UL NOTICES

1.Entry Delay No. 1 and No. 2 (fields 35, 36) cannot be greater than 30 seconds for UL Residential Burglar Alarm installations, and entry delay plus dial delay should not exceed 1 minute. For UL Commercial Burglar Alarm installations, total entry delay may not exceed 45 seconds.

2.For UL Commercial Burglar Alarm and UL Residential Burglar Alarm installations with line security, total exit delay time must not exceed 60 seconds.

3.The maximum number of reports per armed period (field 93) must be set to “0” (unlimited) for UL installations.

4.Periodic testing (see scheduling mode) must be at least every 24 hours.

5.Alarm Sounder plus Auxiliary Power currents must not exceed 600mA total for UL installations (Aux power 500mA max.).

6.All partitions must be owned and managed by the same person(s).

7.All partitions must be part of one building at one street address.

8.If used, the audible alarm device(s) must be placed where it/they can be heard by all partitions.

9.For UL commercial burglar alarm installations the control unit must be protected from unauthorized access. The tamper switch installed to protect the control unit enclosure door is suitable for this purpose.

10.Remote downloading without an alarm company technician on-site (unattended downloading) is not permissible for UL installations.

11.Auto-disarming is not a UL Listed feature.

12.As SIA limits for delay of alarm reporting and sounding can exceed UL limits for commercial and residential applications, the following UL requirements per UL681 are provided:

The maximum time that a control unit shall be programmed to delay the transmission of a signal to a remote monitoring location, or to delay the energizing of a local alarm sounding device to permit the alarm system user to enter and disarm the system, or to arm the system and exit shall not exceed:

a)60 seconds for a system with standard line security or encrypted line security,

b)120 seconds for a system without standard line security or encrypted line security, or

c)120 seconds for a system that does not transmit an alarm signal to a remote monitoring location.

13.This control is not intended for bank safe and vault applications.

SIA QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

1.31 Single Alarm Sounding per Zone: If “0” selected, “alarm sounding per zone” will be the same as the “number of reports in armed period” set in field 93 (1 if one report, 2 if 2 reports, unlimited for zones in zone list 7).

2.34 Exit Delay: Minimum exit delay is 45 seconds.

3.35/*36 Entry Delay 1 and 2: Minimum entry delay is 30 seconds.

4.37 Audible Exit Warning: Feature always enabled; field does not exist.

5.39 Power Up in Previous State: Must be “1,” power up in previous state.

6.40 PABX Access Code or Call Waiting Disable: If call waiting is used, call waiting disable option in field *91 must be set.

7.50 Burglary Dial Delay: Delay must be minimum of 30 seconds.

8.59 Exit Error Alarm Report Code: Always enabled.

968 Cancel Report Code: Default is “code enabled.”

10.69 Recent Closing Report Code: Always enabled.

11.91 Option Selection: Exit Delay option should be enabled. If call waiting is used, Call Waiting Disable must be set to “1” (enabled).

12.93 No. reports in Armed Period: Must be set for 1 or 2 report pairs.

13.Cross zone timer programming is set in field 85; cross zone pairs are assigned in zone list 4 using 81 Zone List mode.

14.Duress code is assigned by using the “add a user code” procedure found in the User Guide. Enable Duress code reporting by programming zone 92 using 56 Zone Programming mode.

15.Fire alarm verification is a built-in system feature when a zone is programmed for zone type 16.

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FA148CPSSIA specifications

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