Chapter 6: The Radio Expander; The Radio Expander - Pyronix PCX-256 Installation Manual

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The radio expander contains the 868 inovonics receiver and programming PCB. To connect the

expander to the PCX system please see page: 44.

6 . 1 T h e R a d i o E x p a n d e r

The display is 2 x 7 segments and there are 4 control buttons:

'AZ'

'MO'

'CLEAR'

'ENTER'

A total of 7 detectors can be programmed using the End of Line mode on a radio expander, and 29

can be programmed using the ID mode.

The 'OK' and 'FAULT' LEDs relate to the RS485 connection to the PCX system.

NOTE: The last input on the expander should be programmed as 'Fault' with the name 'RF

Low Battery' to indicate a detector low battery problem. If an RF Low Battery is reported

then the radio expander will show on the display the number of the detector with the low

Lb...21

battery: e.g.

Supervision failure will be reported as 'tamper' on the relevant input.

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C H A P T E R 6 : T H E R A D I O E X P A N D E R

Assign zones/repeaters

EOL mode or ID mode

Clear Information

Accept Information

FAULT

CLEAR

ENTER

RESET

P C X 2 5 6 I N S T A L L A T I O N M A N U A L

TAMPER

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