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ATS 2000/3000/4000/4500 Programming manual 29
NO – Enable Soak Test
* - Change, 0 - Skip
1.1.12. Enable Soak Test.
This new option enables the input into soak test mode. The soak period is started when a
zone input is set to ‘soak test’. The period of the soak test is set via the menu ‘Soak Test
days’ from 0 to 255 days. See 7.46 ‘Soak Test days’. If the ‘Soak Test days’ is set to 0
then the soak test period is infinite and must be disabled by the user. If an input is in soak
test mode, it does not:
1/ report to central station
2/ activate siren
3/ activate strobe
4/ activate any outputs
But the change of state is logged in the history file with the new events ‘soak alarm’ and
‘soak alarm restore’. If the zone input does not alarm during the soak test period, the
Enable Soak Test option in that zone input’s database will be reset when the soak test
period has elapsed. The soak period is extended by the ‘Soak Test days’ period again if
the zone input alarms during the soak test period. The default is set to NO.
1.1.13. Area / alarm group assignment
For zones to perform correct actions when active, an area or an alarm group has to be
linked to the zone. Whether an area or alarm group has to be programmed depends on
the zone type (types 6, 31, 34 and 35 require an alarm group).
Area:
The zone needs an area to be able to send alarm information to an area and a central
station and to be able to reset when an alarm occurs. Assign the area to the zone that
has to alarm when the zone is activated and the area status (armed or disarmed) meets
the requirement for the zone type.
The function of the zone depends on the zone type selected during programming.
Common area:
Common areas have zones that should only go into alarm when all areas are armed. eg.
The frontdoor in a building provides an entry to 2 areas, thus the frontdoor needs to be a
common area.
There are two ways to create zones in a common area. The first way is to assign more
then one area to a zone. That way the zone can only go into alarm if all areas meet the
ondition (armed or disarmed). The zone is disarmed if one area is disarmed. In this
option, the longest entry and exit time is used.
The other way to create a common area is to use area linking (see Area linking, page
109). Here the common area is an additional area that automatically arms as soon as the
linked areas are armed. The common area can be disarmed separately and has its own
entry and exit times.
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At least one area MUST be assigned to a zone. It is impossible to reset an alarm on a
zone that has no areas assigned.