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How to move Nexus220 to a different PC

How to move Nexus220 to a different PC

Steps to Move Nexus220

PLEASE ENSURE THE USER LOGIN BEING USED TO INSTALL NEXUS220 HAS FULL ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS.

From the PC where the software is being moved from:

Close all software on all computers running Nexus220
Copy the database file to an intermediate source such as a flash drive or network drive.
Default location: c:\Nexus220\database\db220.fdb

If the site has individual End User Logins, perform the following steps on the old PC.


Copy security file to an intermediate source such as a flash drive or network drive.
Default 32-bit path: c:\program files\firebird_2_1\firebird\security.fdb

Default 64-bit path:  c:\program files (x86)\firebird_2_1\firebird\security.fdb

*Firebird security file may be named security2.fdb

On new PC where software is being moved to:

IMPORTANT!!!! Verify you are installing current or newer version of Nexus220 software than what is currently installed.

Install new instance of software from installation disc or download

PLEASE ENSURE THE USER LOGIN BEING USED TO INSTALL NEXUS220 HAS FULL ADMINISTRATIVE RIGHTS.

Download Nexus220


Rename database created during installation to Nexus220_empty.fdb
Default Location: C:\Nexus220\database\DB220.fdb

Paste database copied from original PC into the c:\Nexus220\database\ folder.

Move over USB device that was connected to old PC to the new PC
Run Driver Setup for USB device driver, setup.exe found at C:\Nexus220\driver\USB Device Driver.

If the site has individual End User Logins, perform the following steps on the new PC.


Rename security.fdb (or security2.fdb) file created during installation to securityOLD.fdb (or security2OLD.fdb respectively)
Paste security file copied from the original PC into the appropriate folder.
Default 32-bit path: c:\program files\firebird_2_1\firebird\security.fdb
Default 64-bit path:  c:\program files (x86)\firebird2_1\firebird\security.fdb

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Adding Widgets to the OMNIA Dashboard

Adding Widgets to the OMNIA Dashboard

The OMNIA dashboard is the central hub for your access control system, the dashboard allows you to easily see useful information and make commonly used tasks available in one central page.

The OMNIA dashboard is the central hub for your access control system, the dashboard allows you to easily see useful information and make commonly used tasks available in one central page. 

From the dashboard, you can view status of doors, see live access transactions, view health aspects of the system and set up shortcuts that allow you to quickly do common tasks without having to leave the dashboard. 

Here is a list of available widgets: 

  • Access Group capacity Graph – Shows a graphical representation of people with a particular access group that are inside a given zone. 
  • Commands – Shows executable commands such as remote door open. 
  • Enrollment Graph – Total enrollments for the week and highest, lowest enrollments. 
  • Find Image – Shows the images of the person with matching id number. 
  • IP Camera – View live feed from an IP camera. 
  • Last 10 Transactions – Shows the last 10 transactions for a person. 
  • Live! – Shows a live view of access in the system. 
  • Monitor Comms Queue – Shows total queue size and total offline controllers. 
  • Monitor Door – Monitor a single door or reader on site. 
  • Quick Enroll – Enroll a person or asset. 
  • Shortcut – Shortcut loads a user defined view when clicked. 

Setting up the Dashboard. 

Once logged in to OMNIA, select the menu item at the top left ‘Dashboard’. 

To add a widget, click on the blue plus sign at the top right.   

You will be presented with a menu: 

Click on the arrow to bring up a list of available widgets. 

Select the widget that you wouls like to use: 

Here I have sellected “Commands” and Set the command to act on a site level, this will allow me to reset Anti-Passback on the site. 

Note that you can customize the widget colors. 

The dashboard optimizes itself, always trying to fill empty space, so newly created widgets will fill from the top left, you can move widgets by dragging them. 

Once your widget is where you want it, click the green check at the top right.  

This is the completed widget. From here you can put the site into LOCKDOWN (If configured), EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN (If configured) or reset APB LOCKDOWN (If configured).  

