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EPX400-xC – Manual 

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SERVER=89.123.115.8

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Summary of Contents for EPX400-5C

Page 1: ...X400 5C EPX400 6C FOR CONTROL PANELS DOWNLOADING Installation and programming manual Issue 2 1 Release date 06 09 2019 Firmware version 2 7 1 GPRS transmitter configurator version 1 4 96 7 OSM server...

Page 2: ...es either express or implicit including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose unless it is required by relevant law The manufacturer reserves...

Page 3: ...PIN 18 6 4 Update fimware 18 6 5 Contact 19 7 CONFIGURATION PROGRAM 21 7 1 Initial remarks 21 7 2 Computer requirements 21 7 3 Program functions 21 7 3 1 File New 22 7 3 2 File Open 22 7 3 3 File Sav...

Page 4: ...rming input 40 8 3 2 2 Inputs assigned to partitions 40 8 3 2 3 Delayed inputs 40 8 3 2 4 Exit time 40 8 3 2 5 Entry time 40 8 3 3 Outputs 41 8 3 3 1 Activation mode and timing 41 8 3 3 2 Conditions 4...

Page 5: ...olatile control panel messages FIFO 57 8 9 1 8 Detect off hook after 58 8 9 2 First and Second phone number 58 8 9 2 1 DTMF phone number 58 8 9 2 2 Handshake delay 58 8 9 2 3 Protocol 58 8 10 Firmware...

Page 6: ...modem to it ModemEMU application supplied by EBS is used which translates modem communication format to GPRS transmission with EPX400 xC transmitter EPX400 xC decodes GPRS data and translates it to t...

Page 7: ...state DTMF communication Configuration Remote GPRS SMS CSD ETHERNET cable via Web Browser Local PC through RS232 required cable GD PROG or SP PROG Remote firmware update YES Remote access to the contr...

Page 8: ...olymer fuse Backup battery connection YES lead acid 12V Battery charging current max 220mA Threshold of signaling low AC voltage at secondary at primary 13 5VAC 160VAC with EBS transformer Threshold o...

Page 9: ...g between the transmitter and control panel must not exceed 3 m 3 1 EPX400 XC TRANSMITTER Figure 1 Connecting the EPX400 transmitter Connections of wires shall be made with due care to prevent any fau...

Page 10: ...rotecting an external phone line GSM Connector for external GSM antenna NOTES OUT1 and OUT2 outputs can sink up to 100mA Don t short this outputs to power supply because it can cause permanent damage...

Page 11: ...age 11 73 resistors 2 2k or as double end of line DEOL NO or DEOL NC with resistor 1 1k Examples of connecting sensors to the inputs in various configurations are shown in figure 2 Figure 2 Configurat...

Page 12: ...o communication server OSM Server d waiting for moment when device indicates connection to server Note Connection to server is possible if the device was registered into it Registration procedure has...

Page 13: ...EPX400 xC Manual Page 13 73 1111 SERVER 89 123 115 8 PORT 6780 APN general t mobile uk UN PW Where space character...

Page 14: ...OL parametrized and double parametrized are options where you use 1 or 2 resistors to distinguish alarm from sabotage To avoid an excessive cost of use related in particular to false alarms a device p...

Page 15: ...is IP 192 168 7 7 mask 255 255 255 0 and the following description applies to such settings 6 1 LOGGING IN You must configure the Ethernet interface to which the device is connected you need to manua...

Page 16: ...EPX400 xC Manual Page 16 73 6 2 DESCRIPTION Description item Displays information about the type of device and its serial number 6 3 CONFIGURATION Configure item...

Page 17: ...fine the APN parameters needed for GPRS connection 6 3 2 1 APN In APN field you can enter the APN name This parameter depends on the GSM network provider whose services you are going to use It specifi...

Page 18: ...or remote control of the device in TCP IP or SMS mode The code is factory set to 1111 You should change this code at the first programming the device It may contain up to seven alphanumeric characters...

Page 19: ...e process is complete you will see the update status success The firmware has been updated successfully error This operation has been cancelled To activate the new firmware power on the device again o...

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Page 21: ...ramming it is necessary to insert SIM card prior to sending configuration settings In this situation SIM card with switched off PIN code shall be used or before card inserting PIN code shall be change...

Page 22: ...hall be chosen and then name of file shall be provided Obtained data collection may be modified by the user Any amendments are effective if send to device 7 3 3 File Save During programming many devic...

