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Full Guide Networked Wireless Lock System
Full Guide Networked Wireless Lock System
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2. Component............................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1. Connection ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Equipment Required ........................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Software Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.1. Install Xentral v1.0 server............................................................................................................................... 6
3.2. Install Hotel Lock System networked............................................................................................................. 7
3.3. Install USB encoder driver ............................................................................................................................. 8
4. Interface ................................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.1. Main Window ................................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2. Menu ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.3. Shortcut......................................................................................................................................................... 12
4.4. Icon ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.5. Filter.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.6. Track Record................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.7. Right-click menu.......................................................................................................................................... 14
4.8. Explanation of Status sign ............................................................................................................................ 14
5. Initialization ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.1. Register ......................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.2. Default setting............................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3. Building Rooms ............................................................................................................................................ 19
5.4. Add operator ................................................................................................................................................. 22
6. Issue Card ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
6.1. Setting card(Adjust time).............................................................................................................................. 27
6.2. Check-out card.............................................................................................................................................. 27
6.3. Loss-Report card........................................................................................................................................... 28
6.4. Guest card ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
6.5. Stay Extend. .................................................................................................................................................. 30
6.6. Check-out...................................................................................................................................................... 31
6.7. Verify/Revoke............................................................................................................................................... 34
6.8. Card Search................................................................................................................................................... 35
6.9. Mater card/ Area card/Building card/Floor card/Passage card/Emergency card.......................................... 35
6.10. Override function ...................................................................................................................................... 36
7. Lock Events ......................................................................................................................................................... 37
7.1. Real time Supervising................................................................................................................................... 37
7.2. Failed Issued ................................................................................................................................................. 37
7.3. Guest Search/Room Search .......................................................................................................................... 37
7.4. Lock Events .................................................................................................................................................. 38
7.5. Statistics Center ............................................................................................................................................ 40
7.6. Backup and recover database........................................................................................................................ 42
1. XEEDER Hotel Lock Wireless System Overview
Wireless Networked Lock is another product which is designed for large hotel and office building by xeeder, inherits all
advantages of networked lock, work out the troublesome of networked lock cabling, make it easier to build up
networked hotel lock and large office lock. The basic feature and networked feature coincide with other networked lock
( TCP/IP,RS485): through front desk, can download data to lock, remotely control locks, real time monitor the lock
status, when open the door can instantly receive the unlocking records, etc. However, the lock part no need to do some
tedious works such as cabling, each floor just need one standard network cable to connect center node ( LA171), then
is can be composed of a wireless network, achieve to transfer and control wireless data between front desk and locks
requirements of users.
Features :
z Easy to get power supply:lock uses 4 AA alkaline battery to get power, no need anyexternal connection
wire, easy to install.
z communicate, locks on each floor communicate with center node (LA171). Each floor just needs one
center node (LA171) to communicate with computer by TCP/IP protocol.
z Real time monitoring all rooms, automatically upload unlocking events and show logs(even though PC is
offline), collect lock events at any moment (including card type, date, user name)
z Center control to open the door, remotely unlock and unlock by card, show the records in computer
simultaneously.
z Multi users with different rights, 5,000 users + 10,000 events, flash saves events, can carry out that multi-
card unlock a door and multi-door are unlocked by only one card.
z In case of emergency, control all locks in unlocking or locking status by computer.
z Guest records and issued cards records search and printable
z Based on TCP/IP technology but no limit to quantity in one LAN (project).
z Free combination of rooms/time table in 1 card, Passage mode for meeting case.
z Operation grade edit fully by yourself, allows the supervisor to edit different level operators which have the
different rights of operating certain menu or button.
z Camera function. Field take photo for the staff and guest, add the photo to issue card.
z Statistics Center. Inquiry the current room occupancy rate/different type of room occupancy rate and VIP
guest.
z Refresh Card. Allows to modify a card’s info such as invalid period, building No., instead of re-issue it.
Steel
Protect cable going through the door and
Wireless gate bridge
the door frame, and protect the cable from
impact and bend outside
Wireless lock
Wireless lock support the all functions
Networked lock is composed of two parts, Xentral is server, Hotel lock system is client. If your hotel uses
only one PC to issue card, Xentral is installed in a same PC with Hotel lock system networked, so that the PC is both
server and client. However, if you have more than one PC for issuing, Xentral has to be installed in an appointed PC
runs as server independently, and Hotel lock system networked is installed in a PC used as client (issuing card PC).
