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1. The Guardus with the serial number 72 00 00 00 00 2C 25 2D is programmed on January 1 On January 7 this Guardus is downloaded generating the file GRD0O2C25 DWL On January 14 it is downloaded for the second time Since January 1 the Guardus memory did not turn and thus the file GRDO2C25 DWL is overwritten with new data On January 17 the Guardus data memory was full and its memory therefore turned On January 21 it is downloaded for the third time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 000 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is created On January 28 it is downloaded for the fourth time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 001 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is generated After the download the PROGuard option Latest downloads is entered and the same Guardus is selected If the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is not on the data shown in the report will include only the data contained in the file GRDO2C25 DWL If this option is on the data contained in all of the files GRD0O2C25 000 GRDO2C25 001 and GRD0O2C25 DWL will be included After these reports are viewed and printed the programming of this Guardus is changed On February 5 Guardus is downloaded for the fifth time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is then renamed as GRDO2C25 002 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is generated Note that since January 28 when the Guardus was programmed its memory did NOT turn
2. CONTRONICS SS EEE Here the Description Internalcode Downloaded on 72 000000002C25 2D 21 10 2004 08 55 p reviou sly 72 000000002C25 2D 21 10 2004 08 55 72 000000002C25 2D 19 10 2004 16 21 created 72 000000002C25 2D 8 10 8004 16 23 72 000000002C25 2D backu ps which 72 000000002C25 2D are pomeo feee E are found in Et pamena icem WM the external edged pme sete DE backup J gt di irectory are Browse 2 F orse I coaches donnioad vtn previous domoas IM ictac ZA O Here the directory where the backups are stored is shown Note After selecting the directory where your backups will be stored PROGuard records it Then whenever it is run the backup will be stored in this location To change the location of your Backup you can Click directly on the search option in the left panel of the previous figure In general the viewing of Backup Downloads works in the same way as the viewing of Previous Downloads The only difference is that Backup Downloads searches the data or files in the directory selected www contronics com 112 PROGuard User s Manual Backups as the backup directory Previous Downloads on the other hand searches the data or files in the Download directory Note that Backup Downloads also gives the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads This option behaves exactly as the option Previous Downloads See an
3. If we select the download GRDO2C26 001 keeping the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads off and then we click on View the reports which will be generated will consider only the data of that download However if the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is on then the reports will include data from the three downloads www contronics com 103 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads Another example Let s return to the example given in the previous item and take a look the behavior of PROGuard in the option Previous downloads The Guardus with the serial number 72 00 00 00 00 2C 25 2D is programmed on January 1 On January 7 this Guardus is downloaded generating the file GRD0O2C25 DWL On January 14 it is downloaded for the second time Since January 1 the Guardus memory did not turn and thus the file GRD0O2C25 DWL is overwritten with new data On January 17 the Guardus data memory was full and its memory therefore turned On January 21 it is downloaded for the third time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 000 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is created On January 28 it is downloaded for the fourth time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 001 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is generated After the download the PROGuard option Previous downloads is entered and the download GRD0O2C25 001 is selected If the option
4. PROGuard User s Manual Data Files Generated by PROGuard For example on downloading for the first time the Guardus serial number 72 00 00 00 00 2C 25 2D will be generated in the file GRDO2C25 DWL in the directory Download The file GRDO2C25 DWL will contain a complete program of all data downloaded from the Guardus For the downloads which follow and not for the first download from the same Guardus one of two situations may occur 1 Guardus did not have its programming changed and since the previous download up to the current download its memory did not turn Note The Guardus data memory is circular that is Guardus always stores new data in the memory position following the last data inserted But what happens when the Guardus data memory is completely full and there are new data to be inserted In this case Guardus stores the new data in the memory position previously occupied by the old data i e the old data are deleted That Is when its memory is full Guardus begins to store data again from the point where the memory begins This procedure Is called turning In this case the file GRDxxxxx DWL generated during the previous download is overwritten by a new file with the same name only a single file remaining containing data from this Guardus Note that there is no loss of data because the new GRDxxxxx DWL file will contain all the data from the previous download plus the new data 2 Or Guardus
5. f CONTRONICS A Guardus Guard sTourgsSystem Contronics PROGuard Guardus Management Software User s Manual PROGuard User s Manual PN 300 000 30Eng March 2007 Rev 07 Contronics Technologies LLC 8121 NW 68th Street Miami FL 33166 USA Phone 786 206 7892 305 994 3535 Fax 786 264 1040 E mail info contronics com http www contronics com Contronics and Guardus are registered trademarks of Contronics Technologies EM4100 and EM4102 are registered trademark of EM Microelectronic Marin SA Dallas Dallas Semiconductor iButton and 1 Wire are registered trade marks of Dallas Semiconductor Microsoft Windows are registered trade marks of Microsoft Corporation Contents troduction anata Auta 6 Installation iiis a scan Ea ESA 7 Minimum requirements for PROGuard Installation cccsseeeeeees 7 Installing PRO Gite ga rosesccevecnctnentaduieecmmniaassnededaunoreaeedcasseadeawnorsunnetass 8 Optional Equipment and Accessories s cssccssecsssesseeeseeseseeeeseeseneeeeeeeeeseneeess 13 Preparing To run PROGUaTO sciascsssssssecaasitsiaicalenbcaddecadiutadassecdsbectudpuauteutsduudscecuidabavades 20 Connecting the Serial Communication Cable ccccsseesseeeseeeeeeeees 20 Connecting Download i USB sssssssssssssssssrsssnrensnnsnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnennee 21 Running PROGuard secccesetnci pace secansasenceswacenseduntiaseacnetccanimstaaninep
6. Month and Year Legend February of 2000 gt gt D Day with no abnormal situations EE ey with abnormal situations og 02 EME 05 Day with no records os gy o9 10 EAE 15 16 17 18 19 Fiters ey 21 22 24 25 26 I Patrol Officer John Peterson 2 28 29 I Supress events F Supress control records gt gt gt Day Ti normal situations Patrol Officer in charge Ever 08 nise on checkpoint East Noel Bradley 13 Peter Mason 13 ter Masi 14 Michael Ferguson ion Buildin 20 vent damage on checkpoint Main Gate Michael Ferguson This report contains along with the data listed in the lower part of the screen four groups of fields e Guardus Identification e Month and year e Key e Filter Guardus Identification In the Guardus Identification group common to all reports the following data are listed e Identification descriptive text which must be used to identify Guardus Initially each Guardus is identified by the text Guardus along with its internal code or serial number In the example above we would have Guardus 8A8 as the default This default description has been changed to Example 1 e Internal Status this may show two messages Round Failure There was a failed round at the time Guardus was downloaded This failure had still not been reported to the supervisor or the reports originating from www contronics com 31 PROGuard User s Manual Reports t
7. this option determines the use or not of a password in the alteration of the Guardus programming When this option is switched on the password must be immediately given and then confirmed If this option is already selected and you want to alter the current password click on password www contronics com 86 PROGuard User s Manual Advanced Options Note If you opt for the use of a password remember that it is a password like any other that is the only way to alter the Guardus programming will be by completely clearing its memory through the diagnostic and memory test options We thus strongly recommend that great care is taken not to lose or forget the password Demanding the patrol officer identification at the start of each round this option demands that a patrol officer iButton TagRF is read so that the checkpoints can be recorded by Guardus A round can therefore only be carried out after the identification of the patrol officer responsible for recording the checkpoints Accepting checkpoint iButtons TagRF outside the schedule allows the configuration of Guardus to allow the reading of any control point outside the established schedule By activating this option you will also be enabling the option Allow checkpoints to be revisited within one round Allowing checkpoints to be revisited within one round allows Guardus to record a checkpoints more than once It will be possible therefore to record the ti
8. www contronics com 15 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories Round control point iButton mounted on a fixed metal plate Guard iButton Button to be placed on the employees member s or patrol officer s badges Serial Communication Cable Downloads the Guardus data to a PC through the PROGuard software Serial Download i The Serial Download i downloads information collected by Guardus locally directly to a PC through its serial port Download 1 www contronics com 16 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories Connect i Connect i integrates the electronic round controlled by Guardus with any monitoring center through an Connect alarm panel Connect i is an accessory which adds great value to the electronic round control since it allows the support personnel to follow in real time the activities carried out by the guards thus dispensing with the need for constant visits by a supervisor to check on the work carried out by the patrol officer Remote i ISP Remote i ISP sends the downloads via Internet to an access provider which immediately redirects them to your PC This makes it possible for the Guardus download to be carried out from anywhere in the world at the cost of a local call Download i USB Download i USB downloads information collected by Guardus locally directly to a computer through its USB port www contronics com 17 P
9. If this doesn t open automatically double click on the icon My Computer and then on your CD drive then double click on the icon Contronics exe If desired choose the language then click Guardus Line Software PROGuard Install on the screen If you are installing PROGuard from an installation file obtained through the download from the Contronics website simple run this file Important If you have older versions of PROGuard installed in your computer when installing the new version of PROGuard the installation program will automatically remove the previous version of the software The installation process will proceed displaying the following window i Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Setup Welcome to the Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Installation Wizard It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this setup program Click Cancel to quit the setup program then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue the installation WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Cancel Click on Next The following window will then be displayed www contronics com PROGuard User s Manual Installation i Contronics PROGuard 3
10. There is a explanation leaflet showing how to install the USB Driver which comes with the Download i USB Before carrying out the USB Driver installation procedures close PROGuard Check that the interface is correctly configured Go to the main window and into the option Interfaces If you are using the Serial Communication Cable Download i Serial or Remote i Serial make sure that the option Serial is selected www contronics com 117 PROGuard User s Manual Frequently Asked Questions If you are using Download i USB select USB See the window below Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update OGIE Help Serial T v USB USB Cable e If you are using a Serial Communication Cable Download i Serial or Remote i Serial if your computer has three serial ports installed as for example COM1 COM2 and COM3 try installing the connection cable in the port which does not share resources and has the lowest number COM1 and COM3 share the same computer IRQ interruption line as do COM2 and COM4 If you have COM1 COM2 and COM3 installed on your computer the best option is to use COM2 for the communication cable since of the ports installed this is the one which does not share resources e Make sure that the connector chosen really corresponds to a serial port some computers have connectors which are not effectively connected to the system e Windows does not allow a serial port to be used to more than one end at
11. but even so the old file GRDO2C25 DWL is now renamed GRDO2C25 002 because that file GRDO2C25 DWL reflected the previous programming On February 12 it is downloaded for the sixth time The file GRDO02C25 DWL is overwritten with new data www contronics com 100 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads On February 14 the Guardus memory was full and thus the memory turned On February 19th Guardus is downloaded for the seventh time Now the file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 003 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is created After the download the PROGuard option Latest Downloads is entered and the same Guardus is selected If the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is not on the data shown in the report will include only the data contained in the file GRDO02C25 DWL If this option is on the reports will include only the data in the files GRDO2C25 DWL and GRDO2C25 003 The data contained in the files GRDO2C25 000 GRDO2C25 001 and GRDO2C25 002 cannot be included the report because they were generated when this Guardus programming was different to the current one On clicking on View the PROGuard report window is displayed and the data can be consulted as if they had been recently downloaded In order to obtain detailed information on how to work with reports consult the item Downloading a Guardus in this manual www contronics com 101 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads No
12. fio 2005 jor Joo This way other filtering options are displayed Starting date time Ending date time Tip The fastest way to activate filters is by clicking on a patrol officer checkpoint or event in any of the displayed graphics The gray scale option next to the filters adjust colors so graphics can be printed in black and white The following graphics are available Patrol officer X Started tours It s a graphic representing the number of started tours by each patrol officer When clicking on the graphic the patrol officer selected will activate the filter Patrol officer In order to disable the filter please disable the Patrol officer checkbox 18 x Guardus Identification laren Sone eee Intemal Code 72 010000000002 98 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Batteychage MENNENE Local download Firs T Statting date time January z 21 fz05 23 foo T Ending datetime March fo f2005 for foo L RSL Ferguson 25 3 gt 89 Mark Hall 21 3 gt 75 Total 352 ok Cancelar www contronics com 47 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Patrol officers X Tour failure This graphic represents the number of tours not performed or not completed by each patrol officer It can also be used to activate the Patrol officer filter It s possible
13. happens and the following window keeps showing indefinitely Message shown Data Communication I Place Guardus in touch with the communication interface Possible solutions Check that the Guardus batteries are in good condition Check that Guardus is working correctly If you are using the model G3 G5 or G7 short circuit its iButton reader head and you should hear a beep sound while the short circuit lasts ATTENTION Do not keep the head short circuited for more than 10 seconds If it does not emit this sound Guardus is not working properly If you are using a Serial Communication Cable Download i Serial or Remote i Serial a b If you have a modem installed on or connected to your computer PROGuard may not properly detect in which port the interface is connected If it is an external modem it is advisable to disconnect it when using PROGuard If itis an internal modem configure it so that the serial port number associated with it is higher than the number of the serial port to which the cable is connected The mouse was disconnected and in its place a serial communication cable or Download i was connected without the computer being restarted It is www contronics com 120 PROGuard User s Manual Frequently Asked Questions recommended in this case that you disconnect and reconnect the mouse with the computer switched off c Verify that your computer has a serial adapter with a UART cap
14. information such as External line access code if you are using a PABX which is not recommended Place from where you are dialing Dial up regulations for your area www contronics com 95 PROGuard User s Manual Dial up Information This field will only be available when the option Use Area code and Dial up Properties is selected e Number of attempts is the number of attempts which the Remote i will make before managing to connect to the Remote i Server and download the data successfully The number given will be the total number of attempts e Interval between attempts is the time in seconds for which the Remote i will wait between attempts Data Files Generated by PROGuard PROGuard stores data downloaded from Guardus in files generated on the computer There follows information regarding how these files are managed by PROGuard The data received during a Guardus download are always stored in the directory C Program Files Contronics PROGuard Download unless during the installation of PROGuard you specified a directory different to that suggested In this case the data will also be stored in the directory called Download however it will be found below the place which you suggested When Guardus is first downloaded in PROGuard the file generated will have the name GRDxxxxx DWL where xxxxx are the last 5 digits of the serial number of the Guardus downloaded www contronics com 96
