FUSION

Operator’s Guide
Version 2.0

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................... 6
About this Manual .............................................................................................................. 7
System Requirements ........................................................................................................ 8
Starting FUSION ................................................................................................................. 9
Logging into FUSION ......................................................................................................... 9
Logging Out ........................................................................................................................ 9
Status Bar................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.
Side Tab..............................................................................................................................13
Status..................................................................................................................................10
General Status ........................................................................................................................... 10
System Events .......................................................................................................................................... 11
System Alarms.......................................................................................................................................... 11
NIMs - Building Controllers ..................................................................................................................... 12
System Devices & Readers ..................................................................................................................... 13
MSB NIM Source ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Data Graphs ............................................................................................................................... 15
Key Personnel............................................................................................................................ 16
Visitor Management................................................................................................................... 16
Video Wall .................................................................................................................................. 22
Organisation ......................................................................................................................22
Access Control .......................................................................................................................... 22
Access Groups ......................................................................................................................................... 23
Adding A New Access Group ................................................................................................................. 23
Access Profiles ......................................................................................................................................... 25
Adding Access Profiles ........................................................................................................................... 25
Access Roles ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Adding Access Roles .............................................................................................................................. 27
Time Zones................................................................................................................................................ 28
Updating a locations Time Zones ........................................................................................................... 28
Departments .............................................................................................................................. 30
Staff Departments .................................................................................................................................... 30
The Contractor and Visitor Departments ............................................................................................... 30
Student Departments ............................................................................................................................... 30
Holidays ..................................................................................................................................... 31
Holidays Calendar .................................................................................................................................... 31
Personnel ................................................................................................................................... 32
General Information ................................................................................................................................. 33
Personnel Details .................................................................................................................................... 34
Personnel Images ................................................................................................................................... 34

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 Replacing A Lost Card ............................................................................................................................ 38
Access Control ......................................................................................................................................... 40
Enable Access ........................................................................................................................................ 40
Assigning Access To Personnel ............................................................................................................. 41
Access Groups .................................................................................................................................... 41
Access Profiles .................................................................................................................................... 41
Locations Roles ................................................................................................................................... 43
Short-term Access Groups .................................................................................................................. 44
LDAP Connection ................................................................................................................................ 45
Time & Attendance ................................................................................................................................... 45
Card & Badge Printing ............................................................................................................................. 45
Historical Summary .................................................................................................................................. 46
History – Lost Cards ............................................................................................................................... 46
Historical Access/Muster Events (Last 90) ............................................................................................. 46
Additional Information ............................................................................................................................. 46
Web Access Intranet ................................................................................................................................ 47
Notes .......................................................................................................................................................... 47
Visitor Management................................................................................................................... 48
Time & Attendance .................................................................................................................... 48
Data Management ...................................................................................................................... 51
Deleted Personnel .................................................................................................................................... 52
Lost Card List ........................................................................................................................................... 52
Card Production ........................................................................................................................ 53
Card Design Templates ........................................................................................................................... 55
Card Printer Templates ............................................................................................................................ 62
System ................................................................................................................................63
System Devices & Readers ....................................................................................................... 63
Devices & Readers ................................................................................................................................... 63
All Devices & Readers – General ........................................................................................................... 63
SLIO Scripting ......................................................................................................................................... 68
Digital Inputs ............................................................................................................................................. 73
Reader Rules............................................................................................................................................. 73
Network Interface Modules ...................................................................................................................... 73
Primary NIMS.......................................................................................................................................... 73
NIM Configuration Options .................................................................................................................. 73
Advanced Configuration ...................................................................................................................... 73
Channel Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 73
SLIO Input Triggers ............................................................................................................................. 73
NIM Script Editor ................................................................................................................................. 73
Location Access Roles ........................................................................................................................ 73
NIM Remote Interface ......................................................................................................................... 73
NIM Log Files ...................................................................................................................................... 77

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 SMTP Alarm Senders ......................................................................................................................... 77
Virtual NIMS ............................................................................................................................................ 77
Access Control Components.................................................................................................... 77
Alarm Definitions ...................................................................................................................................... 78
Alternative Device Alarms ....................................................................................................................... 79
Collective Alarm Logs .............................................................................................................................. 80
Area Definitions ........................................................................................................................................ 80
Muster Points ............................................................................................................................................ 81
System Configuration ............................................................................................................... 81
Agent Scripts ............................................................................................................................................ 82
Alarm Sound Files .................................................................................................................................... 84
Deleted Images Bin .................................................................................................................................. 84
Fusion Clients ........................................................................................................................................... 85
CCTV Screen Config ................................................................................................................................ 89
IP Cameras ................................................................................................................................................ 89
Operator Accounts ................................................................................................................................... 91
Personnel Record Fields ......................................................................................................................... 96
Additional Info Fields .............................................................................................................................. 96
Report Security Marks ............................................................................................................................. 98
Ring Leaders ........................................................................................................................................... 100
SLIO Script Templates ........................................................................................................................... 100
System Settings...................................................................................................................................... 100
SMTP Account Configs .......................................................................................................................... 102
Reports .............................................................................................................................102
Critical Reports ....................................................................................................................................... 103
Live Roll Call ......................................................................................................................................... 103
Muster Report ....................................................................................................................................... 104
Roll Call Report ..................................................................................................................................... 104
Missing Persons Report ........................................................................................................................ 104
Long Term Presence ............................................................................................................................ 105
Long Term Absence ............................................................................................................................. 105
Historical Roll Call ................................................................................................................................. 105
Organisational Reports .......................................................................................................................... 106
System Reports ...................................................................................................................................... 106
Remote Events Report ......................................................................................................................... 106
System Events Report .......................................................................................................................... 110
Time & Attendance Reports .................................................................................................................. 111
Daily Attendance Report ....................................................................................................................... 111
Period Attendance Report .................................................................................................................... 112
Time Balance Report ............................................................................................................................ 113
Reconciliation Report ............................................................................................................................ 114
T/A Adjustments Log ............................................................................................................................ 115

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 Visitor Management Reports ................................................................................................................. 116
Tools .................................................................................................................................116
Relocate Personnel ................................................................................................................. 116
Terminate Musters & Emergencies ........................................................................................ 117
System Diagnostic .................................................................................................................. 117
T&A ........................................................................................................................................... 117
Manual Curbing Interface ........................................................................................................ 117
Fusion Server Interface ........................................................................................................... 118
BIOServer Interface ................................................................................................................. 118
FusionSync Server Interface .................................................................................................. 118
Licence .............................................................................................................................118
Glossary of Terms ...........................................................................................................118
Manual Revision History .................................................................................................120
Card Transaction Error or Alarm Messages ..................................................................120
Card Reader Related Alarms ..........................................................................................122

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Introduction

The FUSION system is a PC-based system that communicates with one or more card/fingerprint readers
and/or alarm monitoring devices. Each system user interacts with the system, either by placing their finger on
one of the fingerprint readers or by holding a uniquely encoded identity card near to one of the card readers to
announce his/her presence. In response, depending upon the type of card reader, either a barrier will (if
appropriate) be unlocked to allow the person access (Access Control reader), or the time of day will be noted
for Time and Attendance purposes (T/A reader), or the person’s locker will be unlocked (locker control reader)
or the person will be registered as being in a safe location (Muster reader).

The main functions that the FUSION system is designed to perform are:

• Access Control
The system can be used to control where and when people can gain access to areas of a site (or
multiple sites). When a card/fingerprint is presented at reader the users identity is established. (Each
user can, if required, be forced to type in a 4 digit PIN code in addition to presenting his/her
card/fingerprint to the reader). The database is checked and if the access rules that have been
defined by the system operators mean that the card is allowed access at that reader at that time then
the barrier (door/turnstile etc.) will be released. The barrier will be monitored and when
operated/opened, the person will be logged as having passed through. Any problems such as not
passing through or trying to enter an area not allowed will be logged on the database and can be
reviewed at a later date.
• Roll Call/Muster
The system can be used to determine where people are currently located and hence, during a
fire/emergency, which people may be in danger. Muster readers can be placed at safe muster
points. When each person uses his/her card/fingerprint at a Muster card reader, the system identifies
the person and marks him/her as being at a safe location.
• Time Recording
The system can be used to produce Time and Attendance information for people who use it. A
person using a T/A reader can optionally type in a two digit Absence Code at the T/A card reader to
tell the system that he/she is going to be away on, for instance, holiday or a doctor’s
appointment. The identity of the cardholder, together with the date and time of the transaction and
any Absence code typed in, are written to the FUSION database. At the end of the working day the
FUSION system will use T/A rules defined by the system operators to calculate how many hours each
person has worked, which ones were late, who worked overtime etc.
• Locker Control
The system can be used to allocate lockers to users and to monitor and control the operation of the
lockers.
• Visitor Management
The system can be used to book visitors in advance and log them in when they arrive and out when
they depart.

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 • Photo ID Card Production
The system can be used to design and print identity badges. These can be personalised with a
name, photograph etc.
• Alarm Monitoring
Events such as the triggering of a fire alarm or the unauthorised use of a fire door can be monitored
within the FUSION system. If necessary, the system can be set to unlock doors automatically in the
event of a fire alarm etc.

Any or all the aforementioned functions can be enabled within the FUSION system. Note that the menus as
presented in this manual show all functions as enabled. On your system however, depending on how it has
been configured, some menu items may not be available to you.

The FUSION system software centres around a program called FUSION SERVER, which controls the
communication (via one or more reader management devices called Network Interface Modules) between the
FUSION database and the card readers and alarm monitors.

FUSION SERVER writes information from the card readers and alarm monitors (card holder transactions,
card reader status changes etc.) into the database, and sends database changes (such as newly-defined card
holder records and updated access control rules) from the database to the card readers.

The main operator interface to the FUSION system is provided by a program called FUSION. FUSION allows
the system operators to view information received from the card readers etc. and to make changes to the
database e.g. adding new cardholder records or altering Time and Attendance rules.

The system users (i.e. card holders) may, optionally, also be given access to a small subset of the information
held within the FUSION database via a web-based program called ATRACSWeb. Using ATRACSWeb, a
system user can access the ATRACSweb web page from their PC to acquire roll call information, view Time
and Attendance information and even request changes to the Time and Attendance information.

In its simplest form the FUSION system consists of a PC containing the FUSION database and the FUSION
and FUSION SERVER programs, together with the Network Interface Module (NIM) software, connected to
one or two card readers.

At the other end of the scale an FUSION system can have a central server containing the FUSION database,
the FUSION SERVER program and hosting the ATRACSweb web page, several networked client PCs
(perhaps each in a different town) running the FUSION program and several networked NIMs (perhaps each
in a different town) with card readers attached.

About this Manual

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demonstration purposes only and are not intended to refer to any actual organization.

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System Requirements
BE AWARE: The recommended specifications are meant to provide a baseline to configure your Borer Data Systems
Fusion software. These recommendations are regularly reviewed and subject to change at any time

FUSION SERVER
Component Requirement
Memory • 8-16GB (Should be increased as database size increases to ensure optimal performance).
Hard-drive • 200GB or greater SSD or HDD (Should be increased as database size increases (depending on
back up locations).
Processor • x86 Processor
• x64 Processor
Processor Type • x64 Processor: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xeon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium
IV with EM64T support (equivalent or greater).
• x86 Processor: Pentium III-compatible processor (equivalent or greater).
Operating • Windows Server 2008
System • Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2012 R2
Back up • RAID 5 (or equivalent/above).
FUSION NIM
Component Requirement
Memory • 8GB + (Should be increased as database size increases to ensure optimal performance.)
Hard-drive • 32GB or greater (SSD/HDD)
Processor • x86 Processor
• x64 Processor
Processor Type • Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor (equivalent or greater).
Operating • Windows Embedded Standard 7
System • Windows Embedded Standard 8

FUSION CLIENT
Component Requirement
Memory • 4GB +
Hard-drive • 20GB free disk space +
Processor • x86 Processor
• x64 Processor
Processor Type • Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor (equivalent or greater)
Operating • Windows 7
System • Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
Monitor • 24 Inch Widescreen Backlit Monitor
• Resolution 1920x1080 for optimal viewing
FUSION ALL-IN-ONE
Component Requirement
Memory • 8GB +
Hard-drive • 100GB free disk space + (SSD/HDD)
Processor • x86 Processor
• x64 Processor
Processor Type • Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor (equivalent or greater)
Operating • Windows 7
System • Windows 8
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 10
Monitor • 24 Inch Widescreen Backlit Monitor
• Resolution 1920x1080 for optimal viewing

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Starting FUSION

Logging into FUSION

Before you can access the system, you must identify yourself by signing on. Select the “Log In” option at the
top of the main window.

The following window will be displayed to request your operator name and password:

As shipped, the only operator defined within the system is named BORER and the associated password is
also BORER. You may log on using this operator name and password (note that password input is case
sensitive) when you first run up the system and then establish your own operator record for future sign-ons.

Logging Out

Once you have signed on the Log In option at the top of the FUSION main window is replaced by a Log
Out option.
To sign off, press the Log Out button.
To exit from FUSION completely click the X on the top right on the window.

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Menu Navigation Bar
Upon login, the user is presented with a menu navigation bar. This is used to navigate the various menus
within Fusion.

Status

This display shows events on the main panel. To the right (top) operator acknowledgeable alarms are
displayed, right (middle) NIM statuses are displayed and right (bottom) device status are displayed.

