Inovonics Radius Administrator - Manual (Page 16)

Setting Up Monitored Devices
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3.2 Create Category
End devices enrolled into the Radius system must be added to a device
category. In some cases you will need to create the device category to which
you will add the end device. End devices that will need a device category
created for them include:
• Pendants
• Door alarm transmitters
• Universal transmitters
• Smoke detectors
• Motion detectors
To check current device categories and create new ones:
1 From the home screen, click “Administration.”
2 Click “Device Categories.”
3 If you do not see the category needed for the end device you’re enrolling,
click “Create a New Category.”
4 In the “Description Field,” enter a description of the device category.
5 In the “Missing Interval” field, enter the time, in minutes, to elapse
between check in messages before a device in this category will be
considered missing.
6 Check the box next to “Do not show devices in this category on the main
status screen” if you want to keep end devices in this category from
displaying on the main screen.
• This can be useful for devices which will only be used used to establish
the vector map necessary for location functionality.
7 If this category will contain pendants, and you want them to be locatable,
check the box for “This category contains pendants - collect location
information.”
8 Edit the “Message for active alarms” field as desired to customize alarm
messages sent for devices in this category. If left blank, the default alarm
message will be used.
• Use the system values in the help pop-up window to include variable
information in your message.
9 Edit the “Message for alarm clears” field as desired to customize alarm
clear messages sent for devices in this category. If left blank, the default
alarm clear message will be used.