User's Manual

LF BUS Beacon – Installation Guide
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V22/Jan 2013
ID Address Setup
Before initial power-up, the Primary LF BUS Beacon must be assigned a unique ID Address (Neuron ID) in order for the Eiris Software
Platform or an Elpas Local Controller to be able to identify the device. Convert the Neuron ID (typically using a scientific calculator) into the two-
digit hexadecimal number that correctly corresponds to the DIP switch found on the LF Beacon. This hexadecimal number will be used to
register the beacon’s ID address into the EIRIS or the ELC database.
NOTE: It is vital that a newly assigned ID Address does not conflict with any other ID Address that has already been assigned to any other beacon.
The following Neuron ID Addresses SHOULD NOT BE ASSIGNED to the Primary LF BUS Beacon: 0x00 (00000000), 0x13 (),
0x35 (), 0x4B (), 0x4D (), 0x5C (), 0xB8 (), 0xD5 (), 0xDC (), 0xFF (11111111),
0xFE (11111110) and 0x7F (01111111).
Should any of the above ID addresses be assigned by mistake, the beacon will not properly function. Additionally the beacon’s Red Status LED will
continually flash; and the device’s buzzer will repetitively sound.
Use the beacon’s 8-poisition DIP Switch to set the ID address (in binary format) of the beacon as illustrated below
The ID address is assigned using a binary coded hexadecimal number.
Switches 1-4 (high nibble) are used to set the first hexadecimal digit while
switches 5-8 (low nibble) are used to set the second hexadecimal digit.
Together, the two hexadecimal digits provide a total of 256 possible
Neuron ID addresses.
The figure below shows how to set the hex digitals ‘0’ to ‘F’
Below are three examples of addresses set in hexadecimal: