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Note: This This configuration requires the Rules Engine /wiki/spaces/EHC/pages/1607041051, which is included in the Premium Plan. To view more details about your plan, log into the Control Center Avigilon Alta Access and go to Administration > Account.

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Note: To ensure that physical inputs, such as buttons or key switches, function properly during a lockdown, the lockdown plan must include a corresponding entry on the ACU (Access Control Unit) where the devices are wired. Without this entry, the rule will not be transmitted correctly from the ACU.

Wire the button to the ACU:

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Configuring the input in

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Alta Access (Not required for auxiliary input)

  1. Access Alta Access:

    • Go to

    https://control.openpath.com/login To access
    • For the European

    Control Center
    • Alta Access,

    please
    • go to

    https://control.eu.openpath.com/login Go
  2. Edit the ACU:

    • Navigate to Devices > ACUs

    , then click
    • .

    • Click on the ACU you want to edit

    itClick on
    • .

  3. Configure the port:

    • Go to the Ports tab

    Click Port next
    • .

    • Click on the port next to the input wired to the button (

    in this example, 
    • e.g., Contact4).

    Select 
    • Select Generic Input

     from
    • from the Input Type dropdown, then

    click 
    • click Save.

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Creating a Lockdown Plan

  1. Refer to instructions:

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    • " for detailed instructions.

Creating Rules in the Rules Engine

  1. Access the Rules Engine:

    • Go to Configurations > Rules

    and click
    • .

    • Click the plus (+) sign

    on
    • in the top right

    to Create a Rule
    • corner to create a new rule.

  2. Define the rule:

    • Enter a name and description for the rule.

  3. In Set the Trigger sectiontrigger:

    • From the Type dropdown

    select 
    • , select Input

     
    • .

    • From the Event dropdown,

    select 
    • select Generic Input State Changed

    In the Conditions section
    • .

  4. Add conditions:

    Click 
    • Click Add Condition.

      • From the Type dropdown,

    select 
      • select ACU Port Filter.

      • From the ACU To Match dropdown, select the ACU with the wired button.

      • From the ACU Port To Match dropdown, select the button'

      • s Generic

    Input (in this example, 
      • Input (e.g., Contact4).

    Click 
    • Click Add Condition

     again
    • again.

      • From the Type dropdown,

    select 
      • select Input State.

      • From the State to Match dropdown, select the appropriate state (

    this depends
      • based on how the button is wired).

        • For toggle switch buttons wired to NC, select high to trigger and low to revert.

        • For toggle switch buttons wired to NO, select low to trigger and high to revert

    In the Actions section
        • .

  5. Define actions:

    • From the Type dropdown

    select 
    • , select Lockdown.

    • From the Lockdown Plan dropdown, select the plan

    you’d like
    • you want the button to trigger.

    • From the Lockdown Action dropdown,

    select 
    • select Trigger Lockdown.

  6. Repeat steps 1-5, but in . In step 5, under the Lockdown Action dropdown, select select Revert Lockdown.

  7. Click Click Save.