Here we just stalled in one PC.
Step1: Put Xeeder CD into computer’s CD-ROM,open my computer and double click DVD drive.
Step2: Double click the icon ,so enter the main guide, select Hotel Lock Networked,
Step4: Click next to continue, choose your suitable path. According to the information tips, then finish.
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3.2. Install Hotel Lock System networked
Step1: In the same CD window, Choose the second one Install hotel lock system to set up
Step2: Click next to continue, choose your suitable path, if the process is successful, show following information, then
click Finish.
Step2: There are two drivers for the different type hotel lock, one is used for the M1 card lock and another is for IC card
lock. Please select the first one USB M1 Encoder driver, this can be installed in WINDOWS XP/ VISTA/ WINDOWS 7.
For networked system, you have to run the server Xentral firstly when you use the system first time, then double
click the software shortcut icon on your computer desktop to start up Hotel Lock System. Or else, system will
say error. However, next time you use it, no need to run Xentral manually by yourself, it will run automatically just when
you start up the client Hotel Lock System.
For the first time use, there will be a message to remind you to create the database.
-Create database on local disk.
-Create database on SQL sever.
Click OK button.
For common users, please create database on local disk to save data is enough. For some big system, if your database
is created on the SQL server, please select SQL SERVER to share database.
Click Create database button.
Also user can change the path of database to save on any disk.
Then, choose user system and enter password 0, you will come into the main window immediately.
System Parameter-Set Hotel name/ correlative default/ room status color/start or stop
System Setting-
some function.
Register- Register the software system.
Licence code update-For limited user (the trial period has expired) update the code to
continue using.
Import Database- for multi-terminals in one hotel, they can import public database to
share from here.
Language-Switch the software’s language
Database Backup- Save database.
Database Recover-Recover database. Exit- Exit the software.
Guest card- Issue Guest card, same effect as double click room icon or shortcut
Issue Card-
Group Check in- Quickly Issue cards when a team or family check in.
Stay Extend- Modify staying days longer for guest card
Check out- Read guest card to check out
Change Room-Change room for guest to check in another one.
Verify/Revoke- Check the card’s content or make card black.
Card search- Find a card which has been issued.
Master card- Issue Master card. Open all rooms including deadbolt
Area card- Issue Area card, It can open all locks in a same area.
Building card- Building card can open one whole building’s all room but not deadbolt
Floor card- It can open all rooms one floor but not deadbolt.
Passage card- It can open all doors even deadbolt and after read this card, the door
becomes unlocking status which means can open without any card including deadbolt.
Emergency card- Open all doors in emergency case including deadbolt.
Help-
Help-Open the help file.
About…-About Hotel Lock System.
4.3. Shortcut
4.4. Icon
Lock-The room is locked and stops to be used for some reason. [Status-Bad]
4.5. Filter
This filter is not only used for quickly searching room for guest, but also can
browns all building and room’s types and status. When you know guest’s
requirements of rooms, you can quickly find the room from here.
Usage-
1. Select room type firstly
(Default is All type).Then all rooms of the selected room type come out
(E.g. Standard rooms.)
2. Select room status, usually you should find an ‘OK’ room for the new
guest.
Click OK, here you will find all rooms of free Standard room
It is log to real time show the unlocking events, when card, key and computer open the door, record is showed here
immediately, even though your PC is offline.
4.7. Right-click menu Refresh- Make the window updating, show the new content, pressing F5 is the
same function.
Check-In- Issue card for guest.
Group Check-In-Issue card for some guests who are a family or a team. Change
Status- Change room’s status.
Lock Events- Collect room’s unlocking events, when you select rooms, it’s
available.
Open it now!- Remote open the door by computer.
Passage mode On- Make rooms into passage status and they will keep
unlocking status always including deadbolt.
Passage mode off- Make rooms passage status off and will be locked.
Arrange by Room NO.- Arrange rooms by room’s NO.
Arrange by Status- Arrange rooms by their status.
When a room is selected, these menus are available.
4.8. Explanation of Status sign
There has been one guest checked in this room. If the room is double room, you have issued 2 cards for
two guests, ×1 will change into ×2, that is quantity of cards.
means the voltage of batteries in lock is lower than 4.8V and need to be changed batteries asap.
is used to indicate the signal intensity. Weak signal shows ,if no signal,it shows , the reason is possibly
this lock is far way from the center node.
