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- Page 1 Sentinel Receiver and Decoder SAR-100 Digital Repeater Sentry Digital Receiver PimaGuard Software Central Monitoring Station Products Installation and Configuration Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content of the product package ....................4 1.2. Features ............................ 4 1.3. Components & Architecture ......................5 1.4. Safety instructions ........................6 1.5. How to connect the Sentinel cards ....................6 1.6. Installation ..........................6 1.6.1. Radio test ..........................7 1.6.2. PSTN test ..........................7 1.7. - Page 3 Sentry - front panel ......................5 Figure 2. Sentry - back panel ......................5 Figure 3. Sentry’s mode of operation diagram .................. 5 Figure 4. Sentinel connection diagram ..................... 6 Figure 5. SAR-100 block diagram ....................10 Figure 6. The SAR-100 ......................... 11 Figure 7.
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Page 4: Sentry
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide Introduction This guide will introduce you with four PIMA Electronic Systems products for the Central Monitoring Station (CMS): Sentry digital receiver unit Sentinel PCI-based receiver and decoder SAR-100 digital repeater unit ... -
Page 5: Components & Architecture
Sentry 1.3. Components & Architecture Figure 1. Sentry - front panel Figure 2. Sentry - back panel Figure 3. Sentry’s mode of operation diagram... -
Page 6: Safety Instructions
Figure 4. Sentinel connection diagram Connect the radio cable to the Radio connector. Each Sentinel is supplied with a split cable, that has a ‘D’ type connector. You can connect up to 2 radio transceivers. To connect the radio, do the following: Connect the transceiver’s wires to the Sentinel’s cable according to the following table:... -
Page 7: Radio Test
Sentry Wire Sentry Radio Black Volume Volume control Yellow Make sure the ON/OFF switch on the front panel is turned off. Connect the Sentry to power with the supplied AC cord. Connect a 12V Lead-Acid backup battery (not supplied) to the binding posts on the back panel, as follows: Release the battery connection caps. -
Page 8: How To Remotely Access The Sentry Via Wan
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide 1.7. How to remotely access the Sentry via WAN PimaGuard must have a static IP address (in LAN or WAN) The Sentry is provided with the “UltraVNC” free remote desktop application (www.uvnc.com). It is configured with the password “Sentry”. To use it, do as follows: On your router, forward port 5900 to the Sentry (see “Limited support notice”... -
Page 9: Technical Specifications
Sentry 1.9. Technical specifications Four PSTN lines Two radio inputs RS-232 port Four USB ports Power input: 90VAC~240VAC AC frequency range: 47 to 63 Hz Power consumption: 50W Network interface: 10/100MB Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDP ... -
Page 10: Sar-100
Radio events can be relayed to the following channels: Radio, Ethernet, PSTN and Cellular Full data-event capability by using PAF and PID PIMA protocols Up to 16 SAR-100 repeaters can be installed in a star topology, or unlimited number in chain. -
Page 11: Quick Reference Guide
12. The mainboard is based on Intel ATOM-270 processor. The operating system of the SAR-100 is Windows XP © Embedded Home/Pro. The mainboard components are listed next. 13. The Sentinel digital receiver; see section 3.7, on page 21 for details 2.4.1. Other components COM #3 port This port is used for the communication between the controller and the mainboard. -
Page 12: Controller
2.4.3. Radio mode of operation When the SAR-100 relays events via the radio, the SENTINEL encodes the events and the SAR- 100 sends them to the CMS via the radio. The SENTINEL triggers the radio via the PTT connection and sends the data to the transceiver’s audio input. - Page 13 SAR-100 Figure 7. The mainboard sockets panel Optional: connect peripherals to zone #1 and #2 inputs, in the terminal block. Figure 8. The controller’s terminal block Make sure the mainboard ON/OFF switch is switched OFF Figure 9. Mainboard’s ON/OFF switch Insert the battery to its bracket and connect the cables Insert the supplied 10A fuse to the fuse socket on the battery Red wire 10.
