American Fibertek N-TAH - Manual (Page 30)

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Local Aux Actions
Aux is the number of the aux contact out on the local device to trigger. This number may
be from 1 to 6.
Action selects if the target aux output is to be set ON or OFF in response to the local
alarm condition.
Duration sets how long to set the target output for. If duration is set, the N-TAH will set
the target aux contact out to the selected status (ON or OFF) for the chosen duration,
and then will set the target to the opposite setting. Thus, if an alarm is set to trigger a
certain aux ON for 5 seconds, the N-TAH will when that alarm is triggered contact the
target unit, set the indicated aux to ON, wait five seconds, and then set the indicated aux
to OFF.
Selecting “Follow” for the duration will cause the N-TAH to make the targeted aux
contact out follow the state of the alarm input. If the action selected is ON, the target will
be turned ON whenever the local alarm goes ON, and OFF when the local alarm goes
OFF. Selecting an action of OFF will invert the behavior, causing the targeted aux to go
OFF when the local alarm is triggered and ON when it is not.
Selecting “Indefinitely” for the duration will simply cause the N-TAH to set the target aux
contact ON or OFF once and leave it so set.
Timing of actions on local / remote units
Actions to set aux contact outputs on the local unit will be acted on immediately. Actions
to set aux contact outputs on other units on the network, or to send text messages to
other units on the network, may be delayed up to a few seconds according to network
conditions.
The N-TAH stores actions to be taken in a queue. Each action is attempted in turn, and
if an action is unable to be completed (unable to reach target address or target device
did not acknowledge the command) it is pushed back on the queue and re-attempted
after 5 seconds. After 15 failed attempts an action will be abandoned.
The N-TAH is capable of attempting 6 remote actions simultaneously, so a long wait for
a target to respond will not prevent other actions from being attempted.
Setting Default Value Range
Local aux 1-2 1-2
Action state On On
Off
Action duration 5 seconds Follow
1,5,15,30,or 45 seconds
1 or 5 minutes
Indefinitely