The AC Power Fail input provides a way to monitor the main AC utility power through small wallwart power supply (included with your Davicom Cortex unit). If the utility power fails, the input becomes active and an alarm can be generated (if it has been so configured).

The AC Power fail input is associated with the flag Identifier named 1P1.

Please see this article for details about the generic Main screen, Description screen and Vocal Description screen.

Below is the Action menu screen of the AC Power Fail input.

1 – ID: ID of this Input (1P1)

2 – I/O DESCRIPTION RETRIEVAL: Click to retrieve and display the current normal description of that ID. Normally hidden to minimize data transfers on low speed or high fee data connections. The Descriptions window for the AC Power flag is shown below :

3 – ACTION TYPE: Selects the action type that will happen when an out-of-limit condition occurs. 3 types are available: Major alarm, Minor alarm, and Command (CMD). On CMD, no alarm will be triggered. Use this Action when you want to take actions without triggering any alarms.

4 – QUALIFIER: Qualifying element (operand) which can be any input, output, flag, timer, SNMP GET, Logic Gate, etc.  Essentially any ID in the Davicom Cortex can be used to mute or unmute the input to prevent it from taking any action. When the Qualifier is active, the input will be monitored and be able to generate alarms. When the qualifier is non-active (or normal), the input will be muted and it will  not be able to generate an alarm. To invert the Qualifier’s level,  simply put a ! in front of its ID. For example, use !1D01 to invert it. Leave the Qualifier field blank for a “don’t care” condition.

5 – CONTROLLED OUTPUT: Outputs to be controlled (on/off) based on the state of this input. The two output types allowed are relays (both physical and virtual) and SNMP SETs. For the relays, adding a P suffix will Pulse the relay (ex: 1R01P), L will Latch it and R will Release it.

6 – DELAY BEFORE ACTION: Delay before the input changes into an active state when an out-of-limit condition occurs. Prevents glitches from setting-off any alarms.

7 – DELAY BEFORE RETURN TO NORMAL: Delay before the input returns to a normal state once an out-of-limit condition is over. Prevents too-brief returns-to-normal from causing multiple repeated alarms.

8 – ENABLE: Enable / disable the input. Useful to deactivate an input, without losing all its settings, when the input is causing intermittent problems or nuisance alarms.

9 – SYSTEM LOG: Log the input’s activity in the System Log. Useful when inputs do not need to be logged, but are required for day-to-day operation.

10 – SIGNALLING ON – ALARM: Enables / disables alarm signalling. When checked, any out-of-limit condition will automatically generate an alarm. When unchecked, no alarm will be triggered when an out-of-limit condition occurs.

11 – SIGNALLING ON – RETURN TO NORMAL: Enables / disables Return To Normal signalling. When checked, a notification will be generated when the input changes back to its normal state after an out-of-limit alarm condition. When unchecked, no notification will be sent when the initial alarm condition returns to normal.

12 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

13 – SAVE / WRITE: Save the screen content.

14 – EXIT: Exit menu.

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1- Get feature key from Davicom

2- Save key to PC

3- Connect to unit with at least Administrator-level privileges.

4- Go to the System drop-down menu and select Administration

5- In the Administration window, click on Feature Key

6- From the window that opens, browse to the key location. The file name is a combination of the Davicom Cortex unit’s serial number followed by the feature description.

7- Select the key (*.dvc file), then click on Open

8- The key will be transferred into the unit. The Feature Key button in the Administration window will be greyed-out for a few seconds while the Davicom Cortex validates the Feature Key file. If your key is valid, this message will pop up and the Feature Key button will become active again.

9- At this point, you can re-boot the unit to activate the option, or you can install other software options by selecting the appropriate DVC file(s) and loading them into the Davicom Cortex. Once all the files are loaded, you can perform a single re-boot to enable and activate all the options simultaneously.

10- The Feature status of a unit can be verified from the About window when connected to a unit, or via the front panel display, under System Info

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This general menu is used to configured the monitoring of any input’s activity (Metering, Status, etc…) A counter starts counting as soon as an input becomes active, and stop counting when it becomes inactive. It can be used to count and log the cumulative on-time of generator, the time the temperature inside the site’s shelter exceeded a preset limit, etc.

