Specifications

80 PRT-WX-DIN Using Protege WX Installation and Programming Manual | June 2013
Contact ID | Settings
 Area Group: Defines which areas the service will process when a reportable event is generated. If an area
group is not set (default), all areas are processed.
 CID Mapping: With the size of the Protege system the maximum reporting points available in the Contact ID
format is easily exceeded, to allow flexibility a reporting table has been created to allow information to be
sent using predefined input numbers or values. There are 2 predefined configurations for the reporting
tables and 8 custom tables that can be configured for use by any of the services.
 Dial Attempts: Determines how many times the dialer will attempt to dial a number before failure. This
setting will be overridden by the modem configuration dependent on the country of installation. For UL and
ULC installations this value cannot be set above 8 and will be internally restricted if a value is programmed
above this value. The dialing attempts operates in conjunction with the dialing delay setting.
 Port Attempts: The port open attempts determine how many times the service will wait for the modem to
become available if another service is already using modem for communication. This operates in
conjunction with the port open time settings.
 Report Count: The report count if set to a value other than 000 will restrict the service from sending more
than the programmed number of reports to the monitoring station. When using multiple reporting paths that
potentially can report the same event to 2 or more locations the report count should be programmed with
an acceptable limit (Between 8 and 16 is recommended).
 Handshake Time: The handshake time determines the time it takes for the remote receiving unit to answer
and provide a handshake message for the contact ID format. By default this is set to 030 seconds and
should only be adjusted if a longer than normal call completion is required.
 Dial Time: The redial time determines inter phone number dialing timeout. A value of 20 seconds is
programmed by default meaning each phone number will be dialed with 20 second intervals from the time
the previous call was terminated.
 Off Hook Output/Output Group: The Off Hook output or output group is activated when the service takes
the telephone line, and is deactivated when the service completes communication. This output setting can
be used with remote exchange systems that require ground start communication connections.
 Report OK Output/Output Group: The Report OK output or output group is activated when the service
completes the reporting and the messages have been successfully acknowledged. The output is activated
when the service returns a reporting complete result OK message. The output is not deactivated and should
be programmed with a timer, this can be connected to an external audible device to signal that the report
was completed. Using this feature with the shorten exit delay for an area allows an end user to verify the
communication path on arming of the building