User's Manual

TD 93021US Rev A
10 FEB 2014 / Ver A 100
Installation Guide
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Figure 131. Card reader front and back view
The NICR allows staff members to register their presence in a room or to open an electrically locked
door through a contactless proximity authorized smart card.
The NICR should be mounted in an accessible location (usually next to the entrance door of the room)
so that the smart card can be held close to the reader when the staff member enters or leaves the
room.
The NICR will read the smart card when it is at a distance of up to 0.8in (20mm) in front of the card
reader. When a card is detected a buzzer in the NICR sounds.
The NICR has a red LED and a green LED which shine through the cover plate. The green LED shows
for two seconds when an authorized card is detected, the red LED shows for two seconds when an
unauthorized card is detected, and flashes for two seconds when the card reader is unconfigured. A
short flash repeated every second on the red LED indicates that an error has been detected by the
watchdog.
The NICR offers two auxiliary functions: a relay circuit for switching an external device, such as an
electrically operated door lock, and a connection for monitoring, such as door open detection. The
relay connection is a “normally open” potential-free contact and the monitoring connections consist
of ground (GND) and an input line (IN).
A tamper alarm switch is mounted on the NICR printed circuit board detects when the card reader is
removed from the backplate. The system can be configured, using the System Manager, to generate
an alarm call when the tamper switch is operated.
The NICR is available in gray or white and it requires a single backplate which must be ordered
separately. A spacer with installation kit is also available for surface mounting the switch module (see
6.3.2, Surface Mounting Spacer on page 63 for details).
WARNING:
• The equipment that is connected to this interface is not considered to be part pf the system
configuration unless the equipment complies with ANSI/UL 2560 standard for Emergency Call
Systems for Assisted Living and Independent Living Facilities.
• The Axillary monitoring circuits are not electrically isolated.
• The cable length for the Axillary Monitoring circuits must not exceed 33ft (10m) and the cables
must be appropriately separated from power cables and sources of electromagnetic interference.