Programming Using a Keypad ...................21 Auto-Arming Options ....................45 Configuring the Keypad Zone Number ..............22 One-Touch Arming ......................46 Programming Using A Paradox Memory Key* .............22 One-Touch Bypass Programming ................46 Exit Delay ...........................46 LCD Keypad Labels ...............23 Bell Squawk On Arm/Disarm with Keypad ............46 Input Keys ..........................23...
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Limitations of Alarm Systems Telephone Line Monitoring (TLM) ................55 It must be understood that while your Paradox alarm system is highly advanced and Pager Reporting Delay ....................55 secure, it does not offer any guaranteed protection against burglary, fire or other emergency (fire and emergency options are only available on certain Paradox models).
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Introduction Features • 32 zones (any of which can be wireless or keypad zones) • 32 users and 32 remote controls (one per user) • In-field upgradeable • Menu-driven programming for the Installer, Master, and Maintenance codes. This enables you to program the panel through a simple and easy to use interface, without the use of section numbers •...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Installation Location and Mounting Before mounting the metal box, push the five white nylon mounting studs into the back of the box. Pull all cables into the cabinet and prepare them for connection before mounting the circuit board into the back of the cabinet.
1 PGM +/- trigger not supported by the MG5000 7 Serial: Used for connecting the IP Internet Module/PCS (Data); also used for In-Field Firmware upgrade through a 307USB Direct Connect 2 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) Interface 3 EBUS (J3) and Dialer (J4) used with: 8 Panel Reset •...
PGMs are ground (-), or give out 12V (+) for In-Field Firmware upgrade through a 307USB Direct Connect Interface 2 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) 8 Panel reset 2 EBUS (J3) and Dialer (J4) used with: 9 Zone Input: Refer to Single Zone Inputs on page 18 •...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide MG5075 PCB Layout Do not cut, bend, or alter the antenna, and ensure that electrical wires do not cross over it, as this may affect signal reception. To provide maximum lightning protection we strongly recommend having separate earth connections for the dialer and zone...
8 Refer to AC Power & Backup Battery Connections section 1 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) 9 The output will shutdown if the current exceeds 3A 2 EBUS (J3) and Dialer (J4) used with:...
In-Field Firmware upgrade through a 307USB Direct Connect Interface disconnect all loads from the output for at least 10 sec. before 7 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) reconnecting any load back to the auxiliary output The sum of the current drawn from the must be limited to 1.3A.
In-Field Firmware upgrade through a 307USB Direct Connect Interface reconnecting any load back to the auxiliary output 7 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) The sum of the current drawn from the must be limited to 1.3A. Exceeding this limit will overload the panel power supply BELL and lead to complete system shutdown.
In-Field Firmware upgrade through a 307USB Direct Connect Interface reconnecting any load back to the auxiliary output 7 Paradox Memory Key (PMC5) The sum of the current drawn from the must be limited to 1.3A. Exceeding this limit will overload the panel power supply BELL and lead to complete system shutdown.
PCB Metal Box Installation The crosses and dotted line represent the PCB mounting location. If you need specific dimensions, contact Paradox Distributor Support. For UL recommended installation for the MG5000 only, place the PCB one notch lower than the mounting location.
Information security is achieved by 256 bit encrypted, supervised communication (AES validation number is 986) which prevents unauthorized reading or modification of messages. Paradox alarm reporting systems are compatible with a variety of report code formats that are detailed in the Programming Guide. Bell Output Connection The BELL+ and BELL- terminals power bells, sirens and other warning devices requiring a steady voltage output during an alarm.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Single Zone Inputs Detection devices such as motion detectors and door contacts are connected to the control panel's zone input terminals. Figure 3 demonstrates single zone input terminal connections recognized by the panel. Once connected, the associated zone's parameters must be defined. Figure 3: Single Zone Input Connections...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Advanced Technology Zone (ATZ) Connections The ATZ feature is a software oriented feature that enables two detection devices to be installed per hardwired input terminal. Each detection device has its own zone, displays its zone status on the keypad and sends its own alarm codes. Fire zones cannot be doubled. Figure 4: Advanced Technology Zone Connections...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Fire Circuits When a zone is programmed as a fire zone, the zone becomes normally open and requires an EOL resistor. If a line short occurs or if the smoke detector becomes active, whether the system is armed or disarmed, the control panel will generate an alarm. If a trouble occurs on a fire zone, the Fire Loop Trouble will appear in the keypad’s trouble display (See “Trouble Display”...
