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Maintenance release.
New Units Supported
Digital IO Module.
New Features
Events
Support for new Event type : Terminal Online
Biometrics
Support for offline mode for BMTA units.
Bug Fixes
A. IMPORTANT NOTICES
Note 1
The Installation Wizard will automatically detect which database server is installed. If you are
running a version of FireBird prior to v1.5, you have to uninstall it before installing the software.
The software will automatically run the FireBird v1.5 installer. During the installation you will be
presented with a page prompting you to "Select Additional Tasks". Ensure that you have the
following options selected before continuing:
Use Guardian Option
(Checked by default)
Run As Service
(Checked by default)
This feature may be used with the Auto Start feature to completely
batch-schedule the Engine's operations using a scheduler eg. Windows
Scheduler.
B. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
You will require at least 400MB of free disk space on your system drive to install the software. You
should allow more free disk space on the disk where your database resides.
On Windows operating systems, you will have to be logged on with Administrator privileges
on the machine.
C. STARTING UP A SITE
The default user name and password for logging onto the system are:
User name: SYSDBA
Password: masterkey (case sensitive)
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After installation, run Ethernet Discovery Utility in order to discover all the IP
enabled Controllers and Terminals.
Export these devices.
Run the Engine and import the devices that were found in step 1.
Start an AUTOID of the hardware. This can be done by clicking the AUTOID
button on the Engine window.
Once the autoid has completed, it will automatically stop the Engine and the
START buttons will be enabled again.
Once the Controllers and Terminals have been detected by the Engine and been
given Logical Addresses, switch back to the Access Application and click on the
new host in the tree. Press F5 to refresh. Drag and drop terminals into
appropriate locations and zones.
Do a full upload by clicking on the Full Upload button on the Engine window after
some tags and tagholder access groups have been set up.
D. DATABASE CONFIGURATION
This section describes the manual editing of the Access and Engine properties files. Normally the
settings that need to be changed can be edited using the Properties Editor that is built into the
software.
The properties files store configuration information regarding Database, Serial Port and other
settings. A default file is provided which may be edited with a Text Editor such as Notepad or
Wordpad. Comment lines are preceded by a # character.
Database Settings:
Change the URL to specify where the database is located. If the Engine and the database are
installed on the same machine, set:
engine.database.Interbase.URL = jdbc:firebirdsql:localhost/C:/... path to database
V5.02
V1.04
V1.01
The "Scripts folder contains a Scripts_Readme.wri file that describes the process of
upgrading to these versions.
The DBUpgrade utility may be run from your installation folder. The DBUpgrade utility will
determine your the status of your database and automatically apply all the necessary scripts to
your database. FireBird databases should be backed up and restored after the update.
H. NEW FEATURES
v7.68
New Units Supported:
Biometric TA with XSR
Nitgen Fingkey Access Plus
New Features
Biometrics
Support for Nitgen biometric terminals: Fingkey Access Plus.
Support for 40bit user id for Nitgen terminals.
Bug Fixes
Access
Application hung whilst switching between the tagholder panel and another panel.
Various fixes for moving an employee and their tags to another site.
Fix for repairing the system tag types.
Engine
Reduced memory usage when uploading biometric templates.
Web
Department Hours Worked: fix for interleading zones.
Transaction report: fix for interleading zones.
v7.67
New Units Supported:
Biometric TA
TT Biometric TA
TRT Biometric TA
TT Multi Discipline TA
TRT Multi Discipline TA
TT Multi Discipline TA Keypad
TRT Multi Discipline TA Keypad
Improx Ethernet Controller Squared 128MB
Improx Ethernet Controller Squared Plus 128MB
New Features
Access
Improved loading times for large sets of tagholders.
Ability to enable or disable hosted by in visitor tagholders from access.properties file.
Ability to customize the card size in CardDesigner from the default.properties file.
