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Access Control Demo Kit

Quick Start Guide

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AKCess Pro Server / Access Control Quick Start Guide

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1) Introduction

A) What is the Access Control Demo Kit? B) What is included in this quick start guide? C) What is included in the Demo Kit? D) How to use this manual

2) Access Control Demo Kit Setup

A) Check the DCU Web Interface

B) Installing AKCess Pro Server

C) Adding the DCU

D) Adding the Access Control - Groups Management Permissions

Adding Doors – Adding Users

E) Adding Actions and Notifications

Adding Sire / Strobe Action– Linking Siren / Strobe to Reader

Add Unlock Door Action – Link Unlock Door to Temp Sensor

Add Email Notification with Pictures – Adding the E-mail Action

Linking the E-mail Action to a door opening

F) Adding Video Recording and Picture Captures

Checking the Cameras

Adding Recording Policies

Adding Playback

More Timeline Navigation Options


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1) Introduction

A) What is the Access Control Demo Kit? The Access Control Demo Kit is an advanced portable environmental and security monitoring

system designed specifically for AKCP dealers to aid them in demonstrating to customers the

complete AKCP Access Control System. This can be setup and installed in a reseller‟s office

showroom or taken to trade shows.

B) What is included in this Access Control Demo Kit?

Your new Demonstration Kit includes the following;

AKCP branded Portable Rack with three 1U DIN rail mounting kits

1 x DCU (Door Control Unit)

1 x CCU (Cabinet Control Unit)

2 x High Definition Digital Cameras

2 x Mini EM Locks mounted on 2 x Mini Doors

2 x Fingerprint Readers (one for adding your fingerprints to the system)

1 x EM Card Reader (one USB desktop type for entering EM cards into the system)

1 x Exit button

1 x Lock Converter Box

1 x Siren / Strobe Sensor

1 x Single port dual Temperature / Humidity Sensor

1 x AKCess Pro Server DVD and product DC

C) What is included in this quick start guide?

This quick start guide will cover the Access Control Demo Kit only. For more detailed

instructions, please see each of the individual product manuals for each of the following;

AKCess Pro Server / Access Control – Manual Covers

Fully Integrated Access Control

Full integration with our Central Management Software „AKCess Pro Server‟ enables you to control

your whole installation and receive real time reporting and statistics. Define Groups, Users, Access

Schedules and export advanced Reports

Groups Management

User Management


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Time and Attendance

Please see the AKCess Control Package product data sheet for more overall information about

this product and the specifications.

AKCess Pro Server software – Manual Covers

Installation and setup of the server and client software that includes running the software for the

first time, graphing, adding units and sensors, mapping, notifications, recording video etc.

DCU or Door Control Unit – Manual Covers

Overview and Installation of the DCU and door locks, wiring diagrams for the DCU, card readers,

finger print readers and exit buttons, the lock converter box, setup of the DCU in the ACKess Pro

Server etc.

CCU or the Cabinet Control Unit – Manual Covers

Overview and installation of the CCU, cabinet locks and reader. Wiring diagrams for the CCU with

the card reader and EM door lock. Setup and configuration of the CCU in the AKCess Pro Server.

Siren / Strobe Sensor – Manual Covers

Setup and configuration of the sensor including controlling it using other sensors.

Dual Temperature / Humidity Sensor – Manual Covers

Setup and configuration of the sensor including setting thresholds.

AKCP has prided itself on the only company in the world to bring low cost, easy to use complete access control, CCTV security, environmental and power monitoring solutions to market.

B) How to use this guide This manual is meant to provide the user with a step by step guide on how to configure and set up their DCU. It utilizes screen shots in an effort to make things simpler for the user to follow. It is split up into sections that form “mini tutorials”. These cover the basic set up and common configurations of the unit, and give an introduction to its most useful features.

At the end of the manual there is a FAQ section that provides some further in-depth information regarding specific set ups and answers some commonly asked questions. If you need any further information or help with using your unit then please contact us on [email protected] and one of our technical support staff will be only to pleased to help you with any information you require.

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2) Access Control Demo Kit Setup

A) Check the DCU Web Interface

You should first open the web interface of the DCU in the Demo Kit to insure it is working properly and that the other equipment is connected and working.

