In-depth with the Inception 7" Touchscreen Terminal

The Inner Range Inception 7" Touchscreen Terminal is perfect for intruder alarms and access control in the SMB space, by combining advanced security features with an intuitive, user-friendly design. From site monitoring and emergency options to seamless automation and scalability, it’s the ultimate solution for modern security needs.

Designed with user experience in mind, this touchscreen provides a clear, responsive interface that enhances the ease and efficiency of system control. Whether you're a security professional or a first-time user, the straightforward layout makes managing your security system simple and efficient.

Area Control

The Inception Touchscreen Terminal allows users to efficiently manage multiple security areas within a facility. Through the intuitive interface, administrators can:

Define the zones in the area
Add the area to the users permissions
Multi-Mode arming allows for three tiers of arming within an area: Night, Full, Perimeter. This allows for control over arming specific zones of the Area for more granular situational control.

Door Control

Controlling doors via your touchscreen is easily accessed from the Door icon on the left side of the home screen. From this menu the user is able to:

Control doors unlocked and locked status seamlessly
Monitor the physical state of the door position
Locate doors within the system simply through our search function.
Sort the Doors in alphabetical order either ascending or descending.
Show the doors based on their status.

Further door options and commands are available to users by selecting the menu drop down. They are defined as follows:

Lockout - Lock the door and prevent any access to the door.
Timed Unlock – The door can be unlocked for an extended period outside of the preconfigured time.
Unlock Door Indefinitely – The door can be unlocked in an infinity state and will require a user (or system-controlled event) to lock the door again.
Clear – If a Lockout has been actioned on the door itself, a user can choose to clear this override and return the door to normal.

The Door Control Window has the following functions available

Search – A user can select this field and enter the name of their required door if not visible.

Sort – The Doors can be listed in an alphabetical order either ascending or descending.

Show – A user can display doors based on their status.

Unlock – The Unlock Button allows the user to change the state of the Door or Gate from a locked state to unlocked state. The action will follow the configured door unlock time assigned to the door and is indicated by the blue bar under the Unlock icon itself.

Lock – The Lock button allows the user to change the state of the Door or Gate from an unlocked state to lock/secure state. The action will stop any current system or user defined unlock times and is indicated by the red bar under the lock icon itself.

Output Control

Output control is used to control outputs that can be used to trigger 3rd party devices or automation functionality. Further output commands are available to users by selecting the menu drop down. They are defined as follows:

Automatic Timer – This option allows users to turn ON the output for a set period of time, ranging from seconds to through to hours. When the timer expires, the output will return to the OFF state automatically.

The Output Control Options Window has the following functions available

Search – You can select this field and enter the name of their required output if not visible.

Sort – The Output Window can be listed in an alphabetical order - either ascending or descending.

Show – You can display Outputs based on their status, which are as follows:

All – All configured Outputs are displayed
On – Only Outputs in a ON state are displayed
Off- Only Outputs in an OFF state are displayed

ON – The ON Button allows users to change the state of the output from an off state to ON state. The action is indicated by the blue bar under the ON icon itself.

OFF – The OFF button allows a user to change the state of the output from an ON state to an OFF state. The action will stop any current system or user defined ON times and is indicated by the red bar under the OFF icon itself.

Sensors

Checking the status of sensors is an important requirement for any system owner including the ability to bypass a sensor (commonly referred to as Isolate) to make it inactive.

The Sensors Control Window has the following functions available

Search – You can select this field and enter the name of their required Sensor if not visible.

Sort – The Sensors can be listed in an alphabetical order either ascending or descending.

Show – You can display Sensors based on their status, which are as follows:

All – All configured Inputs are displayed
Active/Issues/Bypassed – Only Sensors in an Active, Issue (trouble) or bypassed state are displayed.
Issues - Only Sensors in a state of trouble/issue condition are displayed
Bypassed – Only displays sensors in a bypassed/isolated state

Shows the current state of the Sensor.

Sealed – The sensor is in a sealed state and regarded as a normal condition.
Activity Detected – The Sensor is an active/alarm (unsealed) state
Issues – The Sensor has a fault condition and displayed as “Issues”

Bypass – Bypass button allows users to bypass/isolate a sensor, so it is ignored by the associated area. The area will continue normal operation ignoring the bypassed sensor/s

Health

System health warnings are used to alert users to system health events and are generally critical to the integrity of the system and therefore should be addressed promptly. Generally, system health alerts require your installers intervention to be rectified.

