Configure contact sensors

Once you have configured your controller, you can further expand your Kisi setup by adding contact sensors to it.

Controller Pro 1.1

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. Navigate to Places and select the place where you want to configure the contact sensor for
3. Navigate to Hardware in the left-hand menu and select Controllers
4. Select the Controller Pro 1.1 that has the contact sensor wired to
5. Scroll down and click on Contact sensors
6. Select the input that has the contact sensor wired to
7. Under Search door, select the door the contact sensor is mounted to
8. Make sure you enable it
9. Under Unlock duration, define how long the contact sensor should wait after an Unlock event before triggering a Held open event
10. Click Save

Controller Pro 2

1. Sign in to Kisi
2. Navigate to Places and select the place where you want to configure the contact sensor for
3. Navigate to Hardware in the left-hand menu and select Controllers
4. Select the Controller Pro 2 that has the contact sensor wired to
5. Scroll down and click on Inputs
6. Select the input that has the contact sensor wired to
7. Under Type, select Contact sensor
8. Under Door, select the door the contact sensor is mounted to
9. Under Duration, define how long the contact sensor should wait after an Unlock event before triggering a Held open event
10. Under End of Line Type section, specify the desired end-of-line status that you want Kisi to detect:

• Cut detect: Detects if the wiring is cut.
• Short detect: Detects if the wiring is shorted.
• Cut and short detect: Detects both cut and shorted wiring scenarios.

11. Enable the toggle
12. Click Save

info

Cut/short detections will be displayed as Controller tampered events under Event history.

Remove contact sensors

You can anytime disable your contact sensors using the same Hardware tab.

Related articles

• End-of-line
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