Setup guide

Section 3 – Installing the Control
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Operation
The VISTA-32FB features Dynamic Signaling Delay and Dynamic Signaling Priority message reporting when a
Communications Device is used. These message outputs are accessed through data fields ✱56 and ✱57, respectively. The
Dynamic Signaling feature is designed to reduce the number of redundant reports sent to the central station.
The feature is described as follows:
Dynamic Signaling Delay (Field ✱56)
Select the time the panel should wait for acknowledgment from the first reporting destination before it attempts to send
a message to the second destination. Delays can be selected from 0 to 225 seconds, in 15-second increments.
Dynamic Signaling Priority (Field ✱57)
Select the initial reporting destination for messages, Primary Dialer (0) or Communications Device (1).
The chart below provides an explanation of how the Dynamic Signaling feature functions.
If Priority
(✱57) is…
And message is… Then…
Acknowledged before delay
expires
Message is removed from queue and no message is sent to
Communications Device.
Primary
Phone No.
("0")
Not acknowledged before
delay expires
Message is sent to both the Primary Phone No. and Communications
Device.
Acknowledged before delay
expires
Message is removed from queue and no message is sent to Primary
Phone No.
Communi-
cator ("1")
Not acknowledged before
delay expires
Message is sent to both the Primary Phone No. and Communications
Device.
Additional Communications Device reporting options are defined by selecting the events for each subscriber ID in fields
58 and 59. The reporting events are Alarms, Troubles, Bypasses, Openings/Closing, System Events, and Test. Also,
within an enabled category, the specific event must be enabled for dialer reporting. If, for instance, zone 10 is enabled to
report, but zone 11 is not, zone 10 will report via the Communications Device, but Zone 11 will not.
Messages are transmitted from the VISTA-32FB to the Communications Device on a “first in/first out” basis. If events
occur at the same time, they are transmitted in order of priority. The priority from most to least important is: Fire
Alarms, Panic Alarms, Burglary Alarms, Fire Troubles, Non-Fire Troubles, Bypasses, Openings/Closings, Test messages,
and all other types of reports.
There are two subscriber IDs programmed into the Communications Device: primary and secondary. These correspond
to the two subscriber ID’s programmed into the control for each partition. If a subscriber ID for a partition is not
programmed (disabling reports to that central station), the events enabled for the corresponding subscriber ID in the
Communications Device will not be transmitted.
If the event is to be reported to both phone numbers (dual reporting) then reporting through the Communications Device
will be done in an alternating sequence. The first event in the queue is transmitted to both the primary and the
secondary Communications Dvice central stations before transmitting the second event.
If split reporting is selected, then the Communications Device will send the appropriate reports to the primary and
secondary central stations.
Installing the ECP Communications Device
To install the Communications Device, perform the following steps:
Step Action
1 Mount the unit according to the instructions that accompany the Device.
2 Connect the data in/out terminals and voltage input terminals of the device to the control’s keypad
connection points, terminals 11, 12, 13 and 14. See Figure 3-24.
RED
COMMUNICATIONS
DEVICE
BLACK
GREEN
YELLOW
CONTROL
TERMINALS
12
13
14
11
LRR-001-V1
Figure 3-24: Wiring Communications Device to Keypad Terminals