Sensaphone 400 - Manual (Page 69)

Chapter 5: Alarm Programming
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Chapter 5: alarm programmIng
This chapter explains the alarm programming and monitoring capabilities
of the Model 400, with specific instructions for the following features:
• Configure zones as dry contact or temperature
• Enable/disable zones
• Program alarm Recognition Time for each zone
• Program high and low temperature limits
•Disable alarm response to high or low temperature
• Program temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius scale
• Calibrate temperature
• Obtain current temperature
• Program AC power-failure Recognition Time
• Enable/disable AC power monitoring
• Program sound level sensitivity
• Program high sound Recognition Time
• Disable alarm response to high sound
• Use Exit Delay via Status Report
5 .1 Zone ConFIguratIon
In preparing the Model 400 to sense an alert condition, the zones must be
configured as dry contact (either open or closed) or as temperature zones.
The default setting for zone 1 is temperature; for zones 2-4, the default is
dry contact and open. To configure zone normality, sensors are first wired
to the terminal strip at the back of the unit. (Refer to Chapter 2, Section
2.9–2.12, for an explanation on wiring zones.)
The configuration process directs the Model 400 to initialize the 4 zones
and establish normal settings. Any change in the status of a zone (for
example, from a normally open contact to a suddenly closed contact) is
recognized as an alert condition. In the case of a temperature zone, an alert
condition is recognized when established temperature limits are exceeded.
NOTE: Before starting keyboard commands to configure zone normality
on the Model 400, it is very important to check that the sensors you
have wired to the unit are set in their normal, non-alarm positions. For
example, if a magnetic reed switch (a normally-closed sensor used to
detect unauthorized entry) has been wired to the Model 400, make sure
that the door or window to be monitored is shut before configuring the
zone. If a motion-detector is wired to the unit, it is advisable to block all
sources of motion from the sensor before and during configuration.