Cobra Controls ACP Series User manual

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Thank you for purchasing your ACP-Series Access Control hardware and Contactless Card Management software from Cobra
Controls!
This quick start guide provides basic installation information, drawings, first time power-on instructions, software installation
instructions, first time software use instructions, and short descriptions of key terms and concepts for installation and use of your ACP-T
Series hardware and software.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1INITIAL SET UP
1.1 Hardware Guide
2INSTALLATION OF HARDWARE
2.1 Power Supply
2.2 Network Setup
2.3 Proximity Readers
2.4 ACP –1T
2.5 ACP –2T
2.6 ACP –4T
2.6.1 Riser Diagrams
2.7 Fail Secure Lock
2.8 Fail Safe Lock with Motion Detection
2.9 ACP-1X4
3INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE
3.1 The Software Disc
3.2 Installation of Microsoft .NET
3.3 Installation of Access Software
4USING THE SOFTWARE
4.1 First Time Login
4.2 Adding Controllers and Naming Doors
4.3 Editing and Deleting Controllers and Doors
4.4 Naming Departments
4.5 Editing and Deleting
Departments
4.6 Adding Card Users
4.7 Editing and Deleting Card Users
4.8 Creating Time Profiles
4.9 Editing and Deleting Time Profiles
4.10 Linking Time Profiles
4.11 Access Privileges
4.12 Update and Upload
5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Additional Information
6 Frequently Asked Questions /
Troubleshooting

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1INITIAL SET UP
1.1 Hardware Guide
This section of the Quick Start Guide is for installation of your ACP –T Series Hardware. These instructions refer to the
following pieces of equipment:
Power Supply
Request to Exit Devices
Door Status Switches
Proximity Reader
ACP - 1T
ACP - 2T
ACP - 4T
Fail Safe Magnetic Locks with a Motion Detector
The access control panel comes pre installed within a metal enclosure and a 12VDC 2.5 amp output linear power supply.
ACP Series control panel current draw: 100mA @ 12VDC. The metal enclosure conveniently includes several ½’ and ¾’
knockouts to accommodate wiring and conduit.
2INSTALLATION OF HARDWARE
2.1 Power Supply
INCLUDED IN ACP-SERIES CONTROL PANELS 12.0VDC 2.5Amp LINEAR POWER SUPPLY

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2.2 Network Setup
2.3 Cobra and Wiegand Proximity Readers
EACH READER HAS A SHIELDED CABLE. CONNECT SHIELD TO SHIELD AT THE CARD READER. CONNECT SHIELD TO GROUND
(-) AT THE CONTROL PANEL INPUT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL READER. Use 22awg 5 conductor or better stranded cable with an
overall shield for proximity reader wiring.
Current Draws: PRX-3, PRX-5, PRX-4 readers: 50mA @ 12VDC PRX-10LR: 100mA @ 12VDC

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2.4 ACP –1T
2.5 ACP –2T

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2.6 ACP –4T
2.6.1 Riser Diagrams
The following diagrams are Riser Diagrams that should assist you or your access control installer in running cable
to each door in the system. Select the diagram with the equipment list which best matches your application.

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2.7 Fail-Secure Lock with Door Status Monitor
2.8 Fail Safe Lock with Request to Exit pushbutton and Motion Detector

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ONLY USE A REQUEST TO EXIT MOTION DETECTOR WITH TWO RELAYS FOR RELEASE OF THE FAIL SAFE MAGNETIC
LOCK AT THE DOOR AND A REQUEST TO EXIT SIGNAL SENT TO THE ACP SERIES CONTROL BOARD.
2.9 ACP 1X-4
3INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE
3.1 The software disc
Your hardware includes a CD Rom software disc containing the Contactless Cards Management software. Insert the Cobra
disc into your computer. Browse the CD in windows explorer and copy all contents to your local hard drive. The disc
includes a copy of the following:
The Cobra .NET V6.9.21 folder,
A copy of the Firefox web browser installation file,
A copy of the Flash-10 installation file, and
A readme.txt file.
Copy the contents of the entire disc directly to your computer’s hard drive.
Open the Cobra_CD 1-X folder, which you have copied to your hard drive.
Open the readme.txt file and read the contents.
Open the Cobra V6.9.21 Folder.
For Windows 7 users scroll down and open "setupWin7.exe"
For all other Windows systems Scroll down and open “setup.exe” to get started. The following prompt will appear:
Click OK .

