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Application 3: Alarm Signal Lighting
An ‘Alarm Signal’ Light can help a customer in several ways:
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It lets the customer know when returning home that an alarm has occurred so that he/
she knows not to enter the house and to alert the security service or the police.
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It can act as a silent alarm for those situations where a siren is not appropriate or has
been turned off.
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Intruders hate light.
General
Programming
For this application, we will program the Power832’s PGM 03 to signal a Latched System
Event to the Escort Module.
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In the Power832, Section [010] program decimal data: 10
The Latched System Event option requires that you also set which types of alarm will sig-
nal the event. You set these in the Power832 programming Sections [143] to [154]. There
is one section for each PGM Output.
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We are using PGM 03, so set Section [143] to enable signaling of Burglar Alarm
events. Option #1 should be ON.
Refer to the Power832,
PC5010 Programming Worksheets to determine if there are other
events that you may think useful for this application.
For the purposes of this document, we will treat this programming outline as if it were deal-
ing once again with the SECOND Automation Item (Item #02).
Make the following programming entries:
Step 1
First System Options – Escort5580 Section [002] – Option [3] ON
Turn Option [03] ON to enable Home Automation
Step 2 (Optional)
Number of Automation Transmissions – Escort5580 Section [007]
Program the number of on/off transmissions to be sent for each command.
Step 3
Escort5580 Section [135] – Item [02] - House Code & Unit Number
Referring to your notes (Module Information), program the three digit code (from Appendix
B) equivalent to the letter and number corresponding to the ID code selected for the
sec-
ond X-10 light module (i.e. [A2] = [001]).
Step 4
Escort5580 Section [136] - Options 1, 5, 6 and 7 should be ON (as per
Application 2).
Step 5
Escort5580 Section [137] – ALL options should be OFF (no schedule
assignments used).
Step 6
Escort5580 Section [138] - ALL options should be OFF.
Step 7
Escort5580 Section [139] – Enter [04] (Power832 Output).
Step 8
Escort5580 Section [402] – Enter [03] (following PGM 03).
Summary
When an alarm occurs at any time of day, the lamp will come on and stay on until the panel
is disarmed.