About this manual, Purpose, Intended audience – RISCO Group ACUS User Manual
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User Manual for ACUS
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About this Manual
Purpose
This manual has been written to help you understand and use the Access Control User Station
(ACUS) application. It presents the functional capabilities and operational details of ACUS and
contains the procedures that you should know for performing your business tasks using this
application.
Intended Audience
This manual is primarily intended for the users who will manage the access control system at any
premises.
Prerequisites for Use
The overall awareness of the Risco Access Control (RAC) system and the basic knowledge of
access control systems and security domain are necessary to use this manual.
Organization of the Manual
Information in this manual has been organized as follows:
Chapter
Description
Introduction to ACUS
This section provides an overview of the product and
ACUS application.
Getting Started with ACUS
This describes the process to log on and log off
ACUS.
ACUS Organization and Dashboards
This provides the details of the way ACUS is
organized and the dashboards in the application. It
details the tasks in each of the dashboard.
Managing Persons
This section provides information on adding persons
in the system and managing them. All features
required to manage persons are described.
Adding a Location
This section describes the steps to add a location in
ACUS.
Configuring Door
This section describes the details to configure doors,
zones and relays and sensors.
Managing Rules
This chapter provides the procedure to create and
assign rules.
Monitoring Events and Alarms
This chapter provides the details on the alarms and
events list and the alarm handling dashboard.
Configuring Events and Alarms
This describes the process to configure the settings
based on which the alarms and events in the system
will appear.
Managing Schedules and Special Days
This chapter provides details on the schedules and