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WinDSX FAQ 12/10
Build as many Time Zones as necessary to make sure that when you link to a Time
Zone it only affects those things you want affected. Re-using Time Zones could
cause something to be controlled from a Link that was not desired.
If you link to a Time Zone with a Latch response you must have another Linking
Group that links to that same Time Zone with a response of Time Zone.
ASCII output from a Comm port on a Workstation is only used for Live Video
Camera Control such as pan, tilt, zoom. ASCII output for alarm or status change
on an input for camera call up will only work from the Communications Server.
The Log.mdb file, which contains all the transaction history, should be kept between
50 and 100 megabytes in size. When this file becomes too large it can cause History
reports to run slowly, or not run at all. In some cases, even the Delete Records
option(s) in the Backup History section may not work correctly. One solution is to
close the WinDSX program, copy the Log.mdb file to another folder, then delete the
original Log.mdb. The copied file will still be available for History reports prior to
this procedure. But if the size of the file is too large, reports may still be
questionable. When WinDSX is started again, a new Log.mdb will be created. It will
start recording history from Comm Server as of the date and time this procedure
was done.
Wildcard searches in UDF’s have changed. The wildcard characters are as follows:
where * and ? were heavily relied upon in the past, the % and _ are the replacement
characters. This change occurred in WinDSX software released around 09/25/2001.
As long as you have a 1040 or 1022 series controller as your Master, you can take
advantage of the DSXFlash program for firmware updates, even in a system mixed
with older controllers.
In Workstation in the Input screen if an input 7 goes into alarm there is a Red Box
flashing over the icon until the input returns to normal and the alarm is
acknowledged. If it goes into Door Held Open the red box flashes over the input 7
icon until the input returns to normal but does not have to be acknowledged.
When an input goes into trouble there is a yellow box that flashes over the input
icon while it is in trouble. When the trouble condition restores the yellow flashing
box changes to red. Trouble = yellow box, Trouble Restore = Red
The abort delay option will only delay the reporting of an Alarm condition for an
input. It will NOT delay the reporting of a Trouble condition for an input.
When "Use input 7 & 8", "Door Open detect relock", and "Exit request unlocks
Output 1" under Devices are all set to no, Input 7 can still trigger the PreWarn.