User guide

13.0 REPORT PROGRAMMING

13.1 Suggested Values

Personal Dialing Format

This is a 2 pulse per second (PPS) 0/2 (no account code/2 report event digits) format intended for manual reception, i.e. the panel will call

a phone number where a person is expected to answer. After a call is made, the panel will start sending the first report. If the report was a

“Communicator Test” and Program Address 36 had a value of 00850000 the person answering the phone will hear 8 pulses followed by a 1

second delay, then 5 pulses followed by a 3 second delay. This sequence will repeat for 60 seconds per call. After 60 seconds the panel will

hang up and call again making a total of three calls of 60 seconds duration each. After three calls, the panel considers this a successful

transmission of one report. If any reports still remain to be sent, they will be sent in the same manner.

A way to expedite this report process would be to provide an acknowledge to the panel that the report was heard and understood by the

receiving party. When an acknowledge is provided, the panel will start sending the next report or hang up if no reports remain. To provide

an acknowledge, press the 1 key of the telephone keypad during the 3 second delay of the report transmission. This “Acknowledge Feature”

is an enhancement that will allow the panel to send all reports in one call.

It is recommended that the reporting values for this format be the same as the Pager Format.

13.2 Pager Format

The Pager format allows the control panel to dial a digital pager and leave a numeric message which includes an account ID and report type.

The telephone number is dialed when a report is available. At the completion of the telephone dialing, a fixed time delay equal to 10 seconds

occurs. This delay allows time to connect with the pager service, while skipping over any voice announcement. When the delay has ended,

the numeric message is sent. This message includes the account number followed by up to 5 reports. If a delay time greater than 10 seconds

is required, increments of 3 seconds can be added by programming the “*3” character (3 second delay) at the end of the phone number in

address 40 or 42.

For example, if you call pager number 123-4567 and it takes 20 seconds after you finished dialing before you are allowed to enter the

message, the following digits should be programmed in address 40: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 *3 *3 *3 *3. This will give you an overall delay of 22

seconds.

Note: Some paging systems do not have a voice announcement and expect data entry within the first three to five seconds. Due to the

built in 10 second communicator delay, the paging system may hang up before the reports are sent. If this problem occurs, contact

your pager provider about adding a voice announcement or a delay.

Note: For Pager format, it is not advisable to use the HEX character values (*0 = A, *1 = B, *2 = C, *3 = D, *4 = E, *5 = F) in the report

programming addresses 24 through 36 or as part of the Account Code (address 37). These characters could cause unpredictable

results when sent to a pager system that only expects numeric characters between 0-9. This is the reason that this format will not

allow an associated user number with an open and close report. If using a remote programming program, such as WDSRP, do not

use 0 as a reporting or account code digit as the remote programmer programs 0 as *0 (A).

Note: The Pager format is an open-loop format which has no acknowledge tone. There is no indication at the control panel that the signal

has been sent. Therefore, the Pager format is not recommended as the primary communication method.

For Additional Information, see Programming Addresses 24-36 and 40-42.

The following are recommended programming values for addresses 24 through 36 when using the Pager format.

Warning: If sending reports to both a pager and to a central station,

Do Not use a 0 as the reporting digit as it will disable the report to

the central station.