To create a button, perform the following procedure.
Step 1 Select
Quick Launch Editor from the Events
& Alarms menu in the Monitoring submenu.
The Quick Launch Editor window opens.
Step 2 Click the Add button for the row and column where the new button will appear in the Quick Launch window.
The Select Widget type dialog appears.
Step 3 From the Type
pull-down field, select a widget type to create a Quick Launch
button then click OK.
The available widget types include:
· Assign Temporary Badge: Creates a button that enables a temporary badge to be assigned.
· Device Command: Creates a button that executes a command for a door or device. For example, grant access to a door.
· Device Status: Creates a button that displays the current status for the device with which it is associated.
· External Command: Creates a button that executes an external command.
· Image: Creates a button that brings up a predefined image.
· Label: Creates a text label used to organize Quick Launch buttons into rows and columns.
· Open Map: Creates a button that opens a predefined map.
· Open Module: Creates a button that opens an ICPAM module window.
· Operator Comment: Creates a button that opens the alarm comment screen.
· Quick Search: Creates a button that brings up the quick search dialog.
· Report: Creates a button that brings up the report manager.
· Return Temporary Badge: Creates a button that disables a temporary badge and returns it to the inactive file.
· Separate: Creates a button that inserts a separator.
· Web Page: Creates a button that takes you to a specified web page.
The content of the resulting window and the required steps vary depending on the selected widget type. The following steps provide instructions for some of the more common button types.
At the Device Command
widget screen, perform the following steps:
a. Specify the required settings for the device command
b. Select the device(s):
§ Single: click to choose then in the resulting dialog select a single device or door from the Hardware - Tree view and click OK.
§ Multiple (by filter) of type: select a device type from the drop-down menu. For example, select deadbolt to select all deadbolt devices in all doors. To refine the selection, click Filter and select the filter options.
§ Multiple (by group) of type: select a device group from the drop-down menu. Groups include:
– Access Point
– Door: select a Door Group. (See Configuring Device Groups.)
– Monitor Point
– Monitor Point Group
c. Select a command for the door or device(s):
§ Click the Choose button to the right of the Command field.
§ In the resulting Choose Device Command Type dialog,
select a command (such as Deactivate Access Policies) from the list, and
click OK.
Tip See Device Commands and Door Modes and Commands for command descriptions.
d. If required, specify the parameters for the selected command.
§ If the Choose button to the right of the Parameters field is enabled, you must click that button to continue. In the resulting dialog, select a parameter from the list, and click OK.
§ If the message “Are you sure you want to continue?” appears, click OK. This message indicates that a parameter is not required.
e. On the Location
page, specify the desired position for this new button:
§ Specify the Column and Row numbers that indicate the button’s position.
Note: If a button already exists in that location, the existing button automatically shifts to the right.
§ For a larger button, increase the value in the Horizontal span or Vertical span fields.
f. On the Appearance
page, specify the text label and icon image that will appear on the button
for this device command:
§ Specify the text Label for the button:
– Default: the default text generated by the program. For example, the name of the device and command.
– None: no text label. Only the icon image appears. (If no icon image is selected, a blank button is displayed.)
– Custom: type the custom text for this button.
§ Specify the icon Image for the button:
– Default: the default icon image supplied by the program.
– None: no button image. Only the text label appears. (If no label is specified, a blank button is displayed.)
– Custom: click Choose to select a custom image file.
g. When you are finished, click OK.
The new button appears on the main Quick Launch page.
If the widget type is Open Module, select a module:
a. On the Open Module page, select the desired ICPAM module from the drop-down list.
b. On the Location page, specify the desired position for this new button:
§ Specify the Column and Row numbers that indicate the button’s position.
§ For a larger button, increase the value in the Horizontal span or Vertical span fields.
c. On the Appearance page, specify the text label and icon image that will appear on the button.
§ Specify the text label for the button.
– Default: the default text generated by the program. For example, the name of the device and module.
– None: no text label. Only the icon image appears. (If no icon image is selected, a blank button is displayed.)
– Custom: type the custom text for this button.
§ Specify the icon Image for the button:
– Default: the default icon image supplied by the program.
– None: no button image. Only the text label appears. (If no label is specified, a blank button is displayed.)
– Custom: click
Choose to select a custom image
file.
d. When you are finished, click OK.
If the widget type is Device Command, select the door or device for the command:
§ Type the text for this label, then click OK.
The new button appears on the main Quick Launch page.
Step 4 (Optional) To create additional quick launch buttons, repeat Steps 2 through 4.
Step 5 (Optional) To organize the buttons in the current panel (window).
· To edit an existing button (widget), right-click the button, select Edit from the pop-up menu.
· To move the buttons on the page, do one of the following:
– Right-click the button and select either Move
Left, Move Right, Move
Up, or Move Down.
– Right-click the button, then select Edit > Location to specify the row and column for the desired position.
Step 12 (Optional) Create panels (windows) of related buttons.
See also:
Creating a Button That Runs An Automated Rule