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DTC-300A-2 

Digital Transmitter Communicator

 LT-892 Rev 1  

November  2016

Installation and Operation Manual

Summary of Contents for DTC-300A-2

Page 1: ...DTC 300A 2 Digital Transmitter Communicator LT 892 Rev 1 November 2016 Installation and Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...Basic Operation and Supervision 13 Configuration Set up 13 CONFIGURATION VIA ON BOARD KEYPAD 13 CONFIGURATION VIA UIMA AND COMPUTER LOCAL 14 CONFIGURATION VIA MODEM AND COMPUTER REMOTE 14 Keypad Configuration Operation 15 Entering the Passcode 15 Command Menu 16 1 View Event Log Command Menu 16 2 Clear Event Log Command Menu 17 3 Test Dialer Command Menu 18 4 Config Info Command Menu 20 5 Version ...

Page 3: ...vices that may be connected to a line as determined by the total REN s contact the local telephone company The REN for this product is 0 2 Telephone Company Procedures The goal of the telephone company is to provide you with the best service it can In order to do this it may occasionally be necessary for them to make changes in their equipment operations or procedures If these changes might affect...

Page 4: ...rts to a DACR using Ademco Contact ID reporting protocols The DTC 300A 2 has the ability of disconnecting the incoming and outgoing calls and capturing the line for transmission to the DACR Provides telephone line monitoring and reports status via LED indication on board Provides LED indication for AC Power Common Trouble CPU Fail and Ground Fault User configurable locally with on board keypad and...

Page 5: ...bottom of the box and two conduit holes within the backbox Figure 1 DTC 300A 2 Backbox Dimensions for Mounting For a wireless second telephone line Line 2 the PCS 100 Power Converter and Trouble Relay module is required The PCS 100 is mounted on the left hand side of the DTC 300A 2 board with two mounting screws as shown in Figure 1 above 0RXQWLQJ ROHV 8 1 2 10 1 1 2 6 5 16 8 1 4 TOP AND BOTTOM MN...

Page 6: ...Table 1 provides a description of the status LEDs on the DTC 300A 2 and Table 2 provides information on the use of jumpers JW1 to JW4 The CFG 300 Configuration Tool is optional and used for configuration it s mounting is shown in Figure 2 below Figure 2 DTC 300A 2 Board Layout 1 5 8 0 ENTER MENU CANCEL INFO 6 2 ABC 3 DEF 4 GHI JKL MNO 7 PRS TUV 9 WXY QZ COMMON TROUBLE GROUND FAULT CPU FAIL LINE 1 ...

Page 7: ...s Table 2 DTC 300A 2 List of Jumpers for Operation and Configuration JUMPER NUMBER JUMPER FUNCTIONS JW1 RESET PASSCODE Default is normally open TO RESET PASSCODE Place jumper here and power down the DTC 300A 2 by disconnecting the 24V power source or power down the fire alarm panel AC and Batteries then power back up to revert to the default passcode After the passcode is reset remove the jumper J...

Page 8: ...and line and line 2 as wireless using the PCS 100 and the 3G4010 Figure 3 Power Converter and Trouble Relay module The following hardware configuration must be performed before installing the PCS 100 Table 3 PCS 100 Jumper Setting JW1 This jumper is factory set to connect the top two pins 1 and 2 This detects a trouble on the high signal and the trouble relay is normally open If the jumper is move...

Page 9: ...r wireless service use the Line 2 interface connection Note Most Authorities Having Jurisdiction AHJ do not allow the connection of premise telephones see specifications for more information Note All interconnection wiring to the transmitter must be in the same room must be less than 18 m long and shall be run in metal conduit T T R R premise telephone IF permitted T T R R LINE 1 LINE 2 1 2 3 4 8 ...

Page 10: ...r equivalent MP 820R W which is a resistor on a white or red plate Figure 5 DTC 300A 2 Zone Wiring Table 4 Zone Default Functions ZONE DEFAULT FUNCTION Z1 Common Alarm Input Z2 Common Supervisory Input Z3 Common Trouble Input Z4 Waterflow Alarm Z5 AC Power Trouble Input Z6 Battery Trouble Input Z1 Z3 Z2 Z4 DTC 300A 2 Z5 Z6 N O C FIRE ALARM PANEL Relay Output Common Alarm as default for Zone 1 Z2 t...

Page 11: ...e Output terminals are dry contacts Use JW4 to select either normally closed pins 1 and 2 or normally open pins 2 and 3 Figure 6 DTC 300A 2 Trouble Output Wiring Wire gauge Maximum wiring run to last device AWG Feet Meters 22 2990 910 20 4760 1450 18 7560 2300 16 12000 3600 14 19000 5800 12 30400 9200 Notes Maximum loop resistance should not exceed 100 ohms Maximum capacitance of 0 5uF total on ea...

Page 12: ... Use wire gauge for power supply wiring as specified per Table 6 below Table 6 Power Supply Wiring Chart Wire gauge Maximum wiring run to last device AWG Feet Meters 22 2530 770 20 3940 1200 18 5910 1800 FIRE PANEL OUT IN 24V DC 24V DC Regulated or 24V FWR 670 mA MAX 24V FWR 1 5 Amp MAX THE 24V DC OUT TERMINALS ARE USED TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE PCS 100 DTC 300A 2 PCS 100 Note Use metal conduit betw...

Page 13: ...s shown below Figure 8 3G4010 Connection to Fire Alarm Panel and DTC 300A 2 Diagram GS3060 Connections to DTC 300A 2 and Fire Control Panel 20 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Z4 COM PGM AUX TAMPER COM 14V 1 2 3 4 Z1 Z2 Z3 GS3060 PCS 100 POWER 24V GND PGM4 GND 14V NC COM NO TBL RELAY JW1 FACP Output Relay Correlated to Alarm To INI Circuit of Fire Alarm Panel See Fig 9 3G4010 3G4010 ...

Page 14: ...Z1 Z2 Z3 Z4 Z5 Z6 WATERFLOW AC TRBL BATT TRBL ALARM SUPERVISORY TROUBLE PCS 100 PGM4 TI RI GS3060 TRBL Output Correlated to Alarm OUT IN POWER 24V GND PGM4 GND 14V 12V Z1 NC COM NO TBL RELAY INI Output Correlated to Waterflow Output Correlated to AC Trouble Output Correlated to Batt Trouble EOL EOL INI Refer to Fig 4 to connect these signals All units must be installed in the same room All extende...

Page 15: ...ephone lines it stops retrying but an Alarm Event Manual Test or 24 hour Periodic Test will force the DTC 300A 2 to seize the line and try reporting again For two regular Telco telephone line connections the DTC 300A 2 checks each line operation by reporting the 24 hour periodic test result on Line 1 or Line 2 alternately For a cellular line 2 selection of the Auto Test time between 12 01 and 23 5...

Page 16: ...d to allow the configuration a trouble is generated and reported to the receiver DACR 3 Start the Mircom Software MSW 012 on the computer to configure the DTC 300A 2 Follow the instructions of MSW 012 menu to complete the configuration of the DTC 300A 2 4 Remove jumper on JW2 after configuration is finished otherwise a trouble will occur CONFIGURATION VIA MODEM AND COMPUTER REMOTE 1 Set up the mod...

Page 17: ...mum allowable passcode is ten digits long numerical values only Press the ENTER key after entering the passcode If the passcode is correct it will take you to the main command menu If the passcode is incorrect the system will ask you to re enter the passcode The system will be exhausted after three retries and will then take you back to the Normal message display The default password is 1111 Note ...

Page 18: ...u feature 9 and 10 can only be accessed if jumper JW2 is placed on the main board see Table 2 Select the type of log to view Press the ENTER key The system will then show the log chosen Use this function to select the log to view Either the local or remote log The remote log contains all events associated with the fire alarm panel The local log contains all events associated with the DTC 300A 2 Ea...