15. of the Guardus behavior These options do not alter the way in which Guardus controls the round but simply how it interacts with the user The advanced programming window accessible through the Advanced guide in the Guardus programming window is a follows Program Guardus Identification TourSchedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Additional Buttons Numeric Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remotei Options Tour Tour completion i d V Sound signaled IV Light signaled V Light signaled Time interval between start signals 10 minute s I Report tour status after reading patrol officer I buttons IV Accept additional and or unknown Accept unscheduled checkpoints buttons Password protected This window shows the following options e Round start allows the selection of the type of signaling to be used by Guardus to indicate the beginning of a round schedule Guardus can be configured to work without any Signaling with sound signaling with light signaling or with both Light signaling is particularly advantageous in situations where you require that Guardus signals the start of a round schedule in a discrete manner This form of www contronics com 85 PROGuard User s Manual Advanced Options Signaling requires greater attention from the patrol officer guaranteeing him more discretion when desired e Completed round allows the configuration of the type o
16. 1 gt 323 Checkpoints South Entrance 11 1 gt 322 East Entrance 11 1 gt 323 Security Booth Parking 11 1 gt 323 Warehouse 11 0 gt 321 Offices 11 1 gt 324 Total 2907 Numeric reference ok Cancelar When an event has a numeric reference we can see the evolution of that through this graphic A specific event on the event filter must be enabled in order to display the information 100 50 Vehicle Entrance www contronics com 54 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Important Just like exemption full and frequency reports statistics report can be seen on the option Consolidate Downloads Programming Report This report indicates the way in which Guardus is programmed to control rounds In it the following information is listed e Round schedules with all of their characteristics e The checkpoint iButtons TagRF e The master iButtons TagRF e The guard iButtons TagRF e The other employees iButton TagRFs e The iButtons which comprise the numerical events keypad numerical iButtons e The events which will be interpreted automatically e The holidays considered by Guardus e Other configurations such as the type of signal to be emitted at the beginning of a round The Programming Report does not offer any type of filter however there is in i
17. 2 Setup User Information Enter the Following information to personalize your installation Full Name Fontronics Organization contronics The settings for this application can be installed for the current user or for all users that share this computer You must have administrator rights to install the settings For all users Install this application For Anyone who uses this computer only for me contronics Wise Installation Wizard Type your full name and your company name according to the user license which is supplied by Contronics or an authorized distributor Select whether you wish PROGuard to be run by only yourself or any other authorized user of this computer Note however that in order to be able to select the latter installation option you will need to seek permission from the computer manager Then on clicking the Next button you will be asked in which directory the PROGuard will be installed We suggest that the directory used for the installation is C Program Files Contronics PROGuard www contronics com 10 PROGuard User s Manual Installation i Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Setup Destination Folder Select a folder where the application will be installed The Wise Installation Wizard will install the files For Contronics PROGuard 3 2 in the Following Folder To install into a different Folder click the Browse button and select another Folder You can choose not to insta
18. Buttons Numeric Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote Code Description Requires refer Unit Abandoned post Broken window Door open Water damage Lights one Break in Damaged sensor Alarm response Energy supply interr Energy supply retum Vehicle entrance Vehicle exit Number of events In order to add a new event click on add the following window will appear Event Properties Code 24 Description Requires reference www contronics com 82 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Here you must give the event code its description and if necessary a reference with its associated unit of measurement Click on OK to end Events are used together with numerical events pad which consists of a pad onto which 12 numbered iButtons are attached Example In PROGuard we created the event code 14 the description for which is Break in attempt This event does not require a numeric reference Let us suppose that the patrol officer has inspected the checkpoint North Wall and there he noticed a break in attempt Soon after reading the iButton TagRF placed on the North Wall the patrol officer opens the numerical events keypad and reads the iButtons marked 1 4 and ENTER When Guardus is downloaded in PROGuard the reports will show that the patrol officer detected a break in attempt at the North Wall and the date and time of this occurrence Registering Holid
19. Guardus Capacity for this program estimate of the number of days Guardus is capable of working without over writing previous records The number of days will depend exclusively on the way Guardus is programmed that is if there is a great intensity of rounds Guardus will be able to store less days and vice versa Each model and version of Guardus has a certain quantity of memory for data storage For example Guardus G3 has 32 Kbytes of memory which allows it to store approximately 4000 iButtons readings www contronics com 56 PROGuard User s Manual Reports e Round schedules are listed in groups or intervals each group occupying a different line The round schedules are often grouped into situations of the type 5 times indicating that in this schedule more than one round must occur in this case 5 rounds Each line of the schedule will be composed of the identification of the days Everyday from Monday to Friday Saturday and Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday or Sunday schedules at hh mm or at hh mm to hh mm if it is an interval of more than one round the round frequency if it is an interval of more than one round n times the duration of each round in minutes and the checkpoints those which must form part of the round e Checkpoint iButtons TagRF lists the description attributed to each checkpoint along with the unique serial number of the iButton TagRF associated with it
20. In the initial programming the checkpoint are identified by the text Checkpoints followed by a sequential number e Master iButtons TagRF lists the description attributed to each master iButton TagRF along with its unique serial number In the initial programming the master iButtons TagRF are identified by the text Master iButton TagRF followed by a sequential number e Guard iButtons TagRF lists the name attributed to each guard along with the unique serial number of the iButton TagRF associated with it In the _ initial programming there are no pre recorded guard iButtons TagRF e Employees iButtons TagRF lists the name attributed to each member of employees along with the unique serial number of the iButton TagRF associated with it In the initial programming there are no pre recorded employees iButtons TagRF www contronics com 57 PROGuard User s Manual Reports e Numerical iButtons lists the unique series number of the iButton associated with the numerical events keypad These iButtons listed may be inserted into a keypad similar to the numerical events keypad substituting the latter In the initial programming there are no numerical iButtons e Events lists the code and the description of recorded events e Holidays lists the holidays recognized by Guardus On these days Guardus uses the schedules defined for Sundays Consult the Programming Report provided with your Guardus to find out the h
21. Manual Introduction Introduction Welcome to PROGuard the management software for the Guardus system The PROGuard Application Program enables you to access the most advanced features of your Guardus With it you can change programmable options of Guardus and view or print the data recorded by it during its use for example the time the guard was at a round control point Note The descriptions given in this manual will employ standard terms Which relate to the functioning of the electronic guard Round Control Point place the guard must visit and inspect Round Cycle complete reading of all iButtons TagRF specified Guard etc These terms may be changed according to the area of application The procedure is described in special features www contronics com PROGuard User s Manual Installation Installation Minimum requirements for PROGuard Installation e IBM PC or 100 compatible with equivalent to Pentium I 300 MHz CPU or above e Minimum of 10 MB free disk space e Standard RS 232 serial communication port in this case the Serial Communication Cable or Download i Serial must be used or USB port in this case Download i USB must be used e Operating System Windows 98SE Windows 2000 or Windows XP e CD ROM reader PROGuard is usually provided on CD ROM www contronics com PROGuard User s Manual Installation Installing PROGuard Before using PROGuard it needs to be installed on you
22. YOU WISH TO KEEP YOUR CURRENT POINTS Cancelar If the button Yes is clicked on new checkpoints can be included preserving the current ones If the No button is clicked on all existing points will be discarded thus promoting a full reregistering of checkpoints It is also possible to cancel the operation by clicking on Cancel The inclusion or reordering of new checkpoints can then be done by placing Guardus in contact with the communication interface The sequence in which the readings are carried out must be the same as that in which the iButtons are registered The reading of a master iButton TagRF can result in the Guardus returning to normal operation Confirmation of the exit of the learning mode is given through the emission of the signal for rounds carried out Guardus will be ready to operate normally considering the new checkpoints configuration www contronics com 69 PROGuard User s Manual Note Registering The checkpoint Buttons TagRF registered with the help of Guardus receive automatically as a description texts of the type Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 2 etc according to the order in which they were given While Guardus is activated to add or learn new checkpoints any non registered Buttons TagRF will be accepted as a checkpoint The Learn button will not be available in the programming windows of other types of iButtons TagRF master patrol officer and employee
23. checkpoint iButtons TagRF programming window accessible through the Checkpoint guide of the Guardus programming window has a list of registered iButtons TagRF associated with a description for each of them as shown in the following figure Holidays Advanced Remote Additional Buttons Ni B Events lol juttons Patrol Officers Employees Identiication Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master B Description 01 000001 72F 4D4 88 01 000001 72F594 33 01 000001 72F61F 7C www contronics com 68 PROGuard User s Manual Registering On altering an existing iButtons TagRF it is possible to change its description To delete a checkpoint simply select it with the mouse and then click on Delete Learn Button When clicked the button learn enables the Guardus itself to enter into a learning mode redefining the current checkpoints or including new checkpoints This procedure allows that all of the programming information configured in whichever window up to that moment be recorded enabling also that all of the previously registered checkpoints be or not discarded For this operation to proceed the data conformation is necessary as shown in the following window Contronics PROGuard 9 When setting your Guardus in learn checkpoints mode you can save all checkpoints already learned or discard them and enter all new ones SS J All other settings will be saved to your Guardus DO
24. compliance to this recommendation may damage Guardus In the Interface menu will can see the following options e Serial used to read a Guardus program through the serial communication port This option needs to be selected if you are using a Serial Communication Cable or Download i Serial interface e USB used to read and program Guardus through the USB communication port This option must be selected if you are using the Download i USB interface In the Help menu you will see the following option e Contronics on the Internet allows you who has an Internet connection available to get to know Contronics through its Website www contronics com 25 PROGuard User s Manual Downloading Guardus Downloading Guardus To download a Guardus after clicking on the Download Guardus option in the initial window click on the option Read Guardus with the left mouse button Data Communication On doing so PROGuard will request through the message to the side that Guardus be placed in contact with the communication interface y Place Guardus in touch with the communication interface If you have a Serial Communication Cable fit the small device at the end of the cable similar to an iButton onto the Guardus reader head as if you were in fact making contact with an iButton Hold firmly with the hand as shown in the following figure The downloads may originate either from a serial communi
25. explanation of this option in the item Viewing Previous Downloads in this manual Attention If there are no backups stored in the selected directory the list will be empty and the OK option will not be available Records Recording Patrol Officers and Employees Through Guardus you can record the iButtons TagRF of the patrol officers and other personnel which allows the frequency control Among the many possibilities open for this feature is the exportation of data to Human Resources or Payroll software not supplied by Contronics Tip In order for Guardus to read and process the iButtons TagRF of the patrol officers and other personnel they need to have been previously registered in PROGuard as described earlier in this manual www contronics com 113 PROGuard User s Manual Records The patrol officer and employees iButtons TagRF readings can only be viewed through the full and frequency reports in PROGuard Guardus provides the option to give the round results on reading the patrol officer iButton TagRF and this is carried out in the same way as the master iButton TagRF This option is programmable and is initially switched off Its use is important mainly for a patrol officer on taking over the rounds and receiving the Guardus from another patrol officer to be aware of whether he received Guardus with round failures or not Attention In contrast to what occurs with the master Button TagRF on sig
26. external to your computer for example diskette pen driver removable hard drive or another computer connected to the network e Clear previous Downloads clears all files whose name has the format GRDxxxxx XXX where xxxxx are the last digits of the Guardus serial number and XXX is a number between 000 and 999 These files are found in the Download directory See a more detailed explanation regarding these files later in this manual We recommend that this command is only used after a backup has been created e Select external backup directory allows the selection of the place where the backup data are to be saved The item Creating backups on disk details the procedure necessary to create backup copies of the data e Update list of downloads allows the updating of the list of downloads displayed by PROGuard It is mainly useful for changing floppy disks when viewing external backup data www contronics com 23 PROGuard User s Manual Exit allow the exit of programs that is PROGuard will be closed In the menu Tools you will view the following option Configure PROGuard allows you to configure Guardus to work with other applications which are not the rounds application Further details of this operation can be seen in the item Configuring PROGuard In the menu Update you will see the following options Update PROGuard through this option you can see whether there are updated versions of the downlo
27. from the top to the bottom over them keeping down the left mouse button or click on the Ctrl key after selecting the items with the left mouse button When all the items have been selected click on the delete button Defining Guardus Identification The first programming window guide Identification is for the identification of the Guardus in use This identification is shown in the reports and used to select the Guardus whose data you wish to view The window which shows the Guardus identification also displays other information as follows Program Guardus Employees Additional Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers D Identification EEME Intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 General Information Programmed on 207472005 17 07 Guardus G5 version Programming area length 1599 bytes Data area length 31161 bytes or 4451 records www contronics com 64 PROGuard User s Manual Modifying Guardus Programming e Identification is a field for the filling in of a description to be associated with the Guardus which is being programmed e Internal code shows the unique serial number associated with the Guardus whose programming is being altered e Programmed on indicates the last time the equipment was programmed date and time e Version of equipment indicates the hardware and firmware ver
