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Change Timers
All the timers can be changed in this function, the table below shows the different timers
available and the default values:
Timer
Function
Range
Default
Entry Time
Entry time for each area. (if programmed as the input type
‘Final Exit’)
0 – 255 secs
30
Entry Time
2
Entry time for each area (if programmed as the input type
‘Final Exit 2’)
0 – 255 secs
30
Exit Time
Exit time for each area.
0 – 255 secs
30
Siren Time
Cut off time for external sounder. Separate for each area.
2 – 15 mins
15
Confirm
Time
Time period during which a second activation must occur to
qualify as ‘sequentially confirmed’ alarm.
NOTE: BS8243
specifies a confirm time between 30 and 60 minutes.
This also can be used in conjunction with testing an omit
signal.
1 – 99
minutes
30
HU Confirm
Time
Time period during which a second activation on a hold up
alarm must occur to qualify as ‘sequentially confirmed’ hold
up alarm.
NOTE: BS8243 specifies a confirm time
between 8 and 20 hours.
8 – 20 hours
8
Siren Delay
Delay after intruder alarm before siren live.
NOT valid
within 3 minutes of final set or after entry time started.
0 – 20
minutes
0
Strobe Time
Time strobe output remains live after siren time ends.
‘99’ means endless.
0 – 99
minutes
0
Re-Arm No.
Number of times system re-arms after confirm time ends.
NOTE: Re-arm number applies to each area, and does
not affect emergency alarms. ‘9’ means always re-arm.
0 – 9
3
AC Signal
Delay
Time delay before mains failure or technical alarm notified.
NOTE: Setting ‘250’ = never alarms. System change-
over to battery supply and associated visual alert
indication is always immediate.
Some ARCs impose a
fixed delay in notifying a mains fail. This should be taken into
account when setting this timer.
0 – 250
minutes
40
Speaker
Time speaker and keypad bleeper outputs remain live
after siren time ends. ‘99’ means endless.
0 – 99
minutes
0
Settle
Time between final exit input closing, and system setting.
0 - 255
seconds
5
Double
Knock
Length of filter period applied to inputs with ‘Double Knock’
attribute.
0 – 75
seconds
10
Pre-Alarm
Delays ‘Intruder’ output signals if entry time has started.
Pre-alarm time must be set for at least 30 seconds to
comply with PD6662
0 – 255
seconds
30
Line Fault
Duration of Telecom Line Fault before ‘Line Fault’ alarm
triggered.
NOTE: In the case of devices connected via the
ATE pins, this time is additional to that already applied by
the ATE.
0 – 250
minutes
20
Set Fail
Time after which ‘Set Fail’ operation will be invoked if exit
procedure not completed.
0 – 255
seconds
40
Guard Code
Alarm
Minimum time an alarm must have existed before a ‘Guard’
code will be accepted to unset.
0 – 10
minutes
3
Fire Siren
Time
Cut off time for fire alarm. ‘99’ means endless.
1 – 99
minutes
99
Set Fail
Warning
This function works in conjunction with the ‘Set Fail Time’.
Once the ‘Set Fail Time’ has expired (40 seconds at default),
warning entry tones will be heard indicating that the ‘Set
Fail Warning’ timer has started. If a ‘Final Door’ has been
opened and closed during the ‘Set Fail Warning’ time, the
system will set. If the exit door has not be opened and
closed during the programmed ‘Set Fail Warning’ time, the
system will go back to its unset state once the timer has
expired. The ‘Set Fail Warning’ timer may be programmed
between 0 - 99 minutes.
NOTE: This function will only
work if ‘Set Fail = Alarm’ is programmed as ‘No’ in
Site Options
0 – 99
seconds
0