First connect the blue LAN cable from the back of the Demo Kit rack to your PC or laptop, power up the demo kit rack, then type the default IP of the DCU into your browser.

You should see Door port, dual temp humidity in the Summery screen.

B) Installing AKCess Pro Server The core of the system is the AKCess Pro Server software so you first will need to install the

software onto a PC or notebook computer (see the AKCess Control Server product manual for

these steps) you first will login to the software as the Administrator.

C) Adding The DCU Next we need to Add the DCU to our AKCess Pro Server, so from the Add menu choose the

AKCP Device option, enter your DCU‟s IP address and enter the community password that the

default will be public. You will receive a pop up saying the device is connected to another server,

this is normal as is from the testing done before shipping the Demo Kit.

Click yes to add the DCU.

Now we can see the DCU and CCU modules when we click on the Doors tab as shown above. If

we right mouse click on the DCU in green and click configure we can configure the DCU, CCU and

the rest of the components in the demo kit.


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Check the DCU and the Reader OUT to insure the Fingerprint Reader is selected to open the

Door.

Drag the Log onto the Desktop to show the Status Summery of the doors etc


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D) Adding Access Control

Next we will demonstrate how to add the Access Control module to the server by clicking on the

Access Control tab as shown in the screen shot above.

Next connect the Desktop Card Reader and the extra Fingerprint reader to USB ports on your PC

or laptop. When installing the drivers for the fingerprint reader, you might have to manually browse

to C:\Program Files\AKCP\AKCess Pro Server\package\FPDriver for the drivers.


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Groups Management Permissions Add Doors

If you need to add Groups you can add more or use the ones that are already in the system. We

need to add the permissions for our two doors to the group we will use for the demo.

We first will highlight the group, click on the + , highlight the two doors, use the >> to move the

doors to the Selected doors box, then click on the Next button.

If no Schedules have been created, you will have to cancel out of this and go to the Time

Scheudles tab and use the Add All button to activate the schedule then name it. Now you can go

back and launch the Manage Permissions and add the two doors


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Now we can see in the screen shot above that our two doors have been added to the

Administrators group.

Adding Users

Next we need to add a User or Users to the system. First we click on the New User button as

shown in the screen shot above.

Then enter the information into each screen of the wizard. – This will include scanning each users

card using the EM reader Fingerprint reader that is connected to the PC or laptop – follow the

directions after clicking the Scan button for each.


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After the User(s) have been added you can see the details as shown in the sceen shot above. It is

important to check to make sure the Group is selected in the User profile (see above).

E) Adding Actions and Notifications

Adding Actions - Add siren / strobe action

Now we can demonstrate how to setup on the demo system a link to and even that will trigger the

siren / strobe sensor. In this example we will setup the system so that when a card is swipped and

the door is unlocked this will turn on the siren / strobe sensor.

First we have to add the Notifications module by clicking on the Notifications icon as shown in the

screen shot above.


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Next we click on the Actions tab, then the Create icon which will launch the Create Action wizard.

We can then choose the Siren & Strobe Light action from the list of actions and then complete the

new action wizard.

After completing the wizard we can now see our new action in the Actions listing as shown in the

screen shot above.


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Make sure you now go to the siren / strobe setting in the DCU

And insure that the advanced settings are set to Notification Control


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Linking the Siren / Strobe to the Reader

Now after the Siren / Strobe action has been setup we need to link this to an event. So first we will

go to the Notification Rules tab, then click on the Create icon which will launch the Notification

Rule Wizard. Now we can select which Sensor we want to trigger the action from the Sensor box,

then select the status from the Status box, then finally select the Siren & Strobe Light action from

the Action box and click Next as shown in the screen shot above.


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Now after completing the wizard we can see that our Demo Door Reader IN is now linked to our

Siren and Strobe.

Adding Actions - Add Unlock Door Action

We can also demonstrate how to add the Unlock Door Action to the AKCess Pro Server, so for

example if the temperature exceeds a certain threshold the door will unlock.

We first go back to the Actions tab, then Create, then choose the Unlock Door action from the

actions list, then click Next as shown in the screen shot above.


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In the next screen of the Unlock Door Wizard we can rename our action and enter a time to relock

the door, or if it is acknowledged as shown in the screen shot above.


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In the next screen we will select the door on the demo kit that we want to unlock with the action

and click on the Next button as shown in the screen shot above.