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Page 14: Connecting And Running
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide 2.6. Connecting and running Connect 220V wires to the AC connector. See Figure 6 and section 10, on page 11. Connect a keyboard and a monitor to the mainboard panel. Turn ON the mainboard’s ON/OFF switch (see the image on the previous page). Wait until the SAR-100 boots up and close the box. -
Page 15: Speedfan" Temperature Monitor
SAR-100 It is configured with the password “Sentry”. To use it: Forward port 5900 to the PimaGuard PC (see “Limited support notice” at the end of this guide). On the remote computer, browse to http://www.uvnc.com/downloads/ultravnc.html and download the UVNC application. Install the application and run the “Client Viewer”. -
Page 16: Pimaguard
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide PimaGuard PimaGuard is a versatile configuration management software, and a decoder. It is used for configuring the Sentinel modules. 3.1. Features Radio and Telephone channels configuration Cellular and Ethernet channels management and monitoring ... -
Page 17: Ip Receiver
The IP receiver is an integrated IP signaling monitor, design to receive alarm and other messages (as TCP frames) from PIMA alarm systems, via network and GSM paths, and the SAT-N. All messages are encrypted using AES 128 bit encryption. -
Page 18: The Edit Menu
Repeater’s account) and report the event in all the output paths. Sentinels Slots Reset Reset the Sentinel’s PCI slots information. Note that reboot is required! Fix IP Receiver Account Rebuild the IP Receiver account file (ACCNT. Premium only). Auto Logon Allows automatic login to the PC 3.5.5. -
Page 19: General
PimaGuard 3.6. General 3.6.1. Configuration Double-click General on the menu tree. Click Configuration. The properties are described in the next table. Double-click to change properties. Property Details CMS Name The Central Monitoring Station name Note User text Created on The date the installation file was created Installed on The date PimaGuard was installed Last modified on The date the installation file was modified... -
Page 20: Users
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide Property Details Language Run on Startup Enter the full path (and arguments, up to 16 rows) of programs that needs to run before PimaGuard starts running. PimaGuard will execute the programs one by one, with maximum 10 seconds timeout between each. “Run on startup”... -
Page 21: Serial Port Formats
Inactive Double-click on in the right pane: IO Range: enter the minimum physical IO value of Sentinel 1; for example: 1C00, 3C00, 5C00. The maximum value is FF. Enter the Serial Number and ID for the Sentinels in use. For the changes to take effect, click “Sentinels Slots Reset” on the Options menu; see... - Page 22 3.7.1.1. Line 1-4 Every Sentinel can have up to 4 telephone line inputs, with up to 4 different ACKs, each in up to 8 formats. Only when you set an ACK, the next ACK can be set Double-click on Line X. The Line properties are:...
- Page 23 Click the upper button to convert the Format, System/Frame and Close ACK (and the format’s ACK) values, to Pima format’s station number Click the lower button to convert from PIMA Control Panels format to the above formats. All-account...
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Page 24: Radio 1-2
Routing table: the events will be routed to COM #1 (0x0001=0b0001). 3.7.2. Radio 1-2 Each Sentinel has up to 2 radio channels, each supports up to 32 formats. Double-click Radio X on the menu tree. The properties in this window are: Property... -
Page 25: Ip Receiver
Basic type The Basic type properties are: Property Details Type The type is set by PIMA Port Enter the listening port Encryption key (Hex) Enter the 64 Hex characters (0-F) encryption key. Caller IP Use this feature for reporting on data errors: if PimaGuard cannot resolve any event during an entire TCP session, it will send the internal fault event with the Caller IP to the outputs according to the Routing table;... -
Page 26: Accounts Auto-Config
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide 3.8.1.2. Premium type The Configuration window of the Premium mode is the same as in the Basic mode, except that all properties are enabled. Property Details Accounts file path The default path to PimaGuard’s accounts file is the installation folder. If the account file is located on a network, verify its access privileges and path. -
Page 27: Accounts (Premium Only)
PimaGuard 3.8.2.1. Auto-config account list Auto-config account list Double-click on on the right pane. In the pop-up window enter the main account number and communication path (Cellular/Ethernet) for each control panel that is about Next to connect to PimaGuard for registration. Press to ass the account. - Page 28 CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide Property Details Test Click this button to allow PimaGuard to accept unencrypted frames from the current control panel. The timeout for this action is 4 hours. Click again to cancel the test. Cellular/Ethernet Check the module/s in use. Idle timeout If no valid report is received from any of the account’s modules during the (sec)
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Page 29: Communications
PimaGuard 3.9. Communications PimaGuard offers up to 16 optional COMs, or communication configurations. Double-click Communications, on the menu tree. Double-click COM X. The COM window properties are described in the following table. Property Details Type Select the communication path - Serial, TCP, or UDP. Mode Select between Software, Repeater or External: ... - Page 30 CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide COM 2: On Error Switch To: Inactive If COM 1 stops receiving ACKs for event or idle frames, the events are routed to COM 2 and a fault report is sent via that COM. PimaGuard will keep checking COM 1 for Idle ACKs once every 30 sec.
- Page 31 PimaGuard Input 1 - Sentinel 1 Radio 1: PAF, NPAF and PID (in this order). Input 2 - Repeater 2 Channel 1, and Input 3 - Repeater 3 Channel 1: PID, PAF, NPAF and 4x2 (in this order).
