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User Manual
Rødovre & Aalborg - Denmark
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First version in Danish
New features and devices
Documentation requirements added
Additions and access time changing
Added user PC control
Text corrections in alerts
Corrected functions in PC control
Adapted to PC control from Version 2.46
New features in PC control 2.54
Revised application of time profiles
First Scandinavian manual in English
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  • Page 1 User Manual Rødovre & Aalborg - Denmark Changes Version Changes Produced by V1.0 First version in Danish Svend Jørgensen V1.1 New features and devices Svend Jørgensen V1.2 Documentation requirements added Svend Jørgensen V1.3 Additions and access time changing Svend Jørgensen V1.4 Added user PC control Svend Jørgensen...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Table of contents NOX System .......................... 3 Product documentation, capacity and classification ..............3 Descriptions ..........................4 Control panel ........................5 Use of control panel ........................5 Usage of the keypad ........................5 Accessing the main menu ......................

  • Page 3: Nox System

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual NOX System Your technical support: Aras Security A/S Aras Security A/S Mose alle 10b Vardevej 1 2610 Rødovre 9220 Aalborg øst Denmark Denmark Telephone: (+45) 70 27 40 90 E-mail: info@aras.dk Support@aras.dk...

  • Page 4: Descriptions

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Descriptions This manual describes how the NOX integrated burglar alarm system is operated, how users arm and disarm areas, and how to deal with messages and alarm from the system. This user manual is complete, however, there are some user menus on the control panel which may differ in appearance as they are determined by the rights of the user.

  • Page 5: Control Panel

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Control panel Use of control panel Graphic display with white back light Function and scroll keys Numeric keys “Clear” and “Enter” keys In case of alarm, the internal buzzer in the control panel starts sounding. The display will show detailed information.

  • Page 6: Accessing The Main Menu

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Door opener with a key pad: Insert a valid user code Confirm with enter key “E” → the door opener is activated Arm-/Disarm with the key pad: Insert a valid user code Confirm with enter key “E”...
  • Page 7 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual When no user is logged in, the following display is visible: Main display If the buzzer is sounding, it will display “silent” on the right function key. Main display with silent To stop the buzzer press this function key. (NOTE: this only stops the buzzer, nothing else) If your system is in service mode, this will be shown on the main screen: To start any operation on the panel enter the 4 to 8 digit user code and press the “enter”...

  • Page 8: Duress

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Duress If you are in duress, you can add 1 to the last digit of your code. This will send a quiet du- ress alarm to the alarm monitoring station. This alarm will not be visible on the control panel until you log in with your normal user code.

  • Page 9: Main Menu

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Main menu The main menu is divided into seven sub menus. Whenever a user logs in, the main screen is displayed. The up and down keys allow to circle through the menus. NOTE: Depending on your pre-configured user rights, some menus many not be accessible.

  • Page 10: Menu: Alarm

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Alarm The alarm menu is activated whenever an alarm is triggered from any active detector in the system. In this menu detailed alarm information can be requested and alarms can be ac- knowledged.

  • Page 11: Menu: Warnings

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Warnings Shows system warnings. A system warning can be a system problem, which has a very low priority (e.g. AC loss - up to 30 minutes). It is not able to acknowledge a warning, the warn- ing will be automatically acknowledged once the problem is resolved (e.g.

  • Page 12: Menu: Areas

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Areas In the area menu the defined areas are set to armed and disarmed or any other status avail- able. The numbers in the top line of the display mark which area out of the total number of areas is currently shown.

  • Page 13: Test Area

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Example: As visible in the display, this area is currently in status “armed”. By clicking the function key “select”, the option menu will be shown. To execute the setting, press the “select” function key again. “entry hall”...

  • Page 14: Deactivate Detectors

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Possible error messages: Error Description Solution Try to get all detectors inactive There are active detectors in (e.g. close the doors and windows) Active detectors that area If this is not possible, deactivate those detectors There is one ore more active Active alarms...
  • Page 15 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual You can scroll through that list using the cursor keys. To deactivate the selected detector, press “deact.”. Confirmation of deactivation If there are more detectors to deactivate, they will be shown if you press back. If there are no more, you will get this message: No more active detectors NOTE:...

  • Page 16: Deactivate Detectors In Advance

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Deactivate detectors in advance Select the area in which you want to deactivate the detector. In the option menu, select the option “deactivate”. You will see a list of detectors you are allowed to deactivate. Select the detector you plan to deactivate.

  • Page 17: Access Time

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Access time If the area is associated with an access time, users (with sufficient rights) have the option of changing the day’s access time / closing time. This will cause no change in general, only in regards to today’s closing time and thus the time of the automatic arming or lockout.

  • Page 18: Menu: Logs

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Logs In the logs menu you can see the systems alarmlog, userlog and servicelog. The following information is stored in the different logs: Alarmlog: logs alarms and alarm acknowledgements Userlog: logs the users area settings Servicelogs: logs information needed for service personnel All logs:...

  • Page 19: Menu: User

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: User The user menu allows you to modify existing user access codes, to delete and create user codes. Most of the functions in this menu are restricted to users with complete access rights –...

  • Page 20: Delete User / Change User

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual If you have a multi language system, you can select the language of this user from the list of available languages. Language Choose user profile. The user profile defines the rights of the user. See the system con- figuration manual, for a description of the available profiles, and which rights are as- signed to the different user profiles.