The Health Control Window has the following functions available

Search – You can select this field and enter the name to help identify a health issue.

Sort – The Health warnings can be listed in an alphabetical order either ascending or descending.

Show – You can display Sensor based on their status; which are as follows:

All – Show all System Health Issues
Issues/Bypassed – Only Displays System Health warnings in either an Issue (trouble) or bypassed state.
Issues - Only Displays System Health warnings in a state of trouble/Issue condition.
Bypassed – Only displays System Health warnings in a bypassed/isolated state

The Health Window shows the current state of the System Hardware.

Offline – Hardware/Module is seen as offline and not communicating to the Controller.
Isolated – The Hardware state has been isolated to prevent further alarms associated with the hardware/module.
Low Battery – System back up battery is low and not able to provide sufficient voltage. • Battery Missing – No Back up battery is detected on the system/controller
No AC – Controller is running off back up battery and no mains is detected.

Shows Fault condition

Issue - The Particular hardware/module fault Status has an Issue

Shows Bypass condition

Bypass will isolate the affected hardware/module, preventing further related alarms from being processed. This allows system users to continue to use the system until the fault can be rectified by your system’s Installer. The system will still process any unaffected system events, however anything related to the hardware/module failure will NOT be processed.
Remove Bypass will un-isolate the affected hardware/module, this action will remove any bypass that is in place and will start to process any related alarms. This action should be used with caution and generally done by an Installer when the fault condition has been attended to.

Notifications

Your Inception system will display any alarm events meriting notification by displaying such events as sensor activations (Alarms). Notifications assist system users by identifying alarms that have been processed by your controller. Users can investigate as to why such alarms have occurred and how many times. Notifications are an accepted part of your system and not to be regarded as a system fault, rather a tool for users to inspect or understand alarms that may have occurred.

Users can press the Bell icon to the top left of the touchscreen to access the Notifications menu. You can display further details about the notification and/or acknowledge the notification. When you acknowledge the notification, it will be removed when the notification window is closed.

Menu Options

The Touchscreen has customizable options allowing users to change preferred settings or options specific to the touchscreen itself. Accessing the Menu Options of the Touchscreen is done via the top right hamburger menu button.

The Menu Options has the following functions available

Logout - logs the user out of the touchscreen and locks the screen. Any further interaction with the touchscreen will require the screen to be woken and any action requiring authorization will need a user to enter a valid PIN (login).

System Info – This will display relevant system information such as serial numbers etc.

Settings – Touchscreen related settings are found here, such as:

Wi-Fi - Used to configure Wi-Fi access for cloud firmware updates
Screen Clean – Users can enter a clean screen mode where they can wipe the screen down without the touchscreen reacting to any touches, this mode will last for 15 seconds.
Sound – You can increase or decrease the volume of the Touchscreen. A test of the sound volume can be performed whilst in this menu option.
Brightness – Here users can change the brightness level of the Touchscreen when in its woken/active state. Touchscreen installed in low light areas can have their screen brightness reduce, where other areas where the Touchscreen is in open areas with higher light (lux) levels can increase the brightness to compensate.
Display Timeout – The screen will automatically turn off after a set period of time. The default time is 60 seconds. The display timeout can be increased or decreased, ranging from 15 seconds to 120 seconds.

Emergency Help Request

If your Touchscreen has been configured for emergency help requests, such as Fire, Ambulance and/or Police, then these indicators will be shown at the bottom right of the home screen. You can choose which service of help is required by pressing the corresponding Request Help button. Once you have selected the Request Help button on the wanted service, you must confirm this action by sliding the action bar to the right. If a mistake has been made you can cancel the action by pressing the Cancel button. By sliding the action bar to the right, you are confirming the requested action. This will activate a local alarm including sounding any configured sirens.

In addition to local alarm activation the system can communicate to your monitoring station (off site monitoring). This service is configured by your installer and usually incorporates other communications such as arming, disarming, alarms and other system events. When the system notifies your nominated monitoring station, they can then act on the reported event. For more information about this service and associated processes, please speak with your security installer.

Important – If you are expecting to have offsite response to any or all of the emergency service/s, it is recommended to test this service regularly. Please talk with your provider before conducting any testing and best practices for your system.

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