Aras NOXSYSTEMS NOX User manual

User Manual
Rødovre & Aalborg - Denmark
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Table of contents
NOX System .......................................................................................................................... 3
Product documentation, capacity and classification ...................................................................... 3
Descriptions .............................................................................................................................. 4
Control panel ........................................................................................................................ 5
Use of control panel................................................................................................................... 5
Usage of the keypad.................................................................................................................. 5
Accessing the main menu........................................................................................................... 6
Duress ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Main menu ............................................................................................................................ 9
Menu: Alarm ....................................................................................................................... 10
Acknowledge alarms .................................................................................................................10
Menu: Warnings ................................................................................................................. 11
Menu: Areas........................................................................................................................ 12
Area option menu .....................................................................................................................12
Test area .................................................................................................................................13
Arm Errors ...............................................................................................................................13
Deactivate detectors .................................................................................................................14
Deactivate detector when preventing arm ..................................................................................14
Deactivate detectors in advance ................................................................................................16
Access time ..............................................................................................................................17
Menu: Logs ......................................................................................................................... 18
Alarm log .................................................................................................................................18
User log ...................................................................................................................................18
Menu: User.......................................................................................................................... 19
Adding a new user....................................................................................................................19
Delete user / Change user.........................................................................................................20
Menu: Time profile.............................................................................................................. 21
Overview of time profiles ..........................................................................................................21
Change time profile ..................................................................................................................22
Add free day (special day).........................................................................................................23
Delete free day (special day).....................................................................................................25
Menu: Service ..................................................................................................................... 26
Service mode menu ..................................................................................................................27
Set date and time .....................................................................................................................27
Input test.................................................................................................................................27
Detector test ........................................................................................................................28
Device test per device ...........................................................................................................28
Output test...............................................................................................................................29
Show outputs .......................................................................................................................29
Test output...........................................................................................................................29
Replace device .........................................................................................................................30
PC Operation....................................................................................................................... 31
Setup.......................................................................................................................................31
Editing user codes ....................................................................................................................33
Editing user profile....................................................................................................................36
Area groups .............................................................................................................................37
Rights ......................................................................................................................................38
Detectors /Areas editing............................................................................................................39
Time profiles / Special days.......................................................................................................40
Service.....................................................................................................................................43
View (active detectors) .............................................................................................................43
View (counters) ........................................................................................................................44

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NOX System
Your technical support:
Aras Security A/S Aras Security A/S
Mose alle 10b Vardevej 1
2610 Rødovre 9220 Aalborg øst
Denmark Denmark
Telephone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Product documentation, capacity and classification
Security grade 3
+ SVV Class 3
+ VSÖ Class 1
Environmental class II
Tested in accordance with the
following standards:
SS-EN ISO/IEC 17067:2013
TS 50131-3:2003
EN 50131-6:1998
EMC:
EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3
EN 55011, EN 55022, EN 55014
EN 61000-4-2 to -6, EN 61000-4-8 to -9
EN 61000-4-11
EN 61000-6-1 to -4 (excluding clicks)
EN 50081-1 and -2
EN 50082-1 and -2
EN 300386
EN 55024
EN 60950, EN 61010-1
EN 50130-4/A1:1998/A2:2003
EN 61000-6-2:2001/EN 50130-4:1995
Environment:
IEC 60950-1:2001
Priorities for alarm profiles:
1. Threat
2. Assault
3. Sabotage
4. Burglary
5. Fire
6. Technical
7. Warning
8. System Error
Default setting for alarm and user
Burglary: An entrance is blocked after the first
burglary alarm in activated alarm.
Reset by acknowledgment.
Sabotage: An entrance is blocked by the first
tamper alarm in all modes.
Reset by acknowledgment.
System error: An entrance blocked after first system
error alarm in all modes.
Reset by acknowledgment.
Error code: After 5 incorrect login attempts, the
control unit will be blocked for 15
minutes. An additional attempt will
block for another 15 minutes.
Service: A user associated with a service profile,
will only gain access if the system is put
in one of the service modes, 1, 2 or 3,
by a main user

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Descriptions
This manual describes how the NOX integrated burglar alarm system is operated, how users
arm and disarm areas, and how to deal with messages and alarm from the system.
This user manual is complete, however, there are some user menus on the control panel
which may differ in appearance as they are determined by the rights of the user. Therefore,
the menu may have another appearance for users with limited rights.
This manual will use the default system setup. It is possible for the installer to change cer-
tain options, in which case these changes are not necessarily present in this manual.
Key pad Extended numeric keys on the control panel.
Arrow buttons “Up” and “down” buttons for navigation in the menu structure.
Function key The two keys below the display. The function of the key will vary de-
pending on menu status and which menu you are in.
Area The combination of a number of inputs to a group of inputs or detec-
tors is called an area. All detectors in an area can then easily be armed
or disarmed by arming or disarming the area.
Devices All devices connected to our system (e.g. NOX IO4, NOX CMU, etc.)

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Control panel
Use of control panel
Graphic display with white back light
Function and scroll keys
Numeric keys
“Clear” and “Enter” keys
In case of alarm, the internal buzzer in the control panel starts sounding. The display will
show detailed information. The buzzer stops when the “silent” function key is pressed or the
alarm is viewed.
If there are multiple screens to display (e.g. viewing log or selecting areas), a number show-
ing the total amount of items is displayed in the first line (including the current item). To
directly jump to an item, enter the number on the keypad and press “E” (enter). The system
will then jump to that item and display it on the screen.
Usage of the keypad
Log in at CPA: insert a valid user code and confirm with the key „E“.
Status LEDs, displays armed / disarmed or open / closed –
and flashing as temporary condition fx entry/exit time
Function key to set to disarmed
Function key to set to armed

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Door opener with a key pad:
Insert a valid user code
Confirm with enter key “E” →the door opener is activated
Arm-/Disarm with the key pad:
Insert a valid user code
Confirm with enter key “E”
To arm press the function key with the closed latch „ “
To disarm press the function key with the open latch „ “
Accessing the main menu
To access the main menu, a correct user code is required. The main menu might differ from
user to user as the user rights differ.
Notice: If 5 invalid user codes are entered within 3 minutes (adjustable), the control panel
locks itself and will not accept further codes (invalid or valid) for 3 minutes.
Additional error codes will cause the system to block for a longer time (the system can be set
up to trigger a tamper).
To unlock the control panel, it’s necessary to make an alarm or wait until the unlocking time
has been reached. This time will be shown on the control panel by a time-counter.
If 36 invalid codes are entered within 12 hours, the control panel will lock for 12 hours.
All time settings are adjustable!

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When no user is logged in, the following display is visible:
Main display
If the buzzer is sounding, it will display “silent” on the right function key.
Main display with silent
To stop the buzzer press this function key. (NOTE: this only stops the buzzer, nothing else)
If your system is in service mode, this will be shown on the main screen:
To start any operation on the panel enter the 4 to 8 digit user code and press the “enter”
key (E) on the key pad.
If your system is in maintenance (service) the current selected service level will be presented
on the main screen.

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Duress
If you are in duress, you can add 1 to the last digit of your code. This will send a quiet du-
ress alarm to the alarm monitoring station. This alarm will not be visible on the control panel
until you log in with your normal user code.
999 9 -> 999 0 only the last digit will change
Example:
Normal code Duress code
1000 1001
3456 3457
456789 456780
How to acknowledge a duress alarm:
Since the duress alarm is not visible while the user with duress is logged in, a normal user
code has to log in. Then the duress alarm can be acknowledged the same way any other
alarm is acknowledged.
General information on access codes:
The system uses logical codes, from 1 digit up to 10. The default setup is a minimum of 4
digits. Depending on customer requirements, this can be changed to 6 or 8 digits, which will
increase the security of the code
It is not allowed to start a user code to 0.
There can not be a combination of logical and physical keys.

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Main menu
The main menu is divided into seven sub menus. Whenever a user logs in, the main screen
is displayed. The up and down keys allow to circle through the menus.
NOTE: Depending on your pre-configured user rights, some menus many not be
accessible. Menus like “alarms” and “warning” are only displayed when an alarm
or a warning has been issued.
“Select” and “logout” are the two function keys available in the main menu.
To select a menu item press the function key below the menu item.
If you press “logout”, the software will return to the main screen where you have to enter
your code again to gain access to the system.
Warnings
Shows any problem with your sys-
tem (e.g. AC power loss). Also
shows any disabled detectors.
Alarms
Lets you view and acknowledge
alarms on the system.
Time profiles
Let’s you manage the differ-
ent access times for areas
and codes.
Service
Functions for service
personnel (normally not
available).
Logs
Informs you about any status
change of the system.
Areas
Shows the status of the areas of
your system. let’s you arm and dis-
arm areas.
User
Let’s you manage your codes.

