Setup guide
VISTA-32FB Installation and Setup Guide
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TITLE and DATA ENTRIES EXPLANATION
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Bell 1 Timeout
Enter 01-15 multiplied by 2 minutes.
00 = no timeout.
Defines the length of time the Bell 1 Output and the keypad’s sounder will
sound for all audible alarms.
Must be a minimum of 16 minutes for UL commercial burglary installations
and a minimum 6 minutes for Commercial Fire installations.
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Keyswitch Assignment
Enter 1-2 partition keyswitch is being used.
Enter 3 if the keyswitch is being used to
silence fire Notification Appliance Circuits in
the event of a fire alarm.
Enter 0 if the keyswitch is not used.
The keyswitch requires the use of zone 7 wired loop (zone 7 is no longer
available as protection zone). The fire and panic alarm voltage triggers (J2)
automatically become ARMING and READY status outputs for the Keyswitch
LEDs.
Openings/closing report as user “0” if enabled in field *40.
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Bell 1 Confirmation of Arming
Ding (partition-specific)
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, produces ½-second external alarm sounding (“ding”) at the end of
exit delay (or after kissoff from the central station, if sending closing reports).
NOTE: If using a keyfob, when the button is pressed, either for arming or
disarming, the bell will ding indicating that the button is working.
Must be 1 for UL commercial burglary installations.
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AC Loss Keypad Sounding
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, sounding at the keypad (rapid beeping) occurs when AC power is
lost (sounding occurs about 2 minutes after actual AC loss).
Must be 1 for Commercial Fire installations.
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Randomize AC Loss Report
0 = within 2 minutes
1 = 10-40 minutes
2 = 1-3 hours
3 = 6-12 hours without Type 13, 1-3 hours
with Type 13
If enabled, randomizes AC loss reporting within the selected time after an
actual AC loss.
If disabled (0), AC loss reporting about 2 minutes after actual AC loss.
Selecting this option helps prevent an overload of AC loss messages at the
central station during a community blackout.
Must be 2 for Commercial Fire installations.
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VIP Module Phone Code
01-09 = first digit of access code
∗
∗∗
∗ or # = second digit of access code (enter
11 for “∗”, or12 for “#”)
To disable enter 00 for the 1
st
digit
If a 4286 Voice Module is being used, enter the 2-digit phone code used to
access the system.
Must be set to “00” for Commercial Fire and Commercial Burglary
installations.
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Keypad Panic Enables (partition-
specific)
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, the keypad panics (zones 995, 996, and 999) may be used in this
partition. There are three entries in this field, one for each panic.
Do not use on partition 1 on fire systems.
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Multiple Alarms (partition-
specific)
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, allows more than one alarm sounding for a given zone during an
armed period.
NOTE: that multiple alarm soundings will not occur more frequently than
allowed by the programmed alarm sounder duration. This has no impact on
the number of communication messages transmitted.
Must be 1 for Commercial Fire and UL Commercial Burglary installations.
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Ignore Expansion Zone Tamper
0 = disable (tamper detection)
1 = enable (no tamper detection)
If disabled, the system monitors the tampers on expansion zones.
NOTE: Only applicable to certain polling loop sensors with tamper switches or
5800 Series transmitters.
Must be 0 for UL installations.
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Burglary Trigger for Response
Type 8
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, allows triggering of the voltage output 3 on Pin 3 of the J2 header
to include zone response type 8 (24-hr. auxiliary).
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Intelligent Test Report
0 = disable
1 = enable
If enabled, no test report is sent if any other type of report was sent since the
last test report.
If disabled, test reports are sent at the set intervals, regardless of whether or
not any other report has been sent.
Must be 0 for Commercial Fire and UL Commercial Burglary installations.