28. gray letters on a white background These may be days whose data have already been lost or are too old days in the future or days on which Guardus was switched off no power www contronics com 33 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Filters In the Filters group there are options which can be activated or deactivated in the data selection for reports These are e Guard when selected the list will give only records related to the guard selected from the list to the right of the box This option will be available only when effectively the guard iButtons TagRF are used e Omit events when selected the events displayed in the report are not shown thus restricting the number of occurrences listed e Omit control records gt gt gt when selected all control records beginning with the sequence gt gt gt are omitted from the reports As with the Omit events filter this filter restricts the number of occurrences listed facilitating in many situations the report analysis The report lists the data in time sequence On each line an occurrence is listed including the day the time a description of the problem which occurred and the guard responsible Note In the PROGuard reports the guard considered as the one responsible is the guard who last had their 1Button TagRF recorded before the problem occurred In order to determine their identification just activate the option Demand identification
29. of the guard at the beginning of each round Advanced Programming guide www contronics com 34 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Exceptions Report As with the monthly report the exceptions report shows the problems which occurred on the rounds however with two basic differences the exceptions report is not limited to a period of one month and it enables the supply of a greater level of detail for example it lists the non visited points for what is considered an incomplete round In order to access the exceptions report just click on the guide Exceptions in the Reports window This report can be filtered listing only the data collected by a specific guard data collected within certain dates which can include or not numerical events and control records identified by the sequence gt gt gt To print or export this report consult the items Printing reports or Exporting reports in this manual The Exceptions Report window is shown below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Battery chage MENNENE Local download Fiters J Patrol Officer I Starting date time January v 21 2000 23 John Peterson Z I Ending datertime March gt 10 2000 a7 I Supress events I Supress control records g
30. on be referred to only as the number Registering an iButton TagRF consists of associating its use with its number The possible uses of an iButton TagRF are checkpoints master iButton TagRF patrol officer and employees During the iButton TagRF registration process you need to give its number and a description of its use Unlike a TagRF an iButton number is printed on its front face The PROGuard window which requests an iButton TagRF number has the same layout as the number which is printed on the face of an iButton iButton Properties Code DO Cancel Full Code 00 000000000000 00 Deserption www contronics com 66 PROGuard User s Manual Registering In this window the CRC 8 Type and Code fields refer to the data printed on the upper face of the iButton using the same layout CRC 8 or verification above to the left type above to the right and code or serial number below centered See in the figure below the location of each field TEN oS yO i ON the S N fii P N Mi 1983 Hi ass ia MA C amp ff JAN TAN f DS LIL pate 9547 REGISTERED O41 1 Jj anarnaddeanere 000001181D6C lt E ode The fields of the above window may be filled in automatically simply be making contact between the iButton and the interface If you are registering a TagRF simply bring it close to the TagRF reader of the interface make sure that the interface whic
31. the data stored previously will automatically be discarded and cannot be retrieved Therefore always download Guardus before reprogramming it Maintenance of Programmed Data The way to interact with PROGuard is the same in all programming windows In these windows there is a list of programmed items such as schedules checkpoints etc Allows the inclusion of new items to the list Allows the removal of items already included on the list activated only Remove when an item on the list is selected Allows the modification of items already included on the list enabled Edit only when an item on the list is selected Note Observe that in the programming windows where there are these buttons the window displayed on clicking on the Ada button is the same as the Edit button The only difference is that the add window appears blank or filled in with default values and the edit one is filled in according to the previously selected data www contronics com 63 PROGuard User s Manual Modifying Guardus Programming During the process of excluding information already included on the lists a message requesting confirmation of the deletion will always be displayed Tip If you encounter difficulties in altering a registered item remember that an old item can also be deleted and a new one registered It is possible to delete more than one item at a time To select multiply items drag the mouse
32. the most By clicking on a specific event the event filter is enabled If no event is selected the graphic will look the same as the Checkpoints X Events graphic 5 ES Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Ful Frequency Vist Statistics Programming Guardus Identification Print Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour success Cea Internal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded or 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battey chage MENNENE Local download p Fiter I Batiol Officer I Checkpoints F Events a ee i gt kunidentified gt Z Administration Building x BERENA Water damage X Checkpoints Securty Booth A 333 1 South Entrance 33 3 gt 1 arehouse 33 3 gt 1 Total 3 ok Cancelar 50 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Specific checkpoints X Events Initially this graphic is the same as Checkpoints X Events and presents the quantities of events occurred in each checkpoint When activating the checkpoint filter it presents which events and how many times they were registered on that specific checkpoint Contronics PROGuard Generate Report le x Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Statistics Programming p Guardus Identification Pi Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour success e Intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded
33. there is one or more download which does not have exactly the same programming as the selected download these different downloads cannot be included in the consolidation Attention Program planning is very important to obtaining a good consolidation result A programming which suffers frequent alterations in the round schedules will not benefit from the consolidation In the following window there is an example of the consolidation of a download from Guardus North Base 2954 which occurred on 23 08 2004 at 10 39 with the previous downloads from the same Guardus www contronics com 106 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update Interface Help CONTRONICS Description Internal code Downloaded on Guardus_JC 72 000000002C25 2D 21 10 2004 08 55 72 000000002C25 2D 21 10 2004 08 55 72 000000002C25 2D 19 10 2004 16 21 72 000000002C25 2D 8 10 2004 16 23 72 000000002C25 2D 5 10 2004 15 15 72 000000002C25 2D 5 10 2004 08 19 72 000000002C25 2D 4 10 2004 16 24 72 000000002C25 2D 4 10 2004 16 04 72 000000002C25 2D 4 10 2004 16 02 72 000000002C25 2D 1 10 2004 16 18 72 000000002C25 2D 30 9 2004 14 08 72 000000002791 86 30 9 2004 13 57 ee Browse I Consolidate selected download with previous downloads 5 E Julio quardus Descargas On selecting View a window showing which downloads which were and were not consolidated will be shown On closing it the consolidated reports wi
34. to see which patrol officer has more failures compared to the others gt laix Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming Guardus Identification i Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour success Intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Battey chage MENNENE Local download p Fiters T Stating date time Januay x fet e005 23 foo lt I Ending datetime March x fo feos o7 fo0 Patrol Officers X Tour failure D K Total 31 oK Cancelar Tour completion X Tour failure This graphic represents the total of started tours right corner at the bottom separating the successful tours Blue and failed tours in Green If a patrol officer is selected the patrol officer filter is enabled The graphic permits to easily evaluate the performance of each patrol officer ja x Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Statistics Programming Guardus Identification demios Sang Tae Internal Code 72 01 0000000002 99 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battey chaos EEE Local download p Fiters I Starting date time lanuay m zi 2005 23 00 lt I Ending date time March fio 2005 o7 fo0 Tour completion X Tour failure Tour fai 83
35. 000000002 39 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Battey charge TREE Local download Te Filters 7 Starting datezime Januay 21 205 23 foo lt f I Ending date time March x fio 2005 fo7 foo Broken window 140 0 gt 4 Total 10 OK Cancelar www contronics com 49 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Checkpoints X Events It represents the quantity of events that occurred in each checkpoint making easy to identify which checkpoint events happened the most When clicking on the graphic the checkpoint filter will be activated ns Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming Guardus Identification orilo Sampl Internal status Tour success Heats Intemal Code 72 010000000002 9 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Batey chage Toe Local download Filters I Starting date time Januay gt 21 2005 23 foo lt I Ending datetime March fo 2005 fo7 foo Checkpoints X Events South Entrance 10 0 1 eourty Booth 10 0 gt 1 warehouse 10 0 gt 1 Main Gate 50 0 gt 5j Total 10 K Cancelar Specific event X Checkpoints This graphic shows the number of events that occurred in each checkpoint or in which checkpoint an specific event occurs
36. 43 Tour come ipletion 31 1 gt 19 Total 350 Ok Cancelar www contronics com 48 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Patrol officer X Events This graphic shows the number of events registered by each patrol officer It s possible to observe which shift of a patrol officer has more events It can be used to activate the patrol officer filter Contronics PROGuard Generate Report 6 xj Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming p Guardue Identification int Identification Sample 1 hoes Le Intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battery charge MENNNNE Local download Filters J I Starting datetime Januay 21 2005 23 foo I Ending date time March f0 2005 07 foo Patrol Officers X Events John Peterson 30 0 gt 3 Noel Bradley 10 0 gt 1 Total 10 OK Cancelar Events It represents the number of events that occurred making easier the identification of which event happens the most Clicking on the graphic the event filter is activated Contronics PROGuard Generate Report E lej xj Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming p Guardus Identification oe Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour success eee Ae Intemal Code 72 010
37. Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is not on the data shown in the report will include only the data contained in the file GRDO2C25 001 If this option is on the data contained in the files GRDO2C25 000 and GRDO2C25 will be included After these reports are viewed and printed the programming of this Guardus is changed On February 5 Guardus is downloaded for the fifth time The file GRDO2C25 DWL is then renamed as GRDO2C25 002 and a new GRD02C25 DWL is generated Note that since January 28 when the Guardus was programmed its memory did NOT turn but even so the old file GRDO2C25 DWL is now renamed GRDO2C25 002 because that GRDO2C25 DWL reflected the previous programming On February 12 it is downloaded for the sixth time The file GRD02C25 DWL is overwritten with new data www contronics com 104 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads On February 14 the Guardus memory was full and thus the memory turned On February 19th Guardus is downloaded for the seventh time Now the file GRDO2C25 DWL is renamed as GRDO2C25 003 and a new file GRDO2C25 DWL is created After the download the PROGuard option Previous Downloads is entered and the download GRD02C25 003 is selected It doesn t matter whether the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is on or not the result of the reports will be the same because there is not another file referring to the same Guardus which has
38. ROGuard User s Manual COMMUNICATION MODEMILINE POWER Remote 1 Optional Equipment and Accessories Remote i Remote i sends the information of the downloads carried out by Guardus directly to a PC through an external modem connected to a telephone line The modem recommended by Contronics is U S Robotics 56K acquired separately Remote i Modem The Remote i Modem has the same features as the Remote i with the advantage of having a built in modem Remote i Net The Remote i Net enables the carrying out of downloads from Guardus through your local network or even from an Internet connection www contronics com 18 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories Collector Collector is Contronics new portable downloader Carried by a supervisor visiting the patrol officers on sites Collector can retrieve data from up to 510 Guardus devices This new product enables the supervisor to collect data from Guardus on the field and to download all of them to PROGuard at once when he is back to his station via USB port www contronics com 19 PROGuard User s Manual Preparing to Run PROGuard Preparing to Run PROGuard In order for PROGuard to run optimally an interface needs to be properly connected to your computer The interfaces available are a Serial Communication Cable Download i Serial and Download i USB Connecting the Serial Communication Cable The serial commu
39. able of transmitting at 115 200 bps UARTs which use 8250 as with the old PC XT equipment cannot transmit at 115 200 bps and therefore the communication with Guardus does not work e If you are using Download i USB Close PROGuard Disconnect the USB cable which connects Download i USB to your computer wait 10 seconds and connect again Run PROGuard and try to download Guardus If this does not work try this procedure again repeating up to 5 five times If this works then your Download i USB may not be of a current version In this case consult your distributor and explain in detail the problem www contronics com 121
40. ad software This is done on line and you must therefore be connected to the Internet Contronics Microsoft Internet Explorer Arquivo Editar Exibir Favoritos Ferramentas Ajuda Endereco lg http www contronics com eng atualizacao php7idioma eng amp prod PROGuard amp ver 020 CONTRONICS 55 48 2106 2233 GUARD TOUR SYSTEM 2 Contronics Products UPGRADE Cases Dear Customer FAQ Downloads You are currently using the last PROGuard version It s not necessary to update it To be aware of new releases please click here to register yourself in our MAILING list Best regards Technical Support Team Contronics Automa o Ltda Internet Update Guardus through this option you can update the Guardus firmware Firmware is the software inside Guardus which can be replaced or updated The updating of Guardus firmware may add new features which will not be included in this manual www contronics com 24 PROGuard User s Manual Use PROGuard has a mechanism which automatically checks the need to update the Guardus firmware which is to be downloaded The updating should only be carried out if necessary Note Should the Guardus firmware be compatible with the PROGuard version a message informing that the update was not carried out will be shown Important Never remove the Guardus from the interface during the firmware updating process nor interrupt for any reason this operation The non
41. ated by the records of these iButtons TagRF can be used for example to determine the frequency a function of an automatic recording clock of the employees member associated with them Unlike the patrol officer iButtons TagRF which indicate who is responsible for the controlled rounds the iButtons TagRF of other employees members are not related in any way to the rounds these also being listed as control records identified in the reports by the sequence gt gt gt To register iButtons TagRF of the other employees members you need to access the respective window through the Employees guide in the Guardus programming window Consult the item Registering 1Buttons TagRF for a description of this process Registering Additional iButtons TagRF The additional iButtons TagRF offer Guardus a great flexibility since they allow that Guardus is capable of working with a practically unlimited number of iButtons TagRF It is very important to understand that the additional iButtons TagRF are not recorded in Guardus but on the computer Thus when Guardus reads an additional iButtons TagRF it cannot identify to which iButtons TagRF it refers This will be done only by PROGuard when the data are downloaded If a certain additional iButton TagRF is registered programmed on one computer and the Guardus is downloaded onto another computer the latter computer will not know the description for that iButton TagRF and the reports will sho
42. ation will be the highest possible value so that there will always be a round activity between the start day and time and the end day and time The automatically calculated value can be manually decreased but never increased If the value is decreased then there will be periods of time between the start day and time and the end day and time in which there will not be a round activity It is possible to stipulate a maximum duration for the carrying out of each round cycle and after click on the calculate button of the Number of Rounds group In this case the value which will be given in the Number of Rounds field will be the highest possible number which serves the restrictions imposed by the other fields in this window If only one round is required or possible the field Control Round Duration will not be available Note If for example cycles starting every 60 minutes from 10 00 to 14 00 are specified there will be cycles starting at 10 00 11 00 12 00 and 13 00 but NOT at 14 00 which simply marks the final time www contronics com 78 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Attention Guardus has a limited number of rounds which it can control If a message stating that such a limit has been exceeded try to increase the interval between the round start or if rounds with a great frequency are really necessary use without controlled duration Checkpoint Guide In the Checkpoint guide you can s
