Configuring the monitoring inputs on the Synergis Cloud Link appliance

You can use the four inputs on the Synergis™ Cloud Link appliance to monitor the physical installation of the appliance. For example, you can connect an input to a tamper switch on the enclosure in which the appliance is installed.

1. From the Config Tool homepage, open the Access control task, and click the Roles and units view.
2. Select your Synergis Cloud Link unit, and click the Hardware tab.
3. Click the Onboard IO tab, and then configure the inputs:
   Example:

   

   Special behavior

   The special behaviors determine the event that you receive in the Monitoring task when the input is in a non-normal state. By default, the special behavior is set to None. Select one of the following:

   • AC failure
   • Tamper switch
   • Battery failure

   Input configuration

   Select one of the following:

   Unsupervised

   Inputs are unsupervised by default.

   Three states

   Select one of the pre-configured options, which selects the Resistance range for you, or select Custom, and enter the Lower Limit (Ohms) and Higher Limit (Ohms) in ohms yourself.

   Four states

   Select one of the pre-configured options, which selects the Closed range and Open range for you, or select Custom, and enter the Lower Limit (Ohms) and Higher Limit (Ohms) values yourself.

   Debounce (ms)

   Enter a value in milliseconds from 7 to 600,000 (10 minutes). The option indicates the amount of time an input can be in a changed state (for example, changed from Active to Normal) before the state change is reported. The option filters out false events from unstable input signals. The default value is 7 milliseconds.

   The following are examples of events that are affected:

   • Input state changed: Input active
   • Input state changed: Input normal
   • Input state changed: Input trouble
   • Door opened
   • Request to exit
   • AC fail
   • Battery fail

4. Click Apply.
5. Click the Peripherals tab, and double-click the input you configured on the Hardware page.
6. (Optional) In the Edit Input dialog box, enter a new name and logical ID.
7. Set the Contact type:
   1. Select Not supervised, 3 state supervised, or 4 state supervised to match the value you selected for the Input configuration on the Hardware page.
   2. Select Normally open or Normally closed.
8. Click Save.