The following sub tabs are available under the GENERAL STATUS tab

• System Events
• System Alarms
• NIMs - Building Controllers
• System Devices & Readers
• MSB NIM Source

General Status
The General Status updates the top tab bar and created orange Tabs if system issues need pushing to the
operators view. These orange tabs include NIM issues, Reader and Devices Issues, General Operator
Alarms.

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System Events

The System Events tap is the initial page displayed upon login to the Fusion system. It shows all the live
events that the logged in operator can see. Newer events appear at the bottom of the page and scroll up to
the top. This page can be scrolled using the mouse wheel, arrow keys and page keys.
Right clicking on this screen allows you to change the filters. The filters determine what can and can’t be
seen.
Right click and choose SHOW PHOTOS to see card holder’s photos. The image and font sizes can be
changed here too. Again, right click to open the font or image size selector.

System Alarms
The System Alarms tabs acts as the alarm monitoring station. When the system receives an alarm that is
marked as requiring an operator acknowledgement the ALARMS VIEW panel will appear on the main status
page.

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The alarms are sorted by Device Description by default. These alarms require the operator to acknowledge
them for them to be removed from this list. To open the acknowledgement window double click on an alarm
entry. The following alarms acknowledgement window will open.
Selecting an alarm entry shows more details about the alarm. The operator can then choose to acknowledge
an individual alarm or acknowledge all currently displayed alarms from the actions panel show above.

NIMs - Building Controllers

The NIMs - Building Controllers tab shows the status of all the building location controllers and if they are on
or offline.

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System Devices & Readers

The System Devices & Readers list all devices with various issues that need operator attention. This can be
issues such as Tamper or Offline.

Side Tab
The side Tab Bar only becomes visible if you have added doors to it already or if you press the F8 key.

Pressing F8 reveals an empty Tab Bar for an operator who has not added doors. The purpose of the Tab Bar
is to keep a list of a few doors always accessible on screen no matter where you are in the Fusion system.

The doors can then be opened by clicking on them. The doors chosen are private to each operator and
cannot be shared between operators. Therefore, each operator must allocate their own list of door shortcuts.

The tab also display door information in the form of coloured doors as follows:

Close Door – No Alarms

Open Yellow Door - Tamper

Open Red Door – Door Unsecure

Broken Door – Door Offline

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To add a new door to the Side Tab Bar, open the view GENERAL STATUS -> System Devices & Readers as
below;

Once selected (if not already shown on screen) press the F8 key to reveal the Side Tab bar. Then select the
IN or OUT reader that related to the door you wish to control e.g. FRONT DOOR and drag and drop that door
onto the Side Tab bar.
An icon for the new door will be drawn on the Side Tab bar.
To remote release a door on the Side Tab bar double click on the relevant doo. If the building controller can
be contacted the door will be opened for the card access period defined in the device setup. The door will
auto lock as soon as the open time out has expired. If the building controller cannot be contacted a failure
message will be displayed.
Right clicking on the Side Tab bar allows you to open the editor to remove any unwanted doors from this bar

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MSB NIM Source

The MSB NIM Source view is for the BORER administrator login only. When in Enterprise DUAL mode this
view shows where MSB traffic is routing - to either the primary or secondary NIM.

Data Graphs
The Dash Board tab provides an interesting overview to the amount of activity both daily and weekly that is
passing through the system.

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Key Personnel
The Key Personnel display provides a graphical cell for each person currently at the selected location(s). It is
designed for use in receptions or in areas where a live key personnel summary is required.

To activate this feature; from the "key personnel selection" panel choose the location(s) you wish to monitor
e.g. for a reception display it would be sensible to select the building/location that reception is based in. Then
select the personnel roles you wish to monitor. Roles must be assigned to personnel prior to this display being
used otherwise the filters will not be able to locate any personnel.

Finally, the time range can be changed to show how far back to search for personnel with the select roles. If
the location only has IN readers and therefore does not register people out using an OUT reader, select a
time range e.g. 8 hours ago. Selecting this range personnel who swiped their cards up to 8 hours ago will be
included in the display. Personnel who swiped more than 8 hours ago are treated as being now off site.

The OPEN KIOSK MODE button changes FUSION display mode to full screen which removes the normal
Windows components such as the START button and task bar.

Visitor Management
The Fusion Visitor Management package allows visitors to be brought within the scope of the Fusion system.
Visits can be pre-booked or booked when the visitors arrive. Each visit has a visit owner (the person who is
being visited) and optionally a visit escort.
One or more visitors can be included within each visit. Each visitor can be booked on/off site at the front desk.
A status display shows the current status of each visit (i.e. which visitors are expected / arrived / departed).
Optionally visitors can be allocated an access card and given access to selected parts of the site.
At sites that have ‘in’ and ‘out’ card readers on each door visitors who carry an access card will appear within
the Fusion roll call reports.

The main visitor manager tab shows the expected visitors for ‘Today’. There are tabs within the page to show
arrived visitors and departed visitors.

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To add a new visit, click the New Booking button and a new form will appear where details of the visit can be
entered.

The visit owner is the person being visited. This can be entered from the personnel table using the ‘Find…’
button.

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The user can then select a person from the list who will be the visit owner. The person can be searched for by
name, reference number, card number or personnel group (company etc.). Once selected, the user can use
the ok button to confirm, or the cancel button to exit the menu with no selection.

Once the Visit Owner is confirmed the operator can now enter the Visit Booking Details. All this information
MUST be filled out. There is an option to enter a visitor escort. In this menu the operator selects whether the
visit is escorted and uses the ‘Find…’ button to select and escort in the same way that the visit owner was
selected.

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You can now select the Visitor Details. This will allow you to allocate visitors to this visit. There are two
methods of adding a visitor. Either using the Personnel Record which would be predominantly be for repeat
visitors which have been added to the system or creating a new visitor record from scratch. To create a new
record select the ‘Create New Visitor Record’ button.

This will bring up a new menu where the new visitor details can be added.

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A new visitor can be allocated a pre-defined Access Group Profile and/or ID Badge/Card Template. When this
record is saved, it is added to the Personnel Records for future use as well as being added to the visit. Press
ok once all the information is filled out.

The previous menu will be re-displayed with the visitor listed. Another visitor can then be added to this visit or
the save and close buttons can be used to save this visit and return to the Visit Status window.

If the visit is selected a side menu will appear to the right-hand side of the screen. The ‘Edit Visit’ button lets
you make visit alterations such as; arrive date/time, visit description, visit location and visit owner/escort.
Additional visitors can also be added, all the visitors within the visit can be mark as ‘Arrived’ or the visit can be
cancelled or deleted.

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Double clicking the + icon expands the visit to show the visitors and shows a new side bar menu. Here you
can print an individual’s pass/card or arrive the visitor. The visitor can also be cancelled.

When the ‘arrive visitor’ button is pressed, the visitor is highlighted in green. There is an option to edit the
visitor record, pause the visit (e.g. when the visitor leaves site for lunch), depart from site or print a pass/card.

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Once the visitor has departed the ‘Depart Visitor’ button is pressed and visitor turns red.

Video Wall

Organisation

The Organisation menu is composed of menu items that allow you to create, alter or delete records related to
the running of your organisation. For instance, you can add a new cardholder to the personnel records, or
amend cardholder access to areas of your site.

Access Control
The FUSION access control package enables you to define and list access control rules. You can then use
the Organisation - Personnel Menu to allocate these rules to individual cardholders, allowing you to specify
where and when the cardholders can gain access through any doors or turnstiles that are controlled by
access control card readers.

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The Access Control tab is made up of 4 sections:

• Access Groups
• Access Profiles
• Access Roles
• Time Zones

Access Groups
FUSION treats each NIM as a location when it comes to setting up access control rules. Each Location has its
own set of Time Zones, when access is allowed (see below) and these are referenced by a set of Access
Groups (where and when access is allowed). Individual cardholders are then assigned to Access Groups to
determine their access to each Location.

The Access Groups window displays the access groups in a branch view. Each location has a + to the left of
it. If you click on the + it will change to a – and the branch will expand to show its sub-branches. To contract a
branch, click on the – to the left of the branch.

In the Access Groups view, a newly created Access Group will appear as a branch within the selected
Location. You may need to expand the location to view the access groups. To modify the access group double
click on the description to display the access group details.

Adding A New Access Group

To add a new access group you click on the Add Access Group button from the Access groups option.

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The new access group will open but won’t show any time zone selections until the location is chosen. Choose
the location from the drop-down list of available locations. Next give the access group a unique name for this
location e.g. Office Staff. Press the SAVE button and the locations time zones and readers will be loaded into
the editor area.

The time zone and reader matrix below is now displayed. The cells correspond to the cross references
between time zones and the door readers at the locations. Use the mouse to left click to tick or un tick a cell.
A cell also highlights in yellow when changed so that you can see your changes. When done press the SAVE
button to write the changes to the system. If this is an existing access group and it is assigned to one or more
personnel their access rights will change within a few seconds at this location.

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To allocate one or more Time Zones to a card reader click the check box for time zone and reader that is
required. You can Double click on a Time Zone or reader to select the whole row or column.

Access Profiles
Adding Access Profiles
The operators can define many access profiles but unlike access groups a person can have only one access
profile. An access profile, provides a basic level of access to all selected locations on the system. A good use
of an access profile is to give all personnel a basic access level e.g. reception level access. This would allow
the person to have access to every reception way selected within multiple buildings.

To create an access profile access groups are selected at each location in the access profile editor. To create
a new access profile, press the ADD ACCESS PROFILE button.

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In the new access profile, you will first have to provide a profile name. A small area for notes is also provided.
All locations available to the operator are shown below and when expanded all available access groups are
listed. The access profile access groups can be added by ticking the appropriate access groups. Press the
SAVE button when complete.

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Upon saving, unlike access groups, the access profile mechanism needs to process through all the personnel
records and push the changes to the whole system. In databases with several thousands of personnel this
process can take a few seconds.

When an access profile is assigned to a person the access groups that are controlled by the access profile
cannot be updated from the personnel access group tab. They appear as red icons and the check boxes are
no longer available.

Access Roles

Adding Access Roles

Location roles can be assigned to personnel within FUSION either as part of their normal duties or a duty they
take on under certain circumstances, e.g., maintenance person or First Aider.

By default, a role is an acknowledgment of a person's responsibilities at a location. However, under the NIM
configuration, roles at each location can be assigned to a specific Access Group. When this is done, the role
then enhances the person's access rights on site.

A role associated Access Group can be defined per building, so is under the control of building managers as
well as FUSION global operators. It is not necessarily true that the Building Manager can modify the access
group assigned to the roles. This provides a level of local responsibility to building managers who have
restricted FUSION operator login.

Specific access roles must be first added into the FUSION system and assigned onto an Access Group
relevant to their role, before they can be assigned to a cardholder. For example, a fire marshal role can be
defined and allocated with 24/7 Access Group rights, giving them access on location at all times.

To add or delete a role into FUSION, click on organization from the main icons, select Access Control and
then Access Roles. Click on the Add or Delete role button.

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Specify a name for the role description, select an associated icon from the drop-down menu and select the
role type. Click save then close to finish.

To add access rights to this role, you must open the location NIM record and assign them from there. Please
see “Location Access Roles Configuration”.

To add a role to a person's record please see “Location Roles”

Time Zones

Updating a locations Time Zones

When you create a new Access Group FUSION automatically creates 32 blank time zones for use within that
location.

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To modify a time zone double click its description to view the Time Zone Details screen. You can change which
days the time zone will apply by left clicking the clock icon for each day, a green triangle indicates the time zone
applies a white square indicates it does not.

Changing the time it applies is done using the start and end time drop down list boxes on the left of the screen.
The image below shows a time zone that applies 24h a day 7 days a week including holidays.

If the time zone is going to be the default for the location then tick the Default Time Zone check box.

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Departments

The Departments are grouped by the type of cardholder to which they relate, these are:
• Staff
• Contractor
• Visitor.
• Student

Staff Departments
Staff Departments are generally used to represent the divisions within the Company/Facility that uses the
FUSION system.

The Contractor and Visitor Departments

Used to represent the Companies that those personnel are employed by.

Student Departments
The student departments are used by educational faculties to differentiate between staff and pupils.

To add a new department, press the Add Department button.

Enter a description and type for the new Department and then press save. The departments are used during
report creation to limit reports to certain personnel types that are not used to assign access. The default
department icon shows the department that new people will be automatically added to. You are also able to
assign a default card template to anyone within the department using the ‘Badge Template’ drop down menu.

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Once selected press save and the department number will be automatically filled out by FUSION.

Holidays

System rules related to Access Control and Time and Attendance (T/A) need to take bank holidays, works
holidays etc. into account. For instance, there may be Reader Rules defined that cause the front door of a
building to be unlocked from 09:00 to 17:00 on weekdays but locked all day at weekends because the building
is unmanned at weekends. On a bank holiday Monday, the building would also be unmanned so it would be
sensible not to unlock the front door as would normally happen on a Monday. Similarly, any employee who did
not arrive for work on a normal Monday would be marked by the FUSION T/A package as absent without
leave, but to do so on a bank holiday Monday would be wrong. To accommodate bank holidays etc. the
FUSION system uses the Holiday calendar.

Holidays Calendar
To add a holiday to the holiday calendar, press the Add Holiday button.