Engine
Bug Fixes
Access
Fixed scrolling issues in the Tagholder panel.
Fix for reading an HID iClass tag.
Disable the Biometric Enrollment button when a tag code or type was changed. It will
only be enabled again after a save.
Web
Fixed time worked in department during night shift for Department Access Pattern
report.
Visitor
Fixed visitor locking up when opened and shutdown a few times.
ManualID
Allow 64 controllers per site instead of 64 controllers per system.
Archive Utility
Fix for exporting transactions. Only the first transaction was being exported for all
users (except the first master record).
Discovery Utility
Fixed grouping of DC and SC controllers when searching by IP.
v7.60
New Features
Access
Alarm Arming
Inhibit multiple inputs from one input
SMS on Event
Masking of certain bits in tag code
Audit trail improvements
Archiving of multiple tagholders
Operator security enhancements to tagholder capture dialogs.
Batch enrolment improvements
Improved on-line help documentation
Engine
Alarm Arming
UDP Transaction Broadcast
Updated Linux serial port support.
SMS on Event
AutoID single controller
Biometrics
Sagem Matcher support
Sagem Enrolment enhancements
Web
Sagem Reports
Web based QuickTag
Audit Trail Report updated
QuickTag
Visitor tab can be disabled
Integrations
Dedicated Micros Digital Sprite 2
Manual AutoID Utility
Allows offline configuration of new controllers/terminals
Diagnostics Utility
Allows automatic collection of support related files and emailing to designated support
offices.
Discovery Utility
Allows user to select a specific network interface if more than one is found.
Bug Fixes
Access
Editing of terminal modes and time triggered actions reinstated.
Improved tag reading speed.
Correct saving of multiple custom fields.
When deleting a holiday, the wrong entry would be deleted.
When changing output states for different modes, only one of the changed modes would
be uploaded during normal Engine operation.
Integrations
Mirasys V/N Series DVR
Bug Fixes
Access
After saving a tag as an 'Ascii, Barcode, Magstripe' tag and selecting the 26 bit option,
the software prompted the user to save it as a slim tag. If the user selected 'Yes', the tag
code was saved as a slim tag with the 26 bit number and not the full 44 bits.
Removed the ability to add multiple actions to multiple actions.
Removed the ability to set a start and expiry date that exceeds seven years in duration.
Fixed problem with moving an employee with a user profile to another site.
Batch enrolment was not setting the gender field and caused errors in some reports.
Deleting an access group that has been assigned to some tag will cause the group
selection combo boxes to be disabled for that tag.
Removed ability to delete actions that are being used by Time Triggered Actions.
A tagholder was automatically assigned to the last edited department, the previously
assigned department will be kept.
The correct flags were not set after adding a holiday, a full upload was required to
activate the newly added holiday.
Deleting holidays failed whilst the Engine was running.
Batch enrolled tags were unable to acknowledge alarms in Graphics.
Fixed bug with showing the Engine status on the tree.
Visitor
Some fields were not being updated after a refresh, panel view only
Engine
Auto delete expired tags was deleting all tags with the same tag code and not checking
the tag type.
Tags that had biometric enrolments associated with them were not deleted.
Not all access groups were uploaded to an EC Controller
Fixed problem with uploading when some controllers were offline.
Auto ID now checks for fixed addresses that have already been added to the database.
Fixed problem with auto id assigning duplicate LA's to units with FF addresses.
Fixed issue with the enabled/disabled state of buttons after performing various functions.
Fixed an issue with uploading Time Triggered Actions. Not all time triggered actions were
uploaded to the controller during a normal start.
Web Reports
Certain reports were rendering slower than in previous releases.
Message Board report did not export correctly.
Person Detailed Access: Fixed filtering of controllers,locations,etc.
Department Hours Worked in APB Zones: Fixed night shift clockings.
Person Detail Report: Fixed problem with custom fields.
Pump and Archive
Table listings needed to be updated.
