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Security Information Management Sys-tem

(SIMS)

User manual

V4.0

© 2003 by Sauter Communication AG, Vaduz

4/8/2023

SAEL SIMS user manual page 2 Sauter Communication AG, Vaduz

Table of contents

Preface......................................................................................3Standard Setup.......................................................................................................3System requirements.............................................................................................4

First system start.......................................................................5System login...........................................................................................................5

The main screen.........................................................................6

View........................................................................................10

Settings Areas..........................................................................12Setting Error.........................................................................................................14

Protocols.................................................................................15User protocol........................................................................................................15Alarm protocol......................................................................................................16Movement protocol...............................................................................................17

Logs........................................................................................19

Change PW..............................................................................20

Codes......................................................................................21New/change code.................................................................................................22

Alarms.....................................................................................24

Print........................................................................................25

Last Alarms..............................................................................25

Edit..........................................................................................26Users.................................................................................................................... 27

Add/Change User...............................................................................................28User levels.........................................................................................................29User profiles......................................................................................................32

Change maps.......................................................................................................33Detectors..............................................................................................................34Change detector...................................................................................................35Area definition......................................................................................................36Input types...........................................................................................................37

Change Input type.............................................................................................38Database Settings................................................................................................39


Preface

This manual explains all functions of the SAEL SIMS security information manage-ment software.With the SAEL SIMS you can control and protocol all your security related systems (burglar, fire, access control, building management) in your entire company

Please note that all pictures in this manual will use user level 9 (highest user level). With a lower user level some options will not be visible.

Standard Setup

Small system with up to 4 centrals:

The SAEL S9 centrals are connected over RS232 (or RS485 if you use long ca-bles). The NOX system is connected directly by Ethernet (over TCP/IP). You can connect up to 4 systems to one workstation.

Large system with up to 64 Centrals (Burglar, fire, etc.)

If you have a large system, all centrals are connected to the SIMS server. These centrals can be connected over RS232, RS485, telephone leased lines or existing Ethernet or Token ring networks. You can connect up to 64 systems from different manufacturers.

It is also possible to connect up to 32 workstations to this server. Each worksta-tion with individual rights. Also, already existing workstations with Windows 2000 can be used.


Max. 4NOX / SAEL S9

Windows 2000 serverwith SIMS server soft-ware

Connection over RS232/RS485, mo-

dem or TCPIP (NOX)

CentralsSAEL S8, S9, NOXfire, building, etc

PC System with SIMS client soft-ware over Ether-net

PC-System withSIMS Sever/Cli-entSoftware

System requirements

Workstation:MinimumIntel Pentium-III system, 500 MHz with 256 MB Ram and Windows 2000 Worksta-tion, 17“ Monitor or LCD (1024*768 or 1280*1024).

SuggestedIntel Pentium-4 system with 2 GHz, 256 MB Ram and Windows 2000, 17“ Monitor or LCD,color printer and backup system with Streamer/DAT tape.

Server:If you want to keep track of all log messages, the server must run 24h/day. Hardware requirements: same as for the workstation


First system start

When you start the system by double-clicking the icon on your desktop you will see the startup window.While showing the startup window, the connection to the server is established and all data is loaded.

After loading all required data, the login screen is shown.

System login

Please enter the username and password you received from your system admin-istrator

Note: The password is case sensitive!


The main screen

After a successful login the main screen will be displayed.

On the main screen you will see the following information:

System status:Black normal informationYellow not critical informationRed critical errorDetails show more detailed information on centralsServicemode starts the function service mode

Shows the name of the currently logged user. It is possible to show a photo of the user. This will be shown here.Slave ID: shows the id (end of IP address of this workstation)Database: shows the database which is used by this workstation (normally NOX)

On the right side, you will see a selection of functions the user can select. Which options are shown depends on the users rights.

Alarm Currently activated alarms (will only be displayed, if there are active alarms)


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Set Areas With this function, you can arm and disarm areas. Also any active detectors, lists of detectors per area, etc. can be displayed. If this button is blue, there are deacti-vated detectors in the system.