43. ays Since the Guardus round schedules allow a differentiation between various days of the week it is also possible to identify some specific days which will be considered as holidays On these days Guardus will control the rounds as if it were Sunday This means that if a holiday programmed into Guardus occurs www contronics com 83 PROGuard User s Manual Registering on a Tuesday instead of Guardus behaving as if it were a Tuesday it will behave as if it were a Sunday The holiday programming window accessible through the Holidays guide in the Guardus programming window has the following appearance Program Guardus Identification TourSchedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Additional Buttons Numeric Buttons Events Holidays l Advanced Remotei Add Every 2 of February Every 21 of April Remove Every 12 of October E Every 2 of November Every 15 of November Every 25 of December Number of holidays As shown in the window below the Day and Month fields are used to specify the date of the holiday In the Year field it can be defined whether this holiday is valid only for that year or for every year Holiday Properties Day Month April Year Every year Only in the year of www contronics com 84 PROGuard User s Manual Advanced Options Advanced Options The advanced options allow in some situations the modification
44. been generated with a programming the same as that of the selected file GRDO2C25 003 On the other hand if the download GRDO2C25 002 is selected and if the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is not on the data shown in the report will only include the data contained in the GRDO2C25 002 file But if this option is on the reports will also include the data in the files GRDO2C25 000 and GRDO2C25 001 as well as the data in GRD02C25 002 because all of these downloads have the same programming Consolidating PROGuard Downloads On activating in the main window one of the options Latest downloads or Previous downloads the selection box Consolidate selected download with previous downloads will be shown directly below the list of downloads The consolidation only occurs with downloads which are from the same Guardus that is the same serial number and are older than the one selected www contronics com 105 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update Interface Help Sample 1 72 010000000002 99 20 4 2005 17 08 Guardus 3689 72 000000003689 CD 15 4 2005 09 32 RPM 14 72 000000003334 41 10 12 2004 09 00 I Consolidate selected download with previous downloads Select this option to consolidate several downloads However as has been explained above in order for the consolidation to occur the downloads must have the same programming If
45. c Update Automatic Update Whenever a Guardus is downloaded the PROGuard checks its firmware If it finds that the Guardus has old outdated and inadequate firmware PROGuard will automatically start the firmware update procedure as shown in the window below This Guardus can be updated to offer greater compatibility with your current PROGuard version Do you wish to update your Guardus Should you not wish to update at the moment select the option Not now but I would C Not now but I would like to be reminded on the next reading like to be reminded again in a C Not now but I would like to be reminded again in ihour x stating beforehand the No I don t want to upgrade Please stop asking me deferment time and then click on OK If PROGuard identifies that the Guardus has firmware of a more modern version than itself then automatically PROGuard initiates the auto update procedure The following window is shown Note that we are updating PROGuard Update Terre Do yaiivel E indelo vale Pa OAV rece ron tne As in the previous case if emar you do not wish to update at this time you can request the deferment through the defer option with the required period of deferment selected from the list C Yes I want to upgrade it right now Not now but I would like to be reminded on the next reading C Not now but I would like to be reminded again in www contronics com 28 PROGuard User s Ma
46. cation cable or from table devices Should you have a Downloac i fit the Guardus reader head onto the Download i contact base For this procedure it is not necessary to hold it Observe that a proper contact is very important so that the communication is carried out rapidly and without problems www contronics com 26 PROGuard User s Manual Downloading Guardus Note For the option Read Guardus to function the communication cable or a Download i needs to be installed correctly See how to do this in the section Preparing to run PROGuarad The Guardus reading will be completed downloaded by your computer when its head touches the communication interface The download time varies according to the amount of data stored in the equipment not taking more than 20 seconds After downloading all of the data the PROGuard will display a reports screen through which it is possible to view and print seven types of reports Monthly report Exceptions report Activity Map Report Full report Frequency report Rounds report Statistics Report Programming report With the exception of the Programming Report there are for all of the other reports the options to Print and Export These buttons are located in the top left corner of the window On clicking on one of them it is possible to print the desired report or export it to a text file www contronics com 27 PROGuard User s Manual Automati
47. ckpoints to be considered for this tour C Ary T Open the guide Selected checkpoints Checkpoints and select All checkpoints Click OK Program Guardus Additional Buttons Numeric Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote i Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Maximum durati from 08 00 to 13 00 5 times 60 minutes Note Your from 23 00 to 07 00 8 times round for Monday to Friday from 08 00 to 13 00 as been created Number of schedules 2 www contronics com 76 PROGuard User s Manual Registering To alter an existing schedule the process is exactly the same with the difference that the Round Schedule Configuration window will start with all the data already given for the selected schedule During the inclusion of a round schedule a window will be shown with three guides available Schedule Checkpoints and Advanced Schedule Guide Tour Schedule Properties Schedule Checkpoints Advanced Start Finish Day Everday x j Time os 3 oo Time j3 oo Number of tour cycles 5 Calculate V Control tour duration Maximum duration 60 minutes Cancelar Note that in the above window there are four groups of fields In the group Start you can specify the days of the week and the start time of each round interval In the group End give the end time and day of each round i
48. did have its programming changed since the previous download or its memory turned In this case the file which was previously called GRDxxxxx DWL is now renamed GRDxxxxx XXX where XXX is a number between 000 and 999 The new downloaded data will be stored in a new file with the name GRDxxxxx DWL www contronics com 97 PROGuard User s Manual Data Files Generated by PROGuard Example Let s return to the example given above where we were downloading the Guardus with the serial number 72 00 00 00 00 2C 25 2D Since this is not the first time that this Guardus is downloaded there will therefore be in the Download directory a file named GRDO2C25 DWL During the new download process this file will be renamed GRDO2C25 000 and the data originating from the new download will be stored in a new file named GRDO2C25 DWL When a further new download occurs under the same conditions at the time of download there will already be in the Download directory the files named GRDO2C25 DWL and GRDO2C25 000 Thus the file GRDO2C25 DWL will be renamed GRDO2C25 001 and a new file named GRDO2C25 DWL will be created containing the current download data As you can see the file GRDxxxxx DWL will always contained the latest download data from the Guardus whose serial number ends in XXXXX www contronics com 98 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads Downloads Viewing latest downloads PROGuard allows the latest download fro
49. dow will appear requesting information regarding the telephone number which Remote i will dial when Guardus is inserted into it See the item Dial up Information later in this manual Modem Properties On clicking on this control the same window as that mentioned in Remote downloads through direct connection with the server will appear However different parameters may be given in the two windows See a description of these properties and of the window which will be shown by PROGuard later in this manual User Give here the user name with which you or your company are registered on the ISP Note ISP stands for Internet Service Provider It is the Internet access provider In order for it to be possible to use the Remote i ISP and transmit data through the Internet via a telephone line dial up you will need to use an ISP whose services need to have been previously requested In Brazil there are many companies providing ISP services some even free of charge On registering with an ISP it will provide a user name and password Password State here your ISP identification password Authentication State which is the method of authentication used by the ISP which you are using This information must be www contronics com 91 PROGuard User s Manual Programming for use with Remote i obtained from the company which is providing the ISP service It can be CHAP most common or PAP Modem Properties When necessary some
50. e terms the battery charge level of the Guardus Through this www contronics com 32 PROGuard User s Manual Reports field it is possible to monitor the battery lifetime and visualize when the battery will need to be changed e Download origin The origin of the download may be local or remote In the latter case the means by which the download was received will be indicated via Remote i for example Month and year In the Month and Year group there is a calendar indicating the days when round problems or occurrences took place To the left and right of the month and year shown by the calendar there are two buttons identified by arrows pointing to the left lt lt and to the right gt gt These buttons allow the viewing of records previous and subsequent to the current month displayed on Guardus If there are no records the buttons will be deactivated In the given example there are records for the months of January February and March Thus the buttons lt lt and gt gt are activated Key In the Key group there are three forms of calendar identification e The days displayed in black letters on a white background indicate normal days without occurrences Round failure events recorded etc e The days displayed in white letters on a colored background red indicate days when occurrences were recorded e The days for which there are no Guardus activity records are displayed in light
51. e in rounds to signal again rounds carried out see the item Check round resultin the Guardus manual The master iButtons TagRF programming window can be accessed through the Guardus programming window in the Master iButtons TagRF guide The registering process follows the same procedure given in the item Registering checkpoint iButtons TagRF in this manual Registering Patrol officers The patrol officer iButtons TagRF allow PROGuard to identify the patrol officer responsible for each round After a patrol officer has been registered by Guardus through the reading of his iButton TagRF everything that occurs until another patrol officer is registered the rounds carried out or not events etc will be attributed to the first patrol officer Guardus leaves the factory without any patrol officer iButtons TagRF registered Through the patrol officer iButtons programming window accessed through the patrol officers guide it is possible to register these iButtons TagRF The procedure is analogous to any other iButtons TagRF registration Consult the item Buttons TagRF Registration for a description of this process www contronics com 71 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Registering employees Guardus can also register any other iButtons TagRF which are not checkpoints masters or patrol officers as employees iButtons TagRF which are used to identify other employees who are not patrol officers The information gener
52. eatures added Consult the Communication Center manual to find out more about it Attention The configuration of Remote i will work only on the operating systems currently supported by Microsoft that is Windows 98 or above See the following window in which the Remote i parameters are programmed www contronics com 88 PROGuard User s Manual Programming for use with Remote i Program Guardus Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Additional Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote V Remote downloads through a direct connection to the server d Device selection Remote i Modem C Remote i Serial connected to PC C Remote Serial external modem Dial to 34 Modem properties I Remote downloads through a LAN or Internet connection to the server Device selection Remote iNet C Remote i ISP jeanne Eas se Destination IP address f Port 5120 Default There are two distinct groups of options in the above window Remote downloads through direction connection with the server and Remote downloads through a connection via a TCP IP network or the Internet with a server The first group of options Remote downloads through direction connection with the server must be selected when using the Remote i Serial or the Remote i Modem In this case the Remote i Serial can be connected directly to the computer ser
53. ect another tour please click on the graphic tour duration The graphic title changes to inform which patrol officer performed the tour and if it was successful or not Contronics PROGuard Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming p Guardus Identification _ dentiication Sample 1 intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 Batewchage MENMMENO iajxi EEO Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Local download p Fiters I Patol Officer I Checkpoints r Evenig D Gry cale gt euridentieds Administration Building z Abandoned post X tn Time spent among readings Tour performed 21 1 2005 23 00 2 4 lt unidentified gt 107 ss jee ee on eee ee Checkpoints OK Cancelar www contronics com 53 PROGuard User s Manual Checkpoints Reports This graphic presents how many times a specific checkpoint was read If the patrol officer filter is enabled it will show only checkpoints read by 18 x ntfication ntification Sample 1 Internal Code 72 010000000002 99 Battery charge LLLLLLLI Print Intemal status Tour success rae Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Local download Filters I Patrol Officer unidentiie I Checkpoints I Events I Gray Scale gt oor open East Entrance T Door op i Administ tration Building 11
54. ection activate the check box Specific Records in order to effect the filtering The reports will then show only the guards checkpoints and events selected Tip Try to select the guards checkpoints and events which will be listed with the Specific Records box deactivated This prevents on selecting each item from the lis that the report is recalculated Only activate the Specific Records box after all records to be listed have been selected The All and None buttons on the Rapid selection item accelerate the tasks which require that all of the records are activated or deactivated The report also offers the possibility to choose how the information on the guard s departure from the checkpoint will be viewed Through the option List it is possible to select whether the report will show the Length of Stay given in minutes or whether it will show the date and time when the guard left the checkpoint At the end of the report a relation between the time in minutes for which the guard remained at each checkpoint and the total time that he remained at all of the points is shown To print or export this report consult the items Printing reports or Exporting Reports in this manual www contronics com 44 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Statistics Report Statistics report allows the visualization through graphics of the activities performed during the tours By viewing this report customer
55. ection will not be established If this option is NOT selected then the connection will be accepted even if www contronics com 93 PROGuard User s Manual Modem Properties the modem connected to the Remote i Server doesn t accept the error control protocol e Compacting data when this option is selected the modem will use its compression algorithms in the data transmitted and received The other modem connected to the Remote i Server must support this option e Using cellular protocol select this option when you wish to use a special protocol developed for reducing communication errors which normally occur when cellular phones are used In the group Type of modulation you can select the modulation standard used by your modem We recommend that you keep the standard option selected If you change this option make sure that the modem connected to the Remote i Server also accepts the type of modulation selected In the group Additional configurations there is only one field which allows the inclusion of configuration commands which the Remote i will send to the modem during the start up The commands follow an AT format however not including the prefix AT This additional configuration must be used only for clearing and only by personnel experienced in data communication and modems Note For more details on the installation and configuration of the Remote i line consult the manual which accompanies the e
56. elect one of three options to determine specific checkpoint only for points already registered They are e All control points indicates that all control points will form part of this round standard value e Any control points indicates that any number of control points limited by the number of control points registered will form part of the round e Selected control points indicates specific control points to form part of a round When this option is selected a box is activated enabling the selection of the desired control points from the All points list This selection can be made through buttons or with a double click of the mouse on the selected point To force a reading of the checkpoints selected following a specific sequence simply select the Round carried out according to the sequence of control points selection box and arrange them using the buttons Move up and Move down www contronics com 79 PROGuard User s Manual Registering An example of the checkpoints window is given below Tour Schedule Properties Schedule Checkpoints Advanced Checkpoints to be considered for this tour C Any C Selected checkpoints All checkpoints Selected checkpoints Advanced options In this guide the control over the different round schedules is found which obliges the patrol officer to carry out each round always following a different course to that which was used in the
