Cornell Communications AURA Administrator Guide

Administrator Guide 3.0 Software Administrator Guide Cornell AURA Emergency Alert system enables your facility to monitor a wide of alarm or alert devices and provides a convenient Web interface for with other users of the system. Each facility determines what types of devices it wishes to monitor, but some of the more common devices are: Door Monitors, Motion Detectors, Critical System Failures, Nurse Call and Crisis The main user interface of AURA shows you which options your facility has Administrator Guide covers the administrative and reporting capabilities of AURA shows you how to: Configure Monitored Devices Configure Alert Devices and Alert Groups Set up Schedules and Modes Run System Reports View Audit Logs Create/Manage New Users Administrator Guide discusses each administration topic, then illustrates the strategy for system set-up and maintenance. enter the administration portion of AURA, select from the main title You will then be shown the main administration menu. Monitored Devices Devices include all devices in all areas of the facility that you will be including Doors, Motion Detectors, Critical Systems, etc., as well as the of the wireless transmission infrastructure. The Monitored Devices are transmitters that are configured to monitor the various aspects of your facility. the Devices menu option displays a list of all monitored devices on system: screen allows you to edit the name and category of the monitored devices on your To edit a device, click the link. screen shows the details for a wireless pull cord/station device. You may change the type (Category) and the description. These values will be used to determine how handle alarms from this device and will be included in all email and voice alerts. spoken description is used in situations in which the speech-to-text engine has pronouncing the device name, or in cases where you wish to use abbreviations for web interface. The following constructs may be used in the spoken device name to in pronunciation: creates a pause of N milliseconds i.e. is a 300ms pause. spell out characters i.e. Status E turn off character spell-out Alert Message field is used to specify an individual message that will be delivered this device alerts. See the section on formatting Alert Messages (in System Setup) detailed information. In general, you will not have to use this field, and should leave blank. fields at the bottom of the screen may not be changed and are for diagnostic use only. you have updated the device information, click to save your changes. During new system setup, or if your facility acquires a new transmitter, the device be automatically created with a Category of Wireless Device There is need to create new devices. If you delete a Monitored Device, the system will automatically re-create it as as it receives transmissions from the device. FOREIGN TRANSMITTERS: It is possible that your AURA system may receive from devices not associated with your facility. For example, these devices heavily used in Banks and Nursing Homes. If your facility is located close to a bank other facility that uses this brand of transmitter, you will see Wireless not associated with your facility. If this occurs, you may change the category of device to and the system will ignore all transmissions from the device. you may turn off the automatic creation of new wireless devices in the Setup section of the AURA Administration. See that section for details. Enrolling New Wireless Devices transmitters are programmed at the factory with a unique ID that identifies them AURA. When you receive new transmitters, they will automatically be created in the the first time they transmit. When you receive new transmitters, you must enroll (give them a name and category) in the system. To do