Controller Questions - Bosch Access Easy Controller Hardware Manual

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The change will be effective immediately. Should anyone be running the View Activity screen
at the time the setting change is made, that person will need to exit the View Activity screen
and re-enter it to take advantage of the change.
Question - My old access system uses HID proximity readers and cards. Can Access Easy Con-
troller replace my old access system without changing the HID proximity reader and cards?
Answer - Yes, as long as the HID proximity readers provides wiegand output and you know the
card format of the cards, you can replace your old access system with Access Easy Controller
without changing the readers and the card. Please refer to the Access Easy Controller Soft-
ware User Manual for details in configuration card formats.
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Controller Questions

Question - For how long will a fully charged battery maintain Access Easy Controller operation
during a power failure?
Answer - Assuming that the standard 12 Volt, 7.0 Amp Hour supplied with the controller is
fully charged, it will typically provide four hours of operation during a power outage. This esti-
mate is based on a controller configured with two 4-reader boards, each with four readers
connected to it, for a total controller configuration of eight readers. The estimate also
assumes that the readers are HID ProxPro, MiniProx or ProxPoint models.
A controller configured with other than the HID model readers listed above will typically expe-
rience less operational time to standby batteries. Likewise, a controller configured with less
than eight readers can be expected to operate for a slightly longer time on standby power.
Question - I would like to install an expansion chassis at the other end of the building from
where the controller is located. This will make for shorter cable runs from the expansion con-
troller to the readers at the end of the building. What is the maximum distance that the
expansion chassis located away from the main chassis?
Answer - As the expansion chassis can be connected in the RS485 loop, you could locate it to
a maximum of 1Km away from the main chassis.
Question - Can I get separate controller Tamper alarms for the main Access Easy Controller
and the expansion controllers?
Answer - Yes, each controller Tamper can be terminated to the Tamper alarm input of either
the Converter Card or the Secure/Communication Card in the Controller. This way you will
have individual Controller's tamper monitored separately, however, whenever there is an acti-
vation from either one of the tamper, the Access Easy Controller will announce as controller
tampered.
Question - Can the Access Easy Controller work with normally closed alarm devices? I already
have normally closed door contacts in place that I would like to monitor with the Access Easy
Controller.
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