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MONITOR AFx™ Director V4.1 User's Guide
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The Menu
The Main Menu
The menu provides access to miscellaneous
and maintenance tasks.
Opening a Menu & Selecting an Item
To select an item from a menu, simply click the
menu item to 'open' that topic, and then select
the desired item from the list.
Tip:
Edit menu selections are generally also available
by 'right-clicking' an item, or a blank portion of a form.
File
-Login / Logout:
Allows an operator to access
their assigned tasks/features of this software,
and to block unauthorized access to those
features when they are finished.
-Change Password:
Provides an easy method
for the operator who is presently logged in to
change their login password.
-Import Users:
Allows importing a card database
from an external text file (very specific formatting
requirements).
For more information, refer to "Manually Importing
User-Data From a Text File".
-Exit:
Allows shutting down the MONITOR AFx
Director software.
Note:
In a client-server system, the communications
(or server) software must be shut down separately. In
a single-PC system, these modules can optionally be
started and shut down automatically.
For details, refer to "Setting Communications to
AutoStart When an Operator Logs In".
Edit
(most of these selections are also available when
you right-click a specific item--typically in the 'tree')
-Cut:
Copies all settings for a selected item, and
then deletes the original item.
-Copy:
Copies all settings for a selected item.
-Paste:
Pastes settings that had been copied (or
'cut') from another item.
-Delete / (Disconnect):
Allows deleting a
selected item. Exception: When working with a
panel communications session
("Pending/Online"), this ends the selected
session.
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-Add Account Folder:
For a multi-account
system, this allows creating a new folder for
organizing your accounts.
This selection is available in the
Edit
menu when you
have an account folder selected in the
[Account
Folders]
portion of the 'tree'.
Tip:
Account folders are referenced by "operator
permissions" to determine which accounts will be
available to each operator. Be sure to set up your
folders with this in mind. To set up operator
permissions, refer to "Operator Permissions".
-Add Account:
For a multi-account system, this
allows creating a new account pertaining to a
panel, site, or company.
This is available when you have an account folder
selected in the
[Account Folders]
portion of the 'tree'.
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-Add New:
Allows setting up a new item of the
type associated with your present topic
(schedule, user, etc.).
-Add Panel Group:
This allows creating a
'"Panel Group" which allows setting up
communications for a panel, or a group of
panels that are sharing a modem or direct-
cable-connection.
This item is available in the
Edit
menu when you are
'in' the 'Configuration' branch of the 'tree' for a specific
account. To set up panel groups, refer to "Panels,
Panel Groups, and Related Settings".
-Add Panel:
This allows adding a new panel to
your system, or to any specific account.
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-Find:
This allows searching for an item of the
type associated with your present topic (User,
Door, etc.).
-Find Next:
This allows searching for additional
items that match your entered characters (e.g.,
nam
∗
).
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-Resolve All:
Allows entering a comment for all
displayed alarm messages, and setting them all
as being 'resolved'.
View
-Toggle Form / Grid:
Allows switching between
showing either the settings for one item at a time
(forms view), or a list of defined items with their
associated settings in a table-format (grid view).
Tip:
You will likely use 'Forms' view most of the time.
It is best suited for entering or viewing settings for
items. Grid view is used less often, but is useful for
viewing and sorting lists (such as users).
-Filter Undefined Rows:
Allows hiding or
showing 'yet to be defined' items (templates)
used when setting up new items (as an
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