American Fibertek CX-6p-PoE - Manual (Page 36)

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Duration sets how long to set the target output for. If duration is set, the CX-6p-PoE 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 CX-6p-PoE 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 CX-6p-PoE 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 CX-6p-PoE to set the target
aux contact ON or OFF once and leave it so set.
Timing of actions on 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 CX-6p-PoE 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 CX-6p-PoE 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.
When a action is taken to set a target aux out for a specific time duration, the beginning
of that duration will be from when the CX-6p-PoE first succeeded in contacting the target
unit, not from when the alarm was triggered. Thus if a CX-6p-PoE is set to set a specific
aux contact out ON for 5 seconds when an alarm input is triggered, and it takes 3
seconds to initially contact the target, the CX-6p-PoE will turn the target OFF 5 seconds
after turning it ON and therefore 8 seconds after the alarm.