Protocols shows alarm-, user- and movement protocols.Logs show logs from the centralsEdit here you can edit all settings of your systemChange PW change your own passwordCodes code management of the connected centrals (NOX,

SAEL S8, SAEL S9)Pager (optional) manually send paging messages to individual

users or groupsAbout information about software version and supportPrint user definable printouts of maps with detectorsLast Alarms shows the most recent alarms of the systemUnedited Alarms shows all alarms which have not yet been edited by a

userEnd Ends the software and returns to the login window

Here you can select the map to be shown on the main window


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If you click a detector on the map, the detector information window will be shown and you can see detailed information of the selected detector:

Central on which central is this detector installedDetector detector number with IDName name of the detectorArea area in which the detector is installedType type of detectorLast Movement time of last movement (Alarm while area was unset) of this

detectorLast Alarm time of last alarm of this detector


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Current State current state of this detector (changes in real time)

Detectors are shown on the map. Each detector shows its current state (normally by different colors):- green: detector is in ok state (no movement / closed)- yellow: detector is in alarm state while area is disarmed- red: detector is in alarm state while area was armed and the alarm

is active- blue: unknown state

You can also show area states on the map.- green: area is disarmed- red: area is armed- yellow: area is disarmed, but will be armed automatically


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View

With this function you can specify what kind of information is shown on the main map. These settings are individual for each user.

Show Inputs (open)select which detectors in open state (alarm while disarmed) you would like to dis-play

Show Inputs (closed)select which detectors in state closed (no movement) you would like to display

Show Outputs (inactive)shows outputs in off state on the main map


Show Output (active)shows outputs in on state on the main map

Show Inps./Outs. From Centrallets you select the centrals from which you would like to display the information

Show Areasselect, if you want to show area states on the main map

Show Addressesif you select this option, addresses of detectors are displayed

Select Screen settingsopens a new window, where you can make above selections in one screen


Settings Areas

This window allows you to arm/disarm areas, check areas for open inputs, show detectors per area, etc.

Shows the area of the central which is selected at [2]. On the right side of the area you can see the current state of this area

ColorsLine GreenLine Green the last setting was successful.Line RedLine Red the last setting of this area caused a setting error. You can

check the problem by pressing the button „Setting Error“

The sequence of the area in the menu edit can be defined -> areas

Contains a list of all centrals of your system.


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All detectors of this area:show all detectors in this area with the current detector state.

All active detectors if this area:show currently activated detectors in this area (if there are).

Note: all information is shown in real time

Setting Error:This button is only shown if there was a setting error. With this function you can view the setting error and react appropriately.

Show the possible settings for the selected area. If the area is partly set, you can arm or disarm this area.

All active detectors of this system:shows all active detectors of your entire system.

All detectors of this system:shows all detectors of your entire system.

Disabled detectors of whole system:shows all disabled (deactivated) detectors of the system.

Note: This button is only enabled if there are disabled detectors.


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Setting Error

If an area setting cannot be executed, the cause for the setting problem can be viewed by pressing the button “Setting Error”:

The Setting Error window gives you the following possibilities:

Deactivate detectordeactivate the selected detector. Now you can arm the area. Any deactivated de-tector will not trigger any alarm until the detector is reactivated (manually or by disarming the area)

All active detectors of this areashows all currently active detectors of the area in which the setting error oc-curred

All active detectors of centralshows all currently active detectors of the central on which the setting error oc-

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Retry Settingthe system retries executing the last setting. If no detector is preventing the set-ting, it will be executed

Show mapshow this detector on the map


Protocols

All actions on the system are logged. You can show these logs using the function protocols.

The following protocols are available:

User all functions executed by all users

Alarms alarms and alarm-edit information

Movements all movements on the system (detector open/closed)

Pager all pager messages (optional).

User protocol

In this window you can specify the timeframe from which you would like to see the history information.

If you want, you can select specific users from whom you want to show the infor-mation.By entering a key word or text in the following field, only log messages contain-ing this information are searched from the database.


Alarm protocol

This window displays the alarm protocol. You can limit the alarms shown by se-lecting a specific time period, certain centrals, input types, alarm types and alarm causes.

If you select “Overview”, the alarms are shown in a list.By selecting “Time”, “Time per Day” or “Month”, the alarms will be shown graphi-cally.


Movement protocol

With the movement protocol you can see all movements in the system.

On the left side, you see the list of centrals. If you select a central, the detectors of this central are shown on the right side. Now select the detectors you want to look at.


On the right side in the field „Open“ the duration of the detectors active status is shown.

If you want a print out, simply press the button “Print list”. You can print only a part of the list by marking those entries in the list with the mouse.


