pre-defined condition occurs. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 53 EFTA01224502 General Purpose Device Editor The tab contains one Action, Activate Event, that can be linked to a specific value of a General Purpose Device-related online state and to any host Event configured in the system. Once the General Purpose Device's state matches one of these values, the linked Activate Event action is triggered and the user-specified Event is set to an active state (if allowed by the Event, which should be armed at the time). Typically you could use the activated Event to send an email message, ann a zone, or activate an alarm if the device's state is offline, for example. By creating new rows and selecting different values for each row, each value of the Property field can trigger its own Event. It is also possible to trigger two different Events for the same General Purpose Device state value by creating two rows with the same value and then linking each row to its own Event. Figure 20: General Purpose Device Editor Triggers Tab General' Pat ji Commis-ocean Protocol Triggers Status I State irragesi Ttiggen efl Add 1-•-ragnove Prcpeity Value Atha. Detais See the following for configuration information: • General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Definitions on Page 54 • General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Tasks on Page 55 General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Definitions The General Purpose Device Triggers tab has the buttons shown in Table 7 on Page 55 and the fields shown in Table 8 on Page 55. 54 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224503 General Purpose Device Editor Table 7: General Purpose Device Editor Triggers Tab Buttons Button Name Description Add Add Click this button create a new row in the Triggers table. You have to configure all the fields in the row and select an Event to complete the Add operation. To add a new row after a speaficexisting row, dick the row selector to select a row and then dick Add. Remove Remove Click this button to remove a selected row from the Triggers table. You have to dick the row selector to select a row to remove. If no row is selected, this button is not available. Table 8: GeneralPurpose Device Editor - TriggersTab Fields Field Description Property Click in the Property field to display Eil and then click this button to display a dialog box with the only available General Purpose Device property, OnlIneStatue. Double-dick this Property to select it. Value Click the down-arrow to select a value from the drop-down list. When the General Purpose Device's State property matches this value, the event you specify in the Event field is activated. Action Click the down-arrow to select Activate Event (the only type available) from the drop-down list. This action will be executed when the value of the General Purpose Device's online state matches that selected in the Value field. Details The name of the event configured for this row (read-only) isentered by the system once you make a selection in the Event field. Event Click 0 in this field to select the event to be activated if the State for the current row on the grid has the specified value. NOTE: Switching rows in the grid updates this field with the user-selected event so that each row can have itsown event to activate. General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Tasks You use the Triggers tab to accomplish the tasks listed below, needed to configure a General Purpose Device. The procedural steps for each task are detailed in the following subsections. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 55 EFTA01224504 General Purpose Device Editor • To Configure General Purpose Device Triggers on Page 56 (You can create as many triggers as you wish for any General Purpose Device.) ■ To Delete a General Purpose Device Trigger on Page 58 To Configure General Purpose Device Triggers 1. Create or modify a General Purpose Device. See Creating a General Purpose Device on Page 44 or Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Device on Page 44. 2. On the General Purpose Device Editor, click the Triggers tab to open. 3. Click Add to create a new trigger row, as shown in the following figure. [fieneral Pod Conacabon Protocol Triggers r Statual State nape. Triggers rAckl raaerrrove Preget; Vdue Ade:41 Deals V a. Click in the Property field to display CI and click this button. A selection list opens with the only property available for General Purpose Devices. Purposr Drvirr Drag columns to Group by here Poci:erty Clerk here lo lite data b. Click Online Status property to add it to the row. c. Click the down-arrow in the Value field to display a drop-down list of values for the selected property. Rope* Vdue Acton Des* OnIneStatus cfris V Offing d. Click the Value you want to activate the event for this trigger to add it to the row. 56 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Con figuration Guide EFTA01224505 General Purpose Device Editor Example: Online e. Click the down-arrow in the Action field to display a drop-down list containing Activate Event as the only available action. Click Activate Event to add it to the row as the action that will be executed when the General Purpose Device's Online state matches that selected in the Value field. The Event field displays on the bottom of the tab. PicotO Value Ada. Dela, P./ I ClaneStern I Orin. 'Ache* E•wv vi Ewe 1 f. Click C in the Event field to display a selection list of the host events currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system, and then click an Event to select it. Hon Pothc. I Osepokr. Oa hoe ea its ctsta a. rnief yen D•M LogetlapEM 040 Melia 4udi log bac...env Otani JeuviallzaatoEv Ostia The system enters the name of the Event you select in the Details field for the row when you click anywhere outside the Event field. This event will be activated whenever the State for the current row on the grid matches the value specified in that row. The tab now appears as shown in the following example. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 57 EFTA01224506 General Purpose Device Editor Genital Pal II Corerntnicaton Protocoli ThAele Status Th Steb ineseat I new: ?add F4 &wove Property Value Acton Details a 0 nIneS tahts Mine 'Activate Event vI 6PActonl I Evert GPActiont (Default] O 4. To create more triggers for this General Purpose Device, repeat Steps 3 through 3f for each trigger you want. Switching rows in the grid updates the Event field with the user-selected event so that each row can have its own event to activate. "MI To Delete a General Purpose Device Trigger 1. On the Triggers tab, click a row to select it. 2. Click Delete to delete the trigger row. General Purpose Device Status Tab The General Purpose Device Status tab, shown in Figure 21 on Page 59, provides a read-only listing of critical information about the operational status of this General Purpose Device: Status - displays the values: Online, Offline, or Unknown 58 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224507 General Purpose Device Editor Figure 21: General purpose Device Editor Status Tab General Pon I Cammunica6a) Protocd Triggers Status i' State MOOS Status Slabs : General Purpose Device State Images Tab The General Purpose Device State Images tab, shown in Figure 22 on Page 59, provides a means to change the default images used to indicate states for the General Purpose Device on the Monitoring Station. You can select other images to display for this General Purpose Device or return to the default images, as described in State Images Tab Tasks on Page 60. Figure 22: General Purpose Device Editor State Images Tab rn Gent Pott Ccmounicalron Protocol Uwe,:I Status State inages State hese Chine Correia' isabkd C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 59 EFTA01224508 General Purpose Device Editor State Images Tab Tasks To Change an Image 1. Double-click the default image in the tab to open a Windows file selection dialog box. 2. If necessary, navigate to find the new image. 3. Select the desired replacement image and click Open. The new image replaces the default image and displays in the State Images tab. To Restore the Default Image ■ Right-click the replacement image in the General Purpose Device State Images tab and select Restore Default 60 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224509 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor General Purpose Message Protocol Editor The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor in C•CURE 9000 lets you create/modify Message Protocols that interpret incoming messages from third party devices and support acknowledgment for these messages —activating and deactivating General Purpose Device Monitoring Points. The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor, shown in Figure 23 on Page 61, has only one tab—the General tab. Flgure 23: General Purpose Message Protocol Editor slaveand Close Save and Net acme. Qe:aohon. cI Gonad Genial Keith Mena Key Wad Pooben Inekode L • hex Fame* 0 ina.d. I • Hex kern& 0 Inceide • hex Format 0 Include H • Hex Forme Inciods • Hex rams 0 See the following for more information: • General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Definitions on Page 62 • General Purpose Message Protocol Tasks on Page 64 Accessing the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor You can access the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor from the General Purpose Interface pane. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 81 EFTA01224510 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor To Access the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Message Protocol Folder and click New on the sub-menu that appears. Nero Gent.e1Asoore Wier! ocal 13 Rapine Irieds:e Tye N.r.,..41NoseIniellsoe Ri Grad Repose Mica li Sitaal Papas Menai* Pi • 0 TesCarymnyl PeabanDel Cmotnilrea - Or - Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list and select General Purpose Message Protocol. Click as to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Message Protocols, right-click the General Purpose Message Protocol you want to change, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor opens with the General tab displayed, as shown in Figure 23 on Page 61. General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Definitions The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor has the the buttons described in Table 9 on Page 63 and the fields shown in Table 10 on Page 63, while the General tab has the buttons shown in Table 11 on Page 63 and the fields shown in Table 12 on Page 64. 62 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224511 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Table 9: General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Buttons Button Description Save Click this button when you have completed changes to the General Purpose Message Protocol and wish to save and those changes. The General Purpose Massage Protocol Edltorcloses. Close Save Click this button when you have completed anychanges to the General Purpose Message Protocol and wish to and save those changes and also create a new General Purpose Message Protocol. The General Purpose Message New Protocol you were editing is saved, and a new General Purpose Message Protocol opens (either blank or including template information if you were using a template to create the new General Purpose Message Protocol). Click this button when you want to close the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor without saving your El changes. A warning appears asking whether or not you want to save your changes before closing the editor. Click Yes to exit and save and No to exit and cancel your changes. Table 10: General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Fields Fields/Buttons Description Name Enter a unique name, up to 100 characters, to identify the General Purpose Message Protocol. Description Enter a description of the General Purpose Message Protocol, up to 255 characters. Table 11: General Purpose Message Protocol Editor- General Tab Buttons Button Name Description Keyboard Click this button to open the Virtual Keyboard. For information, see Using the Virtual Keyboard 10. 1. Button on Page 85. Hex Hex Format NOTE: This button becomes available onty after you make an entry in the Kay Word field. Format Button Click this button to display the Hex Format dialog box showing the Hex format of the string entered as the Key Word. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 63 EFTA01224512 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Table 12: General Purpose Message Protocol Editor - General Tab Falls Fields/Buttons Description Match Criteria (1- Click to select the match criteria for the keyword from the drop-down list: 5) • Include— indicates that the system will expect the keyword you enter in the next field in a message from the General Purpose Device. This is the default. • Exclude —indicates that the system will not expect the keyword you enter in the next field in a message from the General Purpose Device. Key Word (1-5) Enter a keyword up to 50 characters long for this message protocol, by choking to open the Virtual Keyboard. For information, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85. NOTE: You cannot use the ASCII Hex 00 (zero zero) in a keyword. Position (1-5) Enter a position for this keyword: • Value > 0 (zero) — indicates that the 'software device receiver' searches for the keyword only at this position when mapping a message. • Value =0 (zero) — indicates that the keyword can be at any position in the message. This is Inc default. NOTE: The position is measured in character spaces. Example: To find "CDE" in the string "ABCDEF G", you would enter "3" in the Position field and "CDE" in the Keyword field. NOTE: You must also count any spaces or unprintable characters that appear in the message. Example: A carriage return <CR>or a line feed <LF> General Purpose Message Protocol Tasks The C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor allows you to accomplish the following tasks: ■ Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol on Page 65 ■ Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol Template on Page 65 ■ Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Message Protocol on Page 66 Because the following General Purpose Message Protocol tasks are generic in C•CURE 9000 — viewing, deleting, and setting a property for, see the following for information: 64 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224513 GeneralPurpose Message ProtocolEditor ■ Viewing a List of General Purpose Devices on Page 47 ■ Deleting a General Purpose Device on Page 49 ■ Using Set Property for General Purpose Devices on Page 46 - the only properties available for General Purpose Message Protocols are Description and template. Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol You can create a new General Purpose ,sage Protocol using the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor. To Create a General Purpose Message Protocol 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Message Protocol Folder and click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Accessing the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor on Page 61. The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor opens, as shown in Figure 23 on Page 61. 3. You can now configure the new General Purpose Message Protocol. Creating a General Purpose Message Protocol Template You can create a new template for a General Purpose Message Protocol. A General Purpose Message Protocol template saves you time because you do not have to re-enter the same Message Protocol information again. To Create a General Purpose Message Protocol Template 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Message Protocol Folder and click New Template on the sub- menu that appears, as shown in Accessing the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor on Page 61. The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor where you can configure the General Purpose Message Protocol template opens (see Figure 23 on Page 61). C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 BS EFTA01224514 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor 3. Configure the template to meet your requirements. Any fields you configure values for become part of the template; then when you subsequently create a new General Purpose Message Protocol from that template, these values are already filled in. 4. In the Name field, enter the name you wish to use for the template Example: GenPurpose Message Protocol Templatel 5. To save the template, click Save and Close. The template will be available as an option on the pull-down Template menu. Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Message Protocol You can configure a new General Purpose Message Protocol or modify' an existing one using the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor. To Configure a General Purpose Message Protocol 1. Create a new General Purpose Message Protocol or modify an existing General Purpose Message Protocol. The General Purpose Message Protocol Editor opens (see Figure 23 on Page 61) for you to edit the General Purpose Message Protocol making changes as you wish in the fields on the editor. 2. Type a Name and Description for the General Purpose Message Protocol that sufficiently identifies this Message Protocol and its purpose. 3. You can enter up to five Key Words for a Message Protocol as follows: a. Select a Match Criteria for the Key Word, either Include or Exclude, from the drop-down list. b. Enter a text string for the Message Protocol Key Word. (For information about creating the text string, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85.) c. Enter a Position for the Key Word. The Key Words you define for the Message Protocol are ANDED together. 4. To save the General Purpose Message Protocol, click Save and Close. - or - se Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224515 General Purpose Message Protocol Editor Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Message Protocol and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Message Protocol is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Message Protocol Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Message Protocol. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 67 EFTA01224516 General Purpose Action Editor General Purpose Action Editor The General Purpose Action Editor, shown in Figure 24 on Page 68, in C•CURE 9000 lets you create and modify Actions —the outgoing and acknowledgment messages. The General Purpose Action Editor has only one tab—the General tab. Figure 24: GeneralPurpose Action Editor atexigMeng: [ Roams., cluroxWjr✓tMemo. I LICK rOM* See the following: ■ General Purpose Action Editor Definitions on Page 69 ■ General Purpose Action Tasks on Page 71 Accessing the General Purpose Action Editor You an arras the General Purpose Action Editor from the General Purpose Interface pane. aster To Access the General Purpose Action Editor 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Action Folder and click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 25 on Page 69. 88 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224517 GeneralPurpose Action Editor Figure 25: General Purpose Interface Context Menu-General Purpose Action Geeael %pm Weds:, NM • Goad %pow iniede:t I ■ Cereal Repose Ado, 11. Gni Anon Motu* A • Di TosiCarproyl Partb:arel b ComonlOnA - Or - Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list and select General Purpose Action. Click to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Actions, right-click the General Purpose Message Action you want to change, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. Figure 26: General Purpose Interface Context Menu —General Purpose Action Goners! Purpose Interface The General Purpose Action Editor opens with the General tab displayed, as shown in Figure 24 on Page 68. General Purpose Action Editor Definitions The General Purpose Action Editor has the buttons described in Table 13 on Page 70 and the fields shown in Table 14 on Page 70, while the General tab has the buttons shown in Table 15 on Page 70 and the fields shown in Table 16 on Page 71. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 69 EFTA01224518 General Purpose Action Editor Table 13: General Purpose Action Editor Buttons Button Description Save and Close Click this button when you have completed changes to the General Purpose Action and wish to save those changes. The General Purpose Action Editor closes. Save and New Click this button when you have completed any changes to the General Purpose Action and wish to save those changes and also create a new General Purpose Action. The General Purpose Action you were editing is saved, and a new General Purpose Action opens (either blank or including template information if you were using a template to create the new General Purpose Action). Click this button when you want to dose the General Purpose Action Editor without saving your 0 changes. A warning appears asking whether or not you want to save your changes before closing the editor. Click Yes to exit and save and No to exit and cancel your changes. Table 14: General Purpose Action Editor Fields Fields/Buttons Description Name Enter a unique name, up to 100 characters, to identify the General Purpose Action. Description Enter a description of the General Purpose Action. up to 255 characters. Table 15: General Purpose Action Editor - General Tab Buttons Button Name Description Keyboard Button Click this button to open the Virtual Keyboard 4P Hex Format Hex Format Button NOTE: This button becomes available only after you make an entry in the Outgoing Message or Acknowledgement Message field. Click this button to display the Hex Format dialog box showing the Hex format of the string entered as the Outgoing Message or Acknowledgement Message. 