The holiday details menu will then appear and provide the user with a number of options to fill out. You must
first provide a description of the holiday followed by the date. Then Fusion allows you to select whether you
want it to be treated as a particular day of the week or as a holiday.

Each Holiday record specifies a date and, among other fields, two fields (Access Control Day Type and Time
Accounting Day Type) that allow the system operator to specify how the day should be treated from an
Access Control and from a T/A point of view. Typically bank holidays are treated like a Sunday for the
purposes of Access Control and T/A, but any other day of the week can be selected if required. There is also
an ‘8th’ day type called Holiday and, in the case of the Time Accounting Day Type, two further day types called
Alternative 1 and Alternative 2. These extra day types can be used to specify rules that do not match those
that apply on any of the standard weekdays.
For instance, in the case of a company that works half a day on Christmas Eve, a Holiday record could be
defined for the day and the Holiday day type specified as the Access Control and Time Accounting day type.
The Access Control and T/A rules could then be set up to operate for a half day on Holiday type days (e.g. the
Reader Rules for the Holiday day type could specify that the building’s front door should be unlocked from
09:00 until 13:00 and then locked again).

Holiday Date Selector - This field specifies the dates on which this record will be active.

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For Access Control Treat As - This field specifies how the Access Control rules should treat the day.
For Time And Attendance Treat As - This field specifies how the T/A rules should treat the day.
Time And Attendance Code - This field, if set to other than ‘(Not Defined)’, specifies an Attendance Code
(e.g. a works holiday code) that should be used to justify a full day’s absence for all cardholders on this date.
Override Existing Code - This field, if ticked, indicates that all long term absentees (e.g. people on annual
leave) should be credited with the attendance code specified above rather than with their ongoing absence
code.

Personnel

Initially the personnel page displays a list of people sorted by contact (employee reference). You can change
the sort method either by selecting a different option from the menu on the left of the screen or by clicking the
column heading in the main window. The current sorted column is highlighted in orange as shown below.

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To view an existing personnel record, select the correct entry from the list of personnel and then double click
to open the personnel editor form. To add a new people to FUSION presses the Add Person button. If you
have access rights, the personnel editor will load with a new empty record and present to the following list of
tabs;

There is a search bar available in order to find a particular person. This can be used by first sorting the field
which you would like to search by and then typing your request into the search bar.

General Information

The general information tab of the personnel records displays basic information about a person including their
photograph.

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Personnel Details

• The Borer reference number is system generated and unique to each person.
• The Person ID is a user defined reference number and unique to each person. If left blank the Borer
reference number will be used with a $$ code at the beginning.
• The person title is their title prefix such as Mr, Mrs, Dr etc.
• The person first name field is the first name of the person.
• The person last name field is the person's last name or 'surname'.
• The person gender field may be left as not defined or Male or Female may be selected.
• The Type & Department field can be changed by pressing the [...] button located to the left of the edit
text. A list of available personnel types and departments is provided for you to select from.
• The home locations can be left undefined. Leaving this undefined means that the person profile is
'global'. Pressing the [...] button provides a list of locations to choose from. When one or more
locations are assigned to a person the building manager at each of the selected locations can make
local modifications to the person’s access rights.
• The standard card number is the card number for the person and this is the field most used for
holding card number information.
• The extended card numbers 1 to 4 are provided to allow multiple access control technologies to be
supported for each person. E.g. it is possible for some locations to use Proximity MIFARE® cards and
other locations, Barcodes
• The telephone and mobile phone numbers are used in various reports and are useful when a person
has specific roles within a building. The mobile phone number is used for SMS communications with
the person.
• The vehicle registration is used for reporting purposes and can then be linked to ANPR (automatic
number plate recognition) systems.

Personnel Images

• FUSION can store multiple images per person and the images can be assigned an expiry date to
ensure that the image is routinely updated.
• The Load Image button will allow the operator to locate an image file (JPG or BMP) from the
computer’s file system and import the image into FUSION.
• The Photo capture image function will access the local computer’s camera for photo capture and
provide access to other camera resources if defined in the camera configuration. This remote camera
must be TCP/IP camera with a compatible web interface.

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The Remove Image button marks an image as deleted and the image no longer appears in the personnel
record. The image is retained in the database until the operator purges these unused images.

There are two methods to add an image to the personnel record. The first is by attaching a file located on your
computer or on your network.

From the personnel record press the button labelled LOAD IMAGE FILE. The file selection dialog will then
appear.

Selected the desired file and press the OPEN button or the CANCEL button to abort the operation.

When you press the OPEN button the details dialog will appear. Enter a display caption for the image and
select the image type. The valid until date can also be changed. By default, 10 years are added on to the date
of image insertion after which the image is marked as out of date.

To complete the process, press the ACCEPT IMAGE to store the image in the personnel record. This image is
not saved to the person's record.

The second method of adding a picture to the personnel record is to use the photo capture function.

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To capture an image the computer you are using must have a suitable MCI camera. This simply means that a
USB camera or 'web cam' must be attached to the machine. Alternatively, a remote network camera can be
used to obtain the photo.

To begin capturing an image press the icon shown above on the far right hand side of the program positioned
in the centre of the page.

The Camera Photo ID Capture window appears and the Camera Photo Capture drop down list shows all
available cameras with any local and network cameras.
Select the appropriate camera from the list and press the OPEN CAPTURE SOURCE button to open the
preview window before capturing the image

A second window will appear with the live camera image. When ready press the CAPTURE IMAGE button to
take 4 quick snapshots of the person. Each snapshot is taken a second apart to allow the person to move
slightly between each image.

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Click on any of the 4 thumbnail snapshots to select the best image of the person.
The green crop marks can be dragged to focus on the face to remove extra background detail. Press the
CROP IMAGE TO RECTANGLE button to modify the image to the selected crop area. The zoom + and –
buttons, or mouse scroll wheel, can be used to increase or decrease the selectable green crop marks and the
reset image crop marks can be used to reset the size and centre the crop area.

When ready press the OK button to accept the image or the CANCEL button to cancel the operation.

The image will then require a title and expiry details as before.

Press the ACCEPT IMAGE button to store the photo on the personnel record.

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To delete an image, select the image you wish to delete and select the bin in the bottom right hand corner.

This will place the images in a deleted images bin.

Replacing A Lost Card

The LOST CARD button on the personnel record can be used to first clear the card number from the
personnel record and then create a lost card history for the person. The lost card number is recorded and
cannot be re issued to another person without the operator first clearing the lost card history entry.

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After pressing the LOST CARD button, FUSION will warn the operator to ensure that the operation is correct
with the following message:

Adding this card to the lost card list will block any further use of this card and remove the card from
this persons account.

Choosing YES will force this user account to save and close.

Choose the YES button to remove the card and mark it lost. The personnel editor will save the changes and
close back to the personnel view.

To view the person's card history open the personnel record and choose the HISTORICAL SUMMARY tab.

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The card can be made available for use in the lost card list.

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Access Control

Enable Access

• The access start and end dates time limit the person’s active account. If the current date does not fall
between these two dates the system will not provide access to the person even if they have valid
access groups.
• When the person on trace checkbox is ticked then the system performs extra on-screen logging to the
operators to highlight an individual’s activity. This feature is best used for a few personnel at any time
to ensure their activity is visible above normal personnel activity.
• The card use enabled check box should be ticked to allow the persons cards to function at readers. If
it is unchecked, they will be rejected from all readers.
• Access enabled is also normally checked. This field is provided as a means for external systems to
disable a person’s access and should generally be left checked for a person.
• The Qualified check box can be used to identify whether a user has the correct qualifications to
access a door. A checkbox in the reader record is used to turn this function on and off for any
particular reader.
• The Allow Locker Allocation checkbox will allow the used to be auto-allocated a locker on a FUSION
shift based locker system.

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 • The disability access rights checkbox provides an indication that a person may make use of specially
situated readers and door functions not available to general personnel.
• The pin code, when in user defined pin mode, can be viewed and modified here.

Assigning Access To Personnel

Access Groups

In this sub tab section, a list of every location available to the operator is displayed. Under each visible
location all the access groups defined for the location are displayed. To assign an access group to a person
all the operator must do is place a tick in the checkbox. Unchecking the checkbox removes access. The
operator must press the save button to make the changes permanent.

Access Profiles

The operators can define many access profiles but unlike access groups a person can have only one access
profile. An access profile however, provides a basic level of access to all location in the system. A good use of
an access profile is to give all personnel a basic access level e.g. reception level access.

To assign an access profile to a person, first, open the person's record and select the ACCESS CONTROL
tab. At the bottom of this tab is a button labelled APPLY ACCESS PROFILE. Press this button and the access
profile selector dialog will appear.

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Select an access profile and then press the OK button. The person's record must be saved before the profile
is activated. Once saved the access profile can been seen. Some of the access groups can no longer be
changed and are marked with a red icon. Above the access groups tree the name of the active access profile
(if any) is displayed. All other access groups remain available to the operator for allocation.

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To remove an access profile press the REMOVE ACCESS PROFILE, SAVE the personnel record to store the
changes to the database

Locations Roles

Location roles are similar to access groups in that on the locations applicable to the current operator can be
seen. A role can be simply an indicator of a person's roles either part of their normal duties or a duty they take
on under alternative circumstances. By default, a role is nothing more than an acknowledgment of a person's
responsibilities at a location. However, under the NIM configuration roles at each location can be assigned an
access group association. When this is done, the roles then enhance a person's access rights. A roles
associated access group can be defined per building so it is under the control of local building managers as
well as global operators. It is not necessarily true that the local building manager can modify the access group
they assign to the roles. This provides a level of local responsibilities to building managers with a restricted
FUSION operator login.

Open a personnel record and select the ACCESS CONTROL main tab. The select the LOCATION ROLES
sub tab. The display will show a hierarchical list of all locations and a list of all available roles at each of these
locations.

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Please a tick in the check box next to the role description to allocate that role to the person. Press the SAVE
button to store the changes.

Roles can have access groups associated with them.

Short-term Access Groups

Short-term access groups give the operator the function to add access groups that are only valid for a set
period of time. For example, a user has been granted permission to a particular floor of the building that they
do not usually have access for a 8 hours period. Selecting the short-term access tab will display any already
applied groups, their start date and end date. The access can be set up in advance.

The Add short-term Access Group button brings up a menu where the operator is able to make their selection.
Here the operator can select a date & time range, the access groups to be granted and any notes required
such as a ticket number.

Once the information is filled out, the operator press ok to accept the change and the new short-term access
group would then appear in the list showing its status.

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LDAP Connection
LDAP connector provides a one to one mapping between the personnel record and a corresponding entry in
the LDAP server. This association is maintained and changes from LDAP are pulled into the FUSION
database.

Time & Attendance

Card & Badge Printing

• Each personnel record in FUSION (Staff, Contractor or Visitor) can have a badge template associated
with their personnel record. The template name must be selected from the list and the save must be
pressed in order to show the template proof.
• The checkbox batch print required, when ticked, will cause this person’s card to be reprinted when the
operator responsible for badge production next produces a batch print run.
• The person’s badge can be immediately printed using the print card/badge now button.

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 • The sample image shows the print template selected using the print preview mechanism. Cards may
be printed on the front and back surface or just the front surface. Badges may also be printed here,
for visitors also and paper based badges can be designed to be sent to printers with paper stationery.

Historical Summary

History – Lost Cards

Historical Access/Muster Events (Last 90)

This tab shows the person's last 90 transactions and is a simple mechanism to report on their movement. It is
useful when trying to locate a person to know their last card swipe location. The remote events report also
provides this information with many more filtering options.

Additional Information

The additional information tab provides a flexible mechanism for the system operators to define and store
more information about a person. The fields shown above are example of what can be configured.

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This tab provides to panels and fields that can be defined to format data. Fields can be provided with default
values, colours and numerical ranges that can be input validated. The fields are defined in the System
Configuration section under Additional Info Fields.

Web Access Intranet

Notes

The note section gives the operator a view of what changes have been made, when they were made and by
who the changes were actioned.

Double clicking a note brings up a window showing the exact change made and any further information. This
also includes the terminal which the changes were made from.

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These is also an option to add a custom note or delete a particular note from the system.

Visitor Management

Time & Attendance

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Deleted Personnel

Lost Card List

Remote Events (Past & Future)

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Card Design Templates

The optional Badge Maker package enables you to design and print identity cards or badges. Often the cards
are encoded for use with card readers and hence can be used for purposes other than just identification; e.g.
access control and/or time recording. The card designs are stored in the database in records called Badge
Template records. These in turn reference Print Template records that determine how the card designs should
be printed (how big they are, where on the page they should be placed, how many should be printed per page
etc.).

The card designs can include a mixture of fixed fields (fixed text, images etc.) and database-sourced fields
(person name, photograph, signature etc.). The database-sourced fields allow the cards to be personalised for
each cardholder. For instance if the Employee Name field from the Personnel record is included in the design
then when a card is printed the name of the person for whom the card is being produced will appear on the
card.

Badge Maker is accessed from within the Tools menu.

When Badge Maker is selected the following window will be displayed:

The tool bar at the top of the Badge Maker window contains groups of buttons as shown below. The functions
performed by many of these buttons are replicated in the Badge Maker menus (see below).

