Silent 1 St Alarm; Disable Confirm On Entry; Inputs To Confirm After Entry; Alarm Starts / Stops (Alarm Responses) - Pyronix PCX-256 Programming Manual

PCX 256 PROGRAMMING MANUAL
5 . 1 4 A l a r m R e s p o n s e
The Alarm Response function controls how you would like certain activations to perform.
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5.14.1 Silent 1 Alarm
If this function is selected as 'confirmed', then the first alarm to activated on the system will be
silent, but the if another input activates (i.e. a confirmed alarm) then the alarm will activate and the
alarm tones will be heard.
This option is only valid once the system has been set for 3 minutes and not if the entry time has
started. (The default is selected as 'Never')

5.14.2 Disable Confirm On Entry

To comply with DD243 clauses 6.4.3 and 6.4.4, this option should be set to YES to disable
confirmation once the entry procedure has started. For use with DD243 option 6.4.5, this option
should be left at default (No).
If 'Disable Confirm On Entry' is set to YES this option will disable ALL confirmation signals on
entry.
If 'Disable Confirm On Entry' is set to NO the confirmation signals are enabled on expiry of entry
time.

5.14.3 Inputs to Confirm After Entry

This function accepts a choice of 1 or 2 inputs to trigger after expiration of entry time to qualify as a
sequentially confirmed alarm. Note: Only the "2" setting complies with DD243:2004. (The default is
selected at 2)

5.14.4 Alarm Starts / Stops (Alarm Responses)

The order of which alarm responses are activated can be programmed to your requirements. The
alarm activations you can program are: Partitions, Fire, Gas, Hold Ups, and Disarm Alarms and the
different alarm responses are: Keypads, Internal Sounders, Sirens Only, Digi and Confirm. The
different alarm responses work on a cycle (starting from 'Keypads' and finishing at 'Confirm').
Each alarm response will take 15 seconds before moving on to the next response.
For example, If the alarm response for Partition A starts at 'Internal Sounders' and stops at 'Digi',
then once Partition A is armed and an alarm has been activated, the internal sounders will be first
to activate, then after 15 seconds the Sirens will activate (Sirens Only) and then after another 15
seconds the 'Digi' will activate. You may also program the system to operate on a combined
partition basis, for example if both partitions 'A' and 'B' are armed; you may want the process of the
alarm responses to change. Therefore you would use the 'If partitions armed' section of this
function and select the desired partitions and the alarm responses.
Another example of where this function would become useful is when you have several inputs
programmed as '24 hour', you may want the system to only activate the internal sounders in
disarmed mode, but when the system is armed you may want both the internal and external
sounders to activate. To do this, when you get to "Disarmed Starts", enter '1' for Internal Sounders
and press function. "Disarmed Stops" will be displayed, as you do not wish anything else to
activate when the system is disarmed, enter '1' for Internal Sounders again. This will make the
system only ever activate the internal sounders when an alarm has activated in disarmed mode.
The defaults for this function are as follows:
Partition Starts At
Fire, Gas, HU Starts At
Disarm Starts At
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Digi Partition Stops At
Digi Fire, Gas, HU Stops At
Bells Only Disarm Starts At
Confirm
Digi
Bells Only
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