Paradox PCS250 Installation And Programming Manual Download Page 2

PCS250-EI07  05/2018

GPRS Reporting Options

GSM Reporting (EBUS Connection)

Reporting Options

SMS Messages for Backup

 

List of SMS Commands

Technical Specifications

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MG/SP

EVO

Feature

Details

[918]
[919]

[2976] to 
[2983]

Account / Partition
Registration

MG/SP: Sections 
represent account/
partition 1 and 2
EVO: Sections 
represent account / 
partition 1 to 8

[806]

[2975]

[7] Off + [8] Off = landline only
[7] Off + [8] On = GPRS primary / landline 
backup (default)
[7] On + [8] Off = landline only
[7] On+ [8] On = landline and GPRS in parallel

Receiver Settings MG/SP

Receiver #:
IP address*
IP port ** 
IP address WAN 2
IP port WAN2
Receiver password
Security Profile

1
[929]
[930]
[931]
[932]
[933]
[934]

2
[936]
[937]
[938]
[939]
[940]
[941]

Backup
[943]
[944]
[945]
[946]
[947]
[948]

Module registra-
tion - Press 

[ARM]

 

to register

[935]

[942]

[949]

Receiver Settings EVO

Receiver #:
IP address*
IP port **
IP address WAN 2
IP port WAN2
Receiver password
Security Profile

1

[2984]

2

[2986]

3

[2988]

4

[2990]

* For 1 or 2 digit numbers, add “0’s” before the digit: e.g., 
138.002.043.006
** Default = 10000
Enter [MEM] for blank space

MG/SP

EVO

Details

[805]

[2950]

[1] Off + [2] Off = landline only (default)
[1] Off + [2] On = landline primary / GSM 
backup (default)
[1] On + [2] Off = GSM primary / landline 
backup
[1] On + [2] On = GSM only

[815] to
[817]

[3071] to 
[3074]

Telephone numbers

[811] to 
[812]

[3061] to
[3068]

Account numbers

Command

Description

P[PASSWORD].SMS[GSM MODEM 

TELEPHONE #].[IPRS-7 

PASSWORD]

Used to program the receiver’s 
SMS parameters

Command

Description

P[password].A[IP address]. 
P[port number]

Used for GPRS remote access

P[password].IP.[call back phone
number]

Used to obtain the IP address and IP 
port of the PCS250 and whether or 
not the “bandwidth saver” option is 
being used

P[password].RESET

Used to reset the PCS250

P[password].BWS.ON

Used to enable bandwidth saver 
mode

P[password].BWS.OFF

Used to disable bandwidth saver 
mode

P[password].VOLOUT.[GSM 
output volume]

Used to set the GSM output volume; 
values range between 50 to 100

P[password].STATUS.[phone
number]

Used to obtain the signal strength, 
signal quality, GPRS connection sta-
tus, and APN settings of the current 
SIM card

P[password].APN1.NAME. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM Card 1 
APN 

P[password].APN1.USER. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM card 1 
APN User Name

P[password].APN1.PSW. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM card 1 
APN Password

P[password].APN1.CLEAR

Used to clear the SIM Card 1 APN

P[password].VAPN1.NAME.
[Access Point Name]

Used to view the SIM card 1 APN

P[password]. APN2.NAME. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM card 2 
APN

P[password]. APN2.USER. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM card 2 
APN User Name

P[password].APN2.PSW. 
[Access Point Name]

Used to program the SIM card 2 
APN Password

P[password].APN2.CLEAR 

Used to clear the SIM card 2 APN

P[password].VAPN2.[CALL 
BACK PHONE NUMBER]

Used to view the SIM card 2 APN
information

P[password].[IP1W1/ IP1W2/
IP2W1/ IP2W2/ IP3W1/ IP3W2/
IP4W1/ IP4W2].[domain name]

Set domain name for GPRS receiver

P[password].[IP1W1/ IP1W2/
IP2W1/ IP2W2/ IP3W1/ IP3W2/
IP4W1/ IP4W2].CLEAR

Clear domain name for GPRS 
receiver

P[password].DNS.[ip address]

Set domain name server (DNS) IP 
address

P[password].DNS.CLEAR

Clear domain name server (DNS) IP 
address

P[password].VIP.[phone num-
ber]

Get domain name server (DNS) info

C[user code].[ARM/OFF].A[area
number], [area number], [area
number]TO[area number]

Arm/Disarm

P[password].---S

Disable SWAN polling 
(V4.10.011 and up)

P[password].+++S

Enable SWAN polling
(V4.10.011 and up)

Specifications

Description

RF Power

Class 4 (2W) @ 850/1900 MHz 
Class 2 (1W) @ 1800/1900 MHz 

Antenna Bandwidth

70 / 80 / 140 / 170 MHz

Antenna

Gain <3dBi; impedance 50 ohm
Input power >2W peak power

Voltage Input

12 VDC nominal

Consumption (1.2A peak)
during GPRS/GSM transmis-
sion

100mA standby
Average 450 mA

Encryption

128-bit (MD5 and RC4) or 256-bit 
(AES)

SMS Protocol

8-bit (IRA:ITU-T.50)
or 16-bit (UCS2 ISO/IEC10646)

Humidity

5 - 90% non-condensing

Weight

200 gr (7.05 oz)

Dimensions

17.2 x 9.8 x 4.4 cm
6.8 x 3.9 x 1.7 in.

Certifications

Please visit Paradox.com for the lat-
est certification information

Warranty

The Limited Warranty Statement can be found on the website

www.paradox.com/terms.

Patents

Your use of the Paradox product signifies your acceptance of these terms

and conditions. The following US patents may apply 5,886,632 and

6,215,399. Other Canadian and international patents may apply.

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Specifications may change without prior notice.

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