70 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224519 General Purpose Action Ednor Table 16: General Purpose Action Editor • General Tab Fields Fields/Buttons Description Outgoing Message Define a message for C•CURE 9000 to send to the General Purpose Device. Acknowledgment Define a message for C•CURE 9000 to receive from the General Purpose Device as an Message acknowledgment for its outgoing message. General Purpose Action Tasks The C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Action Editor allow you to accomplish the following tasks: ■ Creating a General Purpose Action on Page 71 ■ Creating a General Purpose Action Template on Page 72 ■ Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Action on Page 72 Since the following General Purpose Action tasks are generic in C•CURE 9000 —viewing, deleting, and setting a property for, see the following for information: ■ Viewing a List of General Purpose Devices on Page 47 ■ Using Set Property for General Purpose Devices on Page 46 - the properties available for General Purpose Actions are Acknowledgement Message, Description, Outgoing Message, and template. ■ Deleting a General Purpose Device on Page 49 Creating a General Purpose Action You can create a new General Purpose Action using the General Purpose Action Editor. To Create a General Purpose Action 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Action Folder and click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Accessing the General Purpose Action Editor on Page 68. The General Purpose Action Editor opens, as shown in Figure 24 on Page 68. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 71 EFTA01224520 GeneralPurpose Action Editor 3. You can now configure the new General Purpose Action. Creating a General Purpose Action Template You can create a new template for a General Purpose Action. A General Purpose Action template saves you time because you do not have to re-enter the same Action information again. To Create a General Purpose Action Template 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Right-click the General Purpose Action Folder and click New Template on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 26 on Page 69. The General Purpose Action Editor where you can configure the General Purpose Action template opens (see Figure 28 on Page 77). 3. Configure the template to meet your requirements. Any fields you configure values for become part of the template; then when you subsequently create a new General Purpose Action from that template, these values are already filled in. 4. In the Name field, enter the name you wish to use for the template Example: GenPurpose Action Templatel 5. To save the template, click Save and Close. The template will be available as an option on the pull-down Template menu. Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Action You can configure a new General Purpose Action or modify an existing one using the General Purpose Action Editor. To Configure a General Purpose Action I. Create a new General Purpose Action or modify an existing General Purpose Action. The General Purpose Action Editor opens (see Figure 24 on Page 68) for you to edit the General Purpose Action making changes as you wish 72 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224521 General Purpose Action Editor 2. Type a Name and Description for the General Purpose Action that sufficiently identifies this Action and its purpose. 3. Enter text strings for the outgoing and acknowledgement messages for this General Purpose Action. (For information about creating the message text strings, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85.) 4. To save the General Purpose Action, click Save and Close. Or Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Action and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Action is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Device Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Device. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 73 EFTA01224522 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor lets you create and modify Monitoring Points that can activate events for a particular General Purpose Device. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor has four tabs. Click on the following for more information: ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab on Page 77 ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point Triggers Tab on Page 82 ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point Status Tab on Page 83 ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images Tab on Page 83 See the following for configuration information: ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab Definitions on Page 78 ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point Tasks on Page 79 Accessing the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor You can access the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor from the General Purpose Interface pane. To Access the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Click ' I to the left of the Company Folder folder containing the General Purpose Device for which you want to create the Monitoring Point to expand the tree. 3. Right-click the desired General Purpose Device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Monitoring Point, and then click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 27 on Page 75. 74 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224523 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Figure 27: General Purpose Interface Context Menu - General Purpose Monitoring Point General Purpose Interface • General Pismo Conte V 0 Geed Roosooktiotoce Tose • a knotalPurososAelim I Athol • GPAcil GPAct2 • tr Genesi Ryon Maser PlolTal saserso • ea tegccaormo swased:soue is >b• GPO, Mite • 13 1eoCoror Sit OrCOOTY A CPC's" Add to 000 j ,../ optimist Tools Phi A Ault TOO— Oats views lEIMM:2 0 :_fenersl Pstposo Mooting Port s g low New Unix, - Or - Click the General Purpose Interface drop-down list and select General Purpose Monitoring Point. Click p airs to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing General Purpose Monitoring Points, right-click the General Purpose Monitoring Point you want to change, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor opens with the General tab displayed, as shown in Figure 28 on Page 77. (For examples of the other tabs, see the cross references to figures in Step 2 on Page 74). C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 75 EFTA01224524 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Definitions The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor has the buttons described in Table 17 on Page 76 and the fields shown in Table 18 on Page 76. Table 17: General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Buttons Button Description Save and Close Click this button when you have completed changes to the General Purpose Monitoring Point and wish to save those changes. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor closes. Save and New Click this button when you have completed any changes to the General Purpose Monitoring Point and wish to save those changes and also create a new General Purpose Monitoring Point. The General Purpose Monitoring Point you were editing is saved, and a new General Purpose Monitoring Point opens (either blank or including template information if you were using a template to create the new General Purpose Monitoring Point). Click this button when you want to close the General Purpose Monitoring PoInt Editor 0 without saving your changes. A warning appears asking whether or not you want to save your changes before dosing the editor. Click Yes to exit and save and No to exit and cancel your changes. Table 18: General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Fields Field/Button Description Name Enter a unique name. up to 100 characters. to identify the General Purpose Monitoring Point. Description Enter a description of the General Purpose Monitoring Point. up to 255 characters. Enabled Select this check box to put the General Purpose Monitoring Point online. Partition A read-onty field displaying the name of the Partition to which this General Purpose Monitoring Point belongs. (This field is visible onty if the C•CURE 9000 system is partitioned.) NOTE: The General Purpose Monitoring Point derives its Partition from the General Purpose Device it was created for. If the device's Partition is changed, then the Monitoring Point's Partition changes accordingty. 76 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224525 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab The General Purpose Monitoring Point General tab, shown in Figure 28 on Page 77, lets you define a variety of different messages for a particular Monitoring Point for the device. Figure 28: General Purpose Monitoring point Editor General Tab O General Purpose Monitoring Point X ;arc mdcb. 4_•. Save cni lleyr QeseEncn O Enabled fl akes 0110.1 Goias maws Stasi sta spa' aclussIschort Manage Acironidpernert Message sOP dm( FctriW Messer; &and Menage ad/yeti:a Mesmer ftsecivalkoMessape U U U U For more information, see: • General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab Definitions on Page 78 • General Purpose Monitoring Point Tasks on Page 79 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 77 EFTA01224526 General Purpose Monitoring Point EdIto, General Purpose Monitoring Point General Tab Definitions The General Purpose Monitoring Point General tab has the buttons shown in 'able 19 on Page 78 and the fields shown in Table 20 on Page 78. Table 19: General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor - General Tab Buttons Button Name Description Keyboard Button Click this button to open the Virtual Keyboard. For information. see P Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85. 1 icx -cat Hex Format Button NOTE: This button becomes available only after you enter the Acknowledgment Message string in the field. Click this button to display the Hex Format dialog box showing the Hex format of the string entered in the Acknowledgment Message field. Table 20: General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor - General Tab Falls Fields/Buttons Description Acknowledgment Message Acknowledgment Message Enter the message string that C•CURE 9000 sends to the General Purpose Device as the acknowledgment message after mapping an incoming message from the device. • Double-click 40.' , the Keyboard button, to open the Virtual Keyboard that alowsyou to create and edit text strings for a General Purpose Device. For procedural information, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85. Messages Journal Message Enter a meaningful word to identify the message logged in the HistoricalJournal for this (1 through 5) General Purpose Monitoring Point. Activation Message Click a and select a General Purpose incoming Message Protocol from the dialog box (1 through 5) that opens to trigger this General Purpose Monitoring Point to be activated. Deactivation Message Click 0 and select a General Purpose incoming Message Protocol from the dialog box (1 through 5) that opens to trigger this General Purpose Monitoring Point to be deactivated. 78 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224527 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor General Purpose Monitoring Point Tasks The C•CURE 90(h) General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor allow you to accomplish the following tasks: ■ Creating a General Purpose Monitoring Point on Page 79 ■ Creating a General Purpose Monitoring Point Template on Page 80 ■ Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Device on Page 44 Since the following General Purpose Monitoring Point tasks are generic in C•CURE 9000 —viewing, deleting, and setting a property for, see the following for information: ■ Viewing a List of General Purpose Devices on Page 47 ■ Deleting a General Purpose Device on Page 49 ■ Using Set Property for General Purpose Devices on Page 46 - the properties available for General Purpose Actions are Acknowledgement Message, Description, Enabled, and Template. Creating a General Purpose Monitoring Point You can create a new General Purpose Monitoring Point using the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor. To Create a General Purpose Monitoring Point 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Click t, to the left of the Company Folder folder containing the General Purpose Device for which you want to create the Monitoring Point. to expand the tree. 3. Right-click the desired General Purpose Device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Monitoring Point, and then click New on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 27 on Page 75. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor opens. (For examples of this Editor and its tabs, see Figure 28 on Page 77and Figure 31 on Page 84. 4. You can now configure the new General Purpose Monitoring Point. 5. To save your new General Purpose Monitoring Point, click Save and Close. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 79 EFTA01224528 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor - Or - Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Monitoring Point and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Monitoring Point is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Monitoring Point. Creating a General Purpose Monitoring Point Template You can create a new template for a General Purpose Monitoring Point. A General Purpose Monitoring Point template saves you time because you do not have to reenter the same Monitoring Point information again. MMI To Create a General Purpose Monitoring Point Template 1. Click the General Purpose Interface button in the Navigation Pane to open the General Purpose Interface Tree. 2. Click , l to the left of the Company Folder folder containing the General Purpose Device for which you want to create the Monitoring Point. The contents of the folder display. 3. Right-click the desired General Purpose Device to open the context menu, click General Purpose Monitoring Point, and then click New Template on the sub-menu that appears, as shown in Figure 27 on Page 75. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor opens. (For examples of this Editor and its tabs, see Figure 28 on Page 77and Figure 31 on Page 84. 4. Configure the template to meet your requirements. Any fields you configure values for become part of the template; then when you subsequently create a new General Purpose Monitoring Point from that template, these values are already filled in. 5. In the Name field, enter the name you wish to use for the template Example: GenPurposeMonitoring Point Templatel 6. To save the template, click Save and Close. The template will be available as an option on the pull-down Template menu. 80 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224529 General Purpose hilonitoring Point Editor Configuring/Modifying a General Purpose Monitoring Point You can configure a new General Purpose Monitoring Point or modify an existing one using the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor. To Configure a General Purpose Monitoring Point 1. Create a new General Purpose Monitoring Point or modify an existing General Purpose Monitoring Point. The General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor opens (see Figure 28 on Page 77) for you to edit the General Purpose Monitoring Point making changes as you wish in the fields on the top of the editor and on any of the tabs. 2. Type a Name and Description for the General Purpose Monitoring Point that sufficiently identifies this Monitoring Point and its purpose and click the Enabled check box to put the Monitoring Point online. 3. Enter a text string for the Acknowledgement Message for this Monitoring Point on the General tab (see Figure 28 on Page 77). (For information about creating the message text string, see Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85.) 4. Use the General tab to configure message types for any of this Monitoring Point's five Activated Statuses. a. In the Journal Message field enter a term to identify this message when it is logged in the Historical Journal. b. Click 0 in the Activation Message field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Message Protocols currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system. Chn Women ,o Grout. Cvnae r"aamminitrn :r. — Click a Message Protocol to select it as the message that causes this Monitoring Point status to be activated. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 81 EFTA01224530 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor c. Click 0 in the Deactivation Message field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Message Protocols currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system (see the preceding figure), and then click a Message Protocol to select it as the message that causes this Monitoring Point status to be deactivated. 5. Use the Triggers tab (see Figure 29 on Page 82) to configure triggers that can activate Event Actions when any of the five General Purpose Monitoring Point's Activated Statuses has a certain value (is either activated or deactivated). 6. Use the State Images tab (see Figure 31 on Page 84) to change the default images used to indicate states for the General Purpose Monitoring Point on the Monitoring Station (unknown, activated, deactivated, disabled), or to return to the default images. 7. When you have finished configuring/modifying the General Purpose Monitoring Point, make sure that you select the Enabled check box on the top of the editor to put the Monitoring Point online. 8. To save the General Purpose Monitoring Point, click Save and Close. Alternatively, if you want to save the General Purpose Monitoring Point and then create a new one, click Save and New. The current General Purpose Monitoring Point is saved and closed, but the General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor remains open ready for a new General Purpose Monitoring Point. General Purpose Monitoring Point Triggers Tab The General Purpose Monitoring Point Triggers tab, shown in Figure 29 on Page 82, allows you to set up Triggers, configured procedures used by C•CURE 9000 to activate specific actions when a particular pre-defined condition occurs. This tab contains one Action, Activate Event, that can be linked to a specific value of a General Purpose Monitoring Point-related online state and to any host Event configured in the system. Figure 29: General Purpose Monitoring Point Triggers Tab Gvnd St.tivt S9are grope: "'add a.a.nora RocioN Vale Ad= Dalai, 82 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224531 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Since the Triggers tab is generic in C•CURE 9000, see the following for information: • General Purpose Device Triggers Tab on Page 53 • General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Definitions on Page 54 • General Purpose Device Triggers Tab Tasks on Page 55 General Purpose Monitoring Point Status Tab The General Purpose Monitoring Point Status tab, shown in Figure 30 on Page 83, provides a read- only listing of critical information about the operational status of this General Purpose Monitoring Point: • Status - displays the values: Activated, Deactivated, or Unknown Figure 30: General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Status Tab Gentrd SW" max: Sias AaviAKISui“ 1 Actveted Steve' ActratedRaba Acteed StalwI. Activated Staba1: General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images Tab The General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images tab, shown in Figure 31 on Page 84, provides a means to change the default images used to indicate states for the General Purpose Monitoring Point on the Monitoring Station. You can select other images to display for this General Purpose Monitoring Point or return to the default images, as described in the procedures that follow. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 83 EFTA01224532 General Purpose Monitoring Point Editor Figure 31: General Purpose Monitoring point Editor State Images Tab Genets tiogers Stows Slate mars State unknoom Activated Deactivated Disabled State Images Tab Tasks To Change an Image 1. Double-click the default image in the tab to open a Windows file selection dialog box. 2. If necessary, navigate to find the new image. 