When you select the New Mx Controller Wizard option from the Mx Driver right-click option list, the wizard appears.
Follow these steps to create a new Mx controller for this system:
Step 1 From the Hardware Tree view, right-click on Local host - Driver Manager local host, then select New Mx Driver.
A new localhost - Mx Driver appears on the Hardware Tree.
Step 2 Right-click on the new localhost - Mx Driver and select Start.
The new driver is started.
Step 3 Right-click
on the new Mx
Driver and select the New Mx
Controller Wizard... option.
The first New Mx Controller Wizard screen appears.
The wizard provides you with two options:
· Discover one of the currently undefined controllers connected to this network and automatically populate the controller fields with the relevant values. If you select this option, skip to Step 4..
· Fill in the required values manually. For more on the definitions of each Mx configuration field, refer to Mx Controller Configuration Values.
Step 4 To discover the controller and automatically
populate this page with the correct values:
a. Check the 'Discover MX Information'
box. The Discover button is
activated.
b. Click the Discover button.
All discovered Mx controllers currently connected to this network (but not yet defined by the system) appear in the ‘Mx Info’ field like this example:
c. From the 'Mx Info' field, select the controller you are trying to define.
d. Click Next.
The Choose Template dialog box appears:
Step 5 Select an available MX controller type from the Template drop-down option list then click Next.
The default options are Mx-4, Mx-8, or M64. For more on these controllers, refer to Creating Mx Controllers.
In addition to the default templates, you can create a customized template by Creating Mx Controller Configuration as Wizard Template.
The Device Name screen appears like this example:
Step 6 Enter a descriptive name for this new MX controller.
If required, check the 'Append device model to name'
box to automatically append the device model to the name you select. This
model number will appear in the System Tree. Click Next.
The Location dialog box appears like this example:
Step 7 From the drop-down lists, select the fields as required.
For field definitions, refer to Mx Location Field Properties.
If no APB areas are defined for this controller and its attendant doors, skip this step.
When finished, click Next.
The Door configuration page appears.
Step 8 Enter the values you require.
For field definitions, refer to Mx Door Properties.
Once you click Next, the expansion input/output page appears.
This page displays the expansion boards that this Mx controller can include. ICPAM can support up to four alarm expansion boards (AEBs) and up to eight relay expansion boards (REBs); however, the Mx controller itself can support up to five REBs.
Note Notice that each expansion board increments the module number. For example, the first AEB identifies alarms 1-8 while the second AEB identifies alarms 9-16.
Step 9 Check the boxes for each alarm and/or relay expansion board installed in this controller.
If no expansion boards are installed in this controller, skip to Step 10.
Step 10 When you are finished supplying all the values, click Finish.
Step 11 Apply configuration changes to the controllers in this system.
The Mx controller appears in the hardware tree with all the readers, door relays, and locks defined. Proceed to configure the doors, relays, locks, and alarms associated with this controller.
For more on the configuration of doors, relays, and locks, refer to:
· Hirsch MX Door Lock Properties
· Hirsch MX Reader Property Sheets
See also: