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Sentinel & PimaGuard

 Installation Guide                                                                                                                                                                   59

TT

Tamper Trouble 

Equipment enclosure opened in disarmed state 

Zone or point 

TU

Tamper Unbypass 

Tamper detection bypass has been removed 

Zone or point 

TW

Area Watch Start 

Area watch feature has been activated 

Unused 

TX

Test Report 

An unspecified (manual or automatic) communicator test 

Unused 

TZ

Area Watch End 

Area watch feature has been deactivated 

Unused 

UA

Untyped Zone Alarm  Alarm condition from zone of unknown type 

Zone or point 

UB

Untyped Zone 
Bypass 

Zone of unknown type has been bypassed 

Zone or point 

UG

Unverified Event – 
Untyped 

A point assigned to a Cross Point group has gone into alarm but 
the Cross Point remained normal 

Zone or point 

UH

Untyped Alarm 
Restore 

Alarm condition eliminated 

Zone or point 

UJ

Untyped Trouble 
Restore 

Trouble condition eliminated 

Zone or point 

UR

Untyped Zone 
Restoral 

Alarm/trouble condition eliminated from zone of unknown type 

Zone or point 

US

Untyped Zone 
Supervisory 

Unsafe condition from zone of unknown type 

Zone or point 

UT

Untyped Zone 
Trouble 

Trouble condition from zone of unknown type 

Zone or point 

UU

Untyped Zone 
Unbypass 

Bypass on zone of unknown type has been removed 

Zone or point 

UX

Undefined 

An undefined alarm condition has occurred 

Unused 

UY

Untyped Missing 
Trouble 

A point or device which was not armed is now logically missing 

Zone or point 

UZ

Untyped Missing 
Alarm 

A point or device which was armed is now logically missing 

Zone or point 

VI

Printer Paper In 

TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER paper in 

Printer number 

VO

Printer Paper Out 

TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER paper out 

Printer number 

VR

Printer Restore 

TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER trouble restored 

Printer number 

VT

Printer Trouble 

TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER trouble 

Printer number 

VX

Printer Test 

TRANSMITTER or RECEIVER test 

Printer number 

VY

Printer Online 

RECEIVER’S printer is now online 

Unused 

VZ

Printer Offline 

RECEIVER’S printer is now offline 

Unused 

WA

Water Alarm 

Water detected at protected premises 

Zone or point 

WB

Water Bypass 

Water detection has been bypassed 

Zone or point 

WH

Water Alarm Restore  Water alarm condition eliminated 

Zone or point 

WJ

Water Trouble 
Restore 

Water trouble condition eliminated 

Zone or point 

WR

Water Restoral 

Water alarm/trouble condition has been eliminated 

Zone or point 

WS

Water Supervisory 

Water unsafe water detection system condition 

Zone or point 

WT

Water Trouble 

Water zone disabled by fault 

Zone or point 

WU

Water Unbypass 

Water detection bypass has been removed 

Zone or point 

XA

Extra Account 
Report 

CS RECEIVER has received an event from a non-existent account  Unused 

XE

Extra Point 

Panel has sensed an extra point not specified for this site 

Point number 

XF

Extra RF Point 

Panel has sensed an extra RF point not specified for this site 

Point number 

XH

RF Interference 
Restoral 

A radio device is no longer detecting RF Interference 

Receiver number 

XI

Sensor Reset 

A user has reset a sensor 

Zone or point 

XJ

RF Receiver Tamper 
Restoral 

A Tamper condition at a premises RF Receiver has been restored  Receiver number 

XL

Low Received Signal 
Strength 

The RF signal strength of a reported event is below minimum 
level 

Receiver number 

XM

Missing Alarm - 
Cross Point 

Missing Alarm verified by Cross Point in Alarm (or missing) 