Program the control panels remotely or on-site using the BabyWare Software (V2.80 or higher) for Windows®. For more information, contact your local Paradox Distributor or visit our web site at paradox.com. If you are using the BabyWare software, you must program the features (See “Settings for BabyWare Software” on page 61).
Programming Using A Paradox Memory Key* Copy the sections of one control panel into the Paradox Memory Key (PMC5). Then copy the contents of the Memory Key into as many control panels as needed. Each panel is programmed in less than 3 seconds.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide LCD Keypad Labels Input Keys Special Function Keys Alphanumeric Key Input Function A / B / C Insert space [stay] D / E / F Delete [sleep] G / H / I Delete whole entry [arm] J / K / L Toggle numeric/alphanumeric keys...
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Hebrew Keypad Letter Assignment Hebrew Special Characters Catalogue Greek Keypad Letter Assignment Greek Special Characters Catalogue Press key Press key Press key once twice three times A069...
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Russian Keypad Letter Assignment Russian Special Characters Catalogue...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Access Codes The control panel supports the following access codes: Installer Code [397]: Used to program all control panel settings except user access codes. The Maintenance code is similar to the Installer code. It can be used to enter programming mode, which allows you to pro- Maintenance Code [398]: gram all the features, options and commands except for the panel’s communication settings.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Partition 2 Assignment Sections [404] to [432]: User Codes 004 to 032 Option [2] OFF= Deny access to partition 2 (default) Option [2] ON= User code has access to partition 2 If the system is partitioned (See “Partitioning” on page 58), user codes with this option enabled can arm and disarm partition 2. If the system is not partitioned, the control panel ignores this option.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide StayD Mode Overview • NOTE: StayD is automatically enabled when a path is programmed to a keypad. When deleting a wireless keypad from the system, the corresponding path zones will also be deleted. StayD simplifies your life and makes it safer by protecting you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week without ever having to disarm the system - even when entering an armed area.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Zone Programming When programming zones, the zone assignments are dependent on the designation of the wireless transmitters, assignment of keypad zones, and the detection devices that are connected to the panel. For wireless assignment, See “Wireless Transmitter Programming” on page 36 or the Installer Quick Menu of the programming guide.
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Entry Delay 2 (Full Arm) Zones Sections [001] to [032]: Zones 1 to 32, First Digits = 04 Upon regular arming, the zone is Entry Delay 2 (See “Entry Delay 2 Zones” on page 29). Upon Stay/Sleep arming, the zone is bypassed by the system. See Zone Definition Status on page 32 for any exceptions.
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Delayed Fire Zones Sections [001] to [032]: Zones 1 to 32, First Digits = 12 When a Delayed 24Hr. Fire zone opens, whether it is armed or disarmed, the control panel will react as Figure 10: Delayed 24Hr Fire Zone shown in Figure 10.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide 24 Hr. Freeze Zones Sections [001] to [032]: Zones 1 to 32, First Digits = 21 When a 24Hr. Freeze zone opens, whether it is armed or disarmed, the control panel will immediately generate an alarm. This alarm is defined by the alarm type, configured in Zone Programming under zone options [4] and [5].
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Auto Zone Shutdown Sections [001] to [032] = Zones 1 to 32 Option [1] OFF= Auto Zone Shutdown Disabled Option [1] ON= Auto Zone Shutdown Enabled for selected zone (default) If, in a single armed period, the number of alarms generated by a zone with the Auto Zone Shutdown option enabled exceeds the number defined by the Auto Zone Shutdown Counter, the control panel will no longer generate an alarm for that zone.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Force Zones Sections [001] to [032]: Zones 1 to 32 Option [8] OFF= Force Zone Disabled Option [8] ON= Selected Zone is Force Enabled (default) Any open Force Zones at the time of arming will be considered deactivated by the control panel. If during this period a deactivated zone is closed, the control panel will revert that zone to active status.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Keyswitch Programming Keyswitch Numbering On-board hardwire control panel zones only. Keyswitch Numbering allows you to assign any hardwired input in the system to any of the 32 keyswitch zones in the control panel. UL Note: Do not use keyswitches in UL Listed systems.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Wireless Features The control panel(s) allows for the addition of up to thirty-two fully supervised wireless transmitters, and up to thirty-two programmable remote controls. Wireless Transmitter Programming The programming of the wireless transmitters (detectors and door contacts) is accomplished in two steps: 1.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide RF Module Supervision Timer Settings Section [706]: Supervision Options Option [1] OFF= Check-in supervision interval is every 24 hours (default) Option [1] ON= Check-in supervision interval is every 80 minutes Option [1] defines the time period that the control panel will expect a check-in status signal from its assigned wireless transmitters. For example, if the timer is set to 80 minutes (option [1] = ON), the control panel will expect a check-in status signal to be sent from its assigned wireless transmitters within 80 minutes.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Programming the Remote Control Buttons Sections [611] to [642]: Remote Controls 1 to 32 respectively. Each remote control can be programmed to perform up to 4 different actions. Each digit in sections [611] to [642] represents a button or combination of buttons. Digits 1 through 4 can be programmed, while digits 5 through 8 are reserved for future use and must be defined as empty (reminder: [SLEEP] = empty).
