BluSKY Instructional Videos

BluSKY Navigation Overview 

When you first log in to BluSKY you are brought to the Home Page. On larger screens, the navigation menu appears across the top of the page. On smaller screens, the menu appears as a “hamburger” in the upper right corner. Selecting the hamburger reveals the menu. Selecting a menu item reveals the submenu. Selecting a submenu navigates to the particular page. The page title is below the BluBØX logo and often times includes the filter criteria of the information being displayed on the page, clicking on the BluBØX Logo in the upper left corner navigates back to the Home Page.

• The “Favorites” buttons in the middle of the screen are shortcuts to the most common security tasks. These include things like inviting guests, adding a person, opening a door or running a report. Remember that all buttons and menu selections are based upon your permissions. If you don’t have permissions to perform a task, then those buttons and menu items won’t be visible to you. The “Favorites” menu also provides shortcuts to the most common security tasks. Having these in the Main Menu allows a user to access “Favorites” from any screen without having to go back to the Home Page.
• The “Requests” menu also provides navigation to guest invitations and other types of requests.
• The “Administration” menu provides navigation for day to day system administration tasks such as management of people, companies, permissions, access levels, etc.
• The “Setup” menu is a “mega menu” and provides navigation to systems configurations, facilities, customers, groups and system diagnostic tools.
• The “Control” menu provides navigation to real-time system control, status, monitoring, and processing.
• The “Reports” menu provides navigation to standard reports.

Above the Main Menu is a small Secondary Menu.

• The "Language" menu selects the language for BluSKY. Currently only US English is available but BluSKY has internationalization and localization support for all languages.
• The “Help” menu provides context-sensitive page-level help. Selecting the Help on any page in BluSKY will pull up the help screen for that particular page.
• The “Customer Support” menu provides the ability to create an online support case with BluBØX.
• Lastly, the “User” menu provides the ability to reset your password or log out of BluSKY.

This concludes the BluSKY Navigation Overview Video.

Adding BluSKY to your Homepage

Open your web browser and go to blusky.blub0x.com after that you want to click the box with an arrow through it on the bottom and scroll till you see an add to home screen button. After you push that, you rename your app BluSKY, and click add. After that BluSKY should appear on your homepage and clicking it will bring you to the website. Keep username and password logged in to the website for easy retrieval.

Making BluSKY and BluREMOTE Easy to get to

BluSKY should be added to your smartphone home screen for quick access to BluREMOTE and other BluSKY features. The easiest way to use BluREMOTE is to log in once in the morning and remain logged in all day. In addition, setting up BluREMOTE favorites to your most frequently used doors, turnstiles, elevators, and floors provides one button release from the BluSKY home screen. To set up BluSKY on your smartphone, watch the video or follow these simple steps.

Step 1: Browse to BluSKY.Blub0x.com

Step 2: Select the icon that is a box with an arrow

Step 3: Select the add to home screen button

Step 4: Rename the page to BluSKY

Step 5: Hit the add button

Step 6: BluSKY is now added to your home screen

Step 7: It’s a good idea to remember and save your password in the browser for quick and easy retrieval

Log in as an Employee

To get started using BluSKY go to www.blusky.blub0x.com - remember the “0” is a zero. We recommend using a device with a full-size screen the first time logging in. Login as Employee Terry Smith to start.

As an employee at National Bank, Terry has basic permissions to use his smartphone to release portals and elevators and invite visitors in Demo 127 High St. only Enter ts@nb.com as the email address. Enter Blub0x123! as the password. The password is case sensitive so remember the first “B” is capitalized and the “0” is a zero. Select Log in button. If you are successful logging in you will be brought to the Home Page. If you are unsuccessful logging in you will get an onscreen error message and BluSKY will ask you to try again. Please be careful when logging in.  Three incorrect login attempts will lock out the user.

Log in as a Security Supervisor

To get started using BluSKY go to www.blusky.blub0x.com - remember the “0” is a zero. We recommend using a device with a full-size screen the first time logging in. Login as Security Supervisor Christina Bailey to start.

As a Security Supervisor, Christina has control, monitoring and administrative privileges for both 125 and 127 High Street which will provide a wide view of the system's capabilities. Enter cb@nb.com as the email address. Enter Blub0x123! as the password. The password is case sensitive so remember the first “B” is capitalized and the “0” is a zero. Select Log in button. If you are successful logging in you will be brought to the Home Page. If you are unsuccessful logging in you will get an onscreen error message and BluSKY will ask you to try again. Please be careful when logging in. Three incorrect login attempts will lock out the user.

Log in as a Facility Manager

To get started using BluSKY go to www.blusky.blub0x.com - remember the “0” is a zero. We recommend using a device with a full-size screen the first time logging in. Login as Facility Manager Michelle Wilson to start.

As the Company Facility Manager at National Bank, Michelle has permissions to administer just her company’s information in both Demo 125 and 127 High St. Enter mw@nb.com as the email address. Enter Blub0x123! as the password. The password is case sensitive so remember the first “B” is capitalized and the “0” is a zero. Select Log in button. If you are successful logging in you will be brought to the Home Page. If you are unsuccessful logging in you will get an onscreen error message and BluSKY will ask you to try again. Please be careful when logging in. Three incorrect login attempts will lock out the user.

BluSKY Portal Control Overview

BluSKY provides portal control over one or more facilities from any device, anywhere, at any time. A portal is any door, turnstile, garage or gate. There are many instances when it becomes necessary to manually override the standard operation of portals.

The portals screen is designed for this purpose and can quickly control portals from any device either on-site or remote. This provides the ability for lockdowns or one-time remote access from anywhere. To access portals either select the Portals icon on the home screen or select Portals from the control menu. The portal screen works as follows: Each portal is a button with the portal name and several icons. The icons indicate whether the portal is opened or closed, the status of the lock and the operation of the reader. If no icons appear with a portal that indicates that the portal is offline. Selecting the facility name selects all the active portals in the facility. The buttons at the bottom of the screen control what actions are applied to the selected portals. Manually controlling the portals changes the icons to indicate normal operation has been overridden along with the new state of the portal. Anyone viewing the portal screen sees these changes.

• To choose the portals or facilities, select the filter button in the upper left corner, choose the criteria and hit the select button. BluSKY has the ability to view and control multiple disparate facilities simultaneously.
• To manually lock one or more portals, select the portals and then the lock button. This will prevent any credential from unlocking the portal. The only exception are credentials that have special emergency access. To manually unlock one or more portals, select the portals and then the unlock button. This will unlock the portal and provide free access to anyone.
• To manually release one or more portals, select the portals and then the release button. This will momentarily release the portal(s) and provide access. The portal will go through one standard access cycle and return to its normal state.
• To return one or more portals to their scheduled operation, select the portals and then the schedule button. To manually unlock one or more portals for a period of time, select the portals and then the timer button. Enter the time in the popup window and select release button. This will unlock the portal(s) for the period of time selected and provide free access to anyone. The portal will return to its normal state after the timer has expired. To manually simulate a person’s credential at a portal, select the portal and then the credential button. Enter a few letters of the person’s last name in the pop up window, find the person in the list and select the simulate credential button. This sends the person’s credential to the controller as if their credential was presented to the reader. If the person has access then the portal will open. If they don’t have access the portal will not open.
• To manually change the mode of the portal(s), select the portals and the mode button. Select the mode of the reader in the popup window.

To expand and collapse portal buttons use the expand and collapse controls.