Inner Range Inception V6 Arrives With Enhanced Features.
Inner Range Inception V6 Arrives – Inner Range Inception V6 adds intelligent LAN access module compatibility and wireless access control to the Inception platform.
Installers can now pair ILAMs with APERIO RS-485 hubs to integrate up to 128 wireless locks to an Inception controller. Programming the ILAM for wireless access control is quick and easy thanks to Inception’s hardware configuration wizard.
ILAMs can still be used with wired doors and provide full offline intelligence in the rare case an ILAM loses communication with the Inception controller, as well as offering integration with Aperio wireless doors. Additionally, support has been added for the inversion of the active and tamper states on hardware inputs.
The minimum firmware version for the 8-Zone LAN Expander has been updated to 3.2.0, due to bugfixes to the module’s power cycle and siren tamper behaviours.
ILAM (Intelligent LAN Access Module) Support
The Inception system now supports Inner Range’s Intelligent LAN Access Module (ILAM). The ILAM is a 2-door access control module, which is expandable up to 8 doors with 2-door UniBus expanders. Up to 8 Wiegand readers, or 16 SIFER or OSDP readers can be connected to the module. Lock outputs, door reed and tongue inputs, door REX and REN inputs, valid and invalid outputs and Door Open Too Long (DOTL) outputs are all on-board for wired doors.
The ILAM includes an offline operation mode, allowing for limited access control functionality in the event the ILAM loses connection to the Inception system. When the ILAM’s status is offline on the Inception, the ILAM will continue to process access requests to its connected doors, allowing/denying entry into the doors and keeping a record of these events.
When connection is regained, these access events will be synchronised back to the Inception system as review events, and the Inception will begin synchronisation of its database with the ILAM’s offline database. For in-depth coverage on the ILAM’s offline database functionality and limitations, please refer to the Inception Tech Guide – ILAM Offline Guide, which is now available on the Inner Range website.
Wireless Door Support – Assa Abloy Aperio
Alongside the release of the ILAM, the Inception system now includes a powerful bi-directional interface to the Assa Abloy Aperio wireless locking system, using the ILAM’s Reader RS-485 port. This interface provides the full capability of standard hardwired doors to Aperio wireless doors.
With no need to wire directly down to the door when using Aperio wireless locks, installation costs are dramatically reduced. In addition, a large range of door furniture options are available within the Aperio range to appeal to end-users and architects alike.
The Inception system manages Aperio wireless doors in the same way as a traditional wired door, allowing configuration of the wireless doors through the standard hardware wizard. The similar configuration and interaction as hardwired doors mean that there are no additional special training or programming requirements.
Swap Input Active and Tamper States
Hardware inputs can now be optionally set to have their active and tamper states swapped. This option is intended for sites where most inputs follow the standard EOL logic, however some sensors (fire sensors, etc.) behave differently and require that their alarm and tamper state are flipped.
To facilitate this change, the existing Invert Active and Secure checkbox has been replaced with a dropdown, allowing the input to be configured with one of three options. Note that the option can only be used for standard EOL inputs, it cannot be used for 2 state inputs (switch/button) as they do not have a tamper state.
The new version has fixed an issue where Storage Blocks could potentially not move from “Some Units Secure Pending” to “All Units Secure” when its monitored unit that was in the “Secure Pending” state is marked as “Vacant”.
Meanwhile, SLAM offline REX/REN configuration will now be applied instantly, rather than after the module has been initialized again on the Inception LAN.
You can see a video about iLAM here, check out the Aperio support video here, and learn more from release notes here. There’s more SEN news here.
“Inner Range Inception V6 Arrives With Enhanced Features.”