Open and Save

• Open a badge template

• Save a badge template

Wizards

• Badge template wizard

• Print template wizard
• Badge printing wizard

Print Preview and Zoom

• Toggle between print preview and design modes

• Zoom in

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 • Return to normal size
• Zoom out

Flip to Front or Back

• Toggle between front and back designs in the case of a double-sided badge

Editing Functions

• Cut currently-selected field from badge design

• Copy currently-selected field
• Paste currently-selected field to badge design
• Delete currently-selected field from badge design

Field Type Selection

• Clear current field type selection

• Select a line field to be added to the badge design
• Select a rectangle field to be added to the badge design
• Select a static text field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database text field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database number field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database barcode field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database photograph field to be added to the badge design
• Select a static image field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database signature field to be added to the badge design

The contents of the menus at the top of the Badge Maker window are described below.

File Menu

• Open a badge template

• Save a badge template
• Close a badge template
• Badge template wizard
• Print template wizard
• Badge printing wizard
• Exit

Edit Menu

• Cut currently-selected field from badge design

• Copy currently-selected field
• Paste currently-selected field to badge design
• Delete currently-selected field from badge design
• Options (measurement unit selection and grid configuration)

View Menu

• Zoom in
• Zoom out
• Return to normal size
• Toggle between print preview and design modes

Help Menu

• About (version information etc.)

Options

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The first job that needs to be done when using Badge Maker is to set up the required environment for Badge
Maker. Select Options from the Edit menu and the following window will be displayed:

Measurements - You may select that all measurements used when configuring print templates and badge
templates, and also when creating badge designs, should be displayed as inches, centimeters or millimeters.

Grid - If you wish you can tick the Show grid checkbox to request that Badge Maker overlays a grid onto each
badge design during editing. This may help you to achieve regular spacing and alignment within your designs.
If you tick the Snap to grid checkbox then when you are editing a badge design and you drop a design
component (e.g. a picture or a fixed text component) onto the badge and drag it to roughly where you want it,
Badge Maker will place it such that the top left hand corner of the component moves to the nearest grid junction
point. The Horizontal and Vertical fields allow you to select the grid rectangle size.

Print Template Wizard

Once the Badge Maker options have been configured (see above) the next job that needs to be done when
designing a badge is to create a Print Template. A Print Template describes the physical characteristics of a
printer and print medium combination. Once a Print Template has been created, it can be referenced by one
or more Card Templates and cards can then be printed using the specified printer and print medium.

Select Print Templates from within the Card Production menu under Personnel. The Print Template Wizard
will guide you through the process of creating a Print Template, and will also allow you to clone, edit or delete
an existing Print Template.

To create a Print Template, carry out the following steps:

Step 1: Click on Print Template Wizard, select Create a new template and then click next. Note that you can
click the Previous button throughout the wizard to return to the previous page.

Step 2: Enter a Name and Description for the Print Template so that it can be easily identified. Once the
details have been entered and click Next.

Step 3: Select the printer, print resolution and paper source you wish to use to print out your cards. Once the
details have been entered, click Next.

Step 4: Select the required paper size and orientation and then click Next.

Step 5: If required, adjust the page margins. The image in the Preview panel will adjust to show the
change. Once the changes have been made, click Next.

Step 6: Select the required layout (number of columns and rows of badges to be printed per sheet of
medium), spacing (horizontal and vertical distance between adjacent badges) and badge size. Note that as
you change one set of parameters on this page the others will change in response.

For instance, if you increase the Vertical Spacing value, the Vertical component of the Badge Size will reduce
accordingly. Typically in the case of a card printer (i.e. a printer that prints onto credit-card-sized plastic
blanks rather than onto sheets of paper) the number of columns and rows is set to 1, the horizontal and
vertical spacing are set to zero and the badge size will then automatically take on the size of the medium (i.e.
credit-card size).

The Preview panel will show the alterations made. Click Next, when you are happy with the changes made.

Step 7:

Once all the Print Template values have been set, click Save.

Card Template Wizard

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Once at least one Print Template has been created, the next job that needs to be done when designing a badge
is to create a Card Template. Card Templates are used to create and save different badge designs. You can
have any number of badge designs for different cardholders within your organisation.

Once you have Card Templates available, you can print any number of badges based on your designs using
the Required Card Print.

To create a new Card Template, select Card Design Templates from Card Production, Click on add card
template, and then click Next. Enter a Template Name and Description for the Card Template, so that it can
be easily identified. Select a Print Template from the drop down menu, select single or double sided card, and
click save. Make sure to check whether your card printer can support double sided printing. A new tab marked
Badge Designer will appear upon saving.

By default, the background component is automatically added when the Template is created.

You can modify any existing Card Templates by double clicking on the template itself, delete it or clone the
card template.

Badge Design Wizard

Often the badges are encoded for use with FUSION card readers and hence can be used for purposes other
than just identification; e.g. Access Control and/or Time Recording. The badge designs are stored in the
FUSION database in records called Badge Template records. These in turn reference Print Template records
that determine how the badge should be printed (how big they are, where on the page they should be placed,
how many should be printed per page etc.).

The badge designs can include a mixture of fixed fields (fixed text, images etc.) and FUSION database-
sourced fields (person name, photograph, signature etc.). The database-sourced fields allow the cards to be
personalised for each cardholder. For instance, if the Employee Name field from the Personnel record is
included in the design then when a badge is printed the name of the cardholder will appear on the badge.

When Badge Designer is selected the following window will be displayed:

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The toolbar at the top of the Badge Designer window contains the groups of buttons as shown below:

Print Preview and Zoom

• Toggle between print preview and design modes

• Zoom in
• Return to normal size
• Zoom out

Flip to Front or Back

• Toggle between front and back designs in the case of a double-sided badge

Editing Functions

• Cut currently-selected field from badge design

• Copy currently-selected field
• Paste currently-selected field to badge design
• Delete currently-selected field from badge design

Field Type Selection

• Clear current field type selection

• Select a line field to be added to the badge design

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 • Select a rectangle field to be added to the badge design
• Select a static text field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database text field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database number field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database barcode field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database photograph field to be added to the badge design
• Select a static image field to be added to the badge design
• Select a database signature field to be added to the badge design

Note that if you have selected a design component but then decide you do not wish to use it, you can deselect
it by clicking on the arrow (mouse cursor) button. Note that if you use the ‘Zoom In’ button to expand the card
design area to make it easier to work with; the underlying size of the badge will still be of the original
configured size.

To the left of the window is a list of parameters that can be altered for the currently selected component. For
example, in the case of components that display a number, text or a date, and also in the case of the
Signature component, there is a transparent parameter. If this is selected the text is output directly onto the
component sitting behind on the badge design instead of being displayed in a rectangular box.

If you right-click on a component, you will be presented with a menu which allows you to perform standard edit
functions (cut, copy, paste and delete) and also two extra functions – Sent To Back and Bring To
Front. These extra functions allow you to move components so that they are behind all the other components
on the badge design (apart from the Background component) or in front of all the other components.

At any point during the badge design process you can save the Badge Template by pressing the Save button
in the toolbar.

Some steps that could be taken when designing a badge are presented below.

Changing the Background Colour

To the left of the window the parameters that can be altered for the Background component are
listed. To change the background colour press the ‘…’ button to the right of the Fill Colour parameter,
choose a colour from the selection available then click OK.

Adding an Image

Press the Image button in the toolbar. The mouse pointer will have a small rectangle attached to
it. Left click on the badge to place an image component on the badge. The position of the mouse
pointer represents were the top left hand corner of the image will be. To reposition the image, position
the mouse pointer over it and click and drag. Initially, a white rectangle will be displayed. To allocate
an image to the component select the Image parameter on the left of the screen and then select the
.bmp or .jpg image file of your choice. By default the image will retain its aspect ratio if you stretch it
by clicking and dragging a corner, but if you set the Maintain Aspect Ratio parameter to False you can
stretch the image without maintaining aspect ratio.

Adding a Photo

Press the Photo button in the toolbar. The mouse pointer will have a small rectangle attached to
it. Left click on the badge to place the photo component on the badge. (The position of the mouse
pointer represents were the top left hand corner of the photo will be). To reposition the photo, position
the mouse pointer over it then click and drag. (When the badge is printed the photo component will be
replaced by the person’s actual photograph).

You can change the way that the photo is displayed by altering the parameters listed to the left of the
screen (e.g. by setting Border Roundness to non-zero to round the corners).

Adding a Signature

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 Press the Signature button in the toolbar. The mouse pointer will have a small rectangle attached to
it. Left click on the badge to place a signature component on the badge. The position of the mouse
pointer represents were the top left hand corner of the signature component will be. To reposition the
signature component, position the mouse pointer over it and click and drag. (When the badge is
printed the signature component will be replaced by the person’s actual signature).

Inserting Static Text

Press the Static Text button in the toolbar. The mouse pointer will have a small rectangle attached to
it. Left click on the badge to place a static text component on the badge. The position of the mouse
pointer represents were the top left hand corner of the static text component will be. To reposition the
static text component, position the mouse pointer over it and click and drag.

To allocate a text string to the component, select the Text parameter on the left of the screen. The
following window will open. Type in the text you require and click OK.

You can change the way that the text is displayed by using the parameters displayed to the left of the
screen. For example, you can change the font style.

Inserting Database Information

• Database Text
The Database Text toolbar button allows you to add a component that references a text field within
the FUSION database to your badge design. The parameters listed to the left of the window
include the Select Data Source parameter. This allows you to select which FUSION database text
field you wish to display (e.g. Employee Name).

• Database Number
This works the same way as the Database Text component except that a database number field
rather than a database text field is displayed. The database fields available are Card Number ad
Employee Reference Number.

• Database Date
This works the same way as the Database Text component except that a database date field rather
than a database text field is displayed. The database fields available are Start Date and End Date.

Print Preview

At any point during the badge design process you can toggle between design mode and print preview mode
by pressing the Print Preview button. In print preview mode, as long as at least one person in the FUSION
database has been assigned this template, you can see how the badge will look with real data i.e. any
database fields, including photo fields and signature fields, will display data from a person’s record in the
FUSION database. Navigator arrows are provided to allow you to step backwards or forwards through all the
people allocated this Badge Template.

Card Printing Wizard

Once you have created one or more Card Templates and allocated them to people within the FUSION
database you will want to print some badges. Select Requiring Card Print, press the Start Card Print button
and select from the following options:

• Select and print a single card

• Select and print an entire department’s cards
• Select and print all cards assigned to a specific template
• Print all cards marked for printing

Once you have chosen, click Next. If you have selected to print out a single badge, you can choose which
employee you wish to print a badge out for. Once you have chosen, click Next.

Click on Start.

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You can select how many copies of the badge(s) you want by changing the value in Batches. In addition if you
are printing more than one badge per sheet you can allocate a column/row to start printing from. Once you
are satisfied with the information entered, click OK and your badge(s) will be printed out.

Card Printer Templates

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System

The system menu is composed of menu items that allow you to to create, alter and delete records relating to
the system configuration.

This section is divided into three main sections;

• System Devices and Readers which allows the system hardware to be configured
• Access Control Components which allows the logical system to be defined
• System Configuration which contains various other configuration features

System Devices & Readers

Devices & Readers

All Devices & Readers – General
This view provides a list of all devices and readers defined in the FUSION system.

Modifications to the device and reader configuration should only be performed by the engineering personnel.
All devices when first introduced to a communications channel perform an AUTO MOUNT procedure and
get automatically assigned an unique bus identity on the Midspan or IP Bridge that they are connected to.

The default settings, however only permit the device to function in a basic manner and by default implement
security locking doors etc

To manually create a new device, click on the ADD DEVICE button.

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Device General Details

The first tab on the Device editor controls the device type which changes the format of the further tabs.

The available Device Types are as follows:

• Access Control Reader - This can be either the BORER MIFARE® readers, BORER Hitag Reader
or the BORER LIM for connecting Wiegand third party reader heads. The device will function as an
access control reader and may or may not have a Lock Manger associated to it depending on the
system configuration.
• Time & Attendance Reader - This can be either the BORER MIFARE® or HiTag Readers which will
generally be determined by the access control technology used at the location. This device provides a
keyboard for time and attendance data entry and has a display to show the person's information.
• Muster Reader - This can be either the BORER MIFARE®, HiTag Reader or LIM but the device will
not be treated as an access control reader. Personnel will not be downloaded to this reader to prevent
offline operation.
• Registration & Assembly reader - This can be either the BORER MIFARE® or HiTag Readers and
is used for gathering school attendance data by locating the reader device in classrooms.
• Locker & cabinet Controller Terminal - This option is limited to the BORER MIFARE® Display
terminal reader.
• IT Cabinet Access Control Reader -
• Digital Input Output Device - This device type is either a SLIO 4x2 or a SLIO 8x8
• Door Lock Manager/Dual Lock Manager/Ethernet Lock Manager - READER ASSOCIATION
MODE - normal operation for a lock manager. A lock manager must 'pair' with one or two readers to
control the locking mechanism (Maglock or strike lock). The lock manager configuration allows the
device pairing to be configured.
• Door Lock Manager - HOTEL, LOCKER & CABINET MODE - in this mode the lock manager still
controls a door lock but is controlled by a reader. Multiple lock managers can be daisy chained
together with one or more access control readers. When the reader accepts a card one or more of the
lock managers can open their door releases. This suits a hotel type door configuration.
• IP CAN Bridge - A single channel one port bridge allowing up to 60 devices to communicate on this
channel.
• IP MIDSPAN Bridge - An 8 port device providing both power and data to lock managers and their
associated readers.