3. Select the desired replacement image and click Open. The new image replaces the default image and displays in the State Images tab. To Restore the Default Image • Right-click the replacement image in the General Purpose Monitoring Point State Images tab and select Restore Default 84 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224533 Using the Virtual Keyboard Using the Virtual Keyboard The Virtual Keyboard, shown in Figure 32 on Page 85, appears to enter text into the following General Purpose Interface fields: ■ General Purpose Device General tab to enter the Poll Command/Poll Command Acknowledgement. ■ General Purpose Message Protocol Editor to enter a Key Word. ■ General Purpose Action Editor to enter the Outgoing Message/Acknowledgement Message. ■ General Purpose Monitoring Point General tab to enter the Acknowledgement Message. ■ C•CURE 9000 Event Editor Action tab to enter text and use variables. Figure 32: Virtual Keyboard 4= 0 NULL SOH I STX I ETX I E0T I ENQ ACK I BEL I BS I LF I VT FF CR SO I SI I DLE DC1 I DC2 DC3 I DC4 I NAK I SYN I ETB CAN I EM I SUB I ESC I FS I GS RS I US I DEL I TAB I HEX EVENT NAME I EVENT TRIGGER NAME VARIABLE I ASCII TABLE Save I Cancel • Virtual Keyboard Definitions The Virtual Keyboard keys, buttons, and fields are described in Table 21 on Page 86. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 85 EFTA01224534 Using the Virtual Keyboard Table 21: Virtual Keyboard Keys. Buttons. and Fields Field/Button Description Display Field The system enters/displays all the keys you click in this field. EVENT NAME The name of event that activated the General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action. Usage Example 1: Data content in an outgoing message is configured as 'This is a test' <EVENT_NAME>in the General Purpose Dynamic Action and this action is assigned to a host Event named mCCURE 9000 Event'. When the host Event becomes activated, the GPI driver sends out data as 'T his is a test CCURE 9000 Event'. NOTE: EVENT NAME is a predefined keyword in the driver. EVENT TRIGGER NAME The name of the object that triggered the event. Usage Example (jsmith Triggers Event): Data content in an outgoing message is configured as 'This is a test' <EVENT_NAME> activated by <EVENT TRIGGER NAME>" in the General Purpose Dynamic Action and this action is assigned to a host Event named 'CCURE 9000 Event'. When the host Event becomes activated, the GPI driver sends out data as 'This is a test CCURE 9000 Event activated by jsmith'. NOTE: EVENT TRIGGER NAME is a predefined keyword in the driver. VARIABLE 1 Data 1 and Data 2 configured for the Event. VARIABLE 2 Data length maximum: 128 characters. Usage Example: Data content in an outgoing message is configured as 'This is another test <Variable 1>+cVariable 2>" in the General Purpose Dynamic Action and this action is assigned to a host Event with 'Variable 1' as 'ABC' and 'Variable r as '123'. When the host Event is activated, the GPI driver sendsout data as 'This is another test ABC+123'. NOTE: VARIABLE 1 and VARIABLE 2 are predefined keywords in the driver. ASCII TABLE Opens the ASCII Character Codes Chart. Save Click this button to save the selected text shown in the Display field back into the field from which you clicked 410' . Cancel Click this button to close the Virtual Keyboard without saving the selected text. 86 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224535 Using the VirtualKeyboard Using the Virtual Keyboard To Enter Text into General Purpose Interface Fields The following procedure uses the example of entering a poll command on the General Purpose Device General tab (see Figure 15 on Page 41). To Enter Text into General Purpose Interface Fields 1. Go to the field on the General Purpose Interface Editor for which you want to enter text. Example Poll Command field on General Purpose Device General tab. 2. Click 4 01' next to the field. The Virtual Keyboard opens. 3. Enter your text using the Character keys. For assistance, click ASCII TABLE to open the ASCII Character Codes Chart. Example Hello on the Character Keyboard CR (Carriage Return) on the Control Character Keyboard. The keys you entered appear in the Display field as you type, as shown in the completed example shown in Figure 33 on Page 87. Figure 33: Character Key Usage Example IHello<CR> 4. Click Save to save your text. The General Purpose Interface editor field for which you were entering text reappears with your entry, and the Hex Format button next to the field becomes available, as shown in Figure 34 on Page 88. 5. Click this button to open the Hex Format box with the Hex representation of your text, also shown in Figure 34 on Page 88. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 87 EFTA01224536 Using the Virtual Keyboard F igure 34: Poll Command Entrywah Hex Format Shown Gerald . Pod ii CoaralbrnPsollzcog Triggetti Stasi SW.IWO: Doric< Irkenxtion Mercla : Genesi P~Pemdtucadrl 10 PoliCarmr0 Helo<C11> 40. lI ex and Poil Ccmn.r4 Ad. 4 e) Hec Formic/ it* Isy.ced 18 65 60 60 6F0 6. Click OK to close the box. To edit text you entered using the Virtual Keyboard, click Jr again next to the desired field. ASCII Character Codes Chart The ASCII Table opens as a PDF in Adobe Reader when you click ASCII TABLE on the Virtual Keyboard. • The ASCII numbers 0 - 9 correspond to Decimal 48 - 57 and the ASCII capital letters A - Z correspond to Decimal 65 - 90. • The ASCII Control Characters (which are not printable) are formatted in C•CURE 9000 in standard representation inside an opening angle bracket "<" and a closing angle bracket ">". Example: IS, the ASCII code representing a new line, appears as <LF>. These ASCII Control Characters NUL - SP and DEL correspond to Decimal 0 - 32 and Decimal 127. • The headers and trailers can be any character, except that the trailer cannot be zero. They frequently are carriage returns, nulls, spaces, and no data. Notice that there is a difference between a null, a space, a zero, and no data. 88 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 Genera/ Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224537 Using the Virtual Keyboard Example: To enter ASCII CR (a carriage return) in decimal as the header or trailer character, you would enter 13, which would appear in C•CURE 9000 as <CR>. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 89 EFTA01224538 Creating Events Creating Events The Event Editor is accessed from the C•CURE 9000 Configuration pane. When you configure such an Event, you have to select both a specific General Purpose Device and a specific Action for the Event. When the Event is activated, C•CURE 9000 sends the outgoing message configured for the selected Action to the selected Device. For detailed information about Events, see the Events chapter in the NOTE C•CURE 9000 Software Configuration Guide. There are two Actions that you can select: ■ General Purpose Interface Action on Page 90 - Used to configure C•CURE 9000 Events with an Action that links to a General Purpose Device. ■ General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action on Page 93 - Used to configure C•CURE 9000 Events with an Action using variables that link to a General Purpose Device. General Purpose Interface Action MEI To Configure a General Purpose Action 1. Click the Configuration pane button , click the Configuration drop-down list, and then select Event. 