57. en Note that for a round which is incomplete or not carried out the time shown will be that at which this round was scheduled to start This facilitates the identification of the failed round Should you not be working with guard iButtons TagRF the rounds will be identified by the text Guard lt not identified gt When the guard iButtons TagRF are being used the rounds will be identified by the name of the guard who was supposed to carry them out In the case of incomplete rounds the missing points will be listed as for example in the previous window Missing point Main Gate The control records will always be presented on a separate line and will not be related to rounds taking place at that time www contronics com 36 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Activity Map Report This report allows you to have in a simplified way an overall view of the rounds carried out over a month with the times at which each point was visited or a blank space if it was not visited These blank spaces make it very easy to see when rounds were not carried out partially or totally A description and the meaning of the groups Guardus Identification and Month and Year and the way in which they affect the reports can be found in the item Monthly Report This report is organized in the following way for each round schedule there is a line for each checkpoint there is a column for each day of the month At the intersectio
58. entification Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour failure Maat Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Battery charge BERR Local download Filters J Patrol Officer I Starting date time January v 2000 John Peterson Z I Ending date time March x 2000 I Supress events IV Supress control records gt gt gt Date and time Description 10 3 2000 06 00 Patrol Officer Peter Mason 10 3 2000 06 09 Security Booth 1073 2000 06 19 Administration Building 10 3 2000 06 24 Main Gate 10 3 2000 06 30 East Entrance 10 3 2000 06 37 Cafeteria 10 3 2000 06 43 10 3 2000 06 50 10 3 2000 06 54 10 3 2000 07 00 fet afeter outh Entrance ti te Si E lt A description of the groups Guardus Identification and Filters with their meanings and how they affect the reports can be found in the items Monthly Report and Exceptions Report in this manual In the item Exceptions Report the behavior of the group of filters indicated by Period is also described All iButtons TagRF read by Guardus all the abnormal situations detected such as battery disconnection and all the rounds carried out or not are listed in the Full Report along with the corresponding date and time As with the Monthly and Exceptions Reports the rounds are identified by the Guards who were supposed to carry them out that is the last guard to be identified by the Guardus th
59. ephone number Country code User area code and dial up properties Number of attempts Interval between attempts Dial up command Remote i ISP Lists the dial up information for the Internet access provider Area code Telephone number Country code User area code and dial up properties Number of attempts Interval between attempts Dial up command www contronics com 59 PROGuard User s Manual User Password Authentication IP of destination Port Printing Reports All of the PROGuard reports have a Print button in the top right corner which allows the generation of different printed report versions On clicking this button PROGuard will show the standard Windows print window as shown to the right Reports Imprimir Impressora hp LaserJet 1300 PS Propriedades Pronta hp Laserdet 1300 PS SC978642 P3 Coment rio Intervalo de impress o C pias f Tudo Numero de c pias 1 P ginas de 1 at 1 pi ee 2 9 1 1 Cancelar Through this window you can select the number of copies of the report you want to print as well as select through the Configure button the printer to be used if your system has more than one installed While printing is in progress PROGuard will display a window showing the page number which is being processed for printing www contronics com 60 PROGuard User s Manual Exporting Reports The M
60. es 21 USO acta sted ccachueutensext caxaauamnabanaeasauieanacneeieeatais aida aioe ace aan ee 22 Using PRO GUA ecaro nenni EEE EENE Eh 22 PROGuard Initial WINDOW cccricssiansscesntoes ress dossensddecenenieaasencaiass 22 Using the Files Tools Update Interface and Help Menus 23 Downloading GhANUG acini 26 Automate MEO GB soso sits sea cata test odcstcncantatencacencia ead uscad escadensreeeeed stusdetaskessrddssaecsatdausbcata 28 Events and Control WGGOGUS jciscccdscissscesdsssasssidacaiasiaasssadenadaincecnsassiedsueduiaeienaanedncnunes 29 REDONIS cig ic i ca a deena tenn eaadirecteacenaes 30 Monthly TED OMS sssrini nirin EE E EREE EEEE RA 30 Guardus Identification cadscseinmesencemesemescratnteadnetsppaxcneatiedenneaxsanexded 31 Month and VOOM sticsicctichranerticatinGrectiancedaiataiecuienteussieantaneiaactadd 33 A E E E 33 PINGS ceee en E 34 Exceptions Report sssssssssssensnsnnrnsnnnnnnsnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 35 Act vity Map REDON disainerina Ea 37 F l Report siiente noae Eaa T a TE oaea EEES n aia 38 Frequency Report sicdwscoveccucsincvacvinseestvanssnnendenpeienisiaeedasateanavacaneded 40 Rounds Reporters neen n a Rae d 42 Statistics REDON sauiectieatsnsentastediacas cusirea ai E EAR a E iA 45 Programming REDON sssacseccrersecetmnniapeessesaciencemipatnaratosheeniasseadeetgaeess 55 Exporting REDOIMS sicdcvisntviccnainsateuanaeecebiasnetavntndatedmareseveunateastans 61 Modifying Guardus Programmi
61. eseeseeeeseseeseneeeeeeeseeeeees 88 MOON P FODETTIES sscsiisicadssesiceeintsciudeeisdatdasiatmanscneineA nineteen 92 Dial Up Ran PNT RUIN sist csi saci ises ts aaaea aa Pa aaa a aT 94 Data Files Generated by PROGuard c ccsssccssessesseseeseeseeseseeseseesaeseesenseeeeeeeas 96 UPI 1 1S mnie el enero ove 7 er a peo ee cree ere enn ene 99 Viewing latest downloadS cccesseeeeeseeecaeeeeeeaaeeessaeeesaaneeeaaeeesnaes 99 Viewing Previous DownloadS sceeseeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeesnaeeesaaeeeeaaeenens 102 Consolidating PROGUard DownloadS cccceceeeeeseeeaeeesaeeeaaeeeaes 105 Consolidating Multiple Guardus DOWnloads cccccccsseesseeeeeeeeaes 108 UGB ea startle desnar sata as a a aa E TaS E nie 110 Creating backups on DISK weucerecusecncsnveciestntemebaru eeneweeergnneden 110 Viewing Backup Dalal siccsnassysterasesmradeannorvencnvsnbodenncseaymenasnsmnseeseaee 112 1 e Se eo Nn te ec nn er arene et ane enon ACNE 113 Recording Patrol Officers and EMplOyees cccccsseeeseeeeseeeeeeeees 113 Recording Numerical Events ccccsccccsseesccessessseenseeeeeseneessens 114 Frequently Asked Q estions wscissecissvecsieessteedsccausuiaveseaneseansued ievevaveanseusiueuiieeumnaimeaniees 117 SIPUSU OM Wee cerecs siecrccdiewencnns xmuessaiGvetlexbsciancuctaniauuedebsbeceversimueecse 117 Situation 2 ssssssssssnnnsnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnna 120 PROGuard User s
62. f Signaling which Guardus uses when the patrol officer completes a round This signaling is emitted by Guardus right after recording the last checkpoint In the same way as for the round start this option can be configured not to emit a signal or to use sound and or light signaling e Interval between start signals indicates the length of time in minutes between Guardus emitting the round start Signal and the patrol officer beginning the round This field will be deselected if you select the option Without signaling before Round Start e Signaling round status after contact with patrol officer ibutton through this option it is possible to configure Guardus to signal the round status after making contact with a patrol officer iButton TagRF This allows a patrol officer to be informed of the status in which a Guardus was received on recording his iButton TagRF However even on signaling round failures on reading the patrol officer iButton TagRF Guardus will not return to signaling rounds carried out without the use of a master iButton TagRF e Accepting additional and or non registered iButtons TagRF when switched on this option allows Guardus to record any iButton TagRF even if it is not registered It also allows additional iButtons TagRF to be recorded by Guardus When this option is switched off Guardus will not record additional iButtons TagRF even if they have been registered on the equipment e Protected by password
63. h is being used supports TagRF CRC 8 When using a Serial Communication Cable to register an iButton we suggest the following steps see the figure below 1 Open the PROGuard window described above 2 Touch the front face of the iButton with the front face of the Serial Communication Cable 3 Use some metal object such as a paper clip or a small screw driver to make contact between the edge of the iButton and the edge of the Series Communication Cable reader head 4 Hold firmly in this position until the iButton data appear automatically in the PROGuard window When this happens release the contact and click on the OK button This procedure can be applied in any situation where you wish to give iButton data be it the checkpoint master iButton patrol officer etc www contronics com 67 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Using a metallic object place it in a way so that it makes contact between the border of the iButton and the border of the extremity of the Serial Cable If you are registering RFTags just approximate them to the RFTag reader located on our Download iRF unit optional If you don t use or have this interface you can register the RFTags through the Learn mode details available in Learn Button Registering Checkpoints Through PROGuard it is possible to include or redefine checkpoints iButtons TagRF to register new or also delete existing iButtons TagRF The
64. he previous downloads from this particular Guardus did not show this information Rounds carried out At the time Guardus was downloaded there were no failed rounds which had not yet been reported to the supervisor Note Guardus will signal Round failure if at least one round has not been concluded or if the guard has disconnected the battery After signaling Round failure on reading the master Button TagRF if all rounds were carried out completely Guardus will signal Rounds Completed On signaling Round Failure Guardus will in fact signal Rounds Completed after the following conditions e Guardus read the master Button TagRF and then at least one checkpoint was visited according to a previous Guardus programming e Guardus was downloaded to a computer and its data read by PROGuard After one of the above conditions occurs Guardus will continue to indicate Rounds completed until a new problem with the rounds occurs e Internal code is an internal Guardus identification registered at the factory and unalterable It always begins with 72 followed by the equipment serial number and it ends with two verification digits Note that since it uses hexadecimal notation the internal code may contain apart from numbers the letters A B C D E and F e Downloading shows the date and time at which the data shown were downloaded e Battery level this field indicates visually in percentag
65. his signal indicates that the Length of Stay cannot be determined The signal must therefore be interpreted as the recording of only one reading of the checkpoint In the report the date and time of the reading of the iButton TagRF the iButton TagRF type the description adopted by the user the Length of Stay the internal reference and the unit corresponding to the respective iButton TagRF recorded are listed A description and the meaning of the group Guardus Identification and Filters and the way in which they affect the report can be found in the item Monthly Report The Rounds Report also offers some filter options specific to its functionality as shown below The records in this report can be filtered through the lists e List only the checkpoints here you can select which checkpoints must be listed These being With the filter option Guards activated and the option Events deactivated only the checkpoints which were read by the guards identified will be listed The checkpoints read by another guard identified will be listed regardless of the occurrence or not of events With the Guards and Events options activated only the checkpoints at which events occurred and which were read by the guards identified will be listed www contronics com 43 PROGuard User s Manual Reports e Specific records here you can select which iButtons TagRF of each type will be listed On finishing the sel
66. ial port or connected to an external modem not supplied by Contronics This option does not involve the use of a TCP IP communication protocol The second group of options Remote downloads through a connection via a TCP IP network or the Internet with a server must be selected when using Remote i ISP and or Remote i NET This option involves the use of a TCP IP communication protocol Note Remote i ISP and Remote i NET use the same TCP IP data communication protocol as Internet and Ethernet local network When the option Remote downloads through direct connection with the server is selected it will then be necessary to selected the type of equipment www contronics com 89 PROGuard User s Manual Programming for use with Remote i Type of Equipment State here whether you are using Remote i Modem or Remote i Serial connected directly to the computer or Remote i Serial with an external modem In the latter case it will also be necessary to select the brand and model of the modem used The driver specific to that modem needs to have been previously installed on your computer Note The software Known as the driver is always supplied by the modem manufacturer and must be already installed on your computer If it is not the modem will not be recognized by PROGuard and its Brand Model will not appear on the list of modems available If one of the options Remote i Modem or Remote i Serial with external
67. ion can now be included with the use of a resource called Consolidating Multiple Guardus Downloads The following window gives the filter options which aid in the task of choosing the downloads to be consolidated Consolidate downloads Filters Starting date time 10 de marco de 2000 f1 Ending date time 15 de fabril de 2005 fos Guardus Quick Specific Records Quick Selection Selection V Guardus 3689 MGuardus 3689 15 4 2005 09 32 IVIRPM 14 all IRPM 14 10 12 2004 09 00 all V Sample 1 MSample 1 10 3 2000 11 01 None None Description Internal code Downloaded on Guardus 3689 72 000000003689 CD 15 4 2005 09 32 RPM 14 72 000000003334 41 10 12 2004 09 00 Sample 1 72 000000000848 64 10 3 2000 11 01 ay Cancel Note Through this resource for the consolidation of multiple Guardus wands it is possible to generate the Exceptions Full and Frequency reports The other reports cannot be generated since they do not have any practical use www contronics com 108 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads The description and meaning of the Filters group is given as follows e Start Date Time allows the input of the start date and time of the downloads which will be given in the window Initially the Initial Date Time comes filled in with the oldest downloads in the directory where the PROGuard downloads are found e End Date Time a
68. ion badges or on key rings Each iButton has a unique serial number which is read when touching the Guardus reader head www contronics com 13 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories TagRF There are many shapes models sizes and brands Each TagRF has a unique serial number which is read when the Guardus reader head touches it Nylon Holster Utilized for Guardus protection and support Download iRF The Download iRF downloads information collected by Guardus locally directly to a PC through its USB port www contronics com 14 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories Numerical Events Keypad This accessory is composed of a leather wallet with 12 iButtons which are identified by the numbers 0 to 9 and also the keys CLEAR and ENTER This keypad allows the gathering of information for the PROGuard software reports Through PROGuard different events can be recorded each one being represented by a coded number which can be of a single unit or of combined numerical units tens hundreds thousands CD Rom with PROGuard software This CD has apart from the PROGuard software many other files including the management software for the whole system Download i USB installation drivers and others Master iButton This is used to check without the aid of a PC whether the guard is carrying out his rounds according to the Guardus program
69. it for a signal before dialing if this option is selected the modem will wait for a dialing tone before trying to dial This option is useful when you have a telephone apparatus connected on the same line since it will prevent the modem from dialing when the line is in use On the other hand it is recommended that you deactivate this option if you are using PABX since some PABX give a different tone which is not compatible with the technical regulations and is often not recognized by the modem It is important that you know that using a PABX is possible though not recommended Cancel call if not connected within x seconds this option allows a maximum time for the connection attempt to be determined If the modem does not manage to establish a connection in the time specified the connection will be cancelled Disconnect call if not active for more than x minutes this option determines the maximum permissible time for the telephone line to be silent without any data being passed along it In the group Use error control you can if you wish enable your modem to carry out the control of errors in the transmitted and received data When connected the following options will be offered Required for connection when selected allows the connection to be established only with modems which accept the error control protocol If the modem is connected to the Remote i Server it will not accept the error control protocol and the conn