Here is an example of a well populated Dashboard: 

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OMNIA CSV Imports

OMNIA CSV Imports

Importing Tagholders into OMNIA with .CSV File

The OMNIA application provides a simple CSV import utility that can be used to import tagholders, vehicles and visitors. 

  1. Create a CSV file with headers and required data. A list of fields available for import can be seen in the table below. 
Birthday Fax (H) Postal Address (W) 
Company Fax (W) Second Name 
Department First Name Street Address (H) 
Device Serial No Gender Street Address (W 
Driver’s License No ID Number Suffix 
Email (H) Last Name Title 
Email (W) Mobile Number Vehicle Color 
Email Address Name of person visiting  
Employee No Position  
Employer Postal Address (H)  

CSV Document should resemble this: 

  1. Go to the OMNIA Server Application and select the TOOLS tab: 

Click the ‘Browse’ button and browse to your caved CSV file and select the file: 

The Browse box should now show the path to your CSV file. 

  1. Move down to Step 2: Column Mapping, before doing anything else, create a New Profile Name. In the left of the table, you will see the column headers from you CSV file, we now need to map those to fields in the database that we want to populate with the import. 

Map the source to destination by clicking on the red DESTINATION rows on the right, these are drop-downs that you can use to map your CSV source to the correct field in the database, save the profile by clicking the save button: 

  1. Move down to Step 3: Process File, press the Process button  

Review the summary at the bottom to confirm that the import was successful: 

  1. Errors or failures are usually caused by the use of special characters, extra spaces before or after records, lines between records or mismatches between sours and destination mapping. 

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How to Print Tags in OMNIA

How to Print Tags in OMNIA

Printing Tags in OMNIA

NOTE:

Install your printer to the PC, before installing the Plugin Manager

To print tags in OMNIA you must install the OMNIA Plugin Mgr, Update the Printer Persistence File, and Create a Tag Template

See Knowledgebase article titled, How to Install the OMNIA Plugin Mgr.

How to Install The OMNIA Plugin Manager

Seen Knowledgebase article, How to Use the OMNIA Card Designer.

How to Use The OMNIA Card Designer

Select your printer in the Plugin Manager

Right click the OMNIA Plugin Manager Icon, select Plugin Status

From the Settings Tab, use the dropdown to select your printer click save settings.

Log into the OMNIA URL , if currently logged in, log out then back in.

Go to Enrollment\Tagholder and select a Tagholder

In the Tagholder Screen, Select Tags, then Select the Tag Code

Select Printing, the Print Window will appear. Select your previously designed Card Template by using the arrow and selecting the desired template

After Selecting the Template, Select Print

The print job will be sent to the Print Queue.

After the OMNIA Plugin Mgr has been installed, you may have to update the Printer Persistence.xml file.

          Update the Printer Persistence.xml file located at:

          C:\Program Files (x86)\OMNIA\OMNIA Plugin Manager\print\META-INF.

Open the file in Notepad to edit the path and the name of the Database.

Use the IP address of the Database or localhost if the Database resides on the PC you are wanting to print tags from.

Change the Database Name from Portal to OMNIA

NOTE: There are two (2) Locations on the Printing Persistence File that need to be updated.

Using IP of SQL Server

Using LOCALHOST

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    Updating OMNIA Printer Persistence File

    Updating OMNIA Printer Persistence File

    If the Card Designer Program does not connect to the OMNIA Database.

    After the OMNIA Plugin Mgr has been installed, you may have to update the Printer Persistence.xml file. er the OMNIA Plugin Mgr has been installed, you may have to update the Printer Persistence.xml file.

              Update the Printer Persistence.xml file located at:

              C:\Program Files (x86)\OMNIA\OMNIA Plugin Manager\print\META-INF.

    Open the file in Notepad to edit the path and the name of the Database.

    Use the IP address of the Database or localhost if the Database resides on the PC you are wanting to print tags from.

    Change the Database Name from Portal to OMNIA

    NOTE: There are two (2) Locations on the Printing Persistence File that need to be updated.

    Using IP of SQL Server

    Using LOCALHOST

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