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Group Associations DL Windows

We have a new Tech Support Tech Tip on how to easily create multiple group associations in your DL Windows software. 

Please click here Download Tip_GroupAssociations_v360+ to download the file.

Please feel free to send your comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com

Rebuilding a lost account in DL Windows Software

We have a new Tech Support Tech Tip on how to rebuild a lost account database in your DL Windows software. 

Please click here Download Tip_UploadtoRebuildLockAccount to download the file.

Please feel free to send your comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com

Moving DL Windows Networx Database files from one PC to another PC

We have a new Tech Support Tech Tip on how to move your Networx database in DL Windows from one computer to another computer. 

Please click here Download Tip_MoveNetworxAccttoNewPC to download the file.

Please feel free to send your comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com

DL Windows V4.1.96 Released

We are pleased to announce the latest release of DL Windows Software V4.196 is now available on the Alarm Lock Web Site.  This latest version of DL Windows includes the new Networx wireless keypads called NETPANEL.

We are excited to continually bring innovation and training tools to the industry.  Please click here to go directly to the software download page or you can find it at www.alarmlock.com, click Tech Support, Software.

 Please feel free to send your comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com

DL Windows Software Training Videos on-line

We are pleased to debut a series of four Alarm Lock training videos.  These professional videos are now featured on Alarm Lock's brand new web site and require only a simple one-time registration to access them.  There are three training videos on Trilogy DL-Windows Software and one training video on our Networx product series, including a product overview and connectivity training. These videos are intended for use, and that of your customers, as an aid for training on and understanding and efficiently navigating our feature-packed software.   

Each video is a "How-To", step-by-step guide, divided into sections pertaining to different segments of our software.  Much like our popular field class seminars, these video seminars are comprehensive and FREE, plus additionally, these may be accessed 24/7 around the clock, by anyone in your organization at your convenience. Upon completing any segment, a certification test can also be taken online, to get an official Alarm Lock Training Certificate mailed to those having successfully completed the coursework.

We are excited to continually bring innovation and training tools to the industry.  Please click here to go directly to the registration page to view these training videos.

Please feel free to send you comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com or click here to go to our web site

“How To” - Training PowerPoint’s – Part Two

We have developed a couple of PowerPoint’s to help illustrate “How To” create schedules and time zones in DL Windows and “How To” create a “CSV” file so you can import an employee name list into the Global user Screen and not re-type each name individually.

The second one I’ve attached is on “How To” create a CSV file so you can import an employee name list into DL Windows and not have to re-type each name individually.

Please feel free to download these useful tools for your own use, training of your customers and employees.

Please feel free to send you comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com or click here to go to our web site.

Download DL Windows Import CSV File Training

“How To” - Training PowerPoint’s - Part One

We have developed a couple of PowerPoint’s to help illustrate “How To” create schedules and time zones in DL Windows and “How To” create a “CSV” file so you can import an employee name list into the Global user Screen and not re-type each name individually.

The first one I’ve attached is on “How To” create the most popular schedules and time zones in DL Windows.

Please feel free to download these useful tools for your own use, training of your customers and employees.

Please feel free to send you comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com or click here to go to our web site.

Download DL Windows Time Zone Training

Fun facts regarding schedules and time zones in DL Windows Software

Here are some basic rules to follow with schedules and how our schedules work in conjunction with our products. There are also different ways to get the same results. 

 

• The lock accepts the user(s) based on how to programmed them, enabled (green) or disabled (red) in the global user screen. 

• Schedules activate (enable) or de-activate (disable) the user(s) or group(s) as it “rolls into” a schedule.  Time zones/schedules are not retro active.  The clock moves forward, never backward.

• If you set a future schedule and send the user/group enabled (green), they will be enabled until the start time of the schedule and from then on the schedule takes over.

• If you set a future schedule and send the user/group disabled (red), they will be disabled until they “roll into” the schedule (start time) and from then on the schedule takes over.

• Example – if you create a schedule for 8am – 5pm Monday thru Friday to enable a group of users and your send group 2 enabled (green) and its 2pm on Wednesday, Group 2 users will be enabled until Thursday at 5pm; because it never rolled into the start time of the schedule.  We call this the 24hr rule.  We recommend that you send programming when possible prior to the start of schedules.

• If you send users disabled without a schedule, they will always be disabled.  However, when you send users/groups disabled (red) and there is a schedule in the future, the schedule will enable the user/group and then will follow the set schedule until a change is made. 

• Many companies put all users in every lock and disable (red) them in the locks they don’t want them to have access to.  This time and date stamps a “user denied access” and allows the company to see where employees are attempting to gain access on the audit log.

• Same goes for a holiday schedule.  We call it a suppression schedule.  If you don’t want users to have access on July 4^thand you have a schedule of 8am – 5pm M-F.  Simply create a conflict for July 4^thon the correct day of the week and set a start time of 8am and make the stop time blank.  By creating a conflict, the locks sees an enable and disable at the exact same start time, disable overrides enable and lock overrides unlock.

 

Please feel free to send you comments to me at Bswoope@alarmlock.com or click here to go to our web site

Using Vista OS?

We have recently created two new Tech Notes for those Vista

users installing our DL Windows software.  These two new Tech Notes are very informative and can be found on our web site.  These will also be added to the CD Rom version of DL Windows in the near future.  

Please click here to go to our web site and down load these new tech tips.  

You’ll find them listed as:

1. Download How to run DL-Windows in XP Compatibility Mode on Windows Vista
2. Download How to turn off User Access Control (UAC) in Windows Vista

  

Should you experience any issues with Vista, please email me at bswoope@alarmlock.com and provide me with screen shots of the error messages.

DL Windows – Enable/Disable Users Scheduling

In my last Blog we showed you how to create a passage mode schedule so the lock would unlock and relock at specific times of the day during the week.  This week, we’ll show you how to create a schedule to restrict an individual or group of users to certain hours of the day during the week.  Some common uses would be for shift workers, cleaning crews, contractors, delivery people, etc. 

Scheduling a group of users 7am – 6pm Monday - Friday

1.       Double click the lock you want this schedule to be active in

2.       Click the “Schedule” icon at the top of the tool bar

3.       Add a new time zone

4.       Put 7:00am in the start time field and 6:00pm in the stop time field

5.       There is short cut so you don’t have to retype this for each day; highlight 7:00am and right click your mouse, you’ll see a pop up window, choose “set all as current start”.  This will copy the start time down the entire column.  Do the same for the stop time

6.       Make sure only Monday – Friday are enabled with check marks, double click those days not to be included.

7.       The bottom half of the screen is where you schedule the time zone.

8.       Write in a description, in the “User or Group” column, select the individual user or group number and select the correct time zone

9.       Click the “Switch to Schedule” button.  This will combine the two screens into a one and allows you to double check that you have done the schedule/time zone correctly.

By following these easy to do steps, you have the basis to create any type of schedule to open the lock, close the lock, and provide access to an individual user or a group of users.  Next time we’ll show you how to create Holiday Schedules.

Please email me with any questions at bswoope@Alarmlock.com.  Click here to go to our web site