Card Menu

Copy Card to Clipboard

This item copies the currently selected devices identity, control and alarm objects to a temporary store. This can be used as a convenient store in order to copy and paste the same information to cards of the same card type.

Paste Card from Clipboard

This item pastes the contents of the temporary store within CommandCenter to the currently selected device. If the Card Type matches then the writable objects within the control and alarm objects of the card will be changed. Devices that have different software/firmware versions can be used, as objects will only be overwritten if the object labels match.

Backup Card

This option allows the settings of the currently selected card to be saved externally to the program to an XML file. This similar to Backup System apart from the fact that only the currently selected device is saved to a backup file.

Restore Card

This option allows the settings of the currently selected card to be restored from an externally saved XML file. This option is similar to Restore System apart from the fact that only the currently selected device is restored.

Default Card

This will default all the control and alarm objects of the currently selected device to the factory default settings defined by the object itself.

Configure Card(s) From Template

This facility can be used to configure multiple cards of the same card type a single file allowing systems to easily be configured to the default for a system without having to perform multiple copy and paste operations.

Compare Cards

This facility can be used to compare the settings and status for the same card types. It highlights the differences between the currently selected card and the other cards found on the network, it also allows the settings to be changed from the dialog providing a convenient place to change the same setting across multiple cards.

Upload Firmware

This facility invokes a Firmware Programming dialog that is used to upload firmware to devices, this can be used to upgrade or downgrade cards in the system without having to send them back to the factory.

Print Card Properties

This will print the objects for a card in a readable tabulated format, it will include the user data if used, identity, control, status and alarm settings for the currently selected card in the system view. If the user selects the expandable group item in the IP Address tab of the system view then this option will print a label for the card. This label can be used to overlay on the inside of the frame door. It will print the slot, card type and user name if the cards in the frame.