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Operating guide for Alarm Receiver DECRYPTA
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MCDI Security Products Inc.. Internet: mcdi.com
7055 Jean-Bourdon Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada H4K 1G7 Telephone: +514-481-1067 Fax: +514-481-1487
Caller ID Information sent by the Phone Company that reveals the phone number calling and sometimes
the name linked to this phone number.
CCITT European equivalent to Bell 103. Modem Format. MCDI can be fitted to accept CCITT.
CESA FSK format developed by Bosch. Used in Europe and mostly in France. Requires specific
programming of selected MCDI equipment
CFSK FSK format developed by the C & K Company.
Checksum Used to calculated integrity of an event. Calculating a value for each character of the event and
making a sum of values will generate a number, the checksum. The receiving device must match
this number in order to accept the event. This concept is also used by DECRYPTA
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when
in MCDI Catapult mode.
Close In alarm industry, the act of arming a system
CID Caller ID. This acronym is also used for Contact ID, an Ademco format. DECRYPTA
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supports caller ID or type 1 originally developed by Bellcore. Other type of caller ID (DTMF type)
is used in few countries. Decrypta 2 is not compatible with this type.
Communicator Part of an alarm system. Dialer
COM port Other name for the serial port. It is Serial because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data
along one wire, and receives data on a different wire.
Contact ID DTMF Alarm Format developed by Ademco. Wide ly used.
CR Carriage return
DECRYPTA
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DECRYPTA
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alarm receiver.
DB9 9 pins Connector used for serial communication. Located at the back of DECRYPTA
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.
DB25 25 pins connector used for parallel communication to printer. Located at the back of
DECRYPTA
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.
Dead line detection DECRYPTA
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probes phone lines at 4 seconds interval. If dial tone is not detected,
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reports a dead line.
DNIS Dialed number identification service. DTMF.
Dual round Some panels send alarm event twice. Receiver only if received twice sends kiss off. Pulse only.