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 • CAN HUB (Deleted product) - A three port data only router. Used for cable length extension on
Borer legacy systems.

Device Configuration Options

Area Transition Details

• From Area - The area that the reader takes you from (when green) i.e. the area you are currently
located.
• To Area - The area the reader takes you to (when green). The card holder’s logical location is only
updated to the TO AREA when 1) a Green access is given to the card holder and 2) a door open
event is detected (access made).
• Associated External Entry (IN) Reader or Security Controller - When using only BORER Readers
or LIMs to construct an In/Out door path (i.e. no lock managers used) then the reader on the 'safe
side' is responsible for the door lock. The unsafe side is only responsible for acknowledging the card.
The unsafe side reader will logically instruct the safe side reader to open the door. This is a
messaging protocol, not a simple level signalling system so cannot be 'shorted out'. A SLIO42 can
also be used to control the lock thus acting as a security controller device.
• Time Embargo - see reader rules for further description - determines how long to block the card from
re-using the specific access control reader. This is to prevent a person from following a certain path
too soon - also see anti pass back in reader rules.

Device Time Options

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 • Green LED Indicator ON - Only when the reader is paired with a lock manager - this value
determines the green LED on time for the readers. The actual door open time is configured in the
controlling lock manager.
• Door Lock Release Time - (when no lock manger used - not shown in above image) - When the
reader is set to control the door open via this relay this time value determines how long the door
opens for. If the door is detected as being open, the relay will be cancelled and the door will relock
when closed.
• Door Open Alarm Shunt Time - The delay after which if the door is still open (requires door monitor)
then the local reader alarms will trigger. BORER MIFARE® & HiTag readers both contain an alarm
tone. The BORER LIM provides a secondary output relay to control an alternative alarm source /
signal.

Device Feature Options

• Use Local Decisions... - This option, when ticked, overrides the default reader card processing
sequence. After detecting a card - the BORER reader will request authentication from the NIM. If the
NIM responds within 2 seconds the transaction will continue and the card holder will get a red or
green response. If, however, the NIM response time is >2 seconds then it is assumed to be offline
and a long RED will be given to the card hold to show offline. The cardholder can then re-present their
card and the reader will try the NIM again for a decision. If this time the decision still does not come
from the NIM (still offline) then the reader will make a local decision based on its own memory. Ticking
local decisions bypasses the first timed out long red indicator and the reader always uses its local
database as an alternative decision source (when the NIM does not respond).
• Enable Simple Time Recording - Allows the reader to act as a simple in out time recording terminal
with no display of keyboard input.
• Enable Local Alarm - Causes the local alarm to sound when the door is held open beyond the local
alarm time out.
• Enable Qualification Checking - Enables this mode - NB. Functionality is at NIM level only.
• Enable Role Checking - Enables this mode - NB. Functionality is at NIM level only.
• Reader Controls Turnstile - Modifies the readers operating mode to control a turnstile rather than a
door.
• Enable Duress Alarm - When the PIN code is entered in reverse for a PIN code reader this will
cause the operators to receive an on screen alarm that the person entering the PIN is being forced to
do so.
• Reader in Silent Mode - BORER MIFARE® reader - all sounds are disabled if this feature is enabled.
• Reader has Pass back Switch - Informs the system not to raise a door forced if the door opens
without a card being presented.
• Anti Pass Back - Enabled anti pass back to activate when the reader rules dictate.
• Door Monitor Not Available - Sometimes it is not possible to fit a door monitor to a door or barrier
being controlled by a reader. When this is the case this tick box lets the system deal with this state
and records the person as being in the TO Area as soon as the Green is acknowledged rather than
waiting for the ACCESS MADE system message from the reader.

Card Number Source Options

This drop down field selects the card source. By default the standard card number is used from the personnel
record. The personnel record can store several card numbers - a feature which is very useful when supporting
two or more access control card formats during system install or integration.

In addition to the standard to extended card number ranges the standard card (only) can be set to use
MIFARE® Serial mode. This mode set the BORER MIFARE® reader to read only the MIFARE® Serial
Number and not the encrypted card number. This is useful if you are using non-BORER MIFARE® access
control cards and wish to make use of them with the FUSION system.

Door Lock Manager Configuration

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When the device type is set to lock manager there is additional configuration required. The lock manager
should be associated (* except see below) with one or two readers. These readers can be selected from the
drop down lists in the Associated IN and OUT readers. Once associated the reader device records will display
the name of the device they are associated with (see second image above).

• Pre Lock Activation Delay - A delay time in seconds that the lock manager delays powering the lock
(or removing power for Maglocks). This is provided for hotel mode use where a door may be several
metres from the reader.
• Door Lock Release Time - As above. Maximum time to hold door lock disengaged. Auto cancels when
door monitor open detected.
• Door Open Alarm Shunt Time - As above.
• Door Monitor Not Available - As above.
• Reader Controls Turnstile - As above.
• Lock Manager Used as Power Convertor Only - Used to provide a 12v power source only at the end
of the line. No locking will be controlled by this device.
• Lock Manager has Monitored Lock Input - TBC

Power Control Features

• Fail Secure - Power is only output from the lock manager when unlocking the door.
• Fail Safe - Power is constantly provided to the lock (Maglocks or Electric Strikes) when locked.

Power Levels

• Initial Power Level - From 0 to 100% power output for an initial period. This phase of the power cycle
is used for a short period to provide the lock state change power force. This power level is normally
not necessarily maintained for the duration of powering the lock.
• Initial Power Level Duration - The time to apply high power to the lock to force it to change state /
obtain a good holding force. Normally times from 1/2 second to 2 seconds are required.
• Sustained Power Level - The sustained power output from 0 to 100% power to maintain the lock
changed state / holding force.

Power Level Configuration Examples

Magnetic Lock

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Magnetic locks require a high power level for the first second then a moderate sustaining power level.

E.g. Initial Power 90% for 1 second, Sustained Power at 70%.

Electric Strike Lock

Strike locks require a high power level for the first second then a low sustaining power level.

E.g. Initial Power 80% for 1 second, Sustained Power at 50%.

Device Reader Rules

Every day of the week can be set to have an alternative reader rule set. The reader rule itself, has 5 time
zones and an emergency zone. Also if the current date is logged as a holiday the holiday rule can be
activated. See Reader Rules.

SLIO Scripting

The script editor can be accessed through the FUSION devices edit for SLIO / DIGITAL devices. Select the
SYSTEM icon from the main menu and then open or create a new device of type DIGITAL Input / Output
(SLIO) Device.

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In the Device Configuration Options select the Enable process scripting on device radio option and the
SLIO Script Editor Tab will become available.

The main interface of the script editor shows the following:

Script Notes
This section allows notes to be added relating to the script. You are free to enter any text here.

Script Design Tree

This section uses a tree structure layout to design the script. Using the mouse select a row and the Script
Values Selector will allow you to modify the row information.

Script Values Editor

This list displays a list of predefined variables and functions that can be included at the selected row on the
script design tree.

Clear Script Button

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Erases the script and reset the editor tree to a default script

Load/Save As Template
Provides a selection picker dialog to choose from one of the predefined script templates. Note that once
selected and saved the previous script is lost.

Scripts are divided into procedures in order to process and separate different conditions. It makes it easier to
understand and implement.

To add a new procedure, simply right-click on the procedures node and select “Add Procedure”.

An input box will appear asking the user to describe the new procedure.

Click on OK after you have entered the name of the procedure. The working area will now display your new
procedure in the list.

Inserting Commands

After creating a new procedure the Script Values Selector list on the right of the screen will display all the
possible entries for the Conditions of the procedure. This command list will change depending on the type of
entry into the procedure e.g. Conditions, “Perform” commands or “Else Perform” commands

To add a condition to the procedure, click on the appropriate command. In our example, we will let the
procedure Set relay 1 on the device if input 1 is made.

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When you click on “If Digital Input” the list will now change to let you specify the input you want to select. As
there are only 8 physical inputs on the SLIO88 device, you can use inputs 33 to 64 as virtual inputs or flags.

After you selected the input number, the list will display possible conditions for the input i.e. Set (Made) or
Reset (Not Made).

In order to identify inputs, the working area can store comments in the script. Right Click on the condition and
select Insert Comment.

An input box will appear to ask the user to insert the comment.

Click on OK. The working area will now display the comment for the condition in Italics.

We can now proceed to specify “Perform” commands to tell the script what to do in the event of Input 1 being
set by clicking on “End If Conditions” or selecting the “Perform” item in the procedure.

The command list will now show all possible “Perform” functions:

• Set
• Reset
• Increment
• Decrement
• Else Perform

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In our example we want to set output 1 if input 1 is made. Click on “Set”, “Digital Input” and “1” in that order.
The procedure will now show the selected statement in the “Perform” node.

To tell the device to reset output 1 when input 1 is not set, we can either create another procedure or use the
“Else Perform” feature. To enable the “Else Perform” list, click on the “Else Perform” item in the Perform List
or select the “Else Perform” node in the procedure.

You can specify as many “Conditions”, “Perform” or “Else Perform” entries in a procedure as required or as
SLIO memory permits. As long as you have the right node selected the command list will change to
requirements.

Edits and Changes

If you have made a mistake on an entry or you want to change an entry, simply select the entry in the work
area and specify the commands from the list. If you want to delete an entry, simply right-click on the entry and
select delete.

Planning and testing is vital before any live implementation is made to ensure good stability and accurate
results.

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Digital Inputs

Reader Rules

Network Interface Modules

Primary NIMS
NIM Configuration Options
Advanced Configuration
Channel Configuration
SLIO Input Triggers
NIM Script Editor
Location Access Roles

Click on ‘System’ from the main icons and open the NIM list. Double click on the relevant NIM and select the
tab marked Location Access Roles. Highlight the role you wish to update, select the Access Group from the
drop-down menu and click update changes. To finish, click on save and close.

NIM Remote Interface

Status Home Page

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Local Database

Device Status

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Status Logs

Script Engine

NIMs & Channels

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Channel Quality

KVASER & MSB

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Configuration

Tools

NIM Log Files

SMTP Alarm Senders
Virtual NIMS

Access Control Components

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Alarm Definitions

The alarms list shows a set of predefined alarms for general system use. The existing alarms and index
number should not be changed although the descriptions can be amended as necessary. New alarms can be
added at the end of the list.

To create a new alarm press the ADD ALARM button or to open an existing alarm, double click on any entry.

Alarm Details

• Alarm number is an unique reference number and should not be changed.

• The Alarm Description can be amended as necessary

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 • Alarm Action is displayed for the operator as instructions to take further action if necessary
• Display Alarm on FUSION Screen ensure that the alarm appears on the status display
• Require Operator Acknowledge This Alarm Type - Forces the alarm to enter the operator(s)
acknowledgeable display and will stay on the status screen until it is cleared.

Alarm Sounds

• Silent Alarm - Makes no sound (Default)

• System Beep - Uses the Windows default beep to alert the operators
• Customer Sound - Choose from a large list of embedded sounds
• Computer Speech - Using the Windows Speech Synthesizer Voice to speak the alarm description. If
an alternative Spoken Message is provided it will be used instead of the default alarm message text

Alternative Device Alarms

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Collective Alarm Logs

Area Definitions

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Muster Points

System Configuration

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Agent Scripts

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Alarm Sound Files

Deleted Images Bin

When an image assigned to a person is 'removed' from the person record that image is only marked as being
deleted.

To fully delete the image press the FULL DELETE IMAGE button on the view menu.

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Fusion Clients
All connected FUSION software clients check into the database and update their entry in the FUSION clients
view. This enabled FUSION to know which clients are online and what features are provided at each
client. The FUSION Client software will detect the machine name and domain name and apply defaults based
on the configuration details stored in the client record.

To open a client record select the entry and double click to open the edit window. The first tab is labeled
TERMINAL DETAILS and provides a view of the clients machine details such as IP address(s), Machine
name, Domain name and current operator.

The location drop down sets the location the machine is based at. This is important configuration information
for the client as it will effect some information views.

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The second tab VIDEO & PHOTO CAPTURE SETTINGS shows a list of all network cameras and this
configuration setting allows the administrative operator to define which (is any) network camera can be access
from this terminal. The purpose of this restriction is to prevent operators from one location accessing network
resources from another location if this is not desirable.

The next tab TERMINAL LOGGED OUT OPTIONS configures the terminal monitoring locations. When an
operator is not logged into the FUSION client the client can still receive events and alarms and display them
on the terminal screen. Because the terminal does not have an operators permission level if can only view this
information and no actions can be taken when in logged out mode. A good use of this feature is to provide

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guard room staff the ability to monitor alarms and activity but not enable them to take any action with the
client.

To enable the client to monitor one or more locations tick the check box entries for the locations required.

Warning, use the following feature with caution

The Terminal Kiosk Mode tab is only available when the Administrative Operator is logged in to the FUSION
client no other operators can access this tab. The fusion Kiosk mode can be activated with the button labeled
SET FUSION AS MAIN WINDOWS SHELL. Once activated the Microsoft Windows Explorer shell will be
replaced with the FUSION client. Once changed a reboot is required to make the change take effect.