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Wireless Keypad Options Section [588]: Wireless Keypad Options If enabled, the panel can wait for each of its assigned wireless transmitters to send a status signal within a specified time to confirm their presence and functionality. Option [1] OFF= Keypad 1 Supervision Disabled Option [1] ON = Keypad 1 Supervision Enabled (default) Option [2] OFF= Keypad 2 Supervision Disabled...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Viewing the Repeater’s Signal Strength Sections [548] to [549] Once the repeaters have been installed and assigned to the control panel, the signal strength of each repeater can be verified in sections [548] to [549]. Section [548] is the viewer for repeater 1 and section [549] is the viewer for the repeater 2.
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Section [552] (Repeater 1) and Section [562] (Repeater 2): Wireless Repeater Options Enable or disable the repetition of zone signals in these sections. Enabling these options for zones means that the repeater will retransmit any signals relevant to them.
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Section [554] (Repeater 1) and Section [564] (Repeater 2): Wireless Repeater Options Enable or disable the repetition of zone signals in these sections. Enabling these options for zones means that the repeater will retransmit any signals relevant to them. Option [1] OFF= Repeat Wireless Zone 17 Signals (default) Option [1] ON = Repeat Wireless Zone 17 Signals Option [2] OFF= Repeat Wireless Zone 18 Signals (default)
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Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Section [556] (Repeater 1) and Section [566] (Repeater 2): Wireless Repeater Options Enable or disable the repetition of 2WPGM signals in these sections. Enabling these options for 2WPGMs means that the repeater will retransmit any signals relevant to them.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Arming and Disarming Options Switch to Stay Arming if no Entry Delay is opened Section [741]: Partition 1, Section [742] = Partition 2 Option [5] OFF= Switch to Stay Arming Disabled (default) Option [5] ON= Switch to Stay Arming Enabled If a user Regular arms a partition, but does not exit through (open and close) an entry delay zone during the exit delay, the control panel can be programmed to switch from Regular arming to Stay arming.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Restrict Arming on Wireless Supervision Trouble Section [703]: Arming/Disarming Options Option [7] OFF= Permit arming on wireless supervision failure (default) Option [7] ON= Restrict arming on wireless supervision failure If this option is enabled, the control panel will not arm the system if the control panel detects a wireless supervision trouble on one or more zones. The control panel will not arm the system until all wireless supervision trouble conditions are rectified.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide One-Touch Arming (Not to be used with UL installations) Section [703]: Options [1] to [3] Option [1] ON = Press & hold the key for One-touch Regular Arming. Option [2] ON = Press & hold the key for One-touch Stay Arming.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Alarm Options Bell Cut-Off Timer Section [747] = Partition 1, [748] = Partition 2 000 = Disabled, 001 to 255 minutes, Default = 4 minutes, 5 minutes minimum for ULC installations After an audible alarm, the bell or siren will stop upon disarming of the partition or when the Bell Cut-Off Timer has elapsed, whichever comes first. Recycle Alarm After the Bell Cut-Off Timer and the Recycle Delay have elapsed, the control panel will re-verify the zone status.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Reporting and Dialer settings The following section explains all the features and options that must be programmed in order for your security system to properly report system events to a monitoring station. When an event (e.g. zone in alarm) occurs in the system, the control panel verifies if a report code was programmed in the section corresponding to the event (except Ademco Contact ID “All Codes”).
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide System Trouble Report Codes Section [865] to [869] When the system generates one of the instances listed below, the control panel can send the appropriate report code to the monitoring station identifying the type of system trouble.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Reporting Formats Section [810]: 1st digit = Format for Phone #1, 2nd digit = Format for Phone #2 The panel can use a number of different reporting formats and each monitoring station telephone number can be programmed with a different reporting format. The first digit entered into section [810] represents the reporting format used to communicate with Monitoring Station Telephone Number 1, the second digit represents the reporting format used to communicate with Monitoring Station Telephone Number 2.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide If the Alternate Dial option is enabled, the control panel will dial the programmed backup telephone number (if enabled) after every failed attempt. If no backup telephone number is programmed, the control panel will never report to the backup telephone number. Example: The system is armed and zone 1 has been breached causing an alarm.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Recent Closing Delay Section [838] 000 = Disabled, 001 to 255 seconds, Default = Disabled If after having armed the system, an alarm is generated within the period defined by the Recent Close Delay, the control panel will attempt to transmit the Recent Close report code programmed in section [863].