Page 19: ...Clear Event Log Command Menu Select the type of log to clear Press the ENTER key The system will then confirm before clearing logs Press the ENTER key to confirm or the CANCEL key to cancel the operation Use this function to clear remote logs local logs or both The remote log contains all events associated with the fire alarm panel The local log contains all events associated with the DTC 300A 2 E...

Page 20: ...eration Press Enter to reset the dialer Press Cancel to exit this menu The dialer is checking the line for voltage This message automatically displays when Manual Test is selected No DC line voltage The line is dead or no phone line is connected or the phone line operates at abnormal voltage The dialer is waiting for a dial tone This message may indicate a noisy telephone line The dial tone was de...

Page 21: ...or the receiver is not available Sending events to the receiver The dialer is waiting for the Kissoff tone The Kissoff tone indicates that the receiver has received the event reports No Kissoff means dialer did not detect Kissoff tone The line passed the test everything is OK Failed No Acktone Reporting Event Now Waiting for Kissoff No Kissoff Passed Manual test ...

Page 22: ...ame will appear on this screen The job name can be up to a maximum of 20 characters Press down arrow key for further info If you upload a job configuration to the panel using the PC configuration utility the technician s name ID will appear on this screen The technician ID can be up to a maximum of 10 characters Press down arrow key for further info Configuration date and time will appear for all ...

Page 23: ...5 to 15 seconds Use the up down arrow keys to select daily compensation value and press ENTER For a fast clock adjust negatively For a slow clock adjust positively For example for a clock which runs 5 minutes a month based on 30 days fast select 10 seconds Command Menu Set Password If the passcode does not match the following message appears and the system exit to the main menu If the passcode is ...

Page 24: ...t keys to change values or the numerical keys to enter account numbers 1 Account Info Menu Command Menu Default Config Press UP and DOWN to select between Y N if ENTER is pressed the default configuration is restored Use this function to load the default configuration in the panel Warning By loading default configuration all the previously programmed configuration is lost permanently L o a d t h e...

Page 25: ...d is 19 including commas and numerals The commas will be treated as 1 sec delay To enter a comma press the INFO button Press the key to move the cursor to the right or press the key to move it to the left An example of a typical telephone number is 9 1234567008 9 being the dial out where required 3G4010 requires at least one number Command Menu Dialer Config Account Info 3 Account 1 Reporting Form...

Page 26: ...Command Menu Dialer Config Telephone Line 4 Line 2 wait for Dial tone X ENABLE Default DISABLE Same as Line 1 Command Menu Dialer Config Telephone Line 5 Number of retries 06 Default Set the number of retries for both line 1 and line 2 This function lets the dialer retry on either line if it is busy or not available If the retry count expires the panel reports a line trouble 1 L i n e 1 D i a l t ...

Page 27: ...r reporting supervisory troubles If the priority is set for account 1 then the dialer will try account 1 first for reporting Command Menu Dialer Config Time Parameter 1 AC Loss delay 0 Default Use this function to delay the reporting of AC loss trouble on the dialer for the programmed time period The sum of the AC loss delays of the control panel and the DTC 300A 2 shall not exceed 3 hours as requ...

Page 28: ...lt When the dialer is enabled or disabled a warning message appears Warning The dialer cannot report any event to the monitoring station if it is disabled Command Menu Dialer Config Ring Detection Disabled 1 2 3 4 X 5 Default 6 7 8 Use this menu item to select the number of rings on which the panel s modem will answer The default number of rings is five The maximum number of rings you can define i...

Page 29: ...Input Cfg Inp Zone Config 1 Type Input Zone 6 Type Input Zone X ALARM Default SUPV TROUBLE WTR FLOW ALM AC TROUBLE BATTERY TROUBLE Use this function to program the type of each input zone Table 4 shows the default input types Command Menu Input Cfg Inp Zone Type 1 Label Input Zone 6 Name Input Zone Zone 1 6 Default Use this function to set a name or label for each input zone Input Zone Config 1 Zo...