70. ithin one round are activated in the Advanced programming window Only with these options activated can Guardus allow the guard to record the reading carried out on arriving and leaving each checkpoint The Rounds Report window is shown below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Battery charge MENDEA Local download Filters Checkpoints I Specific Records Quick Selection Additional Buttons and or Unknown Buttons Checkpoint Administration Building Selection List only with Checkpoint East Entrance All Events Checkpoint Estacionamento Patrol Officers None Checkpoint Main Gate None List by I Stating date time Januay v 21 2000 23 foo G lengh of stay I Ending date time Mach x 10 2000 07 00 C Departure time Date andtime Type iption Lenght of stay Reference Unit 31 1 2000 06 25 Event 3 2 2000 03 28 Checkpoint 3 2 2000 03 29 Event 4 2 2000 01 56 Checkpoint 4 2 2000 02 12 Event 6 2 2000 23 03 Noel Bradley 8 2 2000 01 29 East Entrance www contronics com 42 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Note Should the guard record only his arrival at or departure from the checkpoint in the Length of Stay field the signal will be shown T
71. l be marked with an asterisk directly after its identification indicating that the checkpoint was not expected in that round schedule In the Filter group there is an option which allows the viewing in the report of the checkpoints recorded outside the schedule to be left out Tip If the descriptions used for your checkpoints are too long their appearance in the printed activity map report may suffer In this case select from the Properties button of the dialogue box Print the page orientation landscape Full Report The full report shows the total records of everything that occurred on a Guardus All of the iButtons TagRF which were read by that Guardus and all of the situations which it may indicate through sound or light signals are listed Only through this report is it possible to organize a complete history of the activities of a Guardus This report may be filtered by the guard who carried out the rounds the interval of dates in which the rounds were carried out numeric events and control records which are identified by the sequence gt gt gt can be included or not In order to print or export this report consult the item Printing reports or Exporting reports in this manual www contronics com 38 PROGuard User s Manual Reports The Full Report window is shown below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Id
72. lete and Edit these schedules www contronics com 73 PROGuard User s Manual Registering The figure below represents the Registering Round Schedules window accessible through the Schedules guide Program Guardus Additional Buttons l Numeric Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote i Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Days Frequency Maximum dwati A Time Everyday from 23 00 to 07 00 8 times 60 minutes lt Number of schedules 1 Guardus leaves the factory without any pre programmed schedules To add a new schedule follow the procedure described below Example In this example we will create a round where the patrol officer will visit all the checkpoints 5 times from Monday to Friday between 08 00 and 13 00 Click on the Add button Add shown in the above window www contronics com 74 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Choose the option From Monday to Friday aghedule Checkpoints Advanced Tour Schedule Properties Choose here the Round Start Time minutes Define here how many times the round will be carried out during these times Choose here Choose here the length of the time the the complete round round Optional should end www contronics com 75 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Tour Schedule Properties Schedule Checkpoints Advanced Che
73. ll Contronics PROGuard 3 2 by clicking Cancel to exit the Wise Installation Wizard Destination Folder C Program Files Contronics PROGuard Browse Wise Installation Wizard Click on Next The following window will be displayed indicating that the required files are about to be copied i Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Setup Ready to Install the Application Click Next to begin installation Click the Back button to reenter the installation information or click Cancel to exit the wizard Wise Installation Wizard Cancel Click on Next The PROGuard installation will start and the following window will be displayed www contronics com 11 PROGuard User s Manual Installation i Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Setup Updating System The features you selected are currently being installed Wise Installation Wizard Cancel When the installation is completed the following window will be displayed Click on Finish i Contronics PROGuard 3 2 Setup Contronics PROGuard 3 2 has been successfully installed Click the Finish button to exit this installation PROGuard is ready to run on your computer www contronics com 12 PROGuard User s Manual Optional Equipment and Accessories Optional Equipment and Accessories Guardus G3 Uses iButtons Guardus G5 Uses iButtons and TagRF iButtons Can be 3mm or 5mm thick Can be mounted on fixed metal plates on personnel identificat
74. ll be displayed If all of the downloads previous to the selected one satisfy the consolidation criteria the consolidation reports will be shown immediately As a consolidation result requested in the previous window we have Consolidation Results Not all downloads prior to the one selected could be consolidated due to differences in the basic programming found in each of these downloads The Following downloads WERE consolidated Description Guardus_3C Guardus_JC Guardus_J3C Guardus_JC Internal code 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D The following downloads COULD NOT BE consolidated Description Guardus_JC Guardus_3C Guardus_JC Guardus_J3C lt Internal code 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D 72 000000002C25 2D www contronics com Downloaded on 21 10 2004 08 55 21 10 2004 08 55 19 10 2004 16 21 8 10 2004 16 23 Downloaded on 5 10 2004 15 15 5 10 2004 08 19 4 10 2004 16 24 4 10 2004 16 04 107 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads Consolidating Multiple Guardus Downloads The consolidation carried out through the Consolidating downloads in the initial window allows the widening of the consolidation benefits not only for the downloads from the same Guardus which have different programming but also from different Guardus wands Note The downloads which in the previous example could not be included in the consolidat
75. llows the input of the date and time up to which you wish to see downloads listed Initially the End Date Time comes filled in with the date and time at which the window is shown e Downloaded Guardus select here all of the Guardus to be consolidated e Specific Downloads here you select which downloads from all of the Guardus selected will be consolidated On finishing the selection activate the verification box in order to carry out the consolidation Thus the Exceptions and Full reports generated by this consolidation will show in a unified way the data contained in the downloads selected form the Guardus chosen Tip The options All and None in the item Rapid selection speed up the tasks which require the activation or deactivation of all the Guardus or all the downloads www contronics com 109 PROGuard User s Manual Backups Backups Creating backups on Disk It is necessary to periodically create backups of the data downloaded from the Guardus wands and stored on your computer For this PROGuard includes a backup facility which is the process of copying information which is on the computer hard disk to another media which can normally be removed and kept separately Note In the example of how to create a backup shown below a folder Which has previously been created will be used Before starting any backup process create a folder which will store your files This is a si
76. m each Guardus to be quickly viewed through the option Latest downloads in the main window Click on the icon Latest Downloads in the main window and then select from the list which will be shown the Guardus whose latest download you wish to see See below the initial window with the list of downloads Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update Interface Help al TES 72 000000003689 CD 15 4 2005 09 32 72 000000003334 41 10 12 2004 09 00 72 0000000008A8 6A 10 3 2000 11 01 I Consolidate selected download with previous downloads Note that in the list of downloads only the latest download from each Guardus therefore only the files with the name GRDOxxxxx DWL in the Download directory will be shown If the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is off only the data in the files named GRDOxxxxx DWL will be considered If you wish to understand this better read the item Data Files generated by PROGuard in this manual If the control Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is on then information stored in the file GRDxxxxx found in the directory Download will be included in the reports which are generated where can be the number between 000 and 999 plus the www contronics com 99 PROGuard User s Manual Downloads file DLW However of these files those which have a programming different from that in the file GRDOxxxxx DWL will not be considered Example
77. me for which the patrol officer remained at the checkpoint through the arrival and departure records This option will only be enabled if the option Accept iButtons TagRF outside the schedule is selected Note Guardus will only accept that the same iButton TagRF is read again 30 seconds after the first reading www contronics com 87 PROGuard User s Manual Programming for use with Remote i Programming for use with Remote i Remote i is a family of equipment manufactured by Contronics which allows the remote downloading of Guardus data via a modem through a telephone line or via an Ethernet network As the name suggests Remote i devices are used when it is necessary for Guardus to communicate with a computer remotely or from a distance The integration of PROGuard with Remote i assumes the utilization of a software module supplied by Contronics called a Communication Center There are some versions of PROGuard which have a built in Communication Center and are automatically installed together with PROGuard For other versions of PROGuard the Communication Center needs to be installed separately Contact Contronics in order to find out which applies in your case Note The Contronics Communication Center or simply Communication Center evolved from the software which was previously called Remote i Server All of the features of the Remote i Server are available in the Communication Center with many other f
78. modem has been selected it will be necessary to give the telephone number which the Remote i Modem or the external modem will dial Click on the control Dial and fill in the fields as requested See the item Dial up Information later in this manual Modem Properties This control is selected when Remote i Modem or Remote i Serial with external modem is selected See below a description of these properties and of the window which is shown by PROGuard When the option Remote downloads through a connection via a TCP IP network or the Internet with a server is selected it will then be necessary to select whether only a Remote i Net or a Remote i ISP will be used Remote i NET or Remote i ISP select this option if you are using only a Remote i ISP or a Remote i ISP together with a Remote i NET Remote i NET only select this option when using Remote i Net and there is not a Remote i ISP In this case it will be necessary to give only the destination IP address and the communication port of the TCP IP protocol Consult the www contronics com 90 PROGuard User s Manual Programming for use with Remote i computer network administrator or an IT Support specialist in your company to find out which numbers are to be given in this field When the option Remote i NET or Remote i ISP has been selected the following options will be activated and should be given Dial On clicking on Dial a win
79. mple task Contronics PROGuard laf Tools Update Interface Help Perform backup Clean temporary backup Select folder for backup Alt B Update download list cial cs en Click on File menu and then on Select external backup directory www contronics com 110 PROGuard User s Manual Backups Select directory for Backup Folders e julio quardus descargas mw Descargas In this window you must Disk drives choose the folder which you E e Dados z __ Rede have already created by clicking twice on it and then on OK Click again on the File menu and choose the option Create backup a window will then appear as shown in the figure below Contronics PROGuard x Backup was succesfully completed The procedure carried out to Create backup includes all of the GRDxxxxx XXX files where xxxxx are the last digits of the Guardus serial number and XXX is a number which varies between 000 and 999 These files will be copied from the Download directory to the directory configured in the option Select external backup directory www contronics com 111 PROGuard User s Manual Backups Viewing Backup Data The data saved in the backup procedure can be viewed and used to generate reports For this go to the main PROGuard window click on the icon Backup Downloads and you will see the following Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update Interface Help
80. n of these lines and columns there is or not a time indicating when a certain checkpoint was checked within a certain round schedule of a certain day of the month If the intersection is blank this means that the checkpoint was not checked on that day during that round schedule The window showing the Activity Map Report is displayed below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Export Battery charge BREE Local download Month and Year Filter March x 2000 4 fe a 07 08 03 Security Booth E 23 58 23 54 East Entrance f 2337 2339 Estacionamento t i t 23 19 23 22 South Entrance f i i f 23 24 23 29 2351 23 49 Checkpoint 23 44 23 44 23 07 23 12 23 30 23 33 23 19 Security Booth F F F E 00 54 00 39 Estacionamento 00 24 p f 00 22 P 00 22 OK Cancelar www contronics com 37 PROGuard User s Manual Reports If Guardus has been programmed to accept checkpoints outside the scheduled time these can be included in the two following ways either within the scheduled round which included the contact with the iButton TagRF or in a schedule which is not available and will show in the report as N A Also all of the checkpoints checked outside a certain schedule wil
81. naling the round status after reading the patrol officer Button TagRF Guardus will not signal rounds completed after a new round is correctly carried out Note One difference between the patrol officer Button TagRF and that of other personnel is that the former is attributed the responsibility for the rounds unlike the latter Recording Numerical Events Guardus automatically recognizes the reading of iButtons installed in the Numerical Events Keypad without the need to have previously registered or programmed these iButtons See the item Registering Events in this manual Only registered events will be interpreted The other events will be listed in the reports although only with their numeric code without a description www contronics com 114 PROGuard User s Manual Records The events can be used to record abnormal situations noticed by the patrol officer during a round or to make a note of observations of a supervisor regarding a patrol officer or other personnel To record an event relating to a checkpoint the patrol officer must soon after recording the checkpoint read sequentially the iButtons corresponding to the digits which comprise the appropriate event code To end he must record the iButton marked as ENTER Note At any time before reading the iButton ENTER during the recording of a numerical event the iButton marked as CLEAR can be recorded in order to restart the numerical event informati
82. ng s cecsccsssecseseessesesceeeseeseseeeeeeeseneeseeaeseeaeeeas 61 Maintenance of Programmed Data ccccsccsssseeessseeeseeeeeseeessaaees 63 Defining Guardus Identification ccccecsseeeeeeeeeeseseeeaeeeesaeeeeeaaees 64 FRE AY RSS CSTV scascacacac cece a E A 66 Registering iButtons TagRF ccccccseccessssesseeeesesseeecseeeesonnessoenes 66 Registering CHECKDOINS cc civivecesindve seed ctiveciminiceetuuubativeluveidvedinebe 68 Utiliza o do Bot o Aprender sive ccsteceesevmectacnccasevvesersisieesanssacvess 69 Registering Master iButtons TagRF ssssssssssssssrsrssrnssrrrsnrrsssrrens 71 Registering Patrol officers cccccccecsseeeeesseeeseneeesenesseeneessseeees 71 Registering GMplOyees c cccccccseeessseeesssseeesseeesceenenseeaeessseenes 72 Registering Additional iButtons TaGRF cccssseeesseeeseseeeenseeeees 72 Registering Round Schedules c ccccsssseeesseeeeseeresseeeesssseenes 73 Schedule Guide arimiiiriersnininineiiinin iiia aa Ra a EA 77 Checkpoint Guide ig cctnitccdnetcaaceatcteinonhicttinestheasaecduatieiieaaciaeeness 79 Advanced OpUON S ic secstiesscocciiccacdccdieceneetdieneteendtarcenensionneeneeeds 80 Registering EVEN S wii ccintaxiatanaisveanaannes nin aiaa aa 81 Registering HolidayS ssssssssnssnnrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnansnnnsnnnnnn 83 Advanced ONIONS isena 85 Programming for use with Remote i csscsssecseseesssessee
83. nication cable must be connected to the standard RS 232 serial port of a computer Find the appropriate connector normally at the back of the computer and make the connection as shown in the figure below Note that it may be necessary to use a 9 to 25 pin serial adaptor not supplied by Contronics The connection must be made in the same way if a Download i is used instead of a serial communication cable www contronics com 20 PROGuard User s Manual Preparing to Run PROGuard Connecting Download i USB The Download i USB must be connected to the USB port of your computer as shown in the figures below arm 4 Pax a i ial i Y lt N i W Se l l wry N ae 5 L P d P 4 ia p f A y E Ss UL E H Also the driver software supplied by Contronics must be installed before the PROGuard installation If you have not yet installed it interrupt the PROGuard installation The instructions for the installation of the USB driver are in the document Download i USB Installation Guide a small leaflet which comes with the Download i USB Make sure that all of the instructions are followed Running PROGuard Through the Windows Start menu access the sub menu Programs where the Contronics PROGuard command will be available Select this command by clicking the mouse or keying in ENTER TIP If you have opted to include the p