  • Page 21: Menu: Time Profile

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Time profile The time profile menu allows you to change existing time profiles, define new special days and delete existing special days. Simply select which function you want to execute. Overview of time profiles Example: Time profile 1 Monday...

  • Page 22: Change Time Profile

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Change time profile Select the time profile to be changed. Only the time profiles currently not in lock time are visible (for safety reasons, it is not possible to change time profiles during lock time) Select the time profile to change with the cursor keys Since there can be a different time profile for each weekday, you will have to select the weekday of which you want to change the time profile.

  • Page 23: Add Free Day (Special Day)

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual In the same manner, you define the end time of the access time: If you finished entering the data, a short overview of your changes is shown If you select save, the changes are saved. Add free day (special day) You can add special days (normally e.g.
  • Page 24 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual I in the next step select the date of the day. When the screen is displayed for the first time, the current date is selected. You can easily switch to a different day with your cursor keys. You can also clear the date with the “C”...

  • Page 25: Delete Free Day (Special Day)

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Delete free day (special day) You can also delete existing special days. You can select a special day with the cursor keys. If you press delete, the system will ask you to confirm the action. If you press delete now, the special day will be removed from the system and also deleted from all existing time profiles.

  • Page 26: Menu: Service

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Menu: Service The service menu is only needed by service personnel to troubleshoot and to check the sys- tem parameters. It is not accessible for normal users. There are 4 service levels in which the system can be set. Level 0: Normal system operation Level 1:...

  • Page 27: Service Mode Menu

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Change the service mode Service mode menu In the service mode menu, you can select which service level will be used. Service mode levels Set date and time Unless a DCF radio clock receiver device is installed in the system, the actual time and date can be adjusted.

  • Page 28: Detector Test

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Detector test The menu “per detector” allows you to see all status changes with its correspondent time on one single detector: Movement detector 16, input screen Advantage for the service personnel: Start the detector test, go to the detector, come back to the control panel and check if the status changes were logged correctly.

  • Page 29: Output Test

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Output test The actual status of all outputs can be visualized in the service output test display: Output test display Show outputs If you select “show outputs” you can see the current status of every output. Test output If you select “test output”, you will be able to test (set to on, off or blink) any output of the system.

  • Page 30: Replace Device

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Replace device If a device is broken, this device needs to be replaced. This can be done without using a PC with configuration, simply using this function. Scroll to the unit you want to replace and press “select”. Now the current address is shown: This address can now be edited.

  • Page 31: Pc Operation

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual PC Operation Setup The first time the program pcbedE.exe is started, it can, depending on the installation, be setup with German language. If this is the case, go to the menu ”Datei”, select “Sprache” and the desired language, then press “Speichern”...
  • Page 32 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual When starting the program, a drop-down menu will appear. After entering an accepted access code, the main screen wil be displayed.  On the left side of the window, all areas of the system are listed along their current actual state.

  • Page 33: Editing User Codes

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Under menu item ”Edit” you will find the possibility to edit:  User codes and user profiles  Detectors and areas (change of name etc.)  Time profiles and special days  Service mode All of this is naturally only accessible with sufficient rights assigned.
  • Page 34 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Select ”New” for the creation of a new user, or select a name to edit existing user. 34 / 44...
  • Page 35 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Names are created or edited. The field called “Info” can be used for e.g. employee number or title. New user screen The user code is displayed, if this is choosen in the profile of the PC user. The code can be created or edited.

  • Page 36: Editing User Profile

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Editing user profile In the menu ”User edit”, select “User profiles”. Here you can choose: New, Edit, Delete and Copy profile (if a new user profile should be quite similar to an existing user profile). There are many options here, and most should make sense without further explanation.

  • Page 37: Area Groups

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual New feature from version 2.54. It is now possible to prevent an administrator from changing the right to add extra areas. Here a (super)-user, that normally would have the right to create users, can be subject to this limi- tation.

  • Page 38: Rights

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Rights By clicking the button “Rights” you will get access to a list of the associated areas. Here you can click on each single area to get a complete list of the users with access rights to that particular area.

  • Page 39: Detectors /Areas Editing

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Detectors /Areas editing In this menu you can make changes, that will affect how the system works.  Area names can be changed  Input names can be changed  Inputs can be moved from one area to another. You need to know exactly what this entails.

  • Page 40: Time Profiles / Special Days

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Time profiles / Special days In this menu, you can create and edit a time profile. The time between the start and end time defines the access time. A change in a time profil is valid for the future or until the next editing. However, a special day will not affect an already initiated access time.
  • Page 41 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual A time profile can be applied to all or selected user profiles and/or selected areas. Associa- tion to areas are made by the system installer in Nox Config. Association to user profiles can be done through PC operation.
  • Page 42 V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Use the tab “From day/time to day/time” to create individual exceptions to a time profile. Enter here the start date/time and end date/time as calendar items, and choose between no access or full access. Used for event management etc.

  • Page 43: Service

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual Service The system can here be set in the displayed modes. View (active detectors) Here you can see the current list of open inputs in the central. This can be very useful before an arming of the system, especially if there are many doors and windows with alarm contacts.

  • Page 44: View (Counters)

    V1.91 - January 2015 NOX System User manual View (counters) If counters are installed in the system, the values can be read here. It may be the number of counted openings, or perhaps the number of persons present. The latter requires the use of for example an “arrival card reader”...

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