Installation manual

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DSX Access Systems, Inc. 10731 Rockwall Rd. Dallas TX 75238
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WinDSX FAQ 12/10
 Masking or not displaying the last User Name on the Login screen as per the
software installation manual only applies to the database program. To prevent the
Workstation program from displaying the last user name, it must be auto-started
from DataBase. With the placement of the GOV.exe into the shared WinDSX folder
the software will lockout an operator that makes three invalid attempts. Newer
software requires the password to be at least 6 characters.
 Multiple iterations of the same event showing in workstation has been determined to
be caused by more than one Comm Server (cs.exe) running in a system. Can be
corrected also with new software.
 Regional Time Zone and Daylight Savings Time settings
.
WinDSX has the ability to
set each location’s Regional Time Zone and enable or disable daylight savings time
(under Location in the database). The same is true for each workstation (under
System/Setup/System Parameters). If used, these options must be set for each
location and each workstation. Enable and set these everywhere or nowhere. IF not
what you may see is that Workstation displays the correct time but events from the
controllers may show up with the wrong time.
 Password Profile restrictions for I/O and Device Overrides not only apply to
operator manipulation of Inputs, Outputs, and Devices but to Scheduled Overrides
as well.
 On an Elevator Control System with code to output linking turned on at a particular
device, the LED on the card reader does not change state on access granted unless
the option Link Granted Events to Output 1 is set to “Yes”.

Card Holders that are marked as a Visitor cannot have an access level or linking
level assigned unless those levels have been defined (checked) as “Can be assigned
to Visitors” on the general tab.
 Combinations of Code numbers that are HEX and DECIMAL values cannot be
entered into WinDSX in a combination of formats. Once we turn on “Codes are
HEX Values” then ALL code numbers MUST be entered into WinDSX as HEX
values. Use Windows>Calculator in scientific mode and convert decimals to HEX.
If codes are listed on cross reference sheets as decimal form and the “Codes are
HEX Values” is checked, then the decimal code number MUST be converted to
HEX and then entered into WinDSX using the HEX value.
 The Time Zones that are being linked to cannot be assigned to what is initiating the
link. In other words – What links to the Time Zone cannot be controlled by the
Time Zone.