Page 23: ...COM serial ports used in communication control panel Configurator To program device or make any other operations e g reading of device settings firmware amendments etc it is necessary firstly to defi...

Page 24: ...mode requires definition of linking parameters GPRS linking Activate file in Main menu and select Connection function or after clicking on icon on fast access bar and click on GPRS tab to carry out co...

Page 25: ...e Since that time a remote connection to device reading and saving of parameters in transmitter memory is possible Note Remote configuration with CSD canal is possible if option of CSD data sending ha...

Page 26: ...ead Function reads data saved in memory of GPRS module Exchange of data follows on port selected in section Select Connection Type See below description of option Configuration Correct reading is conf...

Page 27: ...ault settings If operation Read finishes with error message e g if access code is unknown it is possible to come back to default settings by selecting Restore default settings e Do you want to overwri...

Page 28: ...de It provides security against unauthorized access It is being used during programming of device and during remote controlling in TCP IP or SMS mode Factory setting is 1111 During the first starting...

Page 29: ...le for automatic system launching In case of card without PIN code it is possible to enter any value e g 0000 If you enter wrong PIN number after inserting card and switching on transmitter the system...

Page 30: ...hange it to unique preferably 7 digit code NOTE In case of losing this code it will be necessary to send the device to EBS office 8 1 1 8 Default restoral lock The function Defaults restoral lock allo...

Page 31: ...lled e g 89 123 115 8 This address may be provided in domain name of server e g modul gprs com In this case it is required to provide minimum one address of DNS server Primary Server Port It determine...

Page 32: ...0 Gate The IP address of the computer on the local network that routes the traffic from the device to the outside network and the communication server DNS1 DNS2 It determines address of main and backu...

Page 33: ...c APN user ID is mostly not required For private APN this parameter shall be obtained from operator it is impossible to be granted access to GPRS network without it User password When using public APN...

Page 34: ...transmission channel When in the result of the disconnection in the main channel a channel with lower priority is used then the availability of primary channel is being checked periodically If the co...

Page 35: ...d with SIM card device will try to make automatic connection with server In this field you define interval in seconds after which next connection attempt will follow if the previous attempt failed Num...

Page 36: ...Backup Emergency Test Events Period The device sends message Test with determined interval that informs monitoring station that the device is in operation mode In this field you can determine how oft...

Page 37: ...Inputs configuration For every input the following settings shall be determined respectively 8 3 1 1 Input mode The parameter describes input configuration and stable state of input Any change of that...

Page 38: ...tion you can lock any input of module and as a result condition changes on this input will be ignored and will not be reported to monitoring station Lock may be persistent or temporary In case of temp...

Page 39: ...ber of activations during defined period of time will be preserved N and Tb parameters may be set per input Temporary lock may be deactivated by SMS or GRPS command RLIMIT command 8 3 2 Partitions Par...

Page 40: ...to one partition Arming inputs can not be assigned to any partition If input is not assigned to any partition it acts as 24 hours input it is monitored regardless of partitions state 8 3 2 3 Delayed i...

Page 41: ...o monostable connection follows for time defined by user every 100ms 8 3 3 2 Conditions Defines conditions for activating both of outputs User can set following conditions No connection to server imme...

Page 42: ...figured in tab 8 8 Link control 8 3 4 Advanced outputs control The user is able to determine an alternative course of action to go over basic outputs configuration function described in 8 3 3 Outputs...

Page 43: ...output activation o Turn off output output will be turned off Press the Reset button to assign the action Do Nothing for each event The output state does not change if the current state of the output...

Page 44: ...Nothing event generated by the device should not be lost o All of the events are reported to the OSM Server with the time stamp with resolution of 10msec o All events are sent to the Server chronolog...

Page 45: ...lumns you define events that are to be reported to monitoring station with Ethernet transmission There is possibility to send information on alarms violation of input and on returns of inputs state to...

Page 46: ...mes available The threshold is used when the transmitter goes into Sleep mode Due to the characteristics of the battery Sleep mode ensures reliable operation of the device when the battery is the only...

Page 47: ...o Deny all means no available telephone communication o Allow all means that telephone communication is possible from any phone o Allow chosen means that telephone communication is possible only from...

Page 48: ...CSD comes through comparing of number from which it was sent with numbers from table It is allowable to enter only a part of number e g 1234 As a result all numbers with this sequence will be authori...

