Issue
Auxiliary I/O or inputs and outputs, allow a system to be expanded to include additional devices outside of standard door hardware such as sirens, panics buttons, or warning lights.
Product Line
Access Expert
Environment
Access Expert v3
Cause
Lack of documentation on Auxiliary I/O
Resolution
Input Devices
Inputs are also added to Downstream (interfaces). Inputs are typically added automatically when used to support door contacts and REX but can be implemented to connect motion detectors, glass break detectors, and even panic buttons. Inputs in this section would be separate from those associated with the reader-controlled doors. Inputs can have cameras associated with them to associate alarm points.
Though you can assign multiple cameras to a single point the Assign Camera section will only present one camera at a time. The Assign View allows multiple cameras to be brought together in a single view.
To add an Input:
- Open a downstream interface configuration
- Select the “Add Input”
- Enter a Display Name.
- Define the Address for the input.
- Set the Behaviour.
- Click “Save” or “Save & Close”.
**Note: Take special care when setting the address as the value does not match the number labeled on the physical hardware. The first address is always 0 (not 1).
Input Attributes:
- Display Name: This is the name of the input that is used throughout the system.
- Address: The address that the hardware is connected to on the downstream.
- Behavior: The Normally Open or Normally Closed setting of the input. This is also where any custom EOL Tables are applied.
- Debounce: The amount of time required before registering the signal. Bouncing is the tendency of any two metal contacts in an electronic device to generate multiple signals as the contacts close or open. “Debouncing” is any kind of hardware or software that ensures that only a single signal will be acted upon for a single opening or closing of a contact.
- Latching Mode: This sets the type of latching used by the input.
- Normal Mode (No Entry or Exit Delay): This will cause the input to report an alarm immediately upon activation and deactivation.
- Non-latched Entry: If set, the alarm will not be reported from an input activation until the entry delay expires. If the input is still activated when the entry delay expires the alarm will be reported. If the input is not active when the Entry Delay expires, no alarm will be reported.
- Latched Entry: If set, the alarm will not be reported from an input activation until the entry delay expires. If the input is still activated when the entry delay expires AND the input has not been masked, the alarm will be reported.
- Entry Delay: The time before the input alarm will report.
- Exit Delay: This function is useful to secure a door when an individual is leaving. When the ‘exit delay’ mode is set, the following shall occur. The alarm will not be reported from an input activation until the exit delay expires. If the input is still active upon exit delay expiry, the alarm will be reported. If the input is not active upon exit delay expiry, the alarm will not be reported.
- Hold Time: This can be thought of as a Motion Detector Delay. This is the number of seconds that the change of state must be held before the input will be changed to a deactivated state.
- Attached: Sets the Attached status of the input.
Input Addressing
The address programmed in Keep will not match the address shown on the physical board. The programming address is 1 less than the space used on the physical board.
| Input Address on Board | Programmed Address in Keep by Feenics |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 |
Outputs
Outputs are also added downstream. Outputs are not only used to support strikes but can be implemented to connect sirens, strobes, and other signaling type devices. Outputs in this section would be separate from those associated with the reader-controlled doors. Outputs can also have cameras associated with them to associate alarm points.
To Add an Output:
- Open a downstream interface configuration
- Select the “Add Output”
- Enter a Display Name.
- Define the Address for the input.
- Set the Behaviour.
- Click “Save” or “Save & Close”.
Output Attributes:
- Display Name: This is the name of the output that is used throughout the system.
- Address: The address that the hardware is connected to on the downstream.
- Activation Time: This is the amount of time the output will be active when pulsed.
- Mode: This sets the output to be in a normal operating mode (normally un-energized) or inverted operating mode.
- Schedule: This sets the time during which an output will activate.
- Assign Camera/View: The associated cameras or views for the output. These will display in the Live Monitor/Event History for events associated with the output.
Output Addressing
The address programmed in Keep will not match the address shown on the physical board. The programming address is 1 less than the space used on the physical board.
| Output Address on Board | Programmed Address in Keep by Feenics |
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 |
Scheduling Outputs
Outputs can be scheduled by clicking the schedule drop-down menu and selecting the desired schedule. The output will then Activate when the schedule activates, and deactivate when the schedule deactivates.
