
System and Control Options
7.2Setup System - Overview
The Setup System screen displays seven options that allow you to configure input and output devices and their relationships, the common alarm, the modem, pagers to be dialed when alarms occur, and a variety of system details, such as login password and system date and time:
•Setup Inputs
•Setup Common Alarm
•Setup Sensor
•Setup Zones
•Setup Outputs
•Setup Modem & Pagers
•Setup System Info
•Setup Operation
•Setup I/O Matrix
Setup System Menu
>SETUP INPUTS SETUP COMMON ALARM
SETUP SENSOR
↑↓ =NEXT ↵ =SELECT
SETUP ZONES SETUP OUTPUTS SETUP MODEM&PAGERS SETUP SYSTEM INFO SETUP OPERATION SETUP I/O MATRIX
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•From the Select Input Menu, choose the input you
Table 15 shows the digital input features you may change, along with the default settings: you may change the name of the input, define it as Normally Open or Normally Closed, and specify it as alarm- able or as an event.
•Alarmable inputs may be defined as either Unlatched or Latched.
•Event status allows you to monitor a digital input’s
•You may also specify a time delay before the AC8 responds to an alarm or event.
Use the steps following Table 15 to change the default settings for any digital input.
Table 15 Default settings - digital inputs
Feature | Default | Other Options |
LABEL | DEVICE_1 | Any name (up to eight characters) |
NORM OPEN/CLOSE | NO (Normally Open) | NC (Normally Closed) |
ALARM/EVENT | AL (Alarmable) | EV (Event) |
LATCHED | L (Latched) / Y (Yes)* | NL (Unlatched) / N (No)* |
DELAY | 00:01 (1 second) | Any time (in minutes and seconds) from 00:00 to 99:59 |
* NOTE: Different abbreviations are used to designate a digital input as Latched or Unlatched as shown below.
| Settings - Select Input | When configuring an input |
| Menu (see Section 7.3) | (see Section 7.3.4) |
Unlatched | NL (Not Latched) | N (No, not latched) |
Latched | L (Latched) | Y (Yes, latched) |
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