Logs

Shows you the logs from all the centrals. Select the Time frame and the type of log you want to see.

The information shown can be limited by entering a text into the field “only show entries with the following text”.

Example: If you want to show all settings of area “Floor 0” enter this text into the text field and press “Show”.

Note: You can limit the information to print by selecting the lines in the list you want to print with the mouse.


Change PW

Here you can change your personal password:

To change your password enter the following information:

Old password your current passwordNew password the new passwordReenter new password please reenter your new password

When you login the next time, you will have to use your new password.

note: the password is case sensitive!


Codes

In the codes window you can create new codes on the central or change and delete existing codes.

Note: All changes are executed immediately on the centrals CPU.


New/change code

To create a new user code, enter the information in the fields:

Usernamename of the user

Usercodethe code for this user. Random code generates a random code

Userprofileselect the user profile for this user

If there is no problem adding this user, it will be shown on the user list. If there is any problem (e.g. already used code) then the problem will be displayed.

By pressing the window is expanded an advanced options are shown:


Limit validityIt is possible to limit the validity of a code from date to date

Use duresscodeif you do not want a duress for this user, please deselect this option. Normally all user codes will have a duress code.

LanguageIf you have a multi language system, the language for this user is selected here


Alarms

If you have an alarm on a central, this alarm will be shown in the alarm window.

You can see immediately where in your building the alarm was triggered.If you have more than one alarm, all alarms are shown.In the bottom of the screen you can see the list of active alarms.

At the beginning of each line of this list, you can see if the detector is still acti-vated. If the symbol is shown, the detector is closed again.

On the right side of the window you have the following options:Edit Alarm lets you edit this alarm and save all information about this

alarmPrint Alarm prints this alarm (including map)Acknowledge Alarm acknowledges this alarm on the system.Acknowledge all acknowledges all current alarmsPrint List prints a list of all current alarmsDisarm Alarmarea disarms the area of this detector

If a new alarm is triggered, the new alarm will be shown immediately.


Print

In the Window „Print“ you can make a print out of selected maps. On each map the selected additional information (room numbers, symbols, etc) will be printed as well.

In the upper part of the screen, printing preset are made. Every time you select this preset, the saved information will be selected automatically.In the middle part, you can specify how the printout will be made.In the bottom part, you can select which maps are printed and what kind of sym-bols will be added to the map.

Last Alarms

By pressing “Last Alarms” on the main screen, you will the most recent alarms of your system.The difference to the alarm protocol: Last Alarms will always show all alarms, no time selection can be made.It will give you a quick and simple overview over the past few days.


Edit

In the menu “Edit” you can make all necessary system settings.

User user configuration for SIMSMaps floors and maps of the systemDetectors definition of detectorsOutputs definition of outputsArea defines areas (texts and position on map)Inputtypes types of inputs (detectors)S9 Data sets information for the centralCentral Configuration configuration of the central (e.g. key)Database Settings settings for the databaseAutomatic Settings definitions for automatic settings (arm/disarm)Piquet User piquet management (option)Piquet Groups piquet management (option)Specialdays piquet management (option)Pagertexts piquet management (option)

Alarmtypes information for extended alarm editingAlarmcauses information for extended alarm editingAlarm Interventions information for extended alarm editingAlarmtexts information for extended alarm editingPhonenumbers information for extended alarm editing

Note: you will only see the options to which you do have access


Users

User management for SIMS to define all people who will have access to the sys-tem.


Add/Change User

Username short name to loginPassword password for this user (min. length: 4 character)Realname real name for this userUserlevel user level (0-9)Userprofile user profile for this userNOX - Code code for this user. This code will be used for all interaction

with the NOX system. It also defines the rights to arm/disarm areas.

MAP at Alarm normally 1 (can be used to make different alarm views for different users


User levels

With Userlevels you define, what options your users will see. The system sup-ports up to 10 individual user levels.

FunctionsMain menu Set areas allows the user to arm and disarm areas. He can

also see the detectors in the area. Which of these areas he’s allowed to set, is defined by the user code.

Protocols show the options protocolsLogs get log information from the systemEdit show the edit menuChange PW if this option is set, the user is allowed to change

his own passwordCodes shows the user code editor window for the centralsViews allows the user to modify his own viewing options


Save Views if this option is enabled, the viewing options of the user are saved and he will have the same view when he logs in next time.