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Once in Kiosk mode there will be no access to normal Windows features. The user may still have to log into
Windows as normal but they will only see the FUSION client on screen. This feature is provided for area
where the Windows terminal may be left unattended and to prevent personnel accessing other Windows
features such as networking configuration or Games.

To restore the system to the Windows Explorer shell press the RESTORE NORMAL WINDOWS EXPLORER
SHELL button and reboot the PC. The REBOOT THIS MACHINE TO UPDATE SHELL CHANGES can be
used to reboot.

Two test buttons allow you to test the Kiosk mode feature without the need to reboot. The changes these
buttons make are not permanent and the machine can be rebooted to return the machine to its normal
configuration. The two test buttons are ENTER KIOSK MODE NOW and LEAVE KIOSK MODE NOW.

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IP Cameras

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Operator Accounts

The operator accounts view shows a list of all operators in the system. This view is categorised into the
following operator types;

• General operator logins

• Operator Profiles
• Web Account Operator Profiles

In all FUSION systems there is one master account and by default the account login name is BORER. Care
should be taken when resetting this accounts password as it may not be possible to change it if lost. This
account cannot be restricted in any way and can view, edit and delete all information. It is
not recommended that this account be used for normal access to the data as user accounts should be created
to perform normal operations.

Account Type 1 - General Operator Logins

To open an existing operator, double click on the entry or press the ADD OPERATOR button to create a new
operator.

Operator Details TAB

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The Operator Details tab provides the basic details to allow the operator to log into the FUSION system. The
General section requires the following information:

• Operator full name - is the person’s real name. Not used to log in but is used for reporting and display.
• Operator login name - a short name that is used as the name part of the login process. It must be at
least 5 characters long.
• Use NT Authentication - when ticked takes the user name from the currently logged in Windows user.
To use this feature the operator login name must be set to be the same format as the user login
name. FUSION will check the currently logged in Windows user on startup and check the operator’s
database to see if there is an exact match. If the Windows PC is on a DOMAIN then the next field
must be provided for this feature to work.
• Login NT DOMAIN - the exact Windows Domain name that the machine is connected to.
• Operator Email - the email address used to communicate with the operator. The email is used for
automated emails.
• Operator Mobile - the mobile/cell number used to communicate with the operator. The mobile is used
for automated SMS messages.

The Options section requires the following information:

• Account expiry date - the date after which the operator account will no longer log into FUSION.
• Account Enabled - if this is unticked then the operator cannot login.
• Language Mode - (Default UK) the client software language mode.
• Access Profile - if this operator uses a profile account select the operator profile otherwise leave as
USE OWN LOCATION ACCESS RIGHTS

The Operator Account Type section should be set to the default "Operator Login Account" for this account
type see below for details of the other two account types.

Global Access Rights TAB

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These global access rights relate to functions and information that is not necessarily part of the standard
information views and so needs a separate permission. Ticking any of the check boxes enables the
permission.

Location Access Rights TAB

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The Administrative operator cannot have less than full access. All other operators have varying degrees of
access based on the Location Access Rights TAB. For all locations an operator can have VIEW,
CREATE/MODIFY, DELETE rights for several record types. In addition to this report generation can also be
restricted along with system actions such as Remote Door Release and Personnel Relocation.

To modify any element above, select the location and tick or untick the relevant entries. Any location’s settings
can be copied to all locations by pressing the COPY SELECTED SETTINGS TO ALL LOCATIONS button.

Account Type 2 - Operator Profile Account

An operator profile account can be created to allow a single set of rights to be setup. This account does not
permit login to FUSION. Instead, new operators can be created and linked to this profile. When the profile is

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updated the real operator accounts linked to this profile are also updated. Using this mechanism, staff with the
same general access rights can be grouped and easily maintained.

Created the profile by changing the OPERATOR ACCOUNT TYPE to Operator Profile Account within the
Operator Details TAB section and saving the profile. Then create an operator as normal but select from the
Operator Details TAB the Access Profile value corresponding to the name of the new operator profile and
save the new account.

Account Type 3 - Web Account Profile

This account type is similar to operator profiles. However, this profile applies to personnel. Personnel can be
allowed to log into various web interfaces in FUSION such as Time & Attendance, Visitor Manager and Local
Building Manager WEB FUSION. When these personnel log into a web interface their user ID and password
are required. When they access the FUSION system the Web Account Profile permissions are used to allow
them to view, create and delete data.

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Personnel Record Fields
Additional Info Fields

There are no Additional Personnel Record Fields defined in FUSION by default. This view allows you to
define extra fields that appear in the personnel editor. The fields can be used for any purpose required and
they provide a simple means of formatting input data to ensure the data collected is consistent.

To create a new Additional Field press the ADD FIELD button from the view button bar. The first thing to do is
to select a caption for the field. As an example enter the Field Caption called "Grade" which will represent the
employment grade of a person. You must then choose the field type of which there are several;

• Text Edit - any text input. Text may be forced to upper or lower case, have a default value and be of a
maximum length.
• Date Edit - a date value

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 • Time Edit - a time value
• Formatted Text - formatted text is similar to Text Edit except that an INPUT MASK can be supplied.
The input mask forces formatted alpha or numeric values in a defined order.
• Checkbox - a simple tick box with a caption.
• Pick List - a list of values any one value can be selected and the field can be displayed as a list of
radio buttons, a drop down list or a list box.
• Text Box - a text entry box larger than one line like the text edit field.

Note, leaving the field Max Character Length as ZERO limits the field only to the size of the database storage
unit with is 4KB.

Mandatory input of information can be enforced by ticking the INPUT VALUE COMPLETION IS MANFATORY
check box.

Choose the Field Type as Pick List and select the RADIO BUTTON LIST from the Pick List Style. Now enter
three grades in the PICK LIST OPTIONS - ensuring that you enter each grade type on a new line in the edit
window.

e.g.
BASIC
CONSULTANT
SNR CONSULTANT

Now open or create a personnel record and change to the Additional Information TAB and the new field will
have been added to the personnel record.

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Ring Leaders

SLIO Script Templates

The SLIO 42 and SLIO 88 units provide a number of digital inputs and outputs. These units can be set to
passively monitor digital inputs and provide outputs. The NIM can control these devices through several
means one being the IO Matrix and the other being NIM Scripts.

The SLIOs however, can have a script downloaded to their memories. The script auto repeats and runs
constantly.

The templates section provides a list of pre defined scripts that are commonly used such as air lock controller
and personnel in out counter.

You can add more templates to this library to create a new script see the NIM Locations Document below;

System Settings
There is only ever one entry in the System Settings view and it cannot be deleted. Double clicking on the
single entry opens up the system settings editor.

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General Configuration TAB

• Personnel Record - Name Format; this field changes the format of the cardholder name that is
displayed in reports and views
• Database Auto Curbing
o Remote Events - max number of days to keep data for, then the system will delete back to the
delete setting
o Attendance Data - max number of days to keep data for, then the system will delete back to
the delete setting
o System Events - max number of days to keep data for, then the system will delete back to the
delete setting
o Auto Curbing allows the FUSION server to perform the curbing on a schedule
• Time & Attendance - Auto Calculation Start Date: the first day the calculation will
start computation from.

System Facility Codes TAB

There is one field set for each of the card entries in the personnel record. Note that only BORER access
control devices can be used for Transport Key modification and MIFARE® Data sector number.

• Enable None Default Configuration - the system will enforce the changes you make - take care not to
change these values to incorrect settings or you will prevent access control working.
• Facility Code - the site code that prevents a one card issued by BORER working at another customer
with the two cards having the same card number. BORER ensures that all customers who use their
card are supplied with different facility codes.
• Read Transport Key - The MIFARE® transport key for reading card data. (BORER readers only)

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 • Write Transport Key - The MIFARE® transport key for writing card data. (BORER readers only)
• Data Sector Number - The MIFARE® sector that data is to be stored at. The BORER default is 7.
(BORER readers only)

Pin Codes & Encryption TAB

• Pin Codes are System Generated - the FUSION client will save a pin code for each person based on
their card number. This PIN value cannot be edited.
• Pin Codes are user defined - the FUSION Operator must provide a 4 digit pin code for each person.
This value can be changed as required.
• NIM Link Encryption - the data channel between FUSION Server and any NIMs can be encrypted. A
key must be provided at both sides.

Email Server Link TAB

Send Email Configuration

• SMTP Server Address - IP address or network name of the SMTP server used to send emails from
FUSION
• SMTP User Name - the login name for an account allowed to send SMTP data. (Only required if
SMTP AUTH Set)
• SMTP Password - the login password. (Only required if SMTP AUTH Set)
• SMTP Requires Authentication - Set SMTP AUTH flag to send User Name and Password before
emails are sent.
• EMAIL Address - the email address of the FUSION System that emails come FROM e.g
[email protected]

Receive Email Configuration

• POP3 Server Address - IP address of the network name of the POP3 server used to receive email
from into FUSION.
• POP3 User Name - the user name used to log into the POP3 server.
• POP3 Password - the password for the login account.

LDAP Integration Config

Synchronisation with LDAP is one way only and uses an ADO data connector. The ADO Connection string
must be modified to conform to your LDAP server. The LDAP DC field must be modified to correctly filter
personnel data.

The Synchronisation Rules define how personnel are synchronised with the LDAP records. The FUSION
server performs periodic synchronisation the with LDAP server.

SMTP Account Configs

Reports

Reporting Overview

The reports menu contains several report types categorised by their context.

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 • Critical reports are designed for emergency and muster situations providing muster and roll call
information
• Locker reports show the current and historical ownership of lockers and cabinets
• Organisational reports show lists of configuration data useful for diagnosing configuration issues
• System reports provide a means of reporting on devices and hardware. This report item contains two
sections, the second section being advanced reports. The advanced reports provides access to all
logged events which includes alarms, personnel transactions, operator system usage and devices
status updates.
• Time & attendance reporting provides a rich set of reports to aid the administration and analysis of
personnel working time.
• Visitor management reports are provided to show current and historical information about all visitors.
• Facilities management reports show details of all facilities usage.

Common Reporting Features

When the reports are generated they offer two formats of output depending on the type of report. The basic
report provides a list of report information such as all devices or all reader rules. These basic reports can be
saved or printed in the following formats:

Save As

• CSV - Comma Separated Value text file output which can be read by programs such as Microsoft
Excel or other database tools.
• HTML - Saved as a self-contained web page that can be opened in Microsoft Explorer or alternative
browsers.
• PDF - Portable Document Format file that can be viewed in the Adobe PDF viewer which is a
common tool found on most computers. This format is suitable as an email attachment.

Print

Prints to the selected printer (or for multipage reports some of) all the pages.

Critical Reports

The Critical Reports view includes five options that allow you to list information relating to the current
whereabouts of cardholders (Roll Call Report, Muster Report, Missing Persons Report, Long-Term Presence
Report and Long Term Absence Report) and one option that allows you to list information relating to where
cardholders were at a given date and time in the past (Historical Roll Call Report).

Live Roll Call

The Live Roll Call display differs from the static reports, in that, it automatically updates its contents every few
seconds. This report shows a personnel count for each area, at all locations. By clicking on any of the items in
the Personnel Areas List, the Personnel at Area Report will update to show an alphabetic list of personnel.

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Muster Report

Muster Report – The muster report displays cardholders who are registered as being at Muster
Points. Typically, this report might be used in an emergency or during a fire drill when cardholders are
expected to make their way to the Muster Point(s). The Muster Point that each cardholder is at and the date
and time of his/her arrival there are listed. The report can be ordered and grouped in different ways and there
is a tool to specify data shown for a single or multiple user selected points.

Roll Call Report

Roll Call – The roll call report displays cardholders who are onsite (and, if the Include Offsite Area checkbox is
ticked, people who are offsite as well). The Area that each cardholder is in and the date and time of his/her
last successful card transaction is listed.

Note, for roll call reporting to operate successfully, a site must have card readers that register cardholders
arriving and departing, otherwise the system cannot know where cardholder are. Similarly the site can only
be broken up into Areas for the purpose of roll call reporting, if access in and out of each Area is controlled by
a card reader.

Missing Persons Report

Missing Persons – The missing person’s report lists cardholders who are recorded as being onsite, but who
have not reached a muster point. Typically this report might be used in an emergency or during a fire drill
when cardholders are expected to make their way to the Muster Point(s). The Area that each cardholder is in
and the date and time of his/her last successful card transaction is listed.

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The date and time of the cardholder’s last recorded card transaction should be taken into account before
sending someone into a burning building to locate the cardholder. If the cardholder has not used a card
reader today he/she may actually not be onsite, having left site on a previous day without using a card reader.

Long Term Presence

The long-term presence report lists cardholders who have been onsite since before a particular date and
time. A date and time selection panel replaces the Areas selection list when this option is chosen, allowing
you to specify the required date and time. The Area that each cardholder is in and the date and time of
his/her last successful card transaction are listed. This report is primarily used to identify cardholders who are
recorded as being onsite but who may not be.

For instance, a contractor might have an access control card to move about onsite, but might then leave site
without using a card reader and not return to site for weeks. The system will record him as still being onsite
so during an emergency situation, he will incorrectly show up as a missing person. However, by regularly
using the long-term presence report to list cardholders who are recorded as being onsite but have not used a
card reader for the last 24 hours, within a day the contractor would appear as a long-term attendee. The
system operator could then carry out enquiries to confirm that he is indeed offsite and then use the Relocate
People Individually item in the Action menu to move him offsite.