Caddx Server
Fixes for multiple panels.
Fixes for MS SQL Server database.
V7.22
New Units Supported:
PT Multi 13.56 Micro Remote
PT Multi 13.56 Keypad Remote
PT Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Micro Remote
PT Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
IXP12x Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Micro Remote
IXP12x Multi 13.56 Keypad Remote
IXP12x Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Micro Remote
IXP12x Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
MfT Multi 13.56 Keypad Remote
MfT Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
Twin Remote Terminal
TRT Keypad Remote
TRT Harsh Environment Micro Remote
TRT Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
TRT Conduit Remote
TRT Mifare Micro Remote
TRT Mifare Keypad Remote
TRT Mifare Harsh Environment Micro Remote
TRT Mifare Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
TRT TA Remote
TRT Multi 13.56 Keypad Remote
TRT Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Micro Remote
TRT Multi 13.56 Harsh Environment Keypad Remote
New Features
Reset units from tree
Support for Felica Tags
Controller Offline Events
Emergency Mode / Lockdown Mode triggered from inputs
Message Board Report
V7.20
New Integrations
Ziton Fire Panel Support.
Caddx Alarm Panel Support.
RSI Handkey Enrolment Support.
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Support.
Caress 135 Fingerprint Terminal Support.
New Products
Terminal Drop Box Reader support.
Terminal Drop Box Keypad Reader support.
Terminal Drop Box Mullion Reader support.
Mft Reader Head Terminal support.
Mft Reader Keypad Head Terminal support.
Mft Reader Mullion Head Terminal support.
Mft Micro Remote support.
V5.8
Web reports, which can be viewed, on any machine on the network using a web browser
have been deployed with this release. Currently, only certain transaction reports are
supported as web reports. Zone Occupancy reports are now available as web reports.
Editing of Reason Codes.
New Reports - tagholder (employee & visitor) + transaction with reason codes.
Special Tag Events - special 1 and 2 events on a terminal, per tag basis.
Action selection by location and global
DBUpgrade utility for easy upgrading of existing databases.
Full support for PT and TA.
Full support for FO16.
Full support for ER.
Full support for TT.
Emergency mode removed from terminal modes.
New icon standard implemented.
Added support for new hardware devices and new tag types.
Lift control is now fully supported - up to 80 floors/levels per Access Group.
"Multiple Actions" action type allows triggering of five actions. Events can now raise 25
actions each.
Enabling and disabling of buttons and fields within the QuickTag and Visitors modules.
Events can now be raised on Keypad Terminals via special codes. This could for
example be used to give pin only access to a location.
V3.4
New module (QuickTag) added that allows rapid entry of employees and visitor tags.
Controller system events and actions are now supported.
Issues regarding editing of areas have been resolved.
Supervisor-unlock functionality has been improved to allow the supervisor to exit the
zone while supervised tags are still inside the zone. The zone locks when the last tag has
left.
Multiple site functionality has been improved.
Door open sensing has been improved.
V3.2
Improved Inter-Controller communications.
More graphical enhancements to the Access interface.
Alarm handling by the Alarms Viewer has been improved.
Various bug fixes and enhancements.
V3.0
The software now supports the Advanced Controller that supports a large number
of tags and up to 64 doors per Controller.
Data entry in the Access Application has been speeded up.
It is possible to select the Controllers that the engine should poll or upload to, by
specifying the Controller addresses (in decimal) on the command line (separated by
spaces) eg. start fullupload 1 3 - will upload only to Controllers 1 & 3.
Reports have been speeded up.
Application security has been implemented for different users. Certain users can be
blocked from running certain applications. The system uses Interbase security and it is
necessary to create the new uses in Interbase first, using IBConsole.
Fixed addresses can now be changed in the Access Application if a unit is being
replaced.
Editing of Active System Events has been made much easier.
Door Open Sensing has been improved.
Doors can now be opened remotely using the Messaging module.