Zone or point 

XQ

RF Interference 

A radio device is detecting RF Interference 

Receiver number 

XR

Transmitter Battery 
Restoral 

Low battery has been corrected 

Zone or point 

XS

RF Receiver Tamper  A Tamper condition at a premises receiver is detected 

Receiver number 

XT

Transmitter Battery 
Trouble 

Low battery in wireless transmitter 

Zone or point 

XW

Forced Point 

A point was forced out of the system at arm time 

Zone or point 

XX

Fail to Test 

A specific test from a panel was not received 

Unused 

YA

Bell Fault 

A trouble condition has been detected on a Local Bell, Siren, or 
Annunciator 

Unused 

YB

Busy Seconds 

Percent of time receiver's line card is on-line 

Line card number 

YC

Communications Fail  RECEIVER and TRANSMITTER 

Unused 

YD

Receiver Line Card 
Trouble 

A line card identified by the passed address is in trouble 

Line card number 

YE

Receiver Line Card 
Restored 

A line card identified by the passed address is restored 

Line card number 

YF

Parameter 
Checksum Fail 

System data corrupted 

Unused 

YG

Parameter Changed 

A TRANSMITTER’S parameters have been changed 

Unused 

YH

Bell Restored 

A trouble condition has been restored on a Local Bell, Siren, or 
Annunciator 

Unused 

YI

Overcurrent Trouble  An Expansion Device has detected an overcurrent condition 

Unused 

YJ

Overcurrent Restore  An Expansion Device has restored from an overcurrent condition 

Unused 

Data Code Short Description 

Long Description 

Address Field 

Summary of Contents for PIMAGUARD

Page 1: ...SENTINEL Receiver Decoder PCI Card PIMAGUARD Configuration Application Installation and Operating Guide PIMA Electronic Systems Ltd www pima alarms com P N 4410051 F1 XX en Feb 2011...

Page 2: ...2 Sentinel PimaGuard Installation Guide...

Page 3: ...unication formats 14 Creating a new format 14 Programming 16 Sentinel 1 16 Sentinel configuration 16 Line 1 configuration 16 Radio 1 18 Communication 18 Type 19 Mode 19 On error switch to 19 Examples...

Page 4: ...29 Legend 29 Source options examples 30 Structured Formats 30 Appendix E Events Conversion Table 36 NPAF EPAF 40 ELL6 49 CID PID 50 SIA 55 Appendix F Programming Line Radio Formats 60 Line Formats 60...

Page 5: ...for each channel PAF CID SIA KP DESK ELL and more Automatic testing of the card and the input channel Failures and status are reported to the Central Monitoring Station management application Up to 4...

Page 6: ...inel package contains the following The Sentinel Card The PimaGuard driver installation CD A radio connection cable P N 3411055 4 RJ 11 standard telephone cords P N 3411046 Cross link 9 pin D type ser...

Page 7: ...ntinel insert the others too max 4 cards 4 Close the PC case plug it and turn it on Installing several Sentinels When you install several Sentinels up to 4 the procedure is as folllows 1 Insert the ca...

Page 8: ...reception signal is not interrupted by the squelch filter PIMAGUARD INSTALLATION Under Windows XP After installing the Sentinel when Windows boots up the Add New Hardware Wizard should start running a...

Page 9: ...stall from a list or specific location and click Next 4 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and click Next 5 Press Have Disk If the PimaGuard was previously intalled on the PC disr...

Page 10: ...e desktop right click the My Computer icon and select Manage In the window that pops up click Device Manager on the left pane 2 Right click the first Network Controller and select Update Driver Softwa...

Page 11: ...k Install this driver software anyway 10 Wait for the installation to end with the message Windows has successfully updated your driver software and click Close When Working under Windows 7 the UAC Us...

Page 12: ...t levels of the menu and for all parameters and text fields Copy Paste Clear Formats filters ACKs and other parameters can be copied by using the Copy command on the main menu Pasting the copied infor...

Page 13: ...count 8000 in most cases This PimaGuard self account fault event is sent to the Central Monitoring Station via all the modules each in its own protocol If you don t set any event the PimaGuard will no...

Page 14: ...30 Burglary can be converted to Hex 2 digits and be sent as 82 The full event conversion table is in Appendix E page 36 A legend of the characters of the Formats page is located on page 29 Creating a...

Page 15: ...s example CID PID events will be converted to Hex 2 Digit format see the conversion table on page 40 If for example event 130 Burglary is received it will be converted to 82 The first E in the Contact...

