Inovonics FA416 - Manual (Page 10)

© 1997 Inovonics Wireless Corporation LIT-FA416-INSTALL 10 02304e 23-Oct-02
• The transmitter is programmed, but is not tripping the output.
Try programming the transmitter again. If you have an FA116 programmer, check the output assignment.
Check the signal level to make sure the device is transmitting. See if the transmitter works nearer to the
receiver.
• An output other than the one indicated in Appendix B is being activated.
The receiver's output configuration may have been reprogrammed. Use an FA116 to confirm this, and to
make changes as needed.
• The transmitter is tripping the receiver, but the receiver is not tripping the panel (or output
device).
If the transmitter is turning on the correct output LED, but the receiver is not tripping the equipment to which it
is attached, check the wiring between receiver and panel. Make sure that panel EOL resistors are
properly wired into the zone loop. Try tripping the panel directly. Some panels need dry contact loops,
requiring relays between the receiver and the panel. In these cases, either insert the FA541 relay module
or replace the receiver with an FA416R or FA416DR model.
• How do I measure receiver output operation with a volt-ohm meter?
Measure voltage between the output terminal and the power terminal. For N/C output jumper select setting,
voltage will switch from supply voltage to near-zero as the output is tripped For N/O output jumper select
setting, voltage will switch from near-zero to supply voltage. Measuring resistance (continuity) in the
ground-to-output circuit is not reliable due to impedance characteristics of the open-collector output
circuit.
• What does resetting the transmitter do?
Resetting the transmitter recovers the parameters last programmed into the transmitter. It does not erase the
programming or cause the transmitter to stop transmitting.
• What does it mean when all of the LEDs come on at the same time?
Check wiring connnections. Also check placement of the FA516 display module in its socket.
• Does resetting the receiver to factory defaults clear all programming too?
Yes, but it does NOT reset the system ID
• The fault LED is staying on. What is wrong?
Press the Review Status button (FA416D and FA416DR) to see the point number and type of fault. Unless
changed with an FA116 programmer, Low Battery and Tamper Conditions will latch the fault output until
the receiver reset button is pressed. Once the cause of the fault had been determined and corrected,
press the receiver reset button.
• What does the type of transmitter used have to do with the Output Loop selection?
Absolutely nothing. They are separate options. Transmitters can be programmed as Normally Open or
Closed devices, or any combination thereof, and the output loop can be Normally Open or Normally
Closed, according to the needs of the system.