Setting up a Push Button to Momentarily Unlock a Door

Procedure for setting up a push button to momentarily unlock a door when the monitor point is in the alarm state:

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Right-click the Trigger(s) folder in the Globals hardware tree.  Select "Add Trigger."  The Trigger Wizard opens.

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Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Time Zone field to select an "Always Active" time zone.

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Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Source Type field to select "Monitor Point."

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Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Source Item field to select the "push button" monitor point.

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Click the drop-down arrow to the right of the Transaction Type field to select "Change-of-State."

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In the Transaction Codes section on the Available Codes tab, click to place a check in the check box for "Monitor Point in Alarm."

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Click "Next."  The Trigger Wizard - Procedure/Action Group window opens.

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Click "+" to the right of the Procedure field to create a new procedure.  The Procedure Wizard opens.

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Enter a name and description for the new procedure.

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Click "+" to the right of the Select Action Group(s) section to create a new action group.   The Action Group Wizard window opens.

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Enter a name and description for the new action group.

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Click "+" to the right of the Select Action(s) section to create an action to momentarily unlock the door.  The Action Wizard window opens.

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Click "Finish" in the Action Group Wizard window.  The Procedure Wizard window reappears.  Note that the Action Group you created is now selected in this procedure.

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Click "Finish" in the Procedure window.  The Trigger Wizard window reappears.  Note that the Procedure, Action Group and Action you created are automatically selected in this trigger.

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Click "Finish" in the Trigger Wizard window to save your selections and close the window.

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Download to your PremiSys system.  You must download to affected controllers for the changes to take effect.  The trigger and procedure is enabled. When the push button is pressed, it will execute a Monitor Point in Alarm and activate the trigger and procedure to momentarily unlock the door.