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Firmware 7.030 Beta is available for testing. Firmware ULT 7.030 can be can be downloaded from http://www.cytech.biz/product_details.php?item_id=210
Outputs can be assigned to be turned on and off based on the alarm conditions. The outputs are meant to be connected to a Redcare STU for alarm monitoring. These are;
A "Confirmed alarm" is an alarm which has been confirmed by a subsequent zone activation within the Alert Time (which is determined by Modules & Settings > Misc Settings > Alert Time. The alert time (callled "Confirmation time" in BS8243) must be from 30 to 60 minutes. This confirmation feature does not reply on Alert and Perimeter zones. The screenshot below shows where the outputs are assigned, in Security > Status Outputs  Comfigurator 3.6.8 is required for this new feature, which can be downloaded from http://www.cytech.biz/comfigurator.html To enable this feature in Comfigurator go to File > Update Defaults to download new configuration files into Comfigurator. Then close and open Comfigurator again to see the above screen with the security outputs. Known Bugs A Flashing output on a Slave cannot be turned off by an Output On or off command. Only Reset all outputs command can reset the output. Outputs 1 to 16 on the Maiin Comfort board are not affected by this bug Last edited on Monday May 20th, 2013 04:13 am by |
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gaynorc Member
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What are "Soft EOL" and "Triple EOL" settings for zones? Thanks |
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Oh, these settings were not meant to be seen at this time. I dont know how it leaked. They are future features for Comfort The zone shunts (selecting "No EOL" and "Double EOL") in future will be removed. Instead each zone will have the selection (EOL Shunts/No EOL/ Double EOL/ Triple EOL) EOL Shunts means the current situation where the zone shunt determine EOL. No EOL means the zone does not need EOL resistors Double EOL means the zone needs 2 EOL resistors (2k2 and 4k7 as usual) Triple EOL is a new setting meant for masked detectors Getting rid of the shunts means there will be no problem with shunts falling off or losing contact, also saving space on the board. It will allow the terminal blocks to be removed more easily since the shunts will not obstruct your fingers |
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gaynorc Member
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Thanks for the explanation. On a topic related to the resistance which each zone presents to comfort, is there a method of querying the actual resistance of a zone? I ask this for a practical reason. As part of the preventative maintenance of an alarm system, security firms in this country measure with a meter the resistance of each zone in an attempt to detect zones where wiring or sensors are deteriorating. With 60 zones, I am not keen on any such intervention. If the resistance could be measured directly from Comfort, or some proxy for a deteriorating circuit could be queried, that would be a benefit for maintenance. |
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You may be able to do some measurement on the zones connected to the Comfort and Slaves (which are analog inputs), but not on the LEMs The A?zz command where zz is the zone number in Hex returns the value of the voltage on the zone terminals eg in Monitor I/O screen > A?08 < A?0860 the reply A?0860 means the analog value at zone 8 is 96 compared to ful scale of 255 (FF) For a double eol zone, the nominal values are Zone Open circuit > C0 hex Zone Open A0 hex Zone Closed 60 hex Zone short circuit <60 hex as the wire resistance increases the zone values would increase so this could be used to determine the "health" of the zone wiring This method cannot be used for LEMs as mentioned |
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gaynorc Member
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Thank you for this information, very useful as the potential difference is (as you say) related to the resistance on the circuit. I have checked the status of each zone using the A? command in the comfigurator UCM I/O window, and I have a question to ask and an observation to make. 1) I can get readings on Comfort and Slaves (Zones 1-8; 17-24; 33-40; 49-56) with all hex results in 63-65 range, so this is useful to check on the health of these zones. However, you said that the LEMs cannot be read in this way (not analogue?). I have found that for the four LEMs involved (32 zones) they do give a reading (60). In one case however (window sensor) it gave a 70. When I investigated the sensor a bit it came back to 60. Question: Are the LEMs reporting a level (in increments of 10?) to Comfort and if so how does each relate to the analogue scale? If they are reporting on some scale or other, even the LEMs could be interrogated for zone wiring health. 2) In Comfigurator in the Zone/Inputs window if "module status" is set to "on", normally the on/off indication for each zone is reported. I see that when I interrogated Comfort with the A? command for each zone, the decimal value of the zone replaced the "On/Off" indication (e.g. "off" is replaced by "101"). This is very useful, but it also suggests that Comfigurator could be used to monitor/report zone health. Once I understand the LEM behaviour more, I will make some suggestions. Thanks Last edited on Thursday May 30th, 2013 11:29 am by gaynorc |
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The LEM is only able to report 4 values 20, 60, A0, E0 hex values , it should not give 70 at any time. Please check again It should be possible for Comfigurator to monitor the zone health, perhaps we wil introduce it in a later version |
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gaynorc Member
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I checked Zone 31 (Hex 1F) several times and on each time received the 70 response. At the same time the "module status" in comfigurator reported 112 (the decimal equivalent of hex 70), so I am certain about that reading. As I explained in my previous post above, I then investigated the sensor on that zone (an inertia sensor)and activated it several times. The reading then returned to hex 60, decimal 96 under "module status", where it now stands. I will check this from time to time and copy the I/O message stream to you if I encounter values other than the four you mention. |
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slychiu Administrator 
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We do not see that Can you send a screen capture? |
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ULT 7.033 (Beta)
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