5.1. Register
Step1: System Setting->Register Click OK
Step2: Place the authorized card on the encoder Click OK and enter licence code
Warning:
Registered version will show ‘Registered’ on the title of
soft.
If you have not finished registration as the above, you
can not go on following setting.
All your operation will be reported ‘ Operate not
5.2. Default setting support!’
System Setting->System Parameter
General:
Name-Hotel name
Due check out time-Time of checking out, it is hotel regulation for guest to check out at a specified time everyday.
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Default staying days-Default staying days that when issue guest card.
Compensating time-Length the valid time of guest card longer than the specified to give guests enough time to tidy up
luggage.
E.g. here it is 20, when guest check in 12:00 to next day 13:00, his card valid time will be 11:40 to next day 13:20.
Advanced:
Common door function- Start up common door function, if Off, there is no related menu showed.
Elevator function- switch of elevator function (hardware required)
Multi-cards for 1 room-Several cards issued to open one room.
Fast revoke (guest card)-when it is off, if the card is not blank when you issue guest card, system will remind to revoke
it firstly.
Passage function- when it is on, passage option will show when issue guest card. If guest card select passage on, it
will make the door in unlocking status after reading.
Deadbolt override-If Selected, this option will be auto selected when issue guest card and all other functions cards.
You can cancel it.
Detect not closed fully warning-
3 beeps in 3 sec plus red light- 3 beeps if door is not closed properly.
Always beeps plus red light- Continuous beeps and red light.
Red light only- Only red light.
No alarm- No alarm when door is not closed properly.
Motor running time- 0.20sec to 12.60sec, default is 0.20sec (we do not suggest you adjust it to over 0.40sec, it may
cause motor damaged.)
Networking setting:
Server IP address- If the Xentral server is set up in your computer with Hotel Lock System, you are the server and
client, so, you must select I am the server, then this item is unavailable. If Xentral is set up on other computer, you are
not server but client only, you need to search server’s IP and fill in here.
Read null card-Max times of lock reading a null card, when over it, there will be alarm. You can change in 4 to 10.
Unlocking delay- Time of unlocking door
Event save mode-
You can rename, define rate and quantity allowed to live in, add more new room types, click save and close it.
Note:No limit to issue card- It is used for limiting how many cards can be issued for the room when guest check in. if there is
limit to cards quantity to this type room, if you select this option, the front desk can issue guest cards for no limit how many they
want, if you cancel it, means this type only can be issue several cards corresponding to your setting in Card quantity.
Step2: Room Setting->Build Setting
Rename all the building and add new save and close it.
Step3: Room Setting->Room Details
Firstly: Set room No., select type “Wireless Lock”, fill in Mac add. which is labeled on lock PCB board. Next, select
which Station IP this lock is belong to, means select the correct center node for lock. For example, the lock of room 201
is on floor 2, and center node “192.168.0.111” is also on floor 2, so select it, this lock is controlled by the center node
“192.168.0.111”. Set all rooms and save them. Click “Update to Xentral”
Secondly: Switch to “Station information“, click “Update station management list”
2. Operator->Staffs. Add the staffs in your hotel including their personal info so that you can check them anytime and
specify any of them as the operator later. Most important, you can issue one card to each staff.
Place a card on the encoder, click to read the card No., so, it will be memorized in the system. e.g. MIKE’s card No.
is 06646A, next time no need to read that card on the encoder, just copy the card No. to fill in.
Step3: Take photo for staff. If his photo is ready-made in advance, then you just need to Add it. Also, it’s so easy to
field take photo by Camera.
Step4: Save staff info to switch to Access permissions, specify the rooms which he can unlock by this card for the
staff. Click New to add room, then all rooms you built before show in a form, you can select any of them.
Deadbolt override: Here if you select it, means this card can unlock the door even though deadbolt. In access
permissions form, it will be true.
Step5: Click ok to issue this staff card. There will show a window to check it is successful or failed.
Now this card can unlock 101. Just require card No., no need to place card on the encoder.
If you want to prevent a staff unlocking certain room, you just find the staff (e.g.Tom) in Staff list without place card on
the encoder. Then select Tom, enter Access permission form and delete rooms which you want to terminate (e.g.
101). Finally, click Delete. That’s ok, this card can not unlock 101 any more.
3. Operator->Grade Edit
New built operating grade, the highest grade is default Supervisor that the system give the right to do all operations.
The grade name you can define by yourself. Click New to built next grade such as Receptionist, usually, this grade is
just authorized to do a part of operations.