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And in the last screen of the wizard we can add retries in case there was a communication

problem. We then click on the Finish button to complete the wizard.

Now we can see that our new Unlock Door Action is now in the Actions listing as shown in the

screen shot above.


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Linking the Unlock Door Action to the Temperature Sensor

Now that we have our Unlock Door Action we can demonstrate how to link this to our Temperature

sensor. So first we will go to the Notification Rules tab and click on the Create icon which will

launch the Notification Rule wizard. We can then highlight our temperature sensor in the Sensors

listing, then choose the Status of the sensor from the Status box, then choose the Actions we want

in the Action box, then click on the Next button as shown in the screen shot above.


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Now we can see that our temperature sensor is linked to both our Siren Strobe and our Unlock

Door Actions.

Adding Notifications – Email with Picture when a Door is Opened

Adding the E-Mail Action

We can also demonstrate how to add an email notification and link a picture to the email when a

door is opened. We will go back to the Actions tab and again click on the create icon, but this time

we will choose the E-Mail from the actions list as shown in the screen shot above.


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We will then add our email details and click next.


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We will then add our email details and click next. Here you can leave the default Subject and Body

of the email alert or you can Enter you own customer alert text.


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In the next step of the Email alert wizard you can choose to attach media content to the email

alert. We first click on the Attach Media Content, then you need to highlight the camera or cameras

you want to include the pictures from and move them to from the Camera list to the Media List. In

the Media Type you can choose either the Current Picture which will attach a picture at that time

from the camera or use the Video Clip which will attach a recording as shown in the screen shot

above.

We will click the Next button to continue.


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In the next screen of the wizard we will enter our email SMTP server information and click on the

Next button.


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We can also enter Retries in case of a connection problem, then click Finish to complete the

wizard.

Now we can see our new E-mail action in our actions listing as shown in the screen shot above.


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Linking the E-mail Action when the Door is Opened

We first go to back to the Notification Rules, then click on the Create icon to again launch the

Notification Rule Wizard.

Then we can link the Demo cabinet‟s door to our E-mail action. So when the door is opened the

cameras will record the video and the email alert will be sent with the video attached as shown in

the screen shot above.

We will click on the Next button to continue.


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We can delay the start of the E-mail alert by adding time in the next screen shown above.


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We can also demonstrate how we can add non-active times to the alert as shown in the screen

shot above.


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Finally we can demonstrate how we can add an escalation to the action.


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F) Adding Video Recording and Picture Captures

Checking the cameras

You might find that there is not video from the cameras on the demo kit. If this is the case then the

cameras might just have to be enabled. You can enable the cameras by going to the

serverExporer, clicking on the Cameras tab, then right mouse clicking on the each camera and

selecting Enable.

You can easily test to make sure the video is now working and adjust the positions of the cameras

by dragging and dropping the cameras onto your desktop as shown in the screen shot above.


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Adding Recording Policies

To first setup the recording policy you need to add the Video Recording module to the server by

clicking on the Video Recording icon, then click the Create icon that will launch the recording

policy wizard as shown in the screen shot above. You can choose where you want to store the

video as shown.


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In the next screen you can choose the name etc.


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Next screen we will choose the camera to record from


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In the next screen we will choose the camera to record on an event and this being a sensor event.


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Select the Sensor to trigger the recording them the Status

Setup Recording policy and choose the camera you want and tie it to a reader or door lock.


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Adding Playback

Now after setting up the recording policy that will recording when the door is opened we need to

add the Playback to the server so we can view the recorded video. First we click on the Add

Playback icon as shown in the screen shot above.

Now if we go to the cameras tab in the serverExporer we can just drag the camera onto the

Playback workspace as shown in the screen shot above. You can then use the Playback controls

to navigate to the timeline you want to view.


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One other way to navigate to a specific timeline is to use the Event Log. Simply drag and drop the

even log from the card reader into the Playback, then double click on the event which will display

the recorded video from that event as shown in the screen shot above.


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More Timeline Navigation Options

Another way to navigate or show events in the timeline is to add the Event Logs from the sensors.

You can just drag and drop the logs into the Playback then view the same timelines.

This concludes the Access Control Demo Kit Quick Start Guide.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any further technical questions or problems setting up your

modem or your alerts.

Thanks for Choosing AKCess Pro!

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