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Zone Restore Report Options Section [801]: Zone Options Option [2] OFF= Report On Bell Cut-Off (default) Option [2] ON= Report On Zone Closure With option [2] OFF, the panel will send the Zone Alarm Restore report codes to the monitoring station when the zone has returned to normal and the Bell Cut-Off Timer has elapsed.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Programmable Outputs PGM is a programmable output that toggles to its opposite state (i.e. a normally open PGM will close) when a specific event has occurred in the system. For example, a PGM can be used to activate bells or strobe lights, open/close garage doors and much more. When a PGM activates, the control panel triggers any device or relay connected to it.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide When armed, the PGM will pulse once every 30 seconds. Option [6] OFF= PGM Pulse on any alarm disabled (default) Option [6] ON= PGM Pulse on any alarm enabled This option sets the PGMs to pulse on any alarm. Option [7] OFF= PGM Pulse on any alarm Partition 1(default) Option [7] ON= PGM Pulse on any alarm Partition 2 Program PGMs to pulse during an alarm for either partition.
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide System Settings Version Number Display Enter section [980] to view the version number of the panel. The first digit will appear. Press [ ] to scroll through each consecutive digit (the keypad will beep ENTER twice after every digit in the version number).
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Installer Function Keys To access the Installer Function keys, press: ] = Test Report: Send the “Test Report” report code programmed in section [875] to the monitoring station. ENTER INSTALLER CODE ] = Cancel Communication: Cancels all communication with BabyWare software or with the monitoring station until the next ENTER INSTALLER CODE STAY...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Display Entry Delay on LCD keypad (K32LCD+) Section [701]: General System Options Option [7] OFF= Display entry delay on LCD keypad Option [7] ON= Display entry delay on LCD keypad (default) When this option is enabled the panel will display entry delays on the K32LCD+ keypad modules. Display Exit Delay on LCD keypad (K32LCD+) Section [701]: General System Options Option [8] OFF= Display exit delay on LCD keypad...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Settings for BabyWare Software Note: BabyWare has not been verified by UL. Panel Answer Options The following two options define how the control panel answers an incoming call from a computer using the BabyWare Software for Windows®. Answering Machine Override Delay Section [902] 000 = Disabled, 000 to 255 seconds, Default = 030...
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide Automatic Event Buffer Transmission Section [900]: Dialer Options Option [2] OFF= Auto Event Buffer Transmission Disabled (default) Option [2] ON= Auto Event Buffer Transmission Enabled When the event buffer reaches 90% capacity, the control panel will make two attempts to establish communication with a PC using the BabyWare software by [915] calling the PC Telephone Number programmed in section .
Magellan & Spectra SP • Installation Guide User Operation Alarm Display If an alarm has occurred on a zone, the respective zone LED will flash, the [ ] key will light up, and the zones will be stored in memory. These respective LEDs will continue to flash until disarming even if the zones are restored.
Index Call Back Feature ........................62 Numerics Cancel Auto-Arm Report Code ..................49 Charge Current ........................58 24 Hr. Burglary Zones ......................31 Closing Delinquency ......................54 24 Hr. Buzzer ..........................31 Cold Start Report Code ......................50 24 Hr. Freeze Zones ........................ 32 Configuring The LED Keypads ...................
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Number of Rings ........................60 Numbers .............................53 Ground ............................7 One-Touch Arming .........................46 Hardware Reset ........................58 Report Code ........................49 Options Alarm ..........................47 Arming and Disarming ....................44 Input Numbers Auto-Arming ........................45 Keyswitch Numbering ....................35 User code ........................26 Installation ........................... 7 Zone ..........................32 Installer Override Answering Machine .....................61 Code ..........................26...
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Test Report ........................50 Termination ..........................46 Report Code, Special Alarm Test Report Auto Zone Shutdown ....................49 Automatic ........................54 Auxiliary Panic ....................... 49 Report Code ........................50 Duress ..........................49 Timed Auto-Arming ......................45 Emergency Panic ......................49 Report Code ........................
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