Floor Matrix

Overview

The Floor Matrix is used to determine which Floors are served by which Destination Keypads and when the Floor can be accessed via the Destination Keypad.

Information: The VPN / Remote Management Gateway and Power Management is required for solutions that include BluBØX Video Management Integration, Destination Dispatch Elevators or Person Readers. For more details please refer to the BluSKY Local Servers and Software and System Health and Monitoring presentations for more details.

Floor Matrix List Definitions

Name	Description
Keypad	This is the Destination Keypad that is being controlled by the Floor Matrix.
Floor Stop	This is the Floor Stop is the logical access point that is being controlled by the Floor Matrix. Think of it as a Portal for the Elevator system.
System	Name of the access control system.
Facility	The name of the physical building associated with the System.
Elevator Bank	The Elevator Bank is used to group individual elevators into easier to manage groups of elevators.
Schedule	This Device Schedule is used to define when access rights are required to use the Floor Stop. This essentially refers to when the Floor Stop is locked in a destination dispatch system.
Offline	This is the Schedule that defines if the Floor Stop should be secure or not when the connection with the Remote Server is severed. This setting is only used by Kone systems and is filled in as "Always Off" by default.
User Flag	The User Flag field displays information about special configurations possible, such as ADA or Fire Marshall parameters.
Deleted	If checked, entry is deleted from BluSKY.

Search Criteria

Name	Description
System	This field will specify an access control system for the search.
Elevator Bank	This will filter the search results to only include the Floor Matrices that are associated with the selected Elevator Bank.
Search Text	This field is used to limit the number of rows listed in the list box below. To use simply type a string of characters or words. Please note you will only see those items you have the permission and access rights for. It is a good idea to search first, even when you are creating a new entry.
View	The View search Criteria determines how the entries are grouped. Group By Key Pad will display all of the Keypads individually and Group By Floor Stop will group the entries by the Floor Stop as a whole.
Submit	This button performs a search based on the criteria selected in the filter.
Reset	This button clears all fields in order to start a new search.

Floor Matrix Setup Actions

	Will bring you to the create screen. Use this if the entity does not exist in the BluSKY database. Be extremely careful not to create duplicates with slightly different names.
	View will bring you to the view screen. Use this to look up information on existing entities and access Audit Info.
The options for editing a Floor Matrix are dependent on the View selected in the Search Criteria. Please see the documentation for How to Edit a Floor Matrix for more details.
	Delete allows for removal of the entity from the BluSKY database.
	Expand adds additional columns to the Integrator information displayed on the List page. The icon now displays as Shrink.
	Shrink restores the List page to its original column display.