Page 49: ...in case of any event e g input state change will be sent to private phone numbers At the same time it is worth to remember about limitation in this respect 8 6 1 Phone numbers One way to limit amount...

Page 50: ...SMS is to sent to c Enter message text of SMS when field is active d If the Copy the contents from first message will be marked then selection and text content will be automatically copied from the f...

Page 51: ...field message text that is to be sent to the user as a reply to command regarding status checking Telephone numbers authorized to send enquiry about status are defined in option Restrictions Authorize...

Page 52: ...essed with given order It means that in some cases one SMS message may be forwarded to more than one recipients and or some of them may be forwarded more than once to the same recipient The second cas...

Page 53: ...ill not be enabled data to the Event monitor will be sent on device s serial port With this setting GD PROG cable can be used to observe device state using GPRS transmitters configurator application a...

Page 54: ...duplex mode This option provides for automatic lock of data receiving via RTS if transmitter begin to send data to the device 8 7 3 4 Check tests send by device connected to the port If the device con...

Page 55: ...nect The time should be specified in minutes If connectivity in a channel is lost the device will wait for the specified amount of time from the moment of registering the loss of connectivity and then...

Page 56: ...s of telephone line 8 9 1 1 Use external phone line If this function has been chosen Activation the transmitter will be cooperating with PSTN line This way data transmission is possible from an alarm...

Page 57: ...device will be connected and telephone number will be dialled and a call will follow after expiry defined time limit counted since conclusion of last digit dialling the transmitter sends a message Th...

Page 58: ...r and a control panel in DTMF mode determination of some parameters is required The below described functions are analogous to the both telephone numbers that may be saved in the device memory 8 9 2 1...

Page 59: ...on from the control panel 2 Disable CRC checking option may be used for ContactID format Some control panel generate improper messages regarding a control sum for transmitted data the device is not ab...

Page 60: ...or remote Note Procedure of assigning firmware to a device is analogous to programming a device For procedure refer to chapter 9 Device programming e Click Start button to start software exchange f Lo...

Page 61: ...rror Rate level measuring o Inputs and outputs state monitoring o Type or serial number of device o Firmware and hardware revision o Device time These parameters are also shown in LOG window in text s...

Page 62: ...232 connection In the second case data can be send to PC via GD PROG cable the switch in position PROG Correct RS232 port or GPRS connection must be chosen in Choose connection kind field After provid...

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Page 64: ...yed in special window e After saving disconnect power supply and disassembly service wire f Insert SIM card Connect module wiring pursuant to guidelines from chapter 3 Turn power supply on g The devic...

Page 65: ...ort and APN Click OK and system shall send to device provided parameters SMS d Wait till device addresses server in Devices tab it will be marked with green colour e Launch software and define options...

Page 66: ...es requested output state 0 switched off 1 switched on Examples OUT 1 0 switches off output OUT1 OUT 3 1 switches on output OUT3 CMD timeout command Issues AT command to GSM modem and sends response b...

Page 67: ...sent to this number Clears the phone number NOTE The Transmitter will not go into SMS mode SMSPERIOD time Defines in minutes time between SMS test messages sending to the server RLIMIT Removes automa...

Page 68: ...t enough Notes 1 If Communication parameters lock option is enabled see chapter 8 1 1 7 remote commands such as APN PORT SERVER etc will be rejected by the device 2 DESC CMD GETSTATUS GETPARAM GETCFG...

Page 69: ...n Red Logging to GSM 11 2 GSM RANGE Flickering of a green diode indicates GSM signal 1 8 flickers Device operation mode is signalled with a green diode on during 2 seconds once the range was detected...

Page 70: ...D Diodes Green Red GPRS Transmission SMS Transmission 11 4 RECEIVING OF DTMF DATA STATUS LED blue and DTMF LED yellow indicate actual condition during receiving data from a control panel Dioda LED Sig...

Page 71: ...cable Programming in CSD mode 11 6 FIRMWARE UPDATING During programming bootloader operating is indicated If error follows during updating there is bootloader in device and another programming of dev...

Page 72: ...this with ERROR LED red and OK LED green LED diode Signalling OK Green ERROR Red 11 8 SYSTEM ERROR Errors may occure during device operation An error is indicated by a permanent lighting of red LED In...

Page 73: ...EPX400 xC Manual Page 73 73 12 CHANGELOG Date Version Description 25 06 2019 v2 0 First version of the manual 06 09 2019 v2 1 Schema improvement...

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