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©Vantage, 1/3/2017 / IS-0584-B 

DIN WireLink and RadioLink CIS — MODEL: CIS10-DIN & STIDER121 

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V A N T A G E C O N T R O L S . C O M  

V A N T A G E   I N S T A L L   G U I D E S

 

2168 West Grove Parkway, Suite 300, Pleasant Grove, UT.  84062   USA 
Telephone:  801 229-2800 

 Fax:  801 224-0355 

DIN WireLink and RadioLink CIS — MODEL: CIS10-DIN & STIDER121

 

 

Overview 
The DIN Contact Input Station WireLink™ model, CIS10-DIN and 
RadioLink™ model, STIDER121 feature 10 contact input channels for 
receiving Dry-Contact Open/Close states from external devices. 
Various types of external switches and sensors are available from 
Vantage and other third party manufacturers. These include 
magnetic door contact switches, momentary switches, motion 
detectors, stress sensors, humidity and temperature sensors, 
smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, driveway probes, etc. 
 
Station Specifications 

Description 

Specification 

Dimensions, HWD 

85.7mm x 157.2mm x 61.9mm 

3.38” x 6.19” x 2.44” 

Weight 

201g / 7.09oz 

Mounting 

35 mm DIN Rail (EN 50 022: 1977) 

Number of Contacts 

10 

Max. Current from +12V 

50mA combined 

Station Wiring 
configuration 

Daisy-chain/Star/Branch 

Station Bus Specification 

2C, 16AWG / 1.31mm2, twisted, non-

shielded, <30pF per foot. Separate a 

minimum of 12" / 30.5cm from other 

parallel communication and/or high 

voltage runs. 

Station Equivalent 
InFusion 

0.5W on IC-24 / 0.7W on IC-36 

Station Equivalent 
RadioLink 

1 Station on RadioLink Systems 

Station Bus connections* 

24V / 36V Station Bus 

LED Indicators 

Contact State, Program State and 

Status 

Ambient Operating 
Temperature 

0-35°C / 32-95°F 

Ambient Operating 
Humidity 

5-95% non-condensing 

CE, UL and CUL Listed 

Yes 

 

*CAUTION:

 36V stations have a 

 symbol on the Serial Number 

sticker. Any station, not displaying this symbol, should not be 
connected to a 36Volt Station Bus. 
 
Software/Firmware 
The WireLink and RadioLink models are compatible with InFusion 
Design Center software. For new projects it is recommended that 
firmware and software be kept to the most current release. 
 
Installation/Mounting 
Installation of Vantage products should be performed or 
supervised by a

 Certified Vantage Installer. 

There are two methods 

of connecting the Station Bus to the Contact Input Relay Station: 
 

1.

 

Using the Station Bus connection on the removable 
screw terminal connectors. 

2.

 

The 

RadioLink

 model requires a 15-36VDC, 500mA power 

supply. 

 
Connecting Device Requirements 
All low voltage connections to each Contact Input are wired to 
removable screw terminal connectors. All 10 Contact Inputs are 
available on the bottom of the Station. Each Contact Input can be 
given custom names in software to facilitate their use in the 
installation. 
 
Auxiliary 12Vdc connections are also available on the DIN CIS screw 
terminal connectors. There are 4 screw terminal connections 
available with a maximum, combined current of 50ma or any single 
connection with a maximum of 50ma. The ground for the 12Vdc 
connections is any one of the Contact Input ground connections.  
The DIN CIS has two sets of removable screw terminal connectors 
on the bottom for wiring. Any device that connects to the CIS must 
only use the CIS ground for the ground reference.  
 

This is often called a "floating" or "isolated" input to the DIN CIS. 
This isolation can be provided from several different systems. The 
most common are door contacts and motion detectors, providing a 
dry contact relay connection to the CIS. Battery powered devices 
that are not connected to other equipment can be used with the 
DIN CIS. Devices that are powered from the +12Vdc and CIS 
ground connections can also be used. 
 
The DIN CIS inputs can accept small voltage levels (0 to 12VDC) 
instead of dry contacts as long as the voltage is only referenced to 
the CIS's ground. The input will switch the CIS when the voltage 
reaches the required level. The logic may be reversed in the 
software by changing the polarity from Normally Open to Normally 
Closed. A power level of 0.0VDC to 0.5VDC equals a PRESS, 
3.0VDC to 12VDC equals a RELEASE. A 2.0VDC power range is 

insufficient

 to toggle an Open/Close state.  

 
Example: 

Current CIS State 

Input Voltage 

Resulting CIS State 

Open < 

0.5V 

Closed 

(PRESS) 

Closed 

> 3.0V 

Open (RELEASE) 

 

WIRE RECOMMENDATION: 

Contact wire runs should be 

limited to 250 feet / 76.2 meters for each wire run, using 
a minimum of 20AWG gauge wire. All connections use 
4.4 inch pound torque. Stranded wire recommended. 

 
Station Set Up in Software 

InFusion: 

First select the room, then click on 

Vantage Objects 

in 

the 

Object Explorer

 and expand 

Stations, WireLink

 or 

Stations, 

RadioLink

. From the list of stations double click on the DIN Contact 

Input Station to place it in the room. In the 

Object Editor,

 name the 

station and make sure it is on the correct station bus port. Each 
contact is also listed in the 

Object Editor

 and may be assigned to a 

task and given unique names, 

Polarity

 and 

Hold On Time

 settings. 

 
Programming Contact Inputs 
When programming, each Contact Input can trigger any 
appropriate tasks or functions available in Design Center, and work 
like a button press and release. Select Switch Polarity 

Normally 

Open

 or 

Normally Closed

 and set Switch Hold Time (Default hold 

time of 0.00s, is normally used).  
 
Configuration with WireLink Models 
When the DIN CIS is first connected to the Station Bus, the Status 
LED will blink twice followed by a pause, meaning that the station 
is connected correctly but not yet configured. From Design Center, 
click in the 

Serial Number

 section in the 

Object Editor 

and type in 

the serial number. Once configured, the Status LED will blink 
evenly. 

The ability to configure a CIS station by pressing any button 

on the front of the CIS was removed because it was possible for the 
station to send unwanted presses during the configuration stage 
causing a station to receive the wrong serial number. An example 
of this happening is as follows: A CIS could have motion detectors 
connected to it and when walking through a project to configure 
stations the person walking could inadvertently cause the motion 
detectors to send button presses telling the software to configure 
the station that was currently highlighted in the Configure Stations 
window. This could happen on DIN CIS and Standard CIS stations. 
Now Button presses received from dry-contacts are ignored when 
on-line configuration is selected. 

 
Configuration with RadioLink* 
RadioLink DIN CIS stations need to be configured to associate 
which physical station goes with the station in software.  
 
When the station is initially powered-up, the Status LED will blink 
three times followed by a pause - this means the station is 
powered correctly but not yet on the network. 

Before

  uploading 

the file to the Vantage system, do the following: From Design 
Center, click in the 

Serial Number

 section in the 

Object Editor 

and 

type in the serial number.

 

 
The serial number of each station is located on the station. Record 
the number for easy reference when programming. The Main 
Controller will add to its network and configure all the RadioLink 
stations that it has serial numbers for. 

This may take several 

minutes depending on the number of RadioLink stations on the 

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