1 – ID: ID of the selected input. Select from the drop-down menu.

2 – I/O DESCRIPTION RETRIEVAL: Click to retrieve and display the current normal description of that ID. Normally hidden to minimize data transfers on low speed or high fee data connections.

3 – ACTION TYPE: Selects the action type that will happen when an out-of-limit condition occurs. 3 types are available: Major alarm, Minor alarm, and Command (CMD). On CMD, no alarm will be triggered. Use this Action when you want to take actions without triggering any alarms.

4 – QUALIFIER AND QUALIFIER STATE or DATA: Qualifying element (operand) which can be any input, output, flag, timer, SNMP GET, Logic Gate, etc.  Essentially any ID in the Davicom Cortex can be used to mute or unmute the input to prevent it from taking any action. When the Qualifier is active, the input will be monitored and be able to generate alarms. When the qualifier is non-active (or normal), the input will be muted and it will  not be able to generate an alarm. To invert the Qualifier’s level,  simply put a ! in front of its ID. For example, use !1D01 to invert it. Leave the Qualifier field blank for a “don’t care” condition.

STATE (default setting): the State (Normal or Active) of the input being qualified can change only when the Qualifier is active. Readings from the input (Current Value) continue to be updated periodically independently from the Qualifier state.

DATA: Same as the STATE mode, but in this case the readings from the input (Current Value) remain frozen at their latest values, as long as the Qualifier is not active. This mode is used like a “Sample-and-Hold” for the readings from the input.

5 – SOURCE ID: The identifier of the input on which activity monitoring will be performed (Metering, Status, etc…)

6 – CONTROLLED OUTPUT: Outputs to be controlled (on/off) based on the state of this input. The two output types allowed are relays (both physical and virtual) and SNMP SETs. For the relays, adding a P suffix will Pulse the relay (ex: 1R01P), L will Latch it and R will Release it.

7 – ALARM MODE – CONSECUTIVE or CUMULATIVE: Method used for the time-based activity / inactivity alarms of the Status inputs. The calculation method takes into account the Maximum Activity Time value and/or Maximum Inactivity Time value (see #7 and #8 below).

CONSECUTIVE (default): Timer counts the amount of time the input has been at its current level. It resets every time the input level toggles.

CUMULATIVE: Timer cumulates the amount of time the input is active. An alarm is set if this cumulated time exceeds the threshold (more detail below).

8 – MAXIMUM ACTIVITY TIME: Total amount of active time that must be reached by the counter before the Timer is turned on. A time value of 0 to 9999 minutes can be set. Default setting is 0, for which no automatic action will happen.

9 – ENABLE: Enable / disable the input. Useful to deactivate an input, without losing all its settings, when the input is causing intermittent problems or nuisance alarms.

10 – SYSTEM LOG: Log (or not) the input’s activity in the System Log. Useful when inputs do not need to be logged, but are required for day-to-day operation.

11 – COUNTER: The counter starts counting as soon as an input becomes active, and stop counting when it becomes inactive.

LOG DAILY ACTIVE TIME: Log the daily active time in the System Log.

RESET AT MIDNIGHT: Reset counter at midnight every day.

12 – RESET COUNTER: Manual counter reset.

13 – RESET TRIGGER: Operand-based automatic reset. Reset can be generated automatically by any input ID in the Davicom Cortex.

14 – LAST RESET: Date and time at which the last reset occurred.

15 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

16 – SAVE / WRITE: Save the screen content.

17 – EXIT: Exit menu.

Status inputs activity monitoring

Similar to Activity Monitoring, except these are dedicated to monitoring the activity on the Status Inputs.

This feature is maintained for legacy compatibility purposes. The Activity Monitoring (1G1…) function can also be used in place of this (1T1…) function.

The Activity Monitoring is a feature of the Status inputs that uses built-in timers to monitor for activity that is too long, inactivity that is too long, or simply to count and log the cumulative activity time on an input. Useful to monitor things like generator tests, compressor duty cycle and other time-critical parameters.

1 – ID: ID of the selected input. Select from the drop-down menu.

