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Secure Perfect 6.1.1 User Manual 110
Backup Clients Assignment Dialog Box
This dialog box allows you to select and assign backup clients associated with the selected client. This
list includes only clients available for assignment by the current operator and defined as a client that does
not exceed the limit of micros and DVRs allowed. When you select a client from the list, you will note that
the client statement defines the total combined number of DVRs and micros of the default client and
backup client. (The total number of micros cannot exceed 64. The total number of DVRs cannot exceed
16.)
• Select, and then click the right arrow to assign an available client.
• Select, and then click the left arrow to unassign a client.
Click OK to display results in the Backup Clients list box.
Backup Clients Tab
Reference Topic:
Client Monitoring
Takeover and Recovery Timing
Client Form
This tab displays ONLY at client computers that are licensed for Client Redundancy. Use this tab to
configure your backup clients that would take over the devices in case of a failure at the default client
computer.
Backup Clients:
This list box displays those clients you have assigned to take over control of any nondirect micros and
DVRs in the event of a failure at the default client computer. The order in which the client names display,
determines which client is next in line to take over. The
timing of the takeover is a variable. Backup
clients must be online (Secure Perfect services are running). In the event of a failover, the client entry
includes the client computer name, and then the total combined number of DVRs and micros of the
default client and backup client.
• Move Up: Select and click to move this client up the list.
• Move Down: Select and click to move this client down the list.
• Assign: Click to display a Backup Clients Assignment dialog box, listing client computers
found on your Secure Perfect system. Those computers selected and assigned when you
close the dialog box, will display in the Backup Clients list box.
Database Connection Heartbeat
The Secure Perfect system validates communication with backup clients by pinging (sending continuous
broadcast messages). If there is a communication failure between the default client and the backup
client, the backup client looks for a Heartbeat (time stamp in the database) as an indication that the
default client is online and connected. a) If a Heartbeat exists, the default client is "alive" and the backup
client will not initiate takeover of the devices from the default client. b) If a Heartbeat does NOT exist, the
backup client initiates takeover of devices from the default client. The backup client will use the following
values:
• Heartbeat (seconds): Select a computer from the Backup Clients list box and assign an
interval of seconds (the range is 10 to 180) between Heartbeat checks. The default number
is 60 seconds. This number can be reset at any time.
• Heartbeat Retries: Select the number of times (the range is 1 to 3) this backup client checks
for a Heartbeat stamp in the database, before initiating takeover of devices from the default
client. The default number of retries is 2.
Assign Micro Phone #s
This button is only available after completing the following:
• Backup clients have been assigned.
• The currently displayed client is host to Dial-up and/or Network + Dial-up micros.