User's Manual
BHS-i100 Installation and Programming Instructions
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• Topic. A programmable feature, like zone type or the global
exit delay. In command location programming, a topic
would occupy a single command location.
• Option. A way in which a topic can be programmed. An
option could be the number of seconds a siren sounds, the
type of communicator needed, or a customer’s name. In
command location programming, an option would be the
data programmed at a particular location.
• Path. The series of menu choices needed to navigate to a
specific place in the programming tree. In command
location programming, the path would be the command
location number.
• Menu item. Anything you can choose from the menu, but
cannot directly program. For example, you can choose the
Standard Menu from the Home Menu and view the
subsequent menu items within that branch of the
programming tree, but there is no programmable value that
you can assign to “Standard Menu.” There is no equivalent
term in command location programming.
3.2 Using The Programmer
3.2.1 Navigational And Data-Entry Modes
The Programmer has two operating modes: the navigational
mode and the data-entry mode. In the navigational mode, you
can move from topic to the next, but you cannot enter data. The
data-entry mode allows you to change the system’s programmed
values and then advance to the next topic.
When you begin programming, the Programmer is in the
navigational mode. Once you have moved to an option that you
wish to program, you can switch to the data-entry mode by
pressing the [Enter] key. In the data-entry mode, a ‘?’ character
or a flashing cursor is shown on the screen to indicate that user
input is expected.
There are two ways to move from the data-entry mode back to
the navigational mode. If you want to write a programming
change to memory and return to the navigational mode, press
the [Enter] key. The Programmer displays the next menu item
(or, if there are none, returns to the previous menu.) If you want
to abort a programming change and return to the navigational
mode, press the [Escape] key instead. The Programmer
displays the current menu item.
As you become an experienced user of the Programmer, you will
probably be able to switch between these modes automatically.
However, it is important to point out the existence of these two
modes, because the functions of some of the Programmer’s keys
change, depending upon which mode the Programmer is in. This
is discussed in more detail in the following two sections.
3.2.2 Key Functions: Navigational Mode
The table below describes how each of the Programmer’s keys
functions in the navigational mode. The keys that are not shown
have no function in the navigational mode.
Key Function
6
MNO@
Press to select a menu item with the
same number.
6
MNO@
The special characters are not used in
the navigational mode.
ENTER
.
When a menu item is displayed, pressing
the [Enter] key selects it. When a
programmable option is displayed,
pressing the [Enter] key takes you to
data-entry mode.
SHIFT
.
Not used in the navigational mode.
BACK
.
Not used in the navigational mode.
ESC
.
Press once to move back one level.
Press repeatedly to return to the Home
Menu. The [Esc] key does not take you
out of installer programming.
↑.
↓.
Press once to scroll the display up or
down one line. Press and hold to scroll
through the display.
HOME
.
Press once to return to the Home menu.
Press again to write programming
changes to memory immediately.
<F1
.
F2>
.
The F1 and F2 keys can be used to page
up and down (respectively) through menu
screens.
3.2.3 Key Functions: Data-Entry Mode
The table below describes how each of the Programmer’s keys
functions in the data-entry mode. To go into the data-entry mode,
press the [Enter] key. The keys that are not shown have no
function in the data entry mode.
Key Function
6
MNO@
Press to enter a number to be
programmed.
6
MNO@
Press once, then use the [/\] and [\/] keys
to scroll to the desired alphanumeric
character. Do not pause for more than
one second between keystrokes.
For example, to enter the letter “N,” press
the [6] key, then press the [\/] key twice.
ENTER
.
Press to write changes to memory, return
to navigation mode, and advance to the
next topic, if applicable.
SHIFT
.
Press to toggle between upper- and
lower-case letters. (The first character of
all labels or name fields is automatically
capitalized.)