2 – I/O DESCRIPTION RETRIEVAL: Click to retrieve and display the current normal description of that ID. Normally hidden to minimize data transfers on low speed or high fee data connections.

3 – ACTION TYPE: Selects the action type that will happen when an out-of-limit condition occurs. 3 types are available: Major alarm, Minor alarm, and Command (CMD). On CMD, no alarm will be triggered. Use this Action when you want to take actions without triggering any alarms.

4 – QUALIFIER: Qualifying element (operand) which can be any input, output, flag, timer, SNMP GET, Logic Gate, etc.  Essentially any ID in the Davicom Cortex can be used to mute or unmute the input to prevent it from taking any action. When the Qualifier is active, the input will be monitored and be able to generate alarms. When the qualifier is non-active (or normal), the input will be muted and it will  not be able to generate an alarm. To invert the Qualifier’s level,  simply put a ! in front of its ID. For example, use !1D01 to invert it. Leave the Qualifier field blank for a “don’t care” condition.

5 – CONTROLLED OUTPUT: Outputs to be controlled (on/off) based on the state of this input. The two output types allowed are relays (both physical and virtual) and SNMP SETs. For the relays, adding a P suffix will Pulse the relay (ex: 1R01P), L will Latch it and R will Release it.

6 – ALARM MODE – CONSECUTIVE or CUMULATIVE: Method used for the time-based activity / inactivity alarms of the Status inputs. The calculation method takes into account the Maximum Activity Time value and/or Maximum Inactivity Time value (see #7 and #8 below).

CONSECUTIVE (default): Timer counts the amount of time the input has been at its current level. It resets every time the input level toggles.

CUMULATIVE: Timer cumulates the amount of time the input is active. An alarm is set if this cumulated time exceeds the threshold (more detail below).

7 – MAXIMUM ACTIVITY TIME: Total amount of active time that must be reached by the counter before the Timer is turned on. A time value of 0 to 9999 minutes can be set. Default setting is 0, for which no automatic action will happen.

9 – ENABLE: Enable / disable the input. Useful to deactivate an input, without losing all its settings, when the input is causing intermittent problems or nuisance alarms.

10 – SYSTEM LOG: Log (or not) the input’s activity in the System Log. Useful when inputs do not need to be logged, but are required for day-to-day operation.

11 – QUALIFIER – STATE or DATA

STATE (default setting): the State (Normal or Active) of the input being qualified can change only when the Qualifier is active. Readings from the input (Current Value) continue to be updated periodically independently from the Qualifier state.

DATA: Same as the STATE mode, but in this case the readings from the input (Current Value) remain frozen at their latest values, as long as the Qualifier is not active. This mode is used like a “Sample-and-Hold” for the readings from the input.

12 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

13 – STATUS INPUT: Brings-up the Status Input configuration menu screen.

14 – SAVE / WRITE: Save the screen content.

15 – EXIT: Exit menu.

Alarm mode – cumulative

This mode of operation is best explained with the example of logging generator run-time to know when to schedule oil changes. If 1D01 is set to go high every time the generator runs, this run time can be logged in the Davicom Cortex. If a maximum activity time is set at 100 hours (6000 minutes), the Davicom Cortex will send a Generator Oil Change alarm after 100 hours. A site operator can then log in to the unit and manually reset the counter after the oil has been changed. Alternatively, another input, such as 1D02, could be used to automatically reset the counter if, for example, the oil cap is removed.

1 – ALARM MODE – CUMULATIVE: Counter cumulates the amount of time the input has been at its active level. (The reset options are listed below).

2 – MAXIMUM ACTIVITY TIME: Total amount of active time that must be reached by the counter before the Timer is turned on. A time value of 0 to 9999 minutes can be set. Default setting is 0, for which no automatic action will happen.

3 – LOG DAILY ACTIVE TIME: Log the daily active time in the System Log.

4 – RESET COUNTER: Manual counter reset.

5 – RESET AT MIDNIGHT: Reset counter at midnight every day.

6 – RESET TRIGGER: Operand-based automatic reset. Reset can be generated automatically by any input ID in the Davicom Cortex.

7 – LAST RESET: Date and time at which the last reset occurred.

8 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

9 – STATUS INPUT: Bring the Status input configuration menu screen.

