PARAMETER 61:
Extended BFSK
Alarms
MAY EXTEND BFSK ALARMS MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS
Background:
The CP-220A is capable of receiving and processing many popular alarm
Reporting Formats – including one known as
Radionics BFSK.
Radionics
BFSK
was designed to send its messages in a
3x1 Standard
format (see
Appendix B
), which provides a 3-digit
Account Number
and a 1-digit
Event
Code.
In terms of its
alarm
transmissions (using Codes 0 through 9), 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.
The following table should help to illustrate this point.
RADIONICS BFSK
ALARM MESSAGES
MEANING
AAA E
a 3-digit
Alarm Code
(AAA) identifies the subscriber, and the 1-digit
Event
Code
(E) identifies the alarm or event
Examples:
123 1
456 2
789 6
Explanations (typical):
Account 123 has a Fire Alarm (Code 1)
Account 456 has a Holdup Alarm (Code 2)
Account 789 has a Zone Bypass (Code 6)
Summary:
A report sent in the standard Radionics BFSK format does not produce
expanded
information for Event
Codes between 0 and 9.
AAA EX
a 3-digit
Alarm Code
(AAA) identifies the subscriber, the 1-digit
Event Code
(E)
identifies the event and, if the Event Code is a hexadecimal character between
"B" and "F," a digit with expanded information (X) will be provided
Examples:
111 B6
222 C2
333 E5
Explanations (typical):
Account 111 has just "opened" (Code B) via "User 6"
Account 222 has just "closed" (Code C) via "User 2"
Account 333 has just experienced an alarm restoral (Code E) on Zone 5
Summary:
A report sent in the standard Radionics BFSK format will provide expanded information if the Event Code
is a hexadecimal character between "B" and "F."
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