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Viking PB-100 Application Note

Viking PB-100 Application Note

Polling/diagnostics kit for the 1600a series
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Provide Diagnostics and Polling to your ADA
Devices that are polled successfully are stored in a "success" log while devices that returned any
kind of error are stored in a "failure" log for follow up at a later time.
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• Programmable polling date/time intervals
• Complete contact record storage up to 500
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• Stores "Success" and "Failure" logs in ASCII
text mole files
• 9-pin RS-232 cable included
• RS-232 ASCII command capabilities
• 20 digit Touch Tone buffer
• Dials Touch Tones 0-9, ,, # and two second
pauses
• Automatic line seizure
• One year limited warranty
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The PB-100 provides centralized polling and diagnos-
tics of all Viking 1600 and 1600A series emergency
phones through a standard Windows 9x/NT P.C. In
addition, any device or person capable of returning
DTMF Touch Tones can be automatically polled.
Up to 500 individual phones can be polled, at
timed intervals, for the diagnosis of basic opera-
tion. The included software provides storage of
complete contact/location records associated
with the phones ID.
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• Polling emergency phones in...
Elevators
"Area of Refuge" sites
Parking ramps
Automated Tellers (ATM)
Entryways
Campus security sites
Roadside emergency sites
Stairwells in public buildings
• Polling any device that can return DTMF Touch
Tones
• Polling security guards on rounds
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Power: 120V AC/12V DC 500mA, UL listed adapter provided
Dimensions: 127mm x 127mm x 25mm (5" x 5" x 1.5")
Weight: 1.36 kg (3 lbs.)
Environmental: 0°C to 32°C (32°F to 90°F) with 5% to 95% non-
condensing humidity
P.C. Interface: 9-pin RS-232 (cable included)
Software/Hardware Requirements:
• IBM Compatible personal computer with an available serial port
CD-rom drive, and Windows compatible sound card
• Windows: 95 or 98 (with OLE32 updates), NT 4.0 (service
pack 6 or higher ), 2000 (service pack 2 or higher)
• 5MB of hard drive space
• 8MB of free physical RAM
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November 29, 2001

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  • Page 1 • Automatic line seizure • One year limited warranty The PB-100 provides centralized polling and diagnos- tics of all Viking 1600 and 1600A series emergency phones through a standard Windows 9x/NT P.C. In addition, any device or person capable of returning DTMF Touch Tones can be automatically polled.
  • Page 2 ING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE "THE FILES", EVEN IF VIKING ELEC- TRONICS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

  • Page 3: About The Software

    The PB-100 comes complete with a telco cord, serial cable, audio cables and a 12V DC power adapter. Step 1. Using the telco cord, connect a phone line to the rear panel jack labeled “LINE”. If the PB-100 is to be used in series with another piece of equipment, the telecom device can be plugged into the “PHONE”...

  • Page 4: Uninstalling Software

    A. Serial Port Configuration Serial communication with the PB-100 is set to a fixed standard of 9600,n,8,1 and cannot be changed. Set your COM port setting in the Control Panel to match these configurations. The “COM Port Select” designation (1-4) is set on the “Utility”...
  • Page 5 D. Entering Information for a Device The PB-100 Software allows a maximum of up to 500 indi- vidual device records to be entered into a single data file. To enter an individual device record select the “Information” tab and click on the “New” command button (each addition- al device record is added by selecting “New”).
  • Page 6 Clicking on the up/down arrows will change the response time in 5 second increments, from 15 to 90 seconds. Retry Count - This counter sets the number of times the PB-100 will re-dial a device if there is no initial response (the Response Timer has elapsed).

  • Page 7: The Display Window

    “Clear” button on the “Display” tab. It is worth noting that this action does not clear the success.log and failure.log files. To clear these files, browse to their locations and manually delete them. New success.log and fail- ure.log files will be created the next time the PB-100 software is used. B. The Display Window (see Diagram G) The “Display”...

  • Page 8: Getting Help

    PB-100. Due to the dynamic nature of the product design, the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Viking Electronics, and its affiliates and/or subsidiaries assume no responsibility for errors and omissions contained in this information. Revisions of this document or new editions of it may be issued to incorporate such changes.

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