10 – SAVE / WRITE: Save the screen content.

11 – EXIT: Exit menu.

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The Administration menu gives access to critical controls that, if misused, could cause loss of communications with the Davicom Cortex, and require a trip to the remote site to fix.

User-rights apply to some of the following commands. You must be logged-on as a Supervisor or higher to see these menu options.

1 – TAKE CONTROL: Allows a user with the proper access rights to take control away from another user.

2 – UPDATE CERTIFICATE: Regenerate the unit’s HTTPS certificate. Might be required in some situations where a unit’s IP address is changed.

3 – FEATURE KEY: Used for installation of paid options such as SNMP upgrade packages.

4 – FACTORY RESET: Reset the unit to the factory default settings.

5 – DAVICOM TO PC: Transfer the configuration file from the unit to the computer.

6 – CURRENT FIRMWARE: Version number of the current firmware running in the unit.

7 – PREVIOUS FIRMWARE: Version number of the firmware that was previously running in unit. This firmware version is stored in unit and is available for reload.

8 – REBOOT: Restart the unit.

9 – FACTORY TEST: Factory use only and not available to users.

10 – CALIBRATION: Calibrate the Metering Inputs by nulling out any offsets. Originally done at factory. Usually not required by users, but might be needed in some particular circumstances. Disconnect all I/O cables before doing a calibration.

11 – ERASE CONFIG: Erase the unit’s configuration (IP settings are not affected).

12 – PC TO DAVICOM: Transfer the configuration file from the computer to the unit.

13 – UPGRADE: Upgrade the unit to another firmware version.

14 – LOAD PREVIOUS: Load the previous firmware version stored in the unit.

15 – REFRESH: Refresh the screen content.

16 – EXIT: Exit menu.

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Although Davicom units can be programmed to automatically perform commands and actions when a problem occurs at the site, alarm calls to on-duty personnel remain an extremely important feature.

Understanding alarm calls, priorities and sequence

The Davicom Cortex and the other Davicom units can be programmed so that specific events trigger different alarms. Each unit has 16 possible alarm lists composed of 8 Majors (1 through 8, red) and 8 Minors (1 through 8, yellow). Each of the 16 alarms has a dedicated multi-recipient Alarm-Call List (ACL). Major Alarms are higher priority and will therefore be processed before Minor Alarms. Each ACL can contain up to 10 recipients, and each recipient can be notified using one of several different means (email, voice, fax, SMS (may require the use of a cellular modem with a data plan), smartphone (requires the Dav2You App), pager, etc.).

The ACL setup menu allows setting the means by which the alarms go out, and to whom they go.

To edit a list, right-click on any one (or make a multiple selection), then click on the Setup button that appears.

NOTE: When doing bulk editing, some fields may not be available (grayed-out), meaning these settings are not available for bulk edition. To gain access to any grayed-out field, edit only one list at a time.

Alarm Call List management

To edit an Alarm-Call List, select one (or many) from the list menu.

1 – SELECT ALL: Select all 16 lists at once.

2 – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION: Select one or multiple lists.

3 – SETUP: Setup menu for the selected list(s).

4 – DELETE: Erase the content of the selected list(s).

5 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

6 – EXIT: Exit menu.

The Alarm Call List (ACL) Right-Click menu gives access to the setup (Config) screen, but also allows immediate access to temporarily Disable or Enable any list.

Please configure your list(s) as required for your operations as described below.

Alarm Call List (ACL) configuration menu

1 – ID: ID of the current ACL.

2 – ENABLE: Enable / disable the current ACL.

3 – NAME: ACL Name. Allows to set the ACL with a pre-defined name. Available names are: CRITICAL, MAJOR, ALERT, SEVERE, ERROR, WARNING, MINOR, NOTICE, NOTIFICATION, INFO, INFORMATION. This name will appear in the alarm title when received.

4 – NUMBER: ACL number. Select the desired ACL number (1 through 8).

5 – QUALIFIER: Lock / unlock the ACL based on the status of an input, output, or flag. When the given qualifier is HIGH, or ACTIVE, or ON, the ACL is enabled. When the Qualifier is LOW, or NORMAL, or OFF, the ACL is disabled.

6 – DO LIST ONCE: Set the ACL to call-out only once each of the ACL recipients.

7 – CALL-OUT SEQUENCE NUMBER: Order into which the listed recipients will be called. 1 is first, 10 is last.

8 – MOVE UP & DOWN:Change the calling order of a recipient. Highlight a recipient, then move it up or down the list.

9 – DEFAULT DESCRIPTION: Recipient’s description. Allows to give a description to a recipient. Examples: Mike’s Office, John’s cell, Night technician, email, Chief Engineer cellphone, Firefighter Pager, Studio FAX, Manager’s email, etc.

10 – ALTERNATE DESCRIPTION: Non-unicode text description. Used for FAX and SMS only (a cellular modem with is required to send SMS directly from the Davicom Cortex).

11 – READ: Read the screen content (select the ACL to be read from the top menu ID box).

12 – UPDATE: Update the screen content after changes have been made.

13 – ERASE: Erase or delete any screen content.

14 – TYPE: Type of alarm output (Email, voice, FAX…). Note that this field will determine what type of information will need to be entered into the Telephone/IP address field.

15 – TELEPHONE / IP ADDRESS: Telephone number or email address of the recipient.

16 – CALLOUT DEVICE: Means by which the alarms will go out (Ex. Ethernet (IP), Modem (FAX, Voice), etc.)

17 – PAGER / SMARTPHONE: Indicates whether a smartphone or Pager is registered in the unit.

18 – REFRESH / READ: Refresh / read the screen content.

19 – SAVE: Save the screen content.

20 – EXIT: Exit menu.

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1 – Time in seconds before the Davicom Cortex starts going through the alarm call list when an alarm is detected.

2 – Time in seconds between the calls to each item on the list. 

3 – Time in minutes before the Davicom Cortex restarts the alarm call list. This only applies if “Do List Once” is unchecked.

4 – Maximum number of times the Davicom Cortex goes through the alarm call list. This only applies if “Do List Once” is unchecked.

5– Maximum duration in seconds that the ACK pop-up will appear.

6– Select this checkbox to stay connected when an alarm pop-up occurs.

7– Select this checkbox to transmit alarm to DavNet even if previously acknowledged.

8– Select this checkbox to transmit alarm to email even if previously acknowledged.

9– Select this checkbox to transmit SNMP TRAP alarm even if previously acknowledged.

10– Select this checkbox to enable an audible alarm sound when an alarm occurs.

11 – Action Type when the Pause button is pressed.

12 – Action Type when the Local button is pressed.

13– Relay to assign to when the Davicom Cortex is in Local Mode.

14– Select this checkbox to have the preamble “spoken” by the Davicom Cortex during Voice Alarms.

15– Select this checkbox to have the Action type “spoken” by the Davicom Cortex during Voice Alarms.

16– Select this checkbox to have the I/O “spoken” by the Davicom Cortex during Voice Alarms.

17– This checkbox only applies when alarms are sent via the local audio output to a speaker or two-way radio mic input.

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Several icons appear regularly in the Davicom Cortex menus. They are:

Menus and option accessibility

Some of the commands listed in the different menus require users to have sufficient access rights, the appropriate access level, or to be in control of the unit in order for these commands to be available. Commands that are not available will show-up as grayed out or not appear at all.

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To add MEXM devices to a Davicom Cortex in RTU or TCP.

RTU MODE (USB) – One MEXM

• Power-up the MEXM
• On the MEXM, set the 8-position rotary selector switch to position 1(position 0 is reserved for TCP mode)
• Connect a USB cable between the MEXM and one of the 4 rear Davicom Cortex USB ports
• The MEXM should be automatically detected. 
• To check this, in the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM and check that the MEXM is detected. If not, click on DETECT MEXM.
• The MEXM unit will appear in the list.

