Interlogix VEREX Director - Manual (Page 3)

21-0381E v4.9.1 (2013.06) © 2013 UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc. i
Contents
Welcome ..................................................................................................................................................... 1
Entering an Area and Disarming the System .......................................................................................... 2
Welcome to VEREX Director .................................................................................................................. 4
Start-up and Logging In ............................................................................................................... 4
Exiting, Logging Off, or Changing Operators ............................................................................... 6
The Desktop ................................................................................................................................ 7
Other Desktop Choices ................................................................................................................ 8
Running Reports, and Monitoring System Activity .............................................................................. 11
Time-and-Attendance Reporting ........................................................................................................... 12
Required-Attendance Time-Periods ..................................................................................................... 16
Roll-Call Reports (v4.61) ...................................................................................................................... 18
Reporting on System & Personnel Activity ........................................................................................... 19
Reporting on Previous Guard-Tours ..................................................................................................... 22
Reporting on User Access Authorities (by Area, Door, or Floor) .......................................................... 24
Reporting on Users, System/Device Settings, etc. ............................................................................... 27
Reporting on Operator Audits or Panel Communications Logs ............................................................ 29
Reporting on Panel Diagnostics (

V4.4) ............................................................................................... 31
Working with the Report Viewer ........................................................................................................... 33
Monitoring System Activity .................................................................................................................... 34
Alarm and Activity Monitoring .................................................................................................... 34
'Activating' and Using the Monitoring Window............................................................................ 35
Limiting the Window to Show Only Specific Messages (Sorting and Filtering) .......................... 37
Acknowledging Alarms (Comment / Resolve) ............................................................................ 39
When Messages Cannot be Transmitted to the VEREX Director Software ............................... 40
Working with Video Events ( V4.5) ............................................................................................ 40
Visually Verifying Users (Photo-Verification) ........................................................................................ 42
Photo-Verification ....................................................................................................................... 42
Related Features ....................................................................................................................... 43
Setting up This Feature .............................................................................................................. 44
Guard-Tours: Monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 45
Introduction to Guard Tours ....................................................................................................... 45
Activating and Monitoring Guard Tours (that have already been set up) ................................... 46
Guard Tours: Initial Set Up ....................................................................................................... 48
Checking Status and Controlling Items ................................................................................................. 51
Maps and Video (Visual Monitoring & Status/Control) .......................................................................... 52
Status and Control Using Visual Director ................................................................................... 52
Camera Status/Control and Adjustments .............................................................................................. 59
Initial Set Up of: Views, Maps, Cameras .............................................................................................. 64
Checking Status & Controlling Items .................................................................................................... 73
Introduction to Status & Control ................................................................................................. 73
Using the Status Toolbar ...................................................................................................................... 75
Miscellaneous Status Tasks ................................................................................................................. 77
Panel Date and Time ................................................................................................................. 77
Resetting Users' Antipassback Status .................................................................................................. 79
Clearing a "Bad Card/PIN Global Lockout" ................................................................................ 81
Checking System Status (Remote Diagnostics) ........................................................................ 82
Checking the Status of Panels (Equipment) ......................................................................................... 84
Panel Status (Equipment) .......................................................................................................... 84