Page 16: ...nterval and only if the 3 fail a report will be generated See Appendix C page 28 6 Click OK The pop up window is shut down and the Line settings are displayed in the PimaGuard window 7 On the right pa...

Page 17: ...ter P will be displayed with its value Else the structured format will be displayed as followed S System F Flag E Extra Other information will follow Filters Add to Account Structure PLS and DTMF only...

Page 18: ...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 a...

Page 19: ...DOS Compatible mode it supports all format types See the repeaters on page page 25 On error switch to Select the communication channel to which the output transmissions will be switched when an error...

Page 20: ...nt is not within the filter s range except for time filters This is to enable the external decoder to keep running in anyway Idle timeout 7 Set the Idle timeout in seconds To view ACK Idle patterns se...

Page 21: ...ral debug To switch between the two double click the Mode line in the right pane The Debug mode can be operated only with a Sentinel card installed Figure 17 The monitor window General In this mode th...

Page 22: ...s Yellow Warning some features will not work properly Potential loss of data Red Error some features will not work at all or not work properly Potential loss of data Oscillograph This mode enables you...

Page 23: ...is displayed in this window 5 Press browse and locate the upgrade file Press Open 6 Press Program than Start If the upgrade version is the same as the PimaGuard s one a warning message will be display...

Page 24: ...ht pane 9 Select the incoming transmission s format from the drop down list From the list PAF NPAF EPAF DESK are Radio and PSTN formats PID SIA CID are supported if a non dos compatible PID repeater t...

Page 25: ...be received by the PimaGuard and what will not The filters are Account Event Date Days Time Format and Channel The Filters window appears the same in every channel and module but is set separately fo...

Page 26: ...tells the PimaGuard to receive transmissions only from Comm 2 After that the PimaGuard reads the content of the file under the list limit no and compares it to the transmission s content only matching...

Page 27: ...ainst wetness 4 The antenna cable should not run in parallel to any electric wires to avoid RF interferences If this is unavoidable the cable should run at least 1 meter away from the electric wires 5...

Page 28: ...e 26 Comm 6 Fail A6 Comm 6 Restore 27 Comm 7 Fail A7 Comm 7 Restore 28 Comm 8 Fail A8 Comm 8 Restore 29 Log 1 Fail A9 Log 1 Restore 2A Log 2 Fail AA Log 2 Restore 2B Log 3 Fail AB Log 3 Restore 2C Log...

Page 29: ...peater Channel Line Radio COMM Decoder ID is taken from the user definitions of the input format decimal 0 default Source options every 2 characters represent a condition and its value to be placed in...

Page 30: ...ut from Radio A 4 digit account decimal E 2 digit event Atia 13 Expanded Frame Structure R1L3 AAAA EE 0A 0D 3 Input from Line or other 1 Input from Radio A 4 digit account decimal E 2 digit event In C...

Page 31: ...the output is External the 4x2 protocol is the default one If required use FBI External FBI PAF CID Frame Structure AAAAEE 0D applicable to SIA 4x2 Frame Structure 0A AAAA 18 QEEE PP ZZZ 0D Applicabl...

Page 32: ...Configuration See Configuration on page 13 FBI DESK Frame Structure AAAAEE 0D Applicable to PAF NPAF EPAF SIA 4x2 Incoming Sentinel Communication Repeater channel number A 4 digit account decimal E 2...

Page 33: ...SURGARD PAF HEX Frame Structure 10 AAAA EE 14 Applicable to PAF NPAF EPAF 4x2 Frame Structure 50 18AAAAQEEE ZZZ 14 Applicable to CID PID Frame Structure 30 AAAAEE ZZZ 14 Applicable to SIA The structu...

Page 34: ...ecimal E 2 digit event CC CRC Frame Structure 0A SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AAAAAAEEK______CC 0D Applicable to NPAF EPAF PAF SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS A 6 digit account decimal E 2 digit event K Multiple Condition...

Page 35: ...count decimal Note that it is 0A AAAA and not 5 digit account number E 2 digit event Hexadecimal 4x2 only COMPUCHER Frame Structure 0A SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS AAAAAAEE_______CC 0D Applicable to 4x2 SSSSSS...

Page 36: ...event E 3 digit event P 2 digit Partition decimal S Ademco 685 Special U User Event C Contact Event Z 3 digit Zone User decimal APPENDIX E EVENTS CONVERSION TABLE This appendix lists build in formats...

Page 37: ...1 7 A 16 Alarm zone 42 LD 20 130 1 42 7 A 16 Alarm zone 43 LE 20 130 1 43 B A 16 Alarm zone 44 LF 20 130 1 44 F A 16 Alarm zone 45 LG 20 130 1 45 A A 16 Alarm zone 46 LH 20 130 1 46 8 A 16 Alarm zone...

Page 38: ...14 8 O Disarming User 15 NY BD 401 1 15 8 O Disarming User 16 NZ BD 401 1 16 8 O Disarming User 17 OA BD 401 1 17 8 O Disarming User 18 OB BD 401 1 18 8 O Disarming User 19 OC BD 401 1 19 8 O Disarmi...

Page 39: ...1 3 11 A C Home User 12 QX A5 401 3 12 A C Arming Auto QY EF 403 3 0 A C Disarming Auto QZ F0 403 1 0 A C Home Auto RA EF 403 3 0 A C Arming Switch RB 97 409 3 0 A C Disarming Switch RC C1 409 1 0 A C...

Page 40: ...30 1 1 B A 1 Alarm Zone 2 AB 01 130 1 2 4 A 2 Alarm Zone 3 AC 02 130 1 3 9 A 3 Alarm Zone 4 AD 03 130 1 4 9 A 4 Alarm Zone 5 AE 04 130 1 5 E A 5 Alarm Zone 6 AF 05 130 1 6 6 A 6 Alarm Zone 7 AG 06 130...

Page 41: ...80 DB 20 130 1 80 0 A 16 Alarm Zone 81 DC 20 130 1 81 0 A 16 Alarm Zone 82 DD 20 130 1 82 0 A 16 Alarm Zone 83 DE 20 130 1 83 0 A 16 Alarm Zone 84 DF 20 130 1 84 0 A 16 Alarm Zone 85 DG 20 130 1 85 0...

Page 42: ...0 R 16 Zone Reset 71 GK 41 130 3 71 0 R 16 Zone Reset 72 GL 41 130 3 72 0 R 16 Zone Reset 73 GM 41 130 3 73 0 R 16 Zone Reset 74 GN 41 130 3 74 0 R 16 Zone Reset 75 GO 41 130 3 75 0 R 16 Zone Reset 76...

Page 43: ...JR 62 380 1 60 0 T 16 Zone Failure 61 JS 62 380 1 61 0 T 16 Zone Failure 62 JT 62 380 1 62 0 T 16 Zone Failure 63 JU 62 380 1 63 0 T 16 Zone Failure 64 JV 62 380 1 64 0 T 16 Zone Failure 65 JW 62 380...

Page 44: ...50 0 X 25 Zone Bypass 51 NA 83 570 1 51 0 X 25 Zone Bypass 52 NB 83 570 1 52 0 X 25 Zone Bypass 53 NC 83 570 1 53 0 X 25 Zone Bypass 54 ND 83 570 1 54 0 X 25 Zone Bypass 55 NE 83 570 1 55 4 X 25 Zone...

Page 45: ...r 16 QJ A8 401 3 16 A C Home User 17 QK A8 401 3 17 A C Home User 18 QL A8 401 3 18 A C Home User 19 QM A8 401 3 19 A C Home User 20 QN A8 401 3 20 A C Home Short Code QO A9 408 3 0 A X 25 Home Tempor...

Page 46: ...F5 616 1 0 z X 25 Tamper 2 Alarm TP C5 137 1 0 z X 25 Tamper 2 Restore TQ C6 137 3 0 z X 25 Listen In To Follow TR FF 606 1 0 z X 25 TS TS FF 616 1 0 z X 25 TT TT FF 616 1 0 z X 25 TU TU FF 616 1 0 z...

Page 47: ...WY FF 616 1 0 z X 25 Spare WZ FF 616 1 0 z X 25 Disarming User 21 YA BD 401 1 21 8 C Disarming User 22 YB BD 401 1 22 8 C Disarming User 23 YC BD 401 1 23 8 C Disarming User 24 YD BD 401 1 24 8 C Dis...

Page 48: ...1 9 z X 25 Zone Expander Fault 10 33 FE 333 1 10 z X 25 Zone Expander Fault 11 34 FE 333 1 11 z X 25 Zone Expander Fault 12 35 FE 333 1 12 z X 25 Zone Expander Fault 13 36 FE 333 1 13 z X 25 Zone Expa...

Page 49: ...4 14 AE ALARM ZONE 15 53 53 3 A 15 15 15 AF ALARM ZONE 16 EE EE E A 16 16 16 AG RESTORAL ZONE 1 77 77 7 R 1 17 17 R1 RESTORAL ZONE 2 35 35 5 R 2 18 18 R2 RESTORAL ZONE 3 50 50 0 R 3 19 19 R3 RESTORAL...

Page 50: ...E F F Pull Station 115 3 73 3 C E G G Duct 116 3 74 4 C E H H Flame 117 3 75 5 C E D D Near Alarm 118 3 76 6 C E I I Panic 120 3 78 8 C E J J Duress 121 3 79 9 C E K K Silent 122 3 7A A C E J J Audibl...

Page 51: ...ilure 307 1 0 33 3 C E 1b 1b System shutdown 308 1 0 34 4 C E 1c 1c Battery test failure 309 1 0 35 5 C E 1d 1d Ground fault 310 1 0 36 6 C E 1e 1e Battery Missing Dead 311 1 0 37 7 C E 1f 1f Power Su...

Page 52: ...2 2 C E 2A 2A Protection loop open 371 3 0 73 3 C E 2B 2B Protection loop short 372 3 0 74 4 C E 2C 2C Fire trouble 373 3 0 75 5 C E 2D 2D Exit error alarm zone 374 1 76 6 C E s s Exit error alarm zon...

Page 53: ...CD D C E 3F 3F Legal Code Entry 462 3 0 CE E C E 3G 3G Re arm after Alarm 463 3 0 CF F C E 3H 3H Auto arm Time Extended 464 3 0 D0 0 C E 3I 3I Panic Alarm Reset 465 3 0 D1 1 C E 3J 3J Service On Off...

Page 54: ...5 5 C E 00 00 Fire Zone Walk Tested Zone Digital Comm 614 0 66 6 C E 00 00 Panic Zone Walk Tested 615 0 67 7 C E 00 00 Service Request 616 0 68 8 C E 00 00 Event Log reset 621 1 0 6D D C E 4d 4d Event...

Page 55: ...pass Zone bypass has been removed Zone or point BV Burglary Verified A burglary alarm has occurred and been verified within programmed conditions zone or point not sent Area number BX Burglary Test Bu...

Page 56: ...trouble eliminated Expander number ES Expansion Device Tamper Expansion device enclosure tamper Expansion device number ET Expansion Trouble Expansion device trouble Expander number EX External Devic...

Page 57: ...Zone or point KJ Heat Trouble Restore Trouble condition eliminated Zone or point KR Heat Restoral Alarm trouble condition has been eliminated Zone or point KS Heat Supervisory Unsafe heat detection s...

Page 58: ...point QU Emergency Unbypass Bypass has been removed Zone or point RA Remote Programmer Call Failed Transmitter failed to communicate with the remote programmer Unused RB Remote Program Begin Remote p...

Page 59: ...rouble condition has been eliminated Zone or point WS Water Supervisory Water unsafe water detection system condition Zone or point WT Water Trouble Water zone disabled by fault Zone or point WU Water...

Page 60: ...problem with the power supply Unused YQ Power Supply Restored TRANSMITTER S RECEIVER S power supply has been restored Unused YR System Battery Restoral Low battery has been corrected Unused YS Communi...

Page 61: ...el PimaGuard Installation Guide 61 bit6 bit25 INTRAC2000 bit11 MILCOLD DESK mask bit7 spare mask Repeater Formats The supported are PAF NPAF EPAF and all 4x2 compatibles Format Source format Flags Ext...

Page 62: ...to take all necessary precautions for his her safety and the protection of his her property This document may not be duplicated circulated altered modified translated reduced to any form or otherwise...

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