NX-8 Control
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PROGRAMMING THE NX-8 CONTROL PANEL
ENTERING THE PROGRAM MODE: To enter the Program Mode, press [
r
]-[8]. At this time, the five function LEDs
(Stay, Chime, Exit, Bypass, & Cancel) will begin to flash. Next, enter the "Go To Program Code" (FACTORY
DEFAULT IS [9]-[7]-[1]-[3]). If the "Go To Program Code" is valid, the "Service" LED will flash and the five function
LEDs will illuminate steady. You are now in the Program Mode and ready to select the module to program.
SELECTING THE MODULE TO PROGRAM: Since all modules connected to the NX-8 are programmed through the
keypad, the module you are programming should be the first entry. To program the NX-8 Control Panel, enter [0]-[#].
The [0] is the module number of the control and the [#] is the entry key. Other module entry numbers can be found in
their corresponding manuals.
PROGRAMMING A LOCATION: Once the number of the module to be programmed has been entered, the "Armed"
LED will illuminate, indicating it is waiting for a programming location to be entered. Any location can be accessed by
directly entering the desired programming location followed by the pound [#] key. If the location entered is a valid
location, the "Armed" LED will extinguish, the "Ready" LED will illuminate and the binary data for the first segment of
this location will be shown by the zone LED's. While entering new data, the "Ready" LED will begin flashing to
indicate a data change in process. The flashing will continue until the new data is stored by pressing the [
r
] key.
Upon pressing the [
r
] key, the keypad will advance to the next segment and display its data. This procedure is
repeated until the last segment is reached. Pressing the [#] key will exit from this location, and the "Armed" LED will
illuminate again waiting for a new programming location to be entered. If the desired location is the next sequential
location, press the [POLICE] key. If the previous location is desired press the [FIRE] key. If the same location is
desired press the [MEDIC] key. To review the data in a location, repeat the above procedure, pressing the [
r
] key
without any numeric data entry. Each time the [
r
] key is pressed, the programming data of the next segment will be
displayed for review.
EXITING A LOCATION: After the last segment of a location is programmed, pressing the [
r
] key will exit that location,
turn the "Ready" LED off and the "Armed" LED on. The [
r
] key must be pressed or the data will not be saved. To exit
before the last segment, press [#]. As before, you are now ready to enter another programming location. If an attempt
is made to program an invalid entry for a particular segment, the keypad sounder will emit a triple error beep (beep,
beep, beep), and remain in that segment awaiting a valid entry.
EXITING THE PROGRAM MODE : When all the desired changes in programming have been made, it is time to exit
the program mode. Pressing the [Exit] key will exit this programming level, and go to the "Select a Module To
Program" level. If no additional modules are to be programmed, pressing the [Exit] key again will exit the program
mode. If there is a module to be programmed, it may be selected by entering its address followed by the [#] key (see
"Selecting the Module To Program" above). The procedure for programming these devices is the same as for the
control panel, except the locations will be for the module selected.
TYPES OF PROGRAMMING DATA
Programming data is always one of two types. One type of data is numerical and can take on values from 0 -15 or 0 -
255 depending on the location's segment. The other type of data is a feature selection type. Feature selection data is
used to turn features on or off. Use the following procedures when working with these two data types:
NUMERICAL DATA: Numerical data is programmed by entering a number from 0-255 on the numeric keys of the
system keypad. To view the data in a location, a binary process is used. With this process, the LED
=
s for zones 1
through 8 are utilized, and the numeric equivalents of their illuminated LED
=
s are added together to determine the data
in a programming location. The numeric equivalents of these LED
=
s are as follows:
Zone 1 LED = 1
Zone 2 LED = 2
Zone 3 LED = 4
Zone 4 LED = 8
Zone 5 LED = 16
Zone 6 LED = 32
Zone 7 LED = 64
Zone 8 LED = 128
Example: If the numerical data to be programmed in a location is "66", press [6]-[6] on the keypad. The LED
=
s for
Zone 2 and Zone 7 will become illuminated indicating 66 is in that location (2 + 64 = 66). See this example on page
12. Once the data is programmed, press the [
r
] key to enter the data and advance to the next segment of that
location. After the last segment of a location is programmed, pressing the [
r
] key will exit that location, turn the
"Ready" LED off and the "Armed" LED on. As before, you are now ready to enter another programming location. If an
attempt is made to program a number too large for a particular segment, the keypad sounder will emit a triple beep,
indicating an error, and remain in that segment awaiting a valid entry.
On the LCD keypad, the number in the location will be displayed. For locations with a maximum of 15, the
hexidecimal equivalent will be displayed in parenthesis. Example: 11 (B) or 14 (E).
