EDWARDS SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY IRC-3, Programming Manual

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1.36 Programming Manual
Dual Channel - Two simultaneous channels. Normally audio channels.
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
Non-volatile memory containing the system database.
Enable - Allow an input to report a change of state or allow an output
change of state to occur.
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. Non-volatile
memory containing the operating system. EPROM is erasable only by
ultra-violet light.
Expanded Message - A full-screen text message associated with each
zone or point in the network. The message is displayed on the VDU-3
monitor.
FasTest - A method of input zone or device testing that allows one (1)
person to place an input device in the alarm condition and have that
device report its activation without generating a building fire alarm.
Field Panel - A remote panel that resides on the communications data
line and takes an minimum of one (1) panel address.
Initiating Appliance Circuit - An input circuit, zone, or device.
Input - A signal generated by a field device and sent to the control panel
for evaluation and responses as determined by the system database.
Inputs to the system are traditional zones, analog detectors, monitor and
control modules, switches, etc.
Input Group Address - Determines relative hardware address of SAN
module switches (or inputs).
Listing - A system generated list of all data in the database.
Logic Functions - AND and OR statements.
March Time - A coded signal of 90 beats per minute.
Matrix - A correlation sheet that indicates the relationship between the
activation of an input and the effect it will have upon all system outputs.
Notification Appliance Circuit - A supervised output circuit.
Output - A signal generated by the system, based upon responses
defined in the system database, and sent to external field devices.
Outputs are relays, LEDs, control modules, etc.
Output Group Address - Determines relative hardware address position
of SAN module LEDs or relays (outputs).
Output Priority - A system of hierarchy that allows or prevents setting
or resetting outputs. Output priorities range from 00 to 99.
Panel - A unit of system addressing comprising 96 inputs and 96
outputs.
Polling Address - A panel address that is polled by the control panel.
Pseudo Point - An input or output point generated in or by the system
that is not a physical device.
PSNI - Positive, Successive, Non-Interfering code.
RAM - Random Access Memory. Volatile memory containing the
system on-line or active status.
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