84. nterval Note that there can be different programs for each day of the week weekends and working days The option to carry out the same program Every day is possible For this option only the hours field of the End group is available Attention The Day field of the End group will only be available when the Day field of the Start group Is filled in with a certain day of the week If you selected Every day Monday to Friday or Saturdays and Sundays PROGuard will consider that the interval Is shorter than a day and if the end time is earlier that the start time it is prolonged to the next day www contronics com 77 PROGuard User s Manual Registering The following two groups the field Number of Rounds and the group Control Round Duration operate together and only one of the values is given and PROGuard calculates the other This procedure can be carried out by filling in one of the fields and then clicking on the calculate button of the other field Note however that the group Control Round Duration can all be selected or all be deselected by clicking on contro to the left of the group title In this case the calculate buttons are deselected Let s suppose that the field Number of Rounds is filled in with any value and then the calculate button of the group Control Round Duration is clicked on In this case the value which will be given in the field Maximum Dur
85. nual Downloads Note that in this list of downloads shown in this option all of the downloads which are located in the Download directory and do not have a file name with the extension DWL are included This means that all of the files whose names follow the format GRDxxxxx XXX where xxxxx are the last digits of the serial number of the Guardus and XXX is a number which varies between 000 and 999 will be shown In contrast the list of downloads which is shown in the previous option Latest downloads shows only the files whose names have the extension DWL If the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is off only the data contained in the selected file will be considered If the option Consolidate selected download with previous downloads is on then in the report which will be generated information stored in the files GRDxxxxx YYY located in the Download directory where YYY is a number between 000 and 999 less than XXX will be included However of these files those with a different programming to that of the file GRDOxxxxx XXX will not be considered Example In the Download directory there are the following files GRD02C26 DWL GRD02C26 002 GRDO2C26 001 and GRDO2C26 000 Let s suppose that the programming of this Guardus has not been changed since the first download was carried out In the list of downloads the following downloads will appear GRD02C26 002 GRDO2C26 001 GRD02C26 000
86. nual Events and Control Records Events and Control Records The Monthly Exceptions and Full reports show some special records called control records They contain information additional to the guard s activities such as that Guardus was downloaded onto a computer or the battery charge level at a particular time The information obtained through the numerical events keypad or iButtons is also considered as control records For this reason it may or may not be listed in the reports according to the status of the box omit events The control records will always be identified by the initial sequence gt gt gt which identify situations relating to the rounds in them and are important for a full comprehension of the reports Examples of control record indications e Guardus was switched off e A check has been made with the master iButton TagRF e Reading of employees iButtons TagRF The Guardus clock was set fast causing a period of time without control rounds The indication or suppression of control records is determined by the state of the box Omit control records gt gt gt www contronics com 29 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Reports Monthly reports The monthly report is probably the most used in the majority of Guardus applications and for this reason it is automatically displayed when the reports screen appears for the first time However it is possible to access it through an
87. olidays initially programmed in your equipment e Advanced options indicates the general Guardus operating parameters These advanced configurations alter only the way in which Guardus interacts with the user without changing any characteristics as far as round control is concerned The advanced options are as follows Round start without signaling with sound signaling with light signaling or both Round completed without signaling with sound Signaling with light signaling or both Interval between start signals time in minutes that Guardus will warn again that it is time to start the round This must not be considered should Without signaling be selected for the round start signal Signal the round status after contact with guard iButtons TagRF yes or no Accept additional and or non registered iButtons TagRF yes or no Password protection yes or no indicating whether a password is need to reprogram Guardus Allow checkpoints to be revisited within one round yes or no www contronics com 58 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Require Guard identification at the beginning of each round yes or no Accept checkpoints outside the scheduled time yes or no More details of these options can be found in the item Changing Guardus programming in this manual e Remote i lists the dial up information for the CommCenter Type of equipment Maximum speed Area code Tel
88. on For example to Record events 4 and 10 the following contacts must be made Remember that the iButton marked as CLEAR allows data given by mistake to be corrected For example if you wish to record event 4 and you record by mistake event 5 this situation can be corrected in the noming way 4 J E 5 C Y Ey A Tip www contronics com 115 PROGuard User s Manual Records Use of the upper flap of the Numerical Events Keypad covered in transparent plastic to insert a printed description of the most important event codes which can be recorded by the patrol officer If the event being recorded requires a numeric reference then this must be given immediately after the ENTER which follows the event code www contronics com 116 PROGuard User s Manual Frequently Asked Questions Frequently Asked Questions Situation 1 An interface Serial communication cable Download i USB Download i Serial is connected but PROGuard states that it cannot find it thus not allowing the Guardus data to be downloaded Message shown Contronics PROGuard Kaj Couldn t start communication interface Possible solutions If you are using Download i USB check that the USB driver has been previously installed Note The USB Driver is a software module supplied by Contronics which needs to be installed on your computer so that the Download i USB interface can be recognized before PROGuard is run
89. on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battery charge MENNENE Local download ce SA J Patrol Officer Checkpoints I Events r Sia od gt eunidentified gt Main Gate Broken window E Break 20 0 gt 1 Total 5 oK Cancelar Events X Time This graphic shows the number of events that occurred during the day It makes it easier to determine the time that most of the events occur Clicking on the graphic the exact amount of events that occurred on that specific time will be displayed ics PROGuard Generate Report alexi Monthly Exceptione Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming p Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour success Intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battery chage MENNENE Local download p Filters IT Patrol Officer Checkpoints I Events v ae Seale gt cunidentitied gt Z Main Gate Z Broken window z Events X Tim s at Th 3h Sh 7h Sh Tih 13h 18h 7h 19h 2ih 23h K Cancelar www contronics com 51 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Checkpoints X Length of stay This graphic shows how long the patrol officer stayed in each checkpoint as long as the button is read when arriving and leaving the checkpoint on each tour By clicking on a graphic column the name of the checkpoint and the length of stay will be displayed In order to select another tou
90. ons TagRF of each type which are to be listed In order to carry out the filtering after selection activate the Specific Records box Thus the report will show only the selected iButtons TagRF or events Tip The buttons All or None in the item Rapid Selection accelerate the tasks which require all the records to be activated or deactivated To print or export this report consult the items Printing reports or Exporting Reports in this manual www contronics com 41 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Rounds Report The Rounds Report aims to highlight the activities which occurred at each checkpoint Among these activities are the control point reading carried out by the guard identified or not and the events which were registered at that point This report also offers the possibility to determine the time for which the guard remained at each of the checkpoints This time is called the Length of Stay and is determined by the difference between the reading carried out by the guard on arriving at the checkpoint and that carried out on leaving this point Thus the report can list the guard associated with the checkpoint the events registered at that point and the time for which the guard remained there The Length of Stay is given in the report in minutes Note The Length of Stay can only be determined if the options Accept checkpoints outside the schedule and Allow the revisiting of points w
91. onthly Exceptions Activity Map Full and Frequency reports have an Export button in the top right corner which allows the saving of files as text files txt On clicking on this Reports Salvar como Salvar C125 E criptRaider Corel User Files E softzzzzzzzzzz 2 Minhas imagens inhas m sicas iMinhas Webs amy eBooks button PROGuard will display the standard Windows save as window as shown to the right Nome do arquivo l Cancelar Salvar como Arquivos texto tet Through this window you can rename the file and select the unit and folder where it will be saved Modifying Guardus Programming Guardus leaves the factory with an initial program already configured If this program is not ideal for the application of your equipment however it can be altered through PROGuard which also allows the modification of programming already carried out To change the programming the Guardus reading is necessary through the option Read Guardus in the initial window or open a previously downloaded program through the following options Viewing latest download Viewing data of previous downloads or Viewing data of external backup www contronics com 61 PROGuard User s Manual Modifying Guardus Programming Next in the reports window you need to access the program report clicking on its guide and then select the option Reprogramming If the re
92. other report by clicking on the Monthly guide on the reports screen It can be used to quickly check in a certain month with the help of the indication of its calendar on which days round problems occurred and which type of problem they were The following are considered as round problems e Rounds which were incomplete or not carried out e Events recorded through numerical keypad iButtons e Time periods in which Guardus didn t work had no power or its clock was set fast These same occurrence are also displayed in the Exceptions report The monthly report can be filtered to indicate only the guard who carried out the rounds the month in which they were carried out or even to include numeric events and control records identified by the sequence gt gt gt In order to print or export this report check the items Printing reports or Exporting reports in this section of the manual Note The PROGuard reports do not need necessarily to be printed since they can be checked on the computer screen www contronics com 30 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Next we will show an example of a monthly report screen Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Battery charge MENNAN Local download
93. outes compared to the previous tour 5 Registering Events An event is an unusual occurrence which is noticed by the patrol officer at a checkpoint or at a place inspected during his activities A fence that has been cut a window that has been forced and a door which should be locked but was open are some typical examples of events Events can also be additional information which needs to be www contronics com 81 PROGuard User s Manual Registering registered with respect to something controlled by the patrol officer For example the mileage shown on a vehicle s odometer The events registered are automatically interpreted when the Guardus data are downloaded in PROGuard It is important to note that the patrol officer is not limited to reporting only events registered in Guardus but only these will have descriptions given in the PROGuard reports The other events will be listed through a given numeric code The events may have any numeric code associated with any description or even require a numerical quantity which may have an associated measurement unit In the previous example in which the numerical events keypad is used to control the vehicle mileage the unit would be Km and the numerical quantity would be the figure shown on the odometer The events programming window is as follows Program Guardus Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers Employees Additional
94. ownloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Battey charge OEE Local download Fiters JT Patrol Officer IF Checkpoints T Events B Fen cale 5 kuridentiied gt Administration Building z fAbandoned post x Patrol Officers X Started tours Patrol Officers X Tour failure John Peterson John Peterson oseph 61 3 gt 19 Columbus N 13 4 gt 47 Noel Bradley 105 gt 37 Prea Noel Bradley fso 2221 Peter Maso 6 5 gt 2 Michael Ferguson 25 3 gt 8g men Mark Hall E 8 8 gt 31 75 Columbus Total 352 22 0 gt 9 Total Tour completion X Tour failure Patrol Officers X Events John Peterso 30 0 gt 3 Noel Bradley gt loa fare 10 0 gt 1 The description and meaning of the groups Guardus Identification and Filter The way they affect the report can be consulted on the item Monthly Report Just like in other reports data can be filtered in order to display only the needed information The following filters must be enabled Patrol officer Checkpoints Events Please select one of the options bellow r Filters J Patrol Officer I Checkpoints I Events aw cale gt lt unidentified gt x Administration Building x Abandoned post x The space where filters are displayed can be enlarged by clicking on the arrow on the right www contronics com 46 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Filters 1 J Starting date time January x far 2005 f23 foo lt Tl Ending date time March x
95. parameters can be adjusted in order to better the performance of the modem which will be connected to Remote i See details of these parameters in the following window Generic modem properties Speaker volume Maximum speed of E Call preferences IV Wait for dial tone before dialing Cancel the call if not connected within secs mins Modulation type Extra settings SF LEOQOV1 amp C18D250 0ATS7 6 Some of these options may not be available since they are dependent on the type of modem selected In the example in the above window the option Use cellular protocol is not available because it is not supported by the modem in question Remember that the dialogue box shown above as an example may vary depending on the software application or may even not exist The parameters available in most cases are as follows e Speaker volume Select here if you wish to listen to through the modem speaker the telephone line signals and sounds emitted during the dial up process and the attempt to www contronics com 92 PROGuard User s Manual Modem Properties establish a connection The speaker is always switched off automatically after the connection has been established Maximum speed determines the fastest communication rate which the modem will use The communication speed will be limited by the value specified here In the group Call preferences there are three options Wa
96. previous round By moving the marker to the right a number increases which is limited by the number of checkpoints which are available to make up a round and which indicates how much one round will need to differ from another For example if the patrol officer has visited the checkpoints A B C and D in this sequence and the minimum number of different paths in relation to the previous round is 2 it can repeat only two points in the sequence Thus the valid sequences for the next round will be A gt B7 gt D C A gt C gt B gt D B gt A gt C gt D D gt C gt B gt A Another example A round is programmed with Whichever 3 points with checkpoints A B C D and E and in the advanced guide www contronics com 80 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Demand a differentiated round was selected with Minimum number of differentiated rounds 2 The patrol officer started the first round by visiting the control point A From there he went to control point B and then he visited control point C We represent this route as A gt B gt C In this example on the second round the patrol officer could carry out one of the following possible routes A gt D gt E B gt D gt E C gt DOE Below you can see a example of the window displayed through the Advanced guide Tour Schedule Properties Schedule Checkpoints Advanced Non repeating tours MV Don t allow repeating tours Minimum number of different r
97. programming is not being carried out directly through a recently carried out download the following warning message will appear Contronics PROGuard ATTENTION The data you are currently working with were not directly read from a Guardus but from a disk file When using them to reprogram 4 Guardus you will be overwriting its current settings and will discard all stored data DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED Downloading the Guardus configuration first is highly recommended sim B If Guardus is programmed with a password protection it is necessary to give the password A window with several guides will then be displayed Identification Schedules Checkpoints Master iButtons TagRF Patrol Officers Employees Additional iButtons TagRF numerical iButtons Events Holidays Advanced and Remote i as shown in the following window Program Guardus Employees Additional Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote Identification Tour Schedules Checkpoints Master Buttons Patrol Officers D 4 Identification Sample 1 Internal Code 72 010000000002 99 General Information Programmed on 207472005 17 07 Guardus G5 version 1 0 Programming area length 1599 bytes Data area length 31161 bytes or 4451 records www contronics com 62 PROGuard User s Manual Modifying Guardus Programming Attention When the program is altered by PROGuard and transferred to Guardus