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Menu: Alarm
The alarm menu is activated whenever an alarm is triggered from any active detector in the
system. In this menu detailed alarm information can be requested and alarms can be ac-
knowledged.
Alarm information display
The information display shows the total number of active (not acknowledged) alarms in the
top row of the display. It also shows time, date, room (area) and which detector triggered
the alarm.
Acknowledge alarms
Click “select” in the alarm information display and the acknowledgement display is shown:
Acknowledgement display
It is now possible to acknowledge a single alarm or alternatively acknowledge all alarms at
once. If there is a problem acknowledging an alarm, this will be shown:
Possible problems acknowledging alarms:
User has no right to acknowledge an alarm of a specific type
(solution: use another user code with more rights)
The detector is still active and the area is still armed
(solution: disarm the area or try to make the detector not active anymore)

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Menu: Warnings
Shows system warnings. A system warning can be a system problem, which has a very low
priority (e.g. AC loss - up to 30 minutes). It is not able to acknowledge a warning, the warn-
ing will be automatically acknowledged once the problem is resolved (e.g. by restoring AC).
A warning is also generated as long there is a deactivated detector. The warning will be re-
moved as soon as the detector is reactivated by disarming the area.
Warning, deactivated detector

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Menu: Areas
In the area menu the defined areas are set to armed and disarmed or any other status avail-
able. The numbers in the top line of the display mark which area out of the total number of
areas is currently shown. In the example below area 1 “entry hall” out of a total number of 8
areas is shown.
To switch to a different area use the up and down function keys on the panel or enter the
number of the requested area and press “E” (enter) to jump directly to the requested area
number.
Area display; area 1 of 8, “entry hall”
If your user profile enables you to display area 2, you will reach the “ground floor” area by
one press on the “down” arrow of the key pad:
Area display; area 2 of 8, “ground floor”
Click the “up” arrow to return to the previous area.
Area option menu
If you press “select” on the area, you will enter the area options menu.
Generally, you have the following options available:
Arm/disarm (depending on current area state)
Test (normally only available if area is disarmed)
Deactivate (normally only available if area is disarmed)
To select an option, move the cursor line up and down with you cursor keys. The current
selected option can be executed by pressing the “select” function key.

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Example:
As visible in the display, this area is currently in status “armed”. By clicking the function key
“select”, the option menu will be shown.
To execute the setting, press the “select” function key again.
“entry hall” is now set to “disamed”
Test area
If you only want to know, if the area can be armed, please select the “test”.
The result of the area setting test will be shown.
Arm Errors
If it is not possible to arm an area, it will be shown on the control panel:

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Possible error messages:
Error
Description
Solution
Active detectors
There are active detectors in
that area
Try to get all detectors inactive
(e.g. close the doors and windows)
If this is not possible, deactivate those
detectors
Active alarms
There is one ore more active
alarms in the area
Acknowledge the alarms
In block time
The area is in block time
Wait until access time
Deactivate detectors
There are 2 ways of deactivating detectors:
1. You can choose to deactivate a detector if you are setting an area to armed, and a de-
tector is preventing you from arming (e.g. because the door is still open).
2. You can also deactivate one or multiple sensors in advance without the need of an area
setting problem.
To reactivate all disabled detectors in an area, simply disarm the area.
Deactivate detector when preventing arm
If you try to arm an area and one or more detectors are preventing this area to be armed
(e.g. a door has a mechanical problem or a movement detectors is defective), these detec-
tors can be deactivated.
Message: Arm-error
If you press select, you will get a list of detectors preventing the arming of the area.
Active detectors

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You can scroll through that list using the cursor keys.
To deactivate the selected detector, press “deact.”.
Confirmation of deactivation
If there are more detectors to deactivate, they will be shown if you press back.
If there are no more, you will get this message:
No more active detectors
NOTE:
Every time an area status is changed from “armed” to “disarmed” all previously
deactivated detectors in that area are reactivated. This is necessary to prevent
one from forgetting any deactivated detectors!
Any deactivated detectors will be shown in the warning menu. There you can
view when and by whom the detectors have been deactivated.