Servicemode shows the button Service Mode on the main screenAbout shows the button about on the main screenPrint if enabled the user can print the maps with the se-

lected information.Last Alarms shows the button Last Alarms on the main screenUnedited shows the button to view the unedited alarms in

the mainAlarms screenPager shows the option to manually send pagers mes-

sages(option pager needed)

Place symbols show the possibility to place symbols if symbols are selected

Servicemode Only turn off allows to only turn off the service mode

Deactivate allows the user to turn on and off the service modeand Activate

Set Areas Set this option is only valid for SAEL S8 / S9. For NOX this option is ignored because the rights are de-fined in the central.

Unset see “Set”

Alarm Edit allows to edit the alarmPrint allows to print the alarmAcknowledge allows to acknowledge the selected alarmAckn. all allows to acknowledge all alarmsReread allows to reread the alarms from the centralPrint List enables to print the alarm listUnload window if this option is selected, the Alarm window is

unloaded ifif no alarms no more alarms are on the systemReread already if this option is selected the user can edit

alarms whichedited alarms had already been editedDisarm if this option is selected, the user can disarm the

area ofAlarmarea the detector

Codes With Codes if the user is edited, show the codeNew specifies if the user is allowed to define new codesChange specifies if the user is allowed to change existing

codesDelete gives the possibility to delete codesPrint List allows to print the user list (without codes)Print List allows the user to print the user list with user

codeswith codesReread only for S8/S9Save in only for S8/S9


databaseRequest to get into the windows Codes, a password is re-

questedpasswordUserprofiles only for S8/S9


Deactivate At set-error the user can deactivate a detector when there is a set

Detector errorAlways the user can always deactivate a detector

Edit User user management for SIMSMaps define/edit maps and floors for SIMSInputs define detectorsOutputs define outputsS9 Data define information for centralsInputtypes define input typesDatabase define the information for databasesSettingsAutom. Settings with this option the user can change auto-

matic settingsArea define area information

All other options needed for paging option!

Protocols User show user protocolsAlarms show alarm protocolsMovements show movement protocolsPager show pager protocol (option Pager needed)


User profiles

The user profiles window lets you define, what information from the different cen-trals is shown to the user:

Name name of this user profileMaps which maps are shown to the userAlarmtypes alarms of which types are shown to the userCentrals list of centrals visible to the userAreas which areas are shown


Change maps

Normal MapSelect the map which is stored ins the MAPS directory on the hard drive.

Special MapIf you select Special Map, the selected information will always be shown on the map.


Detectors

In this window you can select the detectors to place on the map.

With the option “Copy Symbols”/”Insert Symbols” you can copy/insert symbols from one detector to another detector.

note: Detector address 9000 is system defined and will be alarmed if communication to the central fails.


Change detector

If you change a detector, this window is shown:

Name Name of this detectorType Type of the inputPSA Alarms PSA Texts (only for option paging)

Note: If you change the Name, this change will be saved to the NOX sys-tem as soon as you press „Save“

SymbolsIt is possible to define one or more symbols for this detector. If you want to show more than one symbol, simply press “New” then a new symbol will be created.On the right side, select the symbol group. You will see all symbols of this group. Simply select the symbol and place it on the map. If you want to rotate a symbol, press the arrows on the right side.

Option Transparent: If selected, the symbol will be drawn on the map transpar-ently.


Area definition

Here you can change the name of the area and define how the area is shown on the map.

You can change the sequences of the areas on the screen by pressing .

Note: If you change the Name, this change will be saved to the NOX sys-tem as soon as you press „Save“


Input types

In this window you can see a list of different input types. The input type defines how an alarm is shown on the screen an whether a sound is played when the alarm is shown.


Change Input type

Here you can define the name of the input type.If you want to play a sound, select the option “Sound at Alarm: Play Sound” and select the sound. This wave files are stored in the SOUNDS Directory on the server.

ThresholdIt is possible to suppress an alarm for a certain period of time. E.g. to show it only if it has been present on the system for more than 5 minutes.To activate this function, select “Activate” and enter the Threshold time.Now you can specify, if the alarm is automatically acknowledged when the detec-tor is ok, and is the alarm is shown before and/or after the threshold time.


Database Settings

In the database settings you can specify, how long the different protocol informa-tion is stored in the database. After this time they will be deleted automatically.


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