98. quipment Dial up Information During the Guardus programming in the Remote i guide when clicking on Dial the following window will be shown www contronics com 94 PROGuard User s Manual Dial up Information Information to dial Telephone no g F Use area code and dial properties Dial properties Number of retries 3 Retry interval 10 sec e Area code this field contains the area code of the telephone number to be dialed that is the number where the Contronics Communication Center is connected This field will be deactivated when the option Use Area code and Dial up Properties is not selected e Telephone number this field must be filled in with the telephone number to which the Remote i or the modem will dial that is the telephone number where the Contronics Communication Center is installed e Country code this list allows you to select the country to where the Remote i or modem will dial that is where the Contronics Communication Center is installed This field will be deactivated when the option Use Area code and Dial up Properties is not selected e Use area code and dial up properties this option determines whether the Remote i or modem will use only the telephone number when dialing or if the area code country code external line access code card information and others will be considered e Dial up properties this allows you to configure the dial up
99. r click on the graphic Tour duration The title of the graphic will change informing if the new tour selected was successful or not Checkpoints X Length of Stay t m East Entrance Tour duration This graphic shows how long each tour lasted If the patrol officer filter is activated it will only show tours performed by a specific patrol officer By clicking on the graphic a tour will be selected and it s duration will be displayed as well as the date and time at the bottom It s possible to analyze if the time spent to perform the tours was too long or not www contronics com 52 PROGuard User s Manual Reports laj xi Guardus Identification Pi Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour success Internal Code 72 010000000002 99 Downloaded on 10 1 2006 16 42 Export Battery chage MENANEE Local download p Fiter IT Patrol Officer T Checkpoints I Events B ae unidentified Administration Building z Abandoned post z Tr Tour duration nF oK Cancelar Time spent among readings By clicking on the graphic time spent among readings the name of a checkpoint will be displayed as well as how long the patrol officer took to arrive there from the previous checkpoint in one specific tour As for the first checkpoint the time that the tour started will be taken into consideration to calculate how long the patrol officer took to arrive In order to sel
100. r computer The installation process is fast and simple easily run through the installation program PROGuard installation software is supplied on CD by Contronics or by an authorized distributor It may also be downloaded from Contronics website www contronics com or by the PROGuard automatic updating feature For this an older version of PROGuard must be installed on your computer Regardless of the way in which PROGuard is installed confirm with Contronics or with your authorized distributor that you have an authorization or license to do so Non adherence to this recommendation may imply a breach of copyright or the running of an illegal copy of the software If you are installing PROGuard from a CD insert the installation CD into the CD drive of your computer and the auto start program will run automatically The following window will be displayed BBN Vie age bags i aisome i Menu Contronics BE Contronics Hello You will find in this application some information about the several products Contronics manu factures r Please use the menu aside to scroll the options Company Profile Clavium Line Clavium Guardus Guardus Line Ey 2 bine 4 The key of your Guard Tour p a I security Solutions h i Al 8121 NW 68th Street M iami FL 33166 TR cs E se 208 7892 CON ONI L sales contronics com E Language Options P ww contronics com www contronics com PROGuard User s Manual Installation
101. rogram icon on the desktop double click on it www contronics com 21 PROGuard User s Manual Use Use Using PROGuard PROGuard Initial Window As you start the running of PROGuard you will see the following window Contronics PROGuard File Tools Update Interface Help This window allows you to select the origin of the data to be viewed through the following options e Download Guardus allows direct access to the data stored in the Guardus memory e Latest downloads allows the viewing of the latest downloads from each Guardus to your computer e Previous Downloads allows the reading of older downloads which have been recorded automatically by PROGuard in its temporary backup www contronics com 22 PROGuard User s Manual Use e Backup Downloads allows the reading of previous downloads through the PROGuard backup option accessible in the initial window in the File menu e Consolidate downloads enables the emission of a report which includes data collected from multiple Guardus wands Through this option data originating from several Guardus wands which may even have different programs can be viewed in the same report Using the Files Tools Update Interface and Help Menus In the File menu you can view the following options e Create Backup allows the creation of a backup copy of previous downloads It is recommend that the backup is created in a storage environment
102. rough their iButton TagRF Rounds which were not concluded will be identified at the end by lines reading Round incomplete or Round not carried out www contronics com 39 PROGuard User s Manual Reports Frequency Report The Frequency Report shows the frequency with which the iButtons TagRF were read by Guardus In this report the date and time of the iButtons TagRF reading the iButtons TagRF type the internal code and the description adopted by the user will be listed When the iButton is of the numeric type or for a numeric event then the reference and the corresponding unit if previously informed will be shown in the report The Frequency Report window is shown below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Export Battery charge MENNEN Local download Filters Types of Record Quick I Specific Records Selection Checkpoints MCheckpoint Administration Building Employee All WCheckpoint Cafeteria MEvents Checkpoint East Entrance Me tt None i j Checkpoint Estacionamento I Starting date time January f2oo0 faa foo I Ending date time March v 20 for oo Date and time Type Code Description Reference Unit 10 3 2000 06 24 Checkpoin
103. s can compare tours performed by patrol officers in relation to their failures their events the tours scheduled etc Viewing and hiding graphics In order to view or hide a graphic click with the right button of the mouse on the area where graphics are displayed An icon Display will show up followed by a menu where it s possible to select each graphic It s also possible to choose the option All to select all graphics and None to hide all of them Patrol Officers Started tours Patrol Officers Tour Failure Display Tour completion Tour Failure Patrol Officers Events Events Checkpoints Events Events Checkpoints Checkpoints Events Events Time Checkpoints Lenght of stay Tour duration Time spent among readings Checkpoints Numeric Reference All None 4 amp 4 4 4 amp 4 4 4 amp amp amp amp amp A www contronics com 45 PROGuard User s Manual Reports The statistics screen shows the following information Contronics PROGuard Generate Report lej x Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Vist Statistics Programming p Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Intemal status Tour success intemal Code 72 010000000002 99 D
104. s since this Guardus option checkpoint iButtons TagRF refers exclusively to the To register a RFTag as master button patrol officer employee or additional button follow the instructions below 1 Register the RFTag as a checkpoint using the appropriate interface or the Learn Mode 2 Right click on the checkpoint chosen Program Guardus Employees Additional Buttons Events Holidays Advanced Remote Groups Checkpoints Master Buttons Identification Tour Schedules Patrol Officers ode Description F0 000412540543 47 Checkpoint 1 Checkpoint 2 Checkpoint 3 Checkpoint 5 01 000007473858 5D 01 000007471354 BB F 00041 258966B A4E FO 00041 259FE42 2E 01 000007471FC4 2B Number of checkpoints Checkpg Master Buttons Checkpe Employees Patrol Officers Additional Buttons Add Remove Edit Move up Move down Export Import Learn OK Cancel 3 Choose where you would like to transfer the RFTag to 4 Verify if the transfer was performed successfully www contronics com 70 PROGuard User s Manual Registering Registering Master iButtons TagRF PROGuard allows one or more master iButtons TagRF to be associated with a Guardus Any iButton TagRF can be configured as a master iButton TagRF Therefore you must be very careful in attributing this function to it since this allows a Guardus which has registered a failur
105. sion of the equipment whose programming is being altered This version determines the characteristics supported by the device in question Note PROGuard 2 1 or superior was developed specially for Guardus G5 and for version 3 0 or superior of Guardus G3 If you own a previous version of Guardus G3 0 6 0 5 etc some characteristics described in this manual may not be available or some screens can present different characteristics However all the original functionalities of the equipment continue to be supported by PROguard 2 1 or higher with the exception of Guardus G1 firmware lower than 0 6 that is not supported as of PROGuard version 3 2 e Program Area Size indicates the area in bytes occupied by the information used in the programming of this equipment The programming information consists of round schedules checkpoints and other items registered in the Guardus programming window The value for the program area size is automatically recalculated as the programming is altered e Data Area Size indicates the size in bytes and in number of records of the data area for the current program The www contronics com 65 PROGuard User s Manual Modifying Guardus Programming size of this area added to the program area gives the total size of the Guardus memory Registering Registering iButtons TagRF Each iButton TagRF has an internal electronic serial number which is unique and identifies it and will from now
106. t gt gt 13 2 2000 05 00 Patrol Officer Peter Mason Tour not performed 13 2 2000 06 00 Patrol Officer Peter Mason Tour not performed 14 2 2000 04 00 Patrol Officer Michael Ferguson 14 2 2000 04 19 Event Broken window on checkpoint Administration Building 20 2 2000 01 00 Patrol Officer Michael Ferguson Event Water damage ot 20 2 2000 01 21 n checkpoint Main Gate lt A description and the meaning of the groups Guardus Identification and Filters and also the way in which they can affect the reports can be found in the Monthly Report item The exceptions report offers another two filter options Start and End which work as follows www contronics com 35 PROGuard User s Manual Reports e Start allows you to set from which start date and time you wish to see the listed records Initially Start is filled in from the oldest Guardus record e End allows you to set the end date and time of the listed records Initially End is filled in up to the current date Tip Always try to alter the start and end dates and times with the respective filters switched off thus avoiding when modifying the day and moving on the month field that the report is recalculated After having adjusted the dates and times switch on the desired filters In the list of data in the report the exceptions detected followed by the date and time by which they are identified are giv
107. t 01 000001730820 3E Main Gat te 1073 2000 06 30 Checkpoint 01 00000172F594 33 East Entrance Checkpoint 01 000001D0F9DA C3 Cafeteria 01 00000172FE43 11 South Entrance 01 00000172F61F 70 Est to 01 000001D116CF 43 Offices 10 3 2000 07 00 Checkpoint 01 000001730898 98 Warehouse You can filter this report by each type of iButton TagRF or by groups of them The meaning of the groups Guardus Identification and Filters their descriptions and the way in which they affect the reports are analogous to the items Monthly Report and Exceptions Report This report however has some differences in the filters in relation to the other reports since it does not concentrate on the rounds themselves but rather on the iButtons TagRF which were read Thus since it does not show events as a normal record and does not show control records the Frequency Report does not offer the filters Leave out events and Leave out control records gt gt gt and instead of allowing the filtering only of the guards all types of iButtons TagRF are filtered through the following list www contronics com 40 PROGuard User s Manual Reports e Record Types you may select here the iButtons TagRF types to be listed The PROGuard allows all types of iButtons TagRF to be listed or specified groups of them as for example guard employees or master iButtons TagRF events or subsets of these e Specific Records here you can select those iButt
108. te that in the programming report window the option Reprogramming is available If this feature is selected make sure that the Guardus which will receive the programming has been previously downloaded if not its data will be erased and it will not be possible to recover them The following window shows the warning message Contronics PROGuard ATTENTION The data you are currently working with were not directly read from a Guardus but From a disk file When using them to reprogram a Guardus you will be overwriting its current settings and will discard all stored data DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED Downloading the Guardus configuration first is highly recommended Viewing Previous Downloads PROGuard allows the previous downloads of each Guardus to be quickly viewed through the option Previous downloads of the main window On selecting it all of the previous downloads or that is those which are not the latest download from each Guardus which were in the Download directory of each Guardus will be shown See below the initial window with the list of all the previous downloads Contronics PROGuard Eile Tools Update Interface Help CONTRONICS 72 0000000040C0 DF 27 5 2005 11 40 27 4 20 72 010000000002 99 20 4 2005 17 08 72 000000003689 CD 15 4 2005 09 32 72 000000003334 41 10 12 2004 09 00 Consolidate selected download with previous downloads www contronics com 102 PROGuard User s Ma
109. the same time So if you disconnect the mouse for example and connect a communication cable in its place www contronics com 118 PROGuard User s Manual Frequently Asked Questions PROGuard will not be able to use that serial port until your computer is restarted e On some computers PROGuard does not work properly with FIFO reception buffers In these cases it is necessary to configure the size of the reception buffer to a minimum value 1 through the advanced port configurations accessible in Windows 98 through the Control Panel System icon in the Device Manager guide selecting the desired port properties Port Configurations guide Advanced option In Windows NT a similar configuration may be carried out through the icon Ports of the Control Panel The port in question must be selected from the list which will be shown and the option Configurations must be selected In the following window select the option Advanced and deselect the verification box Activated Queue If this configuration does not give the desired result it may be necessary to restart the computer revert to the previous configuration www contronics com 119 PROGuard User s Manual Frequently Asked Questions Situation 2 PROGuard seems to find the interface because it does not show the message It was not possible to start the communication interface however on attempting to download the Guardus data nothing
110. ts window a Reprogramming button which allows the equipment programming to be changed This button is right below the Print button To print this report consult the item Printing reports in this manual The Programming Report cannot be exported www contronics com 55 PROGuard User s Manual Reports The Programming Report is shown below Generate Report Monthly Exceptions Activity Map Full Frequency Visit Programming Guardus Identification Identification Sample 1 Internal status Tour failure Intemal Code 72 000000000848 64 Downloaded on 10 3 2000 11 01 Beprogram Battery charge MEME E E Local download Programming Programmed on 21 1 2000 15 14 Guardus G1 firmware 0 6 capacity for these settings approx 43 days Maxim umber of records 4493 entries Time from 23 00 to 07 00 Checkpoints 01 00000172F4D4 8B Security Booth 01 00000172F594 33 East Entrance Estacionamento South Entrance 01 0000017304D4 B1 Administration Building 01 000001730820 3E Main Gate 01 000001730898 38 Warehouse 01 000001D0FSDA C3 Cafeteria 01 000001D116CF 43 Offices Master Buttons A description of the group Guardus Identification can be found in the item Monthly Report in this manual The Programming Report comprises the following information e Programmed on date and time on which Guardus was programmed and if available the PROGuard version used to carry out the programming e
111. w only non identified iButton TagRF When Guardus_ is programmed with additional iButtons TagRF it must be downloaded only onto the computer which programmed it www contronics com 72 PROGuard User s Manual Registering The additional iButtons TagRF as well as the employees iButtons TagRF are not related to the rounds these also being listed as control records identified in the reports by the sequence gt gt gt Note In order to allow the reading of the additional iButtons TagRF the option Accept additional and or non registered Buttons TagRF needs to be selected in the Advanced programming guide Besides permitting that the Guardus reads additional 1Buttons TagRF this option also allows the non registered Buttons TagRF to be registered which are listed as contro records and identified as non registered Buttons TagRF Guardus leaves the factory with this option deselected To register additional iButtons TagRF you must access the respective windows through the Additional iButtons TagRF guide of the Guardus programming window The procedure is analogous to the registering of checkpoints For more details on the process of registering these iButtons TagRF consult the item Registering checkpoints Buttons TagRF in this manual Registering Round Schedules In the programming window it is possible to view the currently registered schedules Also in this window there are buttons to Add De

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