Step1: Fill in the grade name and Description, save it to edit the permission.
Step3: In Room Permissions, select rooms which Receptionist can operate, save it. Then, build next grade name
4. Operator->Entitle Operators
Step1: Default SYSTEM is the highest grade operator, you can add a photo and edit the info. Such as select
Department, also, department info can be edited again by . But Grade and operator can’t be modified here. Modify
password, save it.
Step2: Click New to edit next operator Lucy, whose personal info has been stored in the staff management. Select
Department and Grade from list, all we built before are in the list. Set new password. Save it. Add next operator.
But prevent some un-honest staffs cheating, you can select this option for some staffs when add operator, as a result,
when this staff do check-out for guest, it needs guest card, otherwise, can not do check-out for guest.
5. Operator->Switch Operator, Operator Edit has been finished, next you could switch operator you have added to
check if it works well.
Step1: Log in
All operators you specified before are in the list, select operator A to check. By the way, don’t forget the password.
Step2: Look over the window. All operations you authorized in Grade Edit form are available, however, others menus
doesn’t work.
Also you can switch operator directly. Operator->Switch operator
6. Modify password.
Operators may modify their passwords freely, Operator-> Modify password
is at the bottom.
By card NO.
step1:Click Select, all the cards issued before will show in a form, you can easily find lost card by card type and issued
time.
e.g. You can select guest card, issued on 17th, July,2009, then records according with you show in form. Then close it.
step2: Click issued, finish.
Invalidate it- Make the lost unable work
Recover it- Make the lost card which you have loss-reported to work again. When lost card has been got back but you
have reported the loss of it, you can recover it to work as before.
Note: Auto common door is common door set before, if you want to change, cancel and select from list.
Verify this card again, the new expiry date is 29th,Nov, and the original is 28th, Nov.
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6.6. Check-out
1.Check-out with card.
In the Entitle operators window which described in Initialization, there is a function of definite whether the operators
need cards for check out or not.
Suppose the current operator is ANDY, she has to need guest card to do check-out.
Step1: Get the card submitted by guest and place it on encoder.
Enter check-out window, we can see the information of card, gust name, check-in and check-out date, operator of
issuing the card.
Click OK, then there is a tip to ask you print check-out paper or not.
Check the card’s content to confirm if this is the one you want to revoke.
If you confirm it is the card you want to revoke, click Revoke. Otherwise, don’t revoke, because once revoked, the card
can not be recovered again.
Step2: click Revoke card
Note: Be cautious to use Revoke, once card is revoked, you can’t recover any more.
Card is effective in valid time, you should fill in specific time in Begin Date and Expiry Date. Input holder’s name. Then,
click Issue . Issuing information shows at the bottom.
1. Master card
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Master card can open all locks in a certain period, including deadbolt status.
2. Area card
Area card can open certain area’s doors in valid time. Maximum of 4 areas in one card (area should be defined when
building rooms).
Select areas (can contain several areas) and valid time, default is 1 year. Fill in the valid time of every day and holder’s
name.
3.Building card
Building card can open a certain building’s doors in certain period.
Same as master card. Select buildings(can contain several buildings) and valid time, default is 1 year. Fill in the valid
time of every day and holder’s name.
4. Floor card
Floor card can open certain floor’s doors in certain period.
5. Passage card
Passage card can make all doors into unlocking status which allow to unlock without card in certain period, including
deadbolt.
6. Emergency card
This kind of card can open all locks in certain period including deadbolt in emergency case.
How it works? The key is card’s issue date is different between the old and the new.
Software will make a note in new card from the time new issued by selecting Override
For example, room 101 card was taken away by the guest used to living in 101. Today (e.g.Jul.20.11:00) there is a new
guest need to live in 101, when issue card for him, select ‘Override’.
When the new guest read this card on the door, the lock give up working for all guest cards which issued early than
Nov03 11:00).The previous 101 card will not unlock anymore by show 1 blue + 4 red.
Sometimes your PC maybe disconnect with locks such as the cable is pulled out, however, although PC is offline in this
period, if someone unlocked any room, all unlocking records will show just when you connect PC with lock again
instantly. No record is lost.
Step3: VIP Guest. It is to check the guests who frequently check in your hotel, then you can provide more discount and
better service to them to maintain the mutual relationship and attract more guests
Folder ’Db’ will leave by soft to ensure next installation at the same folder will keeps all data continue use able.
To clear it please delete by manually.