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42 Guardall Director V4.74 User's Guide 21-0381E v4.7.4

Guard-Tours: Monitoring

Introduction to Guard Tours

Guard Tours

A guard-tour can be thought of as either:

 A path that must be completed by a guard in

a certain amount of time—including stations

(checkpoints) along the way, or;

 The process of the guard making his/her way

through the assigned route.

Tip: If so configured, areas can be disarmed and re-

armed automatically as the guard moves through the

designated route.

Note: A guard tour cycles through the defined 'stations'

(checkpoints) and then stops (it does not automatically

restart at the beginning).

Each 'station' can be a reader/door (that will be

monitored for a specific user), or a physical

input-point (key-switch, etc.) that is operated

by the guard.

Once defined guard tours can be activated

and/or monitored by anyone with the

appropriate permissions. As well, reports can

be generated on guard tours that occurred

previously.

Guard Tour Monitoring

When any guards are to begin their assigned

routes, the associated "Guard Tours" can be

activated, thus allowing an operator to monitor

each guard's progress, and respond if needed.

Guard Tour Events: Activity messages pertaining to

guard-tours (and guard-tour stations) are not

transmitted to a central monitoring facility.

Guard Tour Setup

: Before a guard-tour can be

monitored, it must first be defined as per the stations

(checkpoints) along the way, and the allowable times

between stations. (Details appear in a following section

/ below.)

Connecting to the Associated Panel(s),

An Overview:

1) See if you're already connected by

checking the status bar at the bottom

of the monitoring window.

Multi-account systems: Ensure your desired

account is selected (click [Account Folders]

in the tree, and then double-click the specific

account).

2) If not connected, check to ensure the

communication software is running

on the specific PCs.

Detail: If the LCD/Telephone icon on the Windows

taskbar is black-and-white (colour = running), start

the communications service by right-clicking the

icon, and selecting "Start Communications".