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Page 32: External Mode
When you select a Repeater as an output, the routing of all the • formats in the table must be set, even if the repeater does not use all of them. Consult PIMA support before routing to Repeaters in External • mode. 3.10. Logs Set Sentry’s event log files. -
Page 33: Repeaters
Station Phone Set the destination phone number (that is, Sentry’s Repeater IN), when the Number SENTINEL is in Line mode and the repeater is set as Out Test Time Set the interval in min. for the channel’s supervision. Range: 0-9999 0: disable supervision ... -
Page 34: Formats
Non “DOS Compatible” repeaters convert CID's qualifier from '6' • (Status) to '1' (Alarm). When using Sentinel Line for Repeater OUT, chances for delays are • very high. Therefore, we recommend to use Line, only as the last backup channel. -
Page 35: Configuration Analyzer
Critical error: a configuration error that must be resolved, or PimaGuard will malfunction. 3.12.3. Oscillograph Oscillograph enables setting the volume of the Sentinel’s radio amplifier. The volume is displayed as a virtual Oscillograph. While setting the volume, PimaGuard cannot receive events. A warning message is displayed before taking this action. -
Page 36: Firmware
Abnormal high volume Abnormal low volume 3.12.4. Firmware Do not upgrade the Sentinel’s Firmware version before consulting PIMA support team! To install a new Sentinel Firmware version, do the following: Tools 1. Click on the menu tree Firmware 2. Click Sentinel 1-4 3. -
Page 37: Filters
, and then click . Wait for the message ”Test RAM PASS” to be displayed. While installing a Sentinel Firmware, Sentry cannot receive events - a warning message is displayed before taking this action. When installation is complete, reception is regenerated. - Page 38 Select up to 2 formats per Line/Radio/Channel Channel Physical or logical channel filter. For example, in the Monitor, you can filter events and see only those who are received through SENTINEL 1 Line 2 When multiple filters are in use, the filter’s operator is “AND”...
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Page 39: Filter File
The name of the accounts file tells PimaGuard where to apply the filter. The structure of a generic filter filename is TSCFN.FLL, where: • T: Type. The type options are listed in the next table • S: event Source (Sentinel, Repeater or COM’s index number) • C: Channel index number • F: Format index number •... -
Page 40: Appx A. Transceiver's Settings And Recommended Specifications
No data transmission (like ID, pre-transmission message) is allowed within the transmission The squelch should be turned OFF permanently (signal and noise are fully transferred to the SENTINEL). It can be set manually or be internally: Manually: turning the receiver on and off does not affect the squelch Internal squelch: the squelch is turned Off by the manufacturer The receiver signal output should not exceed 1Vp-p and be steady. -
Page 41: Antenna And Cable
Fault Codes B. Antenna and cable The antenna should have at least 4.7 dB attenuation Use RG-213 cable when the distance between the antenna base and the radio is less than 20 meters. Use Helix antenna cable when the distance is longer than 20 meters The antenna should be lightning protected All antenna connections should be sealed against wetness The antenna cable should not run in parallel to any electric wires, to avoid RF interferences. - Page 42 CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide Code Description Code Description COM 7 Fail COM 7 Restore COM 8 Fail COM 8 Restore COM 9 Fail COM 9 Restore COM 10 Fail COM 10 Restore COM 11 Fail COM 11 Restore COM 12 Fail COM 12 Restore COM 13 Fail...
- Page 43 334 if not. Else, they are sent with the above fault codes SAR-100 codes “SpeedFan © ” or any other temperature monitor code Includes “Invalid Repeater Event”, “SENTINEL Fault”, “Not Enough Memory is Available” and any undefined error. Not all general faults have a restore event...
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Page 44: Repeater
Not DOS compatible test (PID) C. Sentinel status The Status of the SENTINEL is reported in 2 bytes, as 7F events. It is bitwise and can indicate more than one problem, for example 0003 means both Overflow and Not Responding. -
Page 45: Appx C. Communication Formats
Communication Formats Appx C. Communication Formats How to create custom COM formats Click “General” Click “COM Format”. Double-click “Modify COM Format” on the right. The properties of this window are: Property Details Format Name Must be a unique name Patterns to send events or expect them in Software and External modes ACK Pattern Idle Pattern Structure X... -
Page 46: Examples
CMS Products Installation & Configuration Guide B. Examples Custom 1 format The patterns in the following figure are Surgard based on “ ” Figure 15. Custom format #1 The changes that were made in the “Surgard” format are: The Idle pattern was changed from “1011 \40 \14” to “141* \43 \*4”. The asterisk will be replaced by the main Decoder ID ... - Page 47 Figure 16. Custom format #2 The changes that were made in the “Surgard” format are: The ACK pattern was changed from “\06” to “PIMA\07” “Structure 1” “Built-in Conditions” were set as “Format”, and the [S] operator was placed in the pattern.
- Page 48 PIMA”s prior written consent is granted. All efforts have been made to ensure that the content of this manual is accurate. Pima retains the right to modify this manual or any part thereof, from time to time, without serving any prior notice of such modification.