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Deactivate detectors in advance
Select the area in which you want to deactivate the detector. In the option menu, select the
option “deactivate”. You will see a list of detectors you are allowed to deactivate. Select the
detector you plan to deactivate.
Detector 1 out of 5 is displayed
Choose a detector from the list using the arrow keys or by entering the detector number and
pressing “E”(enter). You can also see the current (live) status of the detector (if input is
closed, open or sabotaged).
Confirm deactivation of detector
To deactivate a detector press the function key “deact.”. Confirm that you really want to
deactivate this detector by pressing the “deact.” function key again.
NOTE:
Every time an area status is changed from “armed” to “disarmed” all previously
deactivated detectors in that area are reactivated. This is necessary to prevent
one from forgetting any deactivated detectors!
Any deactivated detectors will be shown in the warning menu. There you can
view when and by whom the detectors have been deactivated.

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Access time
If the area is associated with an access time, users (with sufficient rights) have the option of
changing the day’s access time / closing time. This will cause no change in general, only in
regards to today’s closing time and thus the time of the automatic arming or lockout.
After choosing “Select”, the following display will show:
(only for users with the rights to prolong the access time)
Choose ”Select” again, and you can delete the current access time with the ”C” button, and
add a new time with the numeric keys. The latest possible time setting is 23 hours and 59
minutes after the current time.
Finish by pushing the “E” button. The new end time can immediately be seen in the area
status, in the line (Access until hh:mm).
If the system is equiped with a Key7 card reader, the same function can be performed on
the card reader’s keypad. This requires that it is set up for this purpose.
To postpone the access time on the Key7, enter the desired time directly (hour and minute),
and let a user with sufficient rights present his card to the reader.
Example:
Access time is wished postponed to 19.30.
Enter 1930 and present the card.
Important: Do NOT press the * key before the time.

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Menu: Logs
In the logs menu you can see the systems alarmlog, userlog and servicelog.
The following information is stored in the different logs:
Alarmlog: logs alarms and alarm acknowledgements
Userlog: logs the users area settings
Servicelogs: logs information needed for service personnel
All logs: all logs together
When you select the logs menu, an option menu will be shown, where you can select which
logs you want to see.
List of selectable logs.
The logging screen shows one log entry at the time. On the top row of the display the total
number of log entries is displayed. As you cycle through the list, the first number will always
show your current position within the list. All logs are shown from the most recent log entry
to the oldest.
Alarm log
Alarm log, log entry no. 3 out of 25
User log
User log

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Menu: User
The user menu allows you to modify existing user access codes, to delete and create user
codes. Most of the functions in this menu are restricted to users with complete access rights
–e.g. the owner of the system.
Adding a new user
Create, edit or delete users
Selecting “add” in this menu starts a short dialog of four or five screens (depending on con-
figuration) where the software will ask you to enter a user name, a user-specific language
(only available if using a multi language system), access code and the predefined profile to
assign to the new user:
Username
Enter the name of the user, by using the
keypad. To select the different letters, press
the key multiple times until the requested
character appears. Wait for a little while and
the cursor will move to the next position. If
you enter a wrong character, you can delete
it by pressing the “C” key on the keypad.
User code
Enter the code (normally between 4 and 8
digits).
If there is a problem with the selected code
(e.g. already in use by another person), this
error will be reported immediately.
After the user code is selected, you might
see a similar display called Card:
If this is the case, present the access card of
the user to a connected card reader.

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Language
If you have a multi language system, you
can select the language of this user from the
list of available languages.
Select user profile
Choose user profile. The user profile defines
the rights of the user. See the system con-
figuration manual, for a description of the
available profiles, and which rights are as-
signed to the different user profiles.
Overview
Once finished, an overview of the new user
is shown. When you press “yes“ this user
will be created in the system.
Delete user / Change user
If the option “change” or “delete” is selected, the control panel will ask you to select the user
to delete or modify. On the top line of the display is shown the number of the currently dis-
played user and the total number of users. Press the “up” and “down” keys to cycle through
the user list or enter the user number followed by “E”(enter) to jump directly to a specific
user.
Select the user “John Smith”
If you selected to delete the user, you will be asked to confirm the action.
If you selected ”change”, the same dialogue as for the creation of a new user is shown.