Emerson AC8 7.6.1Set Up a Zone, Log In and Choose Setup System, Select Setup Zones, Table

System and Control Options

7.6Setup System - Setup Zones

The AC8 has four zones that may be used to define different areas—rooms or sections of a room. If set up with four zones, the AC8 effectively performs as four separate units, controlling each zone sepa- rately, for example, using a different rotation sequence for devices in each zone.

A single zone may have one to eight outputs associated with it. The minimum number of outputs per zone is one, and the maximum for all zones combined is eight.

By default, the AC8 is configured to have one zone with four outputs: Zone 1 has four associated outputs and Zones 2-4 have none.

To set up zones:

Log In and Choose Setup System

• From the Main Menu, use the arrows ↑↓ to choose System and Control, then press Enter ↵ (see 7.1 - Login for help).

• Enter your password at the Login screen.

• From the System and Control Menu, use the arrows ↑↓ to choose Setup System, then press Enter ↵ .

Select Setup Zones

• From the Setup System Menu, shown at right, use the arrows ↑↓ to choose Setup Zones and press Enter ↵ .

7.6.1Set Up a Zone

•From the Setup Zones Menu, choose a zone—for example, Zone 1—and press Enter ↵ .

• In the Number of Devices screen, use the arrows ↑↓ to select the number of outputs for this zone, then press Enter ↵ . The example at right shows four outputs in Zone 1.

Guidelines for Setting Up Zones

• The AC8 assigns outputs to zones in numerical order, based

on entries in the Number of Devices screen. For example:

Example	Zone 1	Zone 2	Zone 3	Zone 4
If the Number of Devices is:	4	2	2	(none)
The AC8 assigns these	Outputs	Outputs	Outputs	(none)
outputs to this zone:	1-4	5-6	7-8

• The total number of outputs for all zones cannot exceed 8.

If you try to enter more than 8 devices in total, Message 1 appears (shown at right). Press Escape to return to the Setup Zones menu.

• Zones must be set up in order, starting with Zone 1.

If you try to enter devices for Zone 2 before Zone 1 has any outputs, Message 2 appears (shown at right). Press Escape and set up Zone 1 before attempting to set up Zone 2.

• Remove outputs in descending order, ending with Zone 1.

If you try to remove all devices from Zone 1 before Zone 2, Message 3 appears (shown at right). Press Escape and remove devices from Zone 2 before removing devices from Zone 1.

Table 18 shows the default number of outputs for each zone.

Table 18	Default zones
Zone	Default number of outputs
Zone 1	4 (Outputs 1-4)
Zone 2	0
Zone 3	0
Zone 4	0

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

Setup Zones

SETUP ZONES

> ZONE 1:4
	ZONE 2:0		↵ =SELECT
	↑↓ =NEXT
	ZONE	3:0
	ZONE	4:0

Number of Devices

# DEVICES IN ZONE

ZONE 1:4

↑↓ =SELECT ↵ =NEXT/END

MESSAGES:

1. Total devices > 8

TOO MANY DEVICES

ESC BACK

2.Previous zone has no devices

USE ZONE BEFORE

ESC BACK

3.Subsequent zone has devices

ZERO ZONE AFTER

ESC BACK

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