Type
This option allow you to program the Output
standby status.
r
Normally Open
— In the standby status the Open
Collector Outputs
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are open.
r
Normally Closed
— The electrical state during
standby is: Positive (13.8 V) on the [+N] terminal [+A]
terminal open; [COM] terminal closed to terminal
[NC]; [NO] terminal open; the Open Collector Out-
puts are closed to Negative.
+
The Relay Output can be programmed as Normally
Closed ONLY.
Reserved
This option will allow the User to acti-
vate/deactivate the Output from the Keypad and via
telephone
(refer
to
“Outputs
(ON/OFF)”
under
“OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM FROM A KEYPAD”
section and “Turn Reserved Outputs ON/OFF” under
“OPERATING THE SYSTEM FROM A TELEPHONE"
section in the USER MANUAL).
+
The user may activate or deactivate ONLY the Re-
served Outputs that share at least one Area with
the PIN and the keypad used (the telephone is en-
abled over all Areas): see the
Partitions
option.
+
The Master PIN can activate/deactivate the Out-
put, via Status page, if the output is programmed
as
Reserved
. If the output is not
Reserved
, only
the Installer can activate/deactivate it.
+
Reserved
Outputs CANNOT be associated with
the Events on the Events-Actions page.
When you exit a programming session via PC or Key-
pad, the Reserved Outputs will restore to the status
they were in before the programming session started.
Monostable-Enabled
If this option is disabled (at de-
fault) the Output is Bistable: it will activate when AT
LEAST ONE of its associated Events occurs, and will
stop when ALL of its associated Events end.
If this option is enabled, the Output is Monostable: it will
activate when AT LEAST ONE of its associated Events
occurs, and will stop when the programmed
ON Time
expires (see “ON Time” below).
+
You cannot enable the
Monostable
option for
wireless sirens.
Monostable-Time ON
This is the maximum activation
time of the Output.
Valid entries:
1 through 25 seconds, in 1-second
steps; 1 through 127 minutes, in 1-minute steps.
Default:
3 minutes.
Monostable-Time OFF
This is the minimum OFF
Time after restoral of the Output. The Output will be un-
able to re-activate until the programmed OFF Time ex-
pires.
Valid entries:
1 through 255 seconds, in 1-second
steps;
Default:
6 seconds.
+
The
Monostable-Time On
and
Monostable-Time
Off
can be set for Monostable Outputs ONLY.
Timer
This option will allow you to associate a Timer
with the Output. The Output can be activated ONLY
when the selected Timer is in the active state (refer to
“Timer”).
+
When the Timer window expires, the Output will re-
store to standby, even if the conditions that gener-
ated the event are still present.
ABSOLUTA Plus
PROGRAMMING FROM THE PC
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... occurs
... ends
EVENT
... active
... standby
Bistable
OUTPUT
... active
... standby
Monostable
OUTPUT
Half cycle
ON time
OFF time
1 Cycle
st
2 Cycle
nd
the event ends here
Figure 27
The Effect of the
Half cycle
and
Cycle
options on Bistable and Monostable Outputs
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The Open Collector Outputs are: the terminals O1 and O2 on the Main Board; the terminal T1, T2, T3 or T4 on the
Main Board, when set as Output; the Terminal T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 or T6 on the Input/Output Expander, when set as
output.
