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Section 8 Automation Communication Formats
8.1
Introduction
The receiver supports several automation communication formats that are used to communicate with an
automation computer. The supported formats are Silent Knight's proprietary protocol. The ADEMCO
protocol is described in Section 8.2.
• If you are receiving Contact ID ® 10 format on your MX8000 receiver, your automation software
must be compatible with 10-digit account numbers, you must not use SK9000, ITI Generic, or ITI
Enhanced automation protocols, and you must not use the MX8000-LC1 Line Card.
• If you are receiving Contact ID ® format on your MX8000 receiver you may use any automation
protocol except the SK9000 automation protocol. The SK9000 automation protocol does not
support Contact ID reporting format.
8.1.1
Conventions Observed In This Section
This manual uses the term "automation computer" to refer to a computer that receives data from the
MX8000 and interprets it through software that automates the central station.
For the purposes of this manual, a "message" is any data the MX8000 is passing to an automation computer.
We'll reserve the term message for discussions of the string as a whole.
The term "call from panel" will refer to the complete data stream from a panel to the MX8000. The term
"event data" will refer to the actual data, (that is, alarms, troubles, and so on), that are part of a call from a
panel.
The term "system message" will refer to messages the MX8000 sends to an automation computer about its
internal status.
Another convention of this manual is to use hexadecimal values to refer to data (rather than the ASCII
characters that represent the values). Hexadecimal numbers will be represented with a $ symbol in front of
them as in "$0A".
8.2
MX8000 Automation Protocols
The automation protocols available in the MX8000 are listed in Table 8–1 with a protocol description and
automation computer setting.
We recommend using the ADEMCO 8000 automation protocol to take full advantage of all the
formats and features of the MX8000.
MX8000 Setting
ADEM 8000
ADEM 685
CAPS
FBII220
SK9000
ITI Gen
ITI Comp
!WARNING!
RECOMMENDATION
Table 8–1: Automation Protocol Listing
Description
ADEMCO 8000 Protocol
ADEMCO 685 Protocol
ADEMCO Caps Protocol
FBII CP-220 Protocol
Silent Knight 9000 Emulation
ITI Generic
ITI Comp
Automation Computer Setting
Ademco 8000 or Silent Knight Expanded
Ademco 685
Ademco Caps
FBII CP220
Silent Knight 9000
ITI Generic
ITI Comp
8–1
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