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Sentinel & PimaGuard
Installation Guide
Radio 1
1. Double-click ‘Radio 1’ under ‘Sentinel 1’. In the ‘Radio’ popup window, select ‘Active’ from the drop-down
list and click ‘OK’.
Figure 13. Radio 1 configuration window
2. Test time: set a period of time in minutes, that if no valid report has been received during it, a fault report
is sent to the Central Monitoring Station. See Appendix C, page 28.
3. Transmit delay: 1-255; a delay added to the default delay (in 50 ms skips), to enable the de-
synchronization of two synchronized output repeaters.
4. Warm time: set a period of time in milliseconds, to enable the full charging of the transmitter, after pushing
PTT before transmitting a report. Empty=180 ms min: 80 max: 640.
5. Press OK.
Radio format
The Radio format window is the same as the Line format one, except the PIMA style and Extra parts. For the
Filters, see page 25.
Figure 14. Radio formats window
C
OMMUNICATION
Set the PimaGuard optional communication channels. For each, set the type, the mode and the relating
parameters and you also set where to route the transmissions.
1. On the left pane, double-click ‘Communications’.
2. Double-click ‘Comm 1’.
Figure 15. Comm. window
A.
The options must be set consecutively, without skipping a format.
B.
When selecting the DESK format, no other format can be set on the same radio channel
or the same line ACK.