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SUPERSEDES INSTRUCTION
MANUAL X849-894
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR
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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
MODEL VI 300X-IA ALARM INTERFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
The information in this manual covers the installation,
program, and displaying a special alarm message on the
operation and maintenance of the
Alarm Inter-
alarm monitors. The green ALARM LED on the front
face. This unit should only be installed by a qualified
panel of the
illuminates when there is an
technician using approved materials and wiring practices in
active alarm in the unit, and the unit generates a warning
conformance with national, state, and local electrical codes.
tone. The tone may be disabled.
The
Alarm Interface
alarm
devices to be connected to Vicon Nova
( V P S ) systems.
In the basic configuration, up to 32 alarms may be con-
nected to a single
while an expanded unit
accepts up to 64. Multiple
may be cascaded together for further expansion. In this
manual, the model number
is used to desig-
nate all models, unless specified otherwise. Refer to Table
1 for all model variations.
Acknowledging individual alarm inputs is performed
from the operator control panel. Enabling and disabling
individual alarm inputs can be done by software in the
system CPU. The
is compatible with all
Nova VPS digital control
It connects to them with
a parallel data interface.
Both models are compatible with the earlier
alarm interface and with the current
alarm
interface with relay follow. The
provides
an individual relay closure output for each alarm input.
A single auxiliary relay output activates when any alarm
input goes active. This relay may be used to control some
external device, such as a VCR. In the case of multiple
cascaded
only the auxiliary output on the X-IA
that received the alarm goes active. The aux outputs on
the other
do not go active.
Up to four
units may be cascaded in a
daisy-chain to provide a maximum of 256 alarm inputs on
a single CPU trunk line. Alternatively, up to eight of the
basic
may be cascaded to provide 256 inputs.
When used
the
system, up to four groups
of daisy-chained
may be connected to the
CPU, depending on the CPU configuration.
The alarm inputs may be configured as normally closed
or normally open using on-screen programming in the
Nova CPU. Alarm inputs are
compatible.
The
complies with FCC rules for a Class A
digital device.
TABLE 1
MODELS AND PRODUCT CODES
When the
senses a change in the status of one
of its alarm inputs, it transmits the information to the Nova
CPU, which announces the alarm to the operator and which
may also execute a preprogrammed response to the alarm.
Such responses include displaying the video from the
camera associated with the alarm on selected alarm moni-
tors, causing a camera station to carry out a preset-position
M o d e l
Number
Product
Code
Description
WARNING: TO PREVENT RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
Product specifications subject to change without notice.
Vicon part number 8006-8849-01-00
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1997 Vicon Industries Inc. All rights reserved.
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