Specifications

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If you need to split a month, just set the duration to the number of days that you need the event to occur. You’ll have to
create two entries for the month, one for each half with the duration specified in days. Note that if you are programming by
days, then leap days should be programmed as separate events. If you program an event to occur during the month of
February and it runs to the end of the month, your event will miss a day every four years unless you program Feb 29
th
as a
separate event. The Sicon-8 will not allow you to enter February 29
th
for any year that does not contain a leap-year. Also,
if you are programming an event that occurs monthly, the Feb 29
th
limit does not apply. The Sicon-8 knows about leap-
years and adds the leap day as appropriate when full months are used.
The relay action sequence is the second part of an event. Any relay action starts with “1”, followed by the channel
number, then Raise or Lower relay. The duration that the action will occur is specified in seconds. Entering a 0 after the
end of the action sequence terminates that event setup.
To Enable/Disable events (after initial setup):
Sys Cmd Sub-
command
91
beep
Event #
beep Enable or Disable
Beep Beep
88
♪
001 to 128
♪
1 or 0
♫
89 – record a phrase
The Sicon-8 allows most words & phrases to be re-recorded in another voice or even another
language. Each word stored in the Sicon-8 has a specific number associated with it.
Record a Phrase Phrase # Speaks existing
word
C or R Record Recording phase confirm or re-enter
91 89 000-111 # key jumps
1 or 0 Press * Record Here any key playback 0,1 or 2
The places where words or phrases are used are hard coded. Many words are used in various places so some care
should be used when choosing different words that could alter the intended meaning. For instance, the word “lower” is
used for both the relay response and when referring to lower action and lower critical alarms. If the word “lower” is
replaced with the word “off” or “down” because of the desired relay expression, it would also appear as “off” or “down”
when referring to the alarm limits. Other words will also be used in more than one place but will only appear on the list
once requiring that alternate word choices are appropriate everywhere that word is used.
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To record a phrase:
1. Enter the three-digit phrase number (found at the end of this manual in Appendix “A”).
2. The Sicon-8 speaks whatever is currently recorded at that address. You can jump to the next
step (record mode, step 4) by entering the # key at any time. The Sicon then beeps that it is ready.
3. Enter a 1 to keep what is there and exit or enter 0 to record and move to step 4.
4. Press and hold *
5. When * is released, the Sicon begins recording.
6. The Sicon stops recording either when any DTMF tone is entered, or you run out of time.
7. The Sicon will then play back what was recorded.
8. If you're satisfied with the recording, you may enter 0 or 2. If you enter 0 you exit the record
mode. If you enter 2 you automatically go to step 2 of the NEXT word on the list. To re-record,
enter 1 which takes you back to step 2.