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NOTE: If you do not have Microsoft .NET installed on your computer, you will be prompted to install Microsoft .NET 1.1
when you click OK. Microsoft .NET is REQUIRED in order to run the Contactless Card Management software and is included
on the USB drive. Continue to section 3.2 to install Microsoft .NET.
If Microsoft .NET is already installed on your computer, you may skip section 1.2 and proceed to section 1.3 to continue
installing the Contactless Card Management software.
3.2 Installation of Microsoft .NET
The following prompt will automatically appear if you do not have Microsoft .NET installed on your computer. It is included
with the USB drive and software.
Click Yes and follow the install prompts for Microsoft .NET
NOTE: There will be a prompt informing you of compatibility issues.
Ignore this prompt and continue the install by clicking on the “Run program” button.
The license agreement window will pop up. Select the “I agree” radio button and install the program by clicking on
Install.
Finish the Microsoft .NET installation by clicking OK when complete. You will see the following window:
The installation of Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is now complete. Proceed to section 1.3.

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3.3 Installation of Contactless Card Management Software
After opening the setup.exe file, the following prompts will appear:
Click OK. The next screen is as follows:
Click Next. For this next step we
recommend you keep the default settings:
Click Next to continue.
When installation is complete, the
following window will appear. Click
close.
The following screen will appear if the
software has been installed correctly:
Click OK to close the screen.

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Click Next to continue.
The installation is now complete. The software will create a desktop icon in the shape of a gold key named management
center v6.8. You can access the software by either double clicking on the icon or by going to:
Start Programs iCCard
Click on “Access Control & Attendance v6.8” or the gold key icon to open the software and begin setting up users.
See section 4.1.
Congratulations! You are ready to begin using the Contactless Card Management software!
4USING THE SOFTWARE
4.1 First Time Login
When you first open the Contactless Card Management software, the following Login screen appears:
Enter the following User Name and Password into the login screen.

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The default login is:
User Name: cobra
Password: cobra
Click OK.
The following screen appears. This is the main screen for the Contactless Card Management software:
At this point, you can begin adding controllers to the software. See section 4.2.
4.2 Adding Controllers and Naming Doors
On the toolbar located on the left hand side of the software screen:
Select the “Controllers” option, located under “Basic Configure”. It is circled in red in the next screen shot for your
convenience.
Or, you can use the toolbar at the top of the window and select:
Basic Configure Controllers
The following screen will appear:

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NOTE: All of the options listed on the left hand side of the software main screen are also accessible by right clicking an
option in the main screen.
From the “Controllers” screen, click on Search .NET to list all controllers visible on the network. See the following
screen. The search .NET button has been circled in red.
The following screen appears listing all controllers on the network:
Select a controller to configure.
NOTE: For the remainder of this guide, a 4-Door controller will be configured as an example.
Click “Restore Default” to restore the IP address to 192.168.0.0. Refer to the following screen shot. For
convenience, “Restore Default” is circled.

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NOTE: On a local network, it is NOT necessary to change the IP address of the controller. Based on the serial number of
each controller, the software will assign an IP and MAC address automatically.
Write down each controller’s serial number (SN).
Click Exit.
Click “New”.
The following screen will appear:
NOTE: For Local Area Network the controllers are installed on a small network. Select Small Network.
Enter the controller’s SN (this is a five digit number) and add a description.
Click Next. The following screen appears:
You are ready to being naming doors.
Under the Description field, click inside each box and enter a name for the door.

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Under the Control State field, use the drop down menu to make your selection for each door.
NOTE: No cards work if the doors are set to “Closed”. The “Door Closed” option is the equivalent of a system lockdown!
Setting the doors to “Open” keeps all selected doors open.
Use “Doors Controlled” to set up your access control system.
Navigate to the “Open Delay (Sec)” field.
Click inside one of the Open Delay boxes to change the door delay time. The default delay is 3 seconds.
This is where the Attendance time feature is set up. The default setting is checked. It is OK to leave the attendance on.
Click OK to finish.
Repeat the above steps to add additional controllers and name additional doors.
4.3 Editing and Deleting Controllers and Doors

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From the Controllers screen, you can edit or delete controllers.
Select a controller to edit.
Click on the “Edit” button to edit a controller.
You can also double click on a selection to bring up the edit screen.
The “Edit Controller” window appears as follows:
Edit the necessary information and click “Next” when finished.
The following screen will appear:
Click inside any of the fields to edit the door information.
To delete a controller:
Select a controller to delete.
Press the “Delete” button to delete the controller.
You will see a confirmation window asking to delete the controller.
Click OK to delete or Cancel to cancel.

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You can also access a list of menu options by right clicking on a selection in the screen.
4.4 Creating and Naming Departments
NOTE: This step is optional.
Select the “Departments” option from the main screen. The Departments option is circled in red below.
Additionally, you can navigate to the Departments screen from the drop down menu at the top of the screen by selecting:
Basic Configure Departments
From the Departments screen, click “New Department”. It is circled in red in the screen shot below.
A window will appear labeled “New Department”.
Enter the name of the department and click OK. This guide will use the example “Sales” for demonstrative
purposes.
The new department will then be shown in the list of departments in the software.
Another way to add a new department is to right-click any selection in the department list, then select “New” from the
drop down menu: