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Sentinel & PimaGuard
Installation Guide
R
EPEATERS
1. Double-click ‘Repeters’.
2. Click ‘Repeater 1’.
Repeater 1
Input
1. When the repeater is a repeater-in, it can receive transmissions from up to 4 channels simultaneously, each
with different stations, protocols and ‘keep alive’ account and interval.
Channel 1
2. Double-click ‘Channel 1’. The channel pop-up window is displayed.
3. From the ‘Channel’ drop-down list, selelct the repeater’s channel: Sentinel 1-4, or Comm 1-8.
4. When selecting one of the Sentinels, another drop-down menu is displayed, from which you select a line or
a radio as the physical communication channel.
5. Set the channel’s ‘Test time’: for Input repeaters, the PimaGuard expects a test report from the Output
repeaters, within the ‘Test time’ (in minutes); for Output repeaters, the PimaGuard generates a test report
when no event is being handled.
6. Account: for Intput repeaters, this is a ‘keep alive’ and fault account: if no report is recieved in this channel
within the ‘Test time’, the PimaGuard generates a report (TN in PAF) with this account number; there is no
reset report for this event.
7.
Click OK.
Format
8. Double-click ‘Format 1’ on the right 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 type
is selected (version 1.2.4.0 and up); 4X2 applies to any Radio and PSTN protocol that applies this
structure or less.
10. Set the ‘Repeater system’; it should be the same system as in the Output repeater.
11. The ‘Add to account’ & ‘Route to’ features are disabled in the Input mode.
12. Flag: not in use.
Programming the repeaters is enabled only by PIMA. This chapter is for your
information only
• When programming the repeaters, make sure not to couse a collision between the
system’s PAF, NPAF & EPAF protocols and the physical channels, or an internal loop
would be created.
• When a repeater (Out or In) is programmed via the radio channels, it must be
enabled with the PAF format.
• When a repeater (Out or In) is programmed via the telephone, it must be enabled
with the PAF format and first ACK of 1400.
The next two notes reffer to version 1.2.4.0 and up:
• Only ‘DOS compatible’ repeater supports telephone channels.
• Programming a "Dos Compatible" Repeater Out together with a non "Dos
Compatible" Repeater In, in the same Pima Guard, can cause loss of data.
When the repeater works in radio or PSTN channel, the system number must
be different from the physical channel.