Page 30: ...ialer test Test New event 1 601 00 000 Event Description Event Family Qualifier Code Group Contact Zone Fire Alarm Alarm New event 1 110 00 NNN Zone Fire Alarm restored Alarm Restore 3 110 00 NNN Zone Trouble detected Trouble New event 1 300 00 NNN Zone Trouble restored Trouble Restore 3 300 00 NNN Zone Supervisory condition Supervisory New event 1 200 00 NNN Zone Supervisory restored Supervisory ...

Page 31: ...hr Test Event Off normal Test New event RY 000 Manually initiated dialer test Test New event RX 000 Event Description Event Family Qualifier SIA Event Code Parameter Zone Fire Alarm Alarm New event FA NNN Zone Fire Alarm restored Alarm Restore FH NNN Zone Trouble detected Trouble New event FT NNN Zone Trouble restored Trouble Restore FJ NNN Zone Supervisory condition Supervisory New event FS NNN Z...

Page 32: ...rm Control Panels and all other FACP that can provide 24V DC regulated or 24V FWR power 670mA current and normally open relay contacts rated 28V DC 2A resistive load Compatible Receivers The Mircom DTC 300A 2 is compatible with the following Digital Alarm Communicator Receivers DACR DACR Receiver Model Protocols DSC SurGard System I Receiver ULC ULI Approved Ademco Contact ID DSC SurGard System II...

Page 33: ...sory and Trouble status to a DACR using either Ademco Contact ID or SIA DCS protocols User configurable locally or remotely Configuration is passcode protected Current Consumption Standby 650 mA Alarm 670 mA with PCS 100 0 to 49 degrees Celsius 93 percent humidity Refer to CAN ULC S536 Standard for the Inspection and Testing of Fire Alarm Systems for testing and maintenance procedures Battery Calc...

Page 34: ...le it does not have power Power interruptions of any length are often accompanied by voltage fluctuations which may damage electronic equipment such as a fire alarm system After a power interruption has occurred immediately conduct a complete system test to ensure that the system operates as intended Failure of Replaceable Batteries Systems with wireless transmitters have been designed to provide ...

Page 35: ...visions air conditioners or other appliances or passing traffic Audible notification appliances however loud may not be heard by a hearing impaired person Telephone Lines If telephone lines are used to transmit alarms they may be out of service or busy for certain periods of time Also the telephone lines may be compromised by such things as criminal tampering local construction storms or earthquak...

Page 36: ...gn objects damage caused by peripherals unless such peripherals were supplied by MGC defects caused by failure to provide a suitable installation environment for the products damage caused by use of the products for purposes other than those for which it was designed damage from improper maintenance damage arising out of any other abuse mishandling or improper application of the products Warranty ...

Page 37: ...f publishing and is subject to change or revision without prior notice at the sole discretion of the Company WARNING MGC recommends that the entire system be completely tested on a regular basis However despite frequent testing and due to but not limited to criminal tampering or electrical disruption it is possible for this product to fail to perform as expected NOTE Under no circumstances shall M...

Page 38: ...ncluding area code ____________________ Reporting Format Contact ID SIA _________________________________________________________________________________________ Account 2 Identification max 6 digits _ _ _ _ _ _ Account 2 Telephone number including area code __________________________ Telephone number of receiving station including area code ____________________ Reporting Format Contact SIA ...

Page 39: ...05 660 4113 Mircom 2016 Printed in Canada Subject to change without prior notice www mircom com U S A 4575 Witmer Industrial Estates Niagara Falls NY 14305 Tel 888 660 4655 905 660 4655 Fax 905 660 4113 TECHNICAL SUPPORT North America Tel 888 Mircom5 888 647 2665 International Tel 905 647 2665 ...

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