2. Click New to create a new Event. - or - Click a s to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing Event objects, right-click the Event you want to modify, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. The Event Editor opens with the General tab displayed. 3. Enter a name for this Event in the Name field and an optional Description in the Description field. Example GeneralPurposeEventDevice1 4. On the General tab, click the Armed checkbox. 5. Click the Action tab, as shown in Figure 35 on Page 91. 90 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224539 Creating Events Figure 35: Event Editor Action Tab A „ Am Gemage. thetoseti •••••af cne end tune USA..«•..+ CNat <gll Non GroolnopoiatelDssooll Dseaftun C WNW GINS Asa% isamOdonign I holudnid 1a Yaw' Camesi AS1 '.Remart 6. Click Add to create a new Action row, as shown in Figure 36 on Page 91. Figure 36: Create a NewActbn a. Click IS in the Action field to display a drop-down list of actions. b. Scroll down and select General Purpose Interface Action. General Purpose Interface Action is entered in the row and the Device and Action fields displayed on the bottom of the tab. c. Click 0 in the Device field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Devices currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system, and then click a Device to select it. Nino Polito Noon* CM hoe bite efed CenorrlDea Dela 6PD•weel tandem:* GIVectle•Cca teal Ty:00mm d. Click 0 in the Action field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Actions currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system, and then click an Action to select it. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 91 EFTA01224540 Creating Events ,,„ Z V-, v MI ril n teumn, ,, c.,,,a, ,„, , Nom I Paton l Doicste Ckk Poe eon> ilso IL 12, Am etre. 0040 ASloSkto Ewer, Oral IANalai au* by bathe reef GPAcoonl 04e• baldLeath. Ev WAY I Salad itanalbotadspovort j e. Click the Resettable check box if you want an operator responding to this Event to be able to reset this General Purpose Interface Action without acknowledging the Event. (This allows Monitoring Station personnel to manually reset the action caused by the Event. Reset Actions do not require Event acknowledgment.) The tab now appears as shown in the following example. add '..Etenove Acixel Oda % Aestetable 6e:fere, FLpo:e ', tea e Acton vi Device : GiDevat actor 6PActol (When you reopen the Action tab once you have saved and closed this Event, the Details field displays the name of the Action selected in the lower Action field.) 7. To create more General Purpose Interface Actions for this Event, repeat Step 6 for each Action you want. 8. Configure other aspects of the Event as desired. Among the parameters that you can configure are the following: • Priority of the Event • Messages sent when the Event activates the Action 92 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interlace Configuration Guide EFTA01224541 Creating Events • Acknowledgment requirements • Messages or secondary Event triggered if this Event is deactivated 9. Make sure that the Event is both enabled and armed. 10. Click Save and Close. General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action General Purpose interface Dynamic Action allows you to define values for Variable 1 and Variable 2 in the Event Editor. 1. Click the Configuration pane button , click the Configuration drop-down list, and then select Event. 2. Click New to create a new Event. - or - Click to open a Dynamic View showing a list of all existing Event objects, right-click the Event you want to modify, and click Edit from the context menu that appears. The Event Editor opens with the General tab displayed. 3. Enter a name for this Event in the Name field and an optional Description in the Description field. Example GeneralPurposeEventDevice1 4. On the General tab, click the Armed checkbox. 5. Click the Action tab, as shown in Figure 35 on Page 91. C•CURE 9000 General Purpose interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 93 EFTA01224542 Creating Events Figure 37: Event Editor Action Tab A t Gene/ 1 IIISMINIS AS•••rsOCkne I:Second/6m tea Crtetterl Nuns GensiPuipoodnelDiniali Osset.sm C &so C•eml Mk. lietaGeigallle I Per Ullassen IGI•4• •eadd '.R•VIO‘t Pax OM feasible 6. Click Add to create a new Action row, as shown in Figure 36 on Page 91. Figure 38: Create a NewActbn a. Click v in the Action field to display a drop-down list of actions. b. Scroll down and select General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action. General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action is entered in the row and the Device, Action, Variable 1 and Variable 2 fields displayed on the bottom of the tab. 7. Click 0 in the Device field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Devices currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system, and click a Device to select it. Neocei,,,,; ;.. -.,.. . t ;,,.. Now Polies Owitie• Ckl Pot onto 6,4 L .r1 CirorviDvd. Ode/ Ccnon.1).• 1:00•• tm•palOrnot Gfitov9orl Delo. Twc4lOran GPI)exceloiCa• refill 115podoerce • 8. Click 0 in the Action field to display a selection list of the General Purpose Actions currently configured in the C•CURE 9000 system, and click an Action to select it. 94 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224543 Croatmg Events Nave PaOgn Oetacto, CIO hay V rev 6s, Am e (vett Oda/ Aide140ighe Evert DdS I Iliad*/ rale° WJ.p•.w GPAaonl Oda& JallialLeclhaupEv Oda. Dealt/ panalbatidoevere 9. Click 40P in the Variable 1 field to open the Virtual Keyboard. See Virtual Keyboard Definitions on Page 85. Enter text using the Character keys. For assistance, click ASCII TABLE to open the ASCII Character Codes Chart. See Using the Virtual Keyboard on Page 85 for information about using the Virtual Keyboard. 10. Repeat Step 9 in the Variable 2 field. 11. Click the Resettable check box if you want an operator responding to this Event to be able to reset this General Purpose Interface Dynamic Action without acknowledging the Event. (This allows Monitoring Station personnel to manually reset the action caused by the Event. Reset Actions do not require Event acknowledgment.) C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide Chapter 3 95 EFTA01224544 Creating Events Gail 1 Ackreiledgiewl I Ovedai l Maim famoseenron I asses tag 908,3904 9894 198siossie "Add r•lienaw Action Details Resemble FO NOWil Nom kW'ace Oiwrc Act Gine Pam..Dowfic koo 0 Qeyke: Gail Pa Di** GinnPupa Date Atm Vent. I VAR1 Ilex ken VartabIt 2 VAR2 ir ties Fret 12. To create more General Purpose Interface Dynamic Actions for this Event, repeat Step 6 though Step 11 to add more Actions. 98 Chapter 3 C•CURE 9000 General Purpose Interface Configuration Guide EFTA01224545