Long Term Absence

Long-Term Absence – The long-term absence report lists cardholders who have been offsite since before a
particular date and time. A date and time selection panel replaces the Areas selection list when this option is
chosen, allowing you to specify the required date and time. The Area that each cardholder is in and the date
and time of his/her last successful card transaction is listed. This report is primarily used to identify
cardholders who are not longer using the system.

For instance a cardholder may no longer be employed, but perhaps the operators of the FUSION system were
not told. By regularly using the long-term absence report to list cardholders who have not been onsite for
perhaps the last month the system operator can identify cardholders who should potentially have their
access permissions removed (in case someone else acquires their card and tries to access the site).

Historical Roll Call

Historical Roll Call – The historical roll call allows you to list which people were present in which Areas at a
specified point in time or at some point during a specified period of time, in the past. The Area that each
cardholder was in and the date and time of his/her last successful card transactio at the time are
listed. When you select this type of report and press the OK button you will be prompted to enter more
selection criteria before the report is produced.

You will be asked to specify whether you are interested in which cardholders were present at a particular point
in time or which cardholders were present at some point during a particular period of time. You will be
prompted to specify the date and time of the point in time or the date and time of the start and end of the time
period. You will also be prompted to indicate how far back in the remote events table you wish the program to
search for relevant data. This is because the system works out where cardholders were at a given time by
monitoring their card transactions during the hours (or days) leading up to that time.

Customers whose business closes down at night would typically specify that the system should check
cardholder transactions from the start of the day that includes the time point/period for which the report is
being taken. Customers who have staff who might be in attendance for perhaps three days at a time without
leaving site, would probably specify that the system should check cardholder transactions from four days
before the day that includes the time point/period for which the report is being taken.

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Organisational Reports

System Reports
Remote Events Report
The Remote Events Report allows the operator to analyse the personnel and alarm events stored in the
database. The report provides a number of TAB sheets to allow the operator to query the historical
information within the database.

General Report Options

This first tab allows the operator to set the date time start and end range. The QUICK SELECT button
provides a list of commonly used date range options:

Date Time Range

• Report Today - 00:00 to current time

• Report Chose Start Date - Select the whole day from 00:00 to 23:59. The start date is not
modified.
• Report Yesterday - 00:00 to 23:59 for all yesterday’s events.
• Report Last 7 Days - Date time range set to seven days ago and report ends at current time
today.
• Report Last 14 Days - Similar to 7 day report.
• From First Remote Event in Database - Check the database for the first event record and
set the start date time to that value. Note that this report can take a very long time and heavily
use Windows resources.

Event Type Options

Select the event types you wish to report on. Events are denoted with a single character identity, an
explanation of all the event type identities is as follows;

• A - NIM authorisations - Sent after a 'Green' is send to the reader but comes before the
Access Made or Access Not Made messages from the reader. This event type identity is
purely for diagnostic purposes and is rarely used in live systems.
• G - Green Access Made - After a green is sent to the door reader and the door opens the
Access Made message is returned from the NIM to the database. This is indicated by the G
event type.
• K - Alternative to G when pin codes are used. Denotes Access Made.

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 • M - When a card is used at a muster reader, as long as the card is in the database, the card
will get a green. If the cardholder has no access rights, they will still get a green from a muster
reader.
• T - Wrong Time and Attendance Reader used. (Depreciated Message Type).
• R - Red transactions have several meanings. Red card rejected or red alarm.
• P - Passback switch on the safe side of the door was used and the reader noted the door
open without a card event taking place. If the passback switch flag is set on the reader record
this event type will be sent. If the flag is not set in the reader record the alarm Door Forced
will be sent.
• + (PLUS SYMBOL) - Reader has an alarm message (See the alarm description on the status
page to determine which alarm).
• - (MINUS SYMBOL) - Reader has cleared the previous alarm state.
• S - Digital Alarm from a digital alarm input has set.
• U - Digital Alarm from a digital alarm input has cleared.

By default, a suitable set of ticks are set in the Event Type Options to report on personnel activity.

Selected Personnel Filter

This next tab provides additional filtering. By default the report will extract all events for all personnel but the
filtering will reduce the size of the report by selecting only a sub set of the report. The default is no Personnel
Filters.

Selection Type

• No Personnel Filters - Default Setting.

• Personnel on Trace - In the personnel record the person can be put on trace by ticking the
PERSON ON TRACE tickbox in the Access Control TAB. All (or those then selected)
personnel on trace can then be reported on. Once selected the personnel with the trace flag
are extracted and displayed in the Selected Personnel ... list box. By default, all are selected
the operator can choose to deselect any or all of them to limit the report further.
• Staff - All personnel are loaded into the Selected Personnel ... list who are in a contractors
department / company. You can then clear the selection and select only a few personnel.
• Contractors - All personnel are loaded into the Selected Personnel ... list who are in
a contractors department / company. You can then clear the selection and select only a few
personnel.
• Visitors - All personnel are loaded into the Selected Personnel ... list who are in a visitors
department / company. You can then clear the selection and select only a few personnel.
• From Selected Departments - The selection box changes to a list of department / company
names. You can then select one or many companies to report upon.
• Selected Personnel - All personnel are loaded into the Selected Personnel .. list. You can
clear or set all the ticks and choose only a small selection of the personnel.
• Selected Personnel Daily First & Last - Select personnel from the Selected Personnel ... list
and the report will show the persons first card use of the day and their last. This is a basic
time and attendance feature.

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Selected Readers

A final filter allows the report to focus on a selection of reader devices only. Clicking a LOCATION caption
automatically tick/untick all readers at the location. If all readers are unticked, they can then be individually
ticked to choose one or a few readers to filter the report.

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Grouping – Select whether or not you wish the report to group cardholders by Personnel Group or, where
appropriate, by Area or Muster Point.

Order By – Select whether you wish cardholders to be listed in name order or reference number order.

Select Personnel – Select a single specified cardholder be reported on, or that all cardholders who belong to
one or more specified Personnel Groups be reported on.

Select Area(s) – Select which Areas should be included in the report, including or excluding the offsite
area. In the case of a muster report this is replaced by a Muster Point selection list.

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The Roll Call Report display where personnel are currently located and the date/time of their last successful
card transaction.

System Events Report

The System Events Report allows the operator to review events that have occurred in the FUSION software.

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Event Date and Time Range

• Report Today - 00:00 to current time

• Report Chose Start Date - Select the whole day from 00:00 to 23:59. The start date is not modified.
• Report Yesterday - 00:00 to 23:59 for all yesterday’s events.
• Report Last 7 Days - Date time range set to seven days ago and report ends at current time today.
• Report Last 14 Days - Similar to 7 day report.
• From First Remote Event in Database - Check the database for the first event record and set the
start date time to that value. Note that this report can take a very long time and heavily use Windows
resources.

Event Type Options

Select the event types you wish to report on.

Other Filters

The Other Filters allow the selection of operators to filter events to a particular operator account.

Time & Attendance Reports

The Time Accounting Reports menu allows you to select from six available time account reports: Daily
Attendance Report, Period Attendance Report, Attendance History Report, Time Balance Report,
Reconciliation Report and T/A Adjustments Log..

Daily Attendance Report

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The Daily Attendance Report lists time account and attendance information for specified Personnel Groups for
a specified date. This information is created by the attendance calculation based upon actual clockings and
operator or user-generated time account adjustments. The report includes target, credit and balance values
for each employee as they were on the date being reported for. It also shows the ‘In’ and ‘Out’ clockings and
the calculated time accumulations for each person. Special characters are used to denote irregularities: ‘K’ = a
clocking with an associated absence code, ‘M’ = a missing clocking, ‘L’ = tardiness, ‘A’ = absence without
leave and ‘O’ = overtime.
The Daily Attendance Report configuration window enables you to specify the report parameters that you
require.
Report Date – The Date field allows you to specify which date you wish to report on.
Event Categories – By ticking event categories you can determine which data should or should not be
included in the report. By default all data is reported. If you untick Normal Attendance then only employees
who have something unusual in their data for the specified day (missed clocking, overtime etc.) will be
included in the report. If you untick all categories except Core Time Infringements then only employees who
have a core time infringement (i.e. tardiness) on the specified day will be included in the report.
Select Personnel – You may select employees from a single Personnel Group, from a range of Personnel
Groups or from all Personnel Groups to be included in the report.
Time Format – By default the report specifies times of day and time accumulations in hours and minutes.
However, if you select Decimals then the report specifies times of day and time accumulations in hours and
hundredths of an hour.
The Daily Attendance Report lists time account and attendance information for a specified date.

Period Attendance Report

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The Period Attendance Report provides time account and attendance information for specified employees or
employees belonging to specified Personnel Groups over a specified period. This information is created by
the attendance calculation based upon actual clockings and operator or user-generated time account
adjustments. The report shows the daily ‘In’ and ‘Out’ clockings and calculated time accumulations for each
person. Special characters are used to denote irregularities: ‘K’ = a clocking with an associated absence code,
‘M’ = a missing clocking, ‘L’ = tardiness, ‘A’ = absence without leave and ‘O’ = overtime.
The report also includes a period summary for each person, for each Personnel Group and aggregated for all
selected Personnel Groups. Each summary includes lists of attendance codes together with the total amount
of time accumulated for each code. The attendance codes are split into separate ‘Attendance’, ‘Absence’,
‘Time Lost’ and ‘Other’ lists. Only codes marked as Accumulator codes are included. The summary also
shows the total amount of time credited (i.e. accumulated for codes marked as Credit codes) during the
reporting period, and a Net value taking into account the Rate % setting for each code. Each employee
summary also includes the employee’s time account Target, Credit and Balance values as at the end of the
reporting period.
The Period Attendance Report configuration window enables you to specify the report parameters that you
require.
Date Range – The From and To date fields allow you to specify which period you wish to report on.
Report Contents – If you select Full Details the report will include the daily ‘In’ and ‘Out’ clockings and
calculated time accumulations for each person as well as individual summaries, Personnel Groups summaries
and an aggregated Personnel Group summary. If you select Individual Summaries the report will omit the
daily ‘In’ and ‘Out’ clockings and calculated time accumulations for each person but will still include individual
summaries, Personnel Group summaries and an aggregated Personnel Group summary. If you select Group
Summaries the report will only include Personnel Group summaries and an aggregated Personnel Group
summary.
One People Per Page – If you tick the One Person Per Page field the report will not include more that one
person’s data per page.
Time Format – By default the report specifies times of day and time accumulations in hours and minutes.
However, if you select Decimals then the report specifies times of day and time accumulations in hours and
hundredths of an hour.
Select Personnel – You may select employees from a single Personnel Group, from a range of Personnel
Groups or from all Personnel Groups to be included in the report. You may also select that the report be
produced for individual employees.

Time Balance Report

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The Time Balance Report lists current time account information. You may select which personnel you wish to
list and which order they should be listed in.
Select Personnel Range – You can choose to list personnel belonging to any or all Personnel Groups, or you
can limit the list to staff or contractors or visitors, or you can limit the list to personnel who belong to a
particular Attendance Schedule, or you can select a single person. If you have chosen to select personnel
who belong to any or all Personnel Groups you will be prompted to choose which Personnel Group(s) are to
be included. If you have chosen to select personnel who belong to a particular Attendance Schedule you will
be prompted to choose an Attendance Schedule. If you have chosen to select a single person you will be
prompted to specify the required person’s identity.

Reconciliation Report

The Reconciliation Report lists time account information as at the end of the last accounting period. You may
select which personnel you wish to list and which order they should be listed in.
Select Personnel Range – You can choose to list personnel belonging to any or all Personnel Groups, or you
can limit the list to staff or contractors or visitors, or you can limit the list to personnel who belong to a
particular Attendance Schedule, or you can select a single person. If you have chosen to select personnel
who belong to any or all Personnel Groups you will be prompted to choose which Personnel Group(s) are to
be included. If you have chosen to select personnel who belong to a particular Attendance Schedule you will
be prompted to choose an Attendance Schedule. If you have chosen to select a single person you will be
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person’s identity.
The Reconciliation Report lists time account information as at the end of the last accounting period. For each
person listed the report shows the reconciliation date (the date when the accounting period end processing
was carried out) and the person’s target, credit and balance at the time. The report also shows the carry-
forward balance and any carry-forward excess. The carry-forward balance is the amount of time (positive or
negative) that was carried forward into the current accounting period. If the balance at the end of the last
accounting period was greater than the Maximum Carry-Forward value configured for the person concerned
(see Update Personnel) then the amount carried forward is set to the Maximum Carry-Forward value and any
lost as a result is listed in the C/F Excess column of the report.

