EXAMPLES OF EXPANDED REPORTING WITH
NON-ALARM EVENTS
REPORT
MEANING
1 2 3 4 2 8
ACCOUNT 1234 reports a FIRE alarm
triggered by
ZONE 8.
5 6 7 8 3 D
ACCOUNT 5678 reports a BURGLAR alarm
triggered by
ZONE 13 [D
(hex)
=13
(decimal)
].
9 8 7 6 9
ACCOUNT 987 reports the system was
armed with
ZONE 9 BYPASSED (shunted).
6 5 4 9 0
ACCOUNT 654 sends a TEST message to
the Central Station.
NOTE:
The "0" (zero) is often used when
no other "expanded" character is appropriate.
3 2 1 B 3
ACCOUNT 321 is being OPENED (disarmed)
by the system's
USER 3.
1 2 3 4 8 8
ACCOUNT 1234 is reporting a "trouble" on
ZONE 8 (e.g., a wiring fault on a Fire Zone, or
a "daytime trouble" [e.g., a foil problem] on an
intrusion zone).
9 9 9 9 C 5
ACCOUNT 9999 is being CLOSED (armed)
by the system's
USER 5.
6 6 6 6 D 2 An alarm from
ACCOUNT 6666
was
ABORTED (cancelled) by User 2 while it was
being reported.
NOTE: Most control panels will
communicate the cancelled alarm and follow
it with the
ABORT message.
3 3 3 3 F 9
ACCOUNT 3333 has a SYSTEM TROUBLE
caused by a
LOW STANDBY BATTERY (see
NOTE 3).
5 6 7 8 E B
ACCOUNT 5678 reports the RESTORAL of
the
BURGLAR alarm triggered by ZONE 11
[B
(hex)
=11
(decimal)
].
Partially Expanded (Partially Extended) Formats
Formats like
Radionics BFSK
(see pages B-22 through B-24)
are considered to be
Partially-Expanded.
Its
alarm
messages
are sent in a
3x1 Standard
format, which provides a 3-digit
Account
(in which hexadecimal characters are permitted) and
a 1-digit
Event Code
(using codes 0 through 9). In terms of
alarm
transmissions, it is not an
Expanded Format;
however,
when the
Event Code
is in hexadecimal (i.e., B, C, D, E, F),
expanded information will be sent.
Page B-18 Appendix B:
CP-220A Central Station Receiver
Communication Formats
Hook-Up and Installation Manual