Introduction - Barnett Engineering ProTalk LINK Operating Manual

INTRODUCTION

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1. INTRODUCTION
The ProTalk Link modular alarm reporting system provides a flexible,
effective solution to a wide variety of alarm monitoring situations at an
unattended site. When an alarm condition occurs, such as building
intrusion, power failure or equipment upset, the Link automatically places
calls to inform people of the situation. These calls can be voice, email,
SMS text or paging depending on the selected communication module. In
the case of unanswered voice calls, the Link will continue to dial through
the list of programmed numbers until it successfully reaches someone and
is able to report the alarm.
An effective match between the alarm sources and the communication
channels is easily done with plug together modules. Each system consists
of one Main module and at least one communication module. The choice
of communication module is determined by the type of channel (or
channels) you want to call out on and more than one communication
module can be used in cases where redundancy is required. For low
density alarm counts, the input/output capabilities of a communication
module will be adequate. When the alarm count exceeds this capacity,
one or more of the discrete I/O modules can be used. The PLC module
can be used to communicate directly with a controller without using
individually wired connections.
The ProTalk Link modules plug together to build up the system you want.
Every system has one Main module and one or more expander modules.
Throughout the manual, the modules are referred to in short form in this
way: the B1285-M1 is an M1 module, the B1285-W1 is a W1 and so on.
This manual contains information to help you install and configure a
ProTalk Link alarm reporting system. For basic applications, a Link
system can be programmed with a safety approved Touch-Tone telephone
by following the steps in this manual. For more advanced configurations,
it will be necessary to use the PC programming application supplied with
the unit. For details on programming with a PC, refer to the help files
contained in the LINK.EXE PC application.
The first sections in this manual show you how to install the Link system
hardware followed by a description of the telset programming method.