T/A Adjustments Log

The Time And Attendance Adjustments Log provides an audit trail of adjustments made to time recording data
by ATRACS system operators and by users of the optional AtracsWeb web-based package. You may select
the date range to be reported on, whether clocking or time accumulation adjustments should be listed, and
which kinds of adjustments should be included in the report.
Select Adjustment Type For Report – You can choose to list either Clocking Adjustments or Time
Accumulation Adjustments.
Specify Reporting Period – By using the ‘To’ and ‘From’ fields you can select the date range to be reported
on.
Select Adjustments – You can choose to list adjustments made for time accounting dates that fall within the
reporting period or adjustments that were requested, reviewed or implemented during the reporting period.
Report Adjustments – You can choose to list adjustments in various stages of their processing. If you have
chosen to list adjustments made for time accounting dates that fall within the reporting period you can select
the reporting of adjustments that have been requested but not yet reviewed, adjustments that have been
reviewed and rejected, adjustments that have been reviewed and authorised but not yet implemented and
adjustments that have been implemented by the attendance calculation. If you have chosen to list
adjustments that were requested, reviewed or implemented during the reporting period you can select, in
addition to the above, the reporting of adjustments that were requested during the reporting period and have
subsequently been reviewed and adjustments that were authorised during the reporting period and have
subsequently been implemented.
For each adjustment reported the T/A Adjustments Log lists information on the origination and processing of
the adjustment (by a system operator using ATRACS or an employee using AtracsWeb) as well as the details
of the adjustment itself. The date, time and identity of the system operator (Op) or employee (Emp) involved
are listed. The adjustment details reflect the parameters selected when the adjustment was created (see
Adjust Clockings And Time Accumulations).

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Visitor Management Reports

Tools

The Tools Menu contains a set of functions for maintaining and modifying the FUSION database. Care should
be taken when using these features and because of this access is limited to Administrative Operators.

Relocate Personnel
The relocate personnel - Relocate Individual Tab allows a single person to be located in the database by
searching for either their card number, their name or their reference number. A partial value may return
several personnel and the correct person can be selected from the Search Results list box.

When the correct person is selected the list of available locations updates. Select a new location followed by
an area at the location to relocate the person to.

Press the RELOCATE PERSON button to update the persons logical location in the database.

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Relocate “en Masse” - is a simple option.

When the RELOCATE ALL PERSONNEL “OFF SITE” button is pressed the software moves all personnel to
the off site location. This feature is used only to 'reset' the entire database personnel location management.
An example of its purpose is during or after a site evacuation personnel may have not swiped out correctly.
Pressing this button will return all personnel records to a good know state, useful when anti pass back is
enforced.

Terminate Musters & Emergencies

System Diagnostic

T&A

Manual Curbing Interface

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Fusion Server Interface

BIOServer Interface

FusionSync Server Interface

Licence
Glossary of Terms
Abort - Stop a function (e.g. report printing) that is currently active.

Access Card - Identification card encoded with a machine-readable identification number.

Access Control - Control of entry into secured areas by use of cards/tokens that provide personal
identification. Individual cards/tokens can be enabled or disabled for access .

Access Group - Set of rules that describe the access authorisation for a group of card holders at a particular
location. All cardholders who are members of the same access group have the same access authorisation (i.e.
are allowed through the same doors/turnstiles during the same time periods).

Alarms - Events that are out of the ordinary and need to be enunciated.

Anti-pass-back (hard) - A rule that will produce an alarm and prevent cardholder access if an attempt is made
to gain access to an area out of sequence (e.g. entering a building and then attempting to re-enter the building
without first leaving it).

Anti-pass-back (soft) - A rule that will produce an alarm if a cardholder gains access to an area out of
sequence (e.g. entering a building and then attempting to re-enter the building without first leaving it) but will
still allow the cardholder access.

Baud Rate - Speed at which information is passed through a communication link.

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CAN – Control Area Network, which has replaced RS485 as the means used for communication between each
NIM and its card readers and other devices.

Cardholder - Person in possession of an encoded card or token that can be read by devices (card readers)
attached to the system.

Cardholder Transaction – The use by a cardholder of his/her card at a card reader, the response of the card
reader (e.g. the displaying of a green light and the unlocking of a door) and, in the case of an access control
card reader, the making of access (or failure to make access within a configured time period) through the
associated door/turnstile.

Command - Operator or system generated instruction that tells a program or hardware device to perform a
particular function.

Communication - Transmission of data between devices.

Controller - Unit used to control / monitor the activities of one or more hardware devices.

Database - A set of data files within a computer system appertaining to a specific application

De-energize - Disconnect power or turn off.

Department - Logical grouping of cardholders. Typically cardholders within any particular department will be
grouped together for the purposes of system reporting.

Digital I/O Unit – See SLIO.

Disk - Type of device for storing information, usually in a magnetic or optical form. It may be removable from
the computer or built in.

Distributed Intelligence - Provision of rules and data to hardware devices such as card readers, enabling them
to make decisions without referring to the controlling computer.

Door Strike - Electronic device that secures a door, unlocking it when commanded to by a card reader.

Energise - Apply power or turn on.

Facility Code - Unique encoding assigned to cards used at a particular installation.

Infrared Light Source - Invisible light (wavelength c.900nm) used to read barcode data on cards.

Logging - Recording of events in time sequence. Each event creates a record stating what happened and when
which can subsequently be printed out.

Menu - List of options on the PC screen from which the system operator may make a choice.

Modem - Device used to convert information to a different format for transmission down a telephone circuit or
landline.

Modem (dial-up) - Modem designed for use over the PSTN.

Modem (short haul) - Modem designed for use over unconditioned communication circuits.

Network Interface Module – Intelligent device that manages one or more card readers, SLIOs etc. In the
case of an FUSION Express system the NIM software runs within the same computer as the FUSION
software. Each NIM obtains a subset of the FUSION database via TCP/IP from the FUSION server and onward
downloads the data to the card readers. Cardholder transactions, reader status changes etc are sent from the
card readers, SLIOs etc. back to the NIM. The NIM processes them and forwards the resulting remote events
to FUSION. NIM types are: 1. DOS NIM - Legacy type of NIM that communicated primarily with barcode card
readers via RS485 communications: 2. Windows NIM - Legacy type of NIM that communicated primarily with

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proximity card readers via CAN communications; 3. LAN/WAN TCP/IP NIM - Current type of NIM that
communicates primarily with proximity card readers via CAN communications; 4. RAS Dial Up TCP/IP NIM -
Future type of NIM that will communicate primarily with proximity card readers via CAN communications and
with FUSION via dial-up TCP/IP.

NIM – See Network Interface Module.

Operator Time-out - Time following an operator 's last key press after which the system will revert to a secured
state, requiring a password for access .

Pass-back - To exit from a secured area by means of a pass-back switch or button that is connected to a card
reader controller.

Password - Secret identification code entered by the operator and checked by the system before allowing the
operator to log on.

PIN - Personal Identification Number used for added security at card readers.

Proximity – The style of card and card reader technology that allows a card to be read when it is held a few
centimetres away from the card reader.

Remote Events – Events such as cardholder transactions, reader status changes and SLIO input state
changes that are sent by the card readers and other devices via the NIM to FUSION.

RS485 – The legacy electronic messaging protocol used for communication between each DOS NIM and its
card readers and other devices.

SLIO - Device that is able to monitor/switch external digital sensors/latches.

Software - Set of instructions to tell a computing device how to perform.

System - Integrated set of hardware and/or software designed to meet a specific need.

System Operator - Person who uses a system to obtain information and/or affect changes.

Tamper Circuit - Micro-switch on the card access unit control box that monitors the opening of the box such
that an alarm is raised when the box is opened.

Time Zone - Period of the day and days of the week during which access is allowed.

Unsecured Door - Door that is unlocked/ajar when it should be closed and locked.

Manual Revision History

Revision Date Author
1.0 October 2009 Matthew Saint
2.0 October 2017 Matthew Zelceski

Card Transaction Error or Alarm Messages

Card reader transactions are monitored for validity. Should a transaction be rejected or result in an error
condition, an appropriate error/alarm message (including the cardholder's identity) will be displayed on the
FUSION Remote Events display and stored in the FUSION database for future review.

Each transaction error/alarm type has a number which you can use in Update Alarms to select the appropriate
alarm type and enter your own message and associated operator action text.

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A list of the card transaction error/alarm codes together with factory default descriptions follows:

201 Incorrect P.I.N.

A cardholder Personal Identity Number (P.I.N.) entered at an access reader is incorrect.

202 Access Group Closed

An attempt to gain access has been made by a cardholder who is not assigned to a valid access group.

203 Reader Rules Closed

The card access reader does not have a valid set of reader rules assigned for today.

204 Access Prohibited

An attempt to gain access has been made by a cardholder who lacks the necessary access authorization or
whose access has been blocked (see Update Personnel).

207 In Unexpected Place

A cardholder is trying to use a card reader with a ‘from area’ that is different to the area that the cardholder is
currently recorded by the system as being in. This causes an anti-passback condition.

208 Access Under Duress

A duress code has been entered in association with a P.I.N. code as part of an access transaction.

209 Time Embargo

A transaction has taken place within the current time embargo span being applied to the cardholder.

210 Unauthorised Reader

A cardholder has attempted to use an attendance card reader that he or she is not entitled to use. This alarm
is supported in legacy systems only.

211 Card Not Allocated

A card has been used which is not allocated to any cardholders in the FUSION database.

212 Invalid Absence Code

A T/A absence code that is not recognised by the system has been used at a T/A card reader.

213 Access Not Made

Cardholder access was granted but not made.

214 Wrong Card Issue No.

The card used has an issue number that differs from the correct issue number for that card. This alarm is
supported in legacy systems only.

215 Card Expired

A cardholder has attempted to make access before his/her defined ‘start date’ or after his/her defined ‘end date’.

218 Assumed To Have Left

A cardholder is assumed to have left a 'single-manning' area without using an exit card reader. This alarm is
supported in legacy systems only.

219 Single-Manning Alarm

A card access reader controller is warning that only one cardholder is present in a 'single-manning' area. This
alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

222 Overstay Error

A cardholder has exceeded the time limit allowed for a stay in a 'single-manning' area. This alarm is supported
in legacy systems only.

226 Outside Time Zone

A cardholder has attempted access outside his/her defined time zone constraints.

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228 Trace
This alarm is not an error indication but is instead a means of attracting the system operators’ attention to the
fact that a cardholder who is set to be traced (see Update Personnel) has used a card reader.

229 Control Card Used

This alarm is not an error indication but instead an indication that one of the special control cards (supplied
with some systems) has been used. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

232 Door Forced (In)

The 'in' monitor of a card access reader controller has sensed a door being opened by means other than the
use of a card or a passback switch.

233 Door Forced (Out)

The 'out' monitor of a card access reader controller has sensed a door being opened by means other than the
use of a card or a pass-back switch. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

234 Faulty Card Usage

A card reader has repeatedly misread a card. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

235 Card Invalidated

The cardholder has been barred access at all access points because he/she has had an excessive number of
consecutive P.I.N. errors. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

236 Digital Tamper

A card access controller at a designated single- manning area has sensed movement whilst the area was
thought to be unoccupied. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

237 Not a Visitor Escort

A cardholder who is not a designated escort has tried to take a visitor through an access control point. This
alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

238 Muster Initiated

A muster situation has been initiated either by a cardholder using his/her card at a muster reader or in response
to a SLIO input that has been configured to trigger a muster situation going into the alarm state.

239 Muster Reader Misuse

A cardholder has used a muster reader at an inappropriate time (i.e. not during a muster situation).

Card Reader Related Alarms

If a NIM determines that contact with a card reader has been lost or regained, or a NIM or card reader detects
some other change in the status of a card reader or the door that it is controlling, an appropriate message will
be sent to the FUSION server.

The FUSION server will store the event in the FUSION database for future review. It will also display a
suitable message on the FUSION Remote Events display and update the information on the FUSION Reader
Status display. Each card reader related alarm type has a number which you can use in Update Alarms to
select the appropriate alarm type and enter your own message and associated operator action text.

A list of the card reader related alarm codes together with factory default descriptions follows:

001 Transmission Lost

Communications between a card reader and an intermediate device (between the card reader and the PC)
have been interrupted. Either the reader controller has malfunctioned or the transmission link between reader
controller electronics and the other device has been broken. his alarm would be generated if, for instance, a
'master' reader lost contact with one of its 'slave' readers. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

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002 Door Unsecure
In the case of a card reader that is controlling access through a door, either the door is being held or propped
open or the door monitor has failed. In the case of a card reader that is controlling access through a turnstile,
the turnstile-in-motion relay appears to be permanently energised (suggesting that the turnstile rotor arm is
jammed or the turnstile has come to rest in an intermediate position).

003 Mains Power Failed

In the case of card readers that communicate via CAN to a Windows or IP NIM, this alarm indicates that
communication between the card reader and the NIM has just been restored after a break. In the case of card
readers that communicate via RS232/422/485 this alarm indicates that a reader controller has detected a loss
of mains power.

004 Tamper
The reader front cover has been removed.

005 Alarm Cleared

A previous alarm condition has been cleared.

006 Reader Disconnected

Communications between a NIM and a card reader have been interrupted. Either the reader controller has
malfunctioned or been switched off, or the communications link between the reader controller electronics and
the NIM has been broken.

007 Auxiliary Monitor 1

An alarm condition has been detected on the first of the two auxiliary monitor inputs of the reader
controller. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

008 Auxiliary Monitor 2

An alarm condition has been detected on the second of the two auxiliary monitor inputs of the reader
controller. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

009 Lock Fault

A fault has been detected in the lock/strike control system. This alarm is supported in legacy systems only.

019 Downloading People

A complete set of personnel information is being downloaded to a card reader's database.

020 Downloading Database

A complete database is being downloaded to a card reader.

021 Personnel Download

This alarm is not currently used.

025 Download Instigated

A card reader has requested the download of a complete database. This alarm is supported in legacy systems
only.

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