RTU MODE (USB) – Multiple MEXM (daisy chain)

• Power-up the first MEXM
• On the first MEXM, set the 8-position rotary selector switch to 1. Each MEXM selector switch must be set to a different position (position 0 is reserved for TCP mode)
• Connect a USB cable between the MEXM and the Davicom Cortex (rear panel)
• In the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM and check that the MEXM is detected. If not, click on DETECT MEXM
• Power-up the second MEXM
• On the 2^nd MEXM, set the 8-position rotary selector switch to position 2. Each MEXM selector switch must be set to a different position (position 0 is reserved for TCP mode)
• Using the provided RJ-9 telephone-like patch cable, connect this MEXM to the first MEXM
• In the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM and check that this MEXM is detected. If not, click on DETECT MEXM
• To add other MEXM devices, simply repeat these steps.

RTU MODE (USB) – Multiple MEXM (Davicom Cortex rear USB ports)

• Power-up the first MEXM
• On the first MEXM, set the 8-position rotary selector switch to 1. Each MEXM selector switch must be set to a different position (position 0 is reserved for TCP mode)
• Connect a USB cable between the MEXM and one of the 4 rear Davicom Cortex USB ports
• In the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM and check that the MEXM is detected. If not, click on DETECT MEXM
• Power-up the second MEXM
• On the MEXM, set the 8-position rotary selector switch to 2. Each MEXM selector switch must be set to a different position (position 0 is reserved for TCP mode)
• Connect a second USB cable between the MEXM and one of the 4 rear Davicom Cortex USB ports
• In the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM and check that this MEXM is detected. If not, click on DETECT MEXM
• Repeat the steps above to add other MEXM devices

TCP MODE (Network)

• Power up the MEXM
• Set the communications-mode selector switch to position 0 (TCP)
• Connect an Ethernet cable from the MEXM to one of the 4 rear Davicom Cortex Ethernet ports

• In the Davicom Cortex top menu, go to Devices > MEXM, then click on DETECT MEXM
• To add other MEXM, repeat the steps above.

Now that the MEXM unit(s) has (have) been detected, you can add the I/O points to your Davicom Cortex’s configuration. See this article for details on how to do this.

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One of these types of list is the Connections screen.  This display provides information about all the users that are currently and simultaneously connected to the unit. It is useful to see who is connected and can potentially make changes to the unit’s configuration (if they have control, of course).It can also be used to see if any users have forgotten to log out of the unit. To access the Connections screen, from the top menu, click on Logs > Connections.

1 – USERNAME: Username of the user.

2 – LEVEL: Access level of the user.

3 – AGENT: Mean by which the user is connected.

4 – ADDRESS: IP address of the device used by the user to connect to the unit.

5 – ACTIVE TIME: Time duration of the user’s current connection.

6 – IN CONTROL: Shows which user is in control of the unit.

7 – ACTION(S): For a user that is in control of the unit and has a higher access level than other online users, a Disconnect button will be available to disconnect any of these users. For example, a Director could disconnect an Administrator or an Operator.

8 – REFRESH/READ: Refresh the screen to display any connection change.

9 – EXIT: Exit screen.

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The remaining Limitations sections, which are in alphabetical order are more precise, specific limitations that can be assigned to a user but are only active if one or both of the top-level sections allow access to them.

In the following example I have created a No menu access level for a user named andrew with a password of 12345678. Please use the supervisor access level to perform any Custom Level Editor operations.

1- The first step is to click System>Users to access the Custom Level Editor function. Refer to the screenshots for each of the steps.

2- Uncheck the Allow checkboxes in the Menu section.

3- Click Save and add an appropriate name to the Access Level Model, e.g., No menu Access in my example.

4- Uncheck the Allow checkboxes in the Other Commands section.

Doing these steps will block access to the Pause, Local  and Alarm Calls buttons in the main window along with all the Menus.

5- Click the Save button and make sure you are saving it to the same name that was previously set.

6- Exit back to the Users menu.

5- Click the + button, select the No menu access in the Access Level drop down, and add the new user with username andrew and password12345678.

6- Click the Save button to add the new user to the list of users already registered in the Davicom Cortex.

7- Logout from the unit and then log back in as the andrew user.

8- You should now see a workspace screen with no menus with the Pause, Local and Alarm Calls buttons greyed out.

Note that you can give any name you wish to the new user and set any password you like, but the password must be at least 8 characters in length.

Final note: Privileges/credentials for the default Davicom Cortex users (direc01, super01, admin01, viewer01, oper01, HDMI) cannot be changed, they are hard-coded in the unit.

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