Sensaphone 800 - Manual (Page 71)

Chapter 5: Alarm Programming
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Chapter 5: Alarm Programming
This chapter explains the alarm programming and monitoring
capabilities of the Model 800, with specific instructions for the
following features:
• Configure zones as dry contact or temperature
• Enable/disable zones
• Program alarm Recognition Time for each zone
• Program high and low temperature limits
• Disable alarm response to high or low temperature
• Program temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius scale
• Calibrate temperature
• Obtain current temperature
• Program AC power-failure Recognition Time
• Enable/disable AC power monitoring
• Program sound level sensitivity
• Program high sound Recognition Time
• Disable alarm response to high sound
• Use Exit Delay via Status Report
5 .1 Zone Configuration
In preparing the Model 800 to sense an alert condition, the zones
must be configured as dry contact (either open or closed) or as
temperature zones. The default setting for zone 1 is temperature;
for zones 2-8, the default is dry contact and open. To configure
zone normality, sensors are first wired to the terminal strip at the
back of the unit. (Refer to Chapter 2, Section 2.9–2.12, for an
explanation on wiring zones.)
The configuration process directs the Model 800 to initialize the
8 zones and establish normal settings. Any change in the status of
a zone (for example, from a normally open contact to a suddenly
closed contact) is recognized as an alert condition. In the case
of a temperature zone, an alert condition is recognized when
established temperature limits are exceeded.
NOTE
Before starting keyboard commands to configure
zone normality on the Model 800, it is very impor-
tant to check that the sensors you have wired to the
unit are set in their normal, non-alarm positions.