Fully supervised wireless alarm control system (45 pages)
Summary of Contents for Visonic PowerMax Partitions II
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A quick start guide to PowerMax Partitions II Product Management Team April, 2010...
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What Are Partitions? • The PowerMax includes an optional partition feature. Partitioning allows you to have up to three independently controllable areas whereby each can be in the HOME, AWAY or DISARM state. • Each independent area is called a ‘partition’ and has its own defined zones, user codes, etc.
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Using Partitions in the Workplace Partition 1 Partition 2 Accountants Solicitors Reception Common area • The area in this example has 2 offices (accountant’s and solicitor’s) • Each office runs independently with different working hours • The reception area is shared by both offices •...
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Partitions II – What’s New? • Partitions II, Visonic's new version of partitioning, now provides enhanced partitioning capabilities of the PowerMaxPro, including: • Common areas • Simultaneous control over multiple partitions • Intuitive LCD display • Smart siren operation...
STEP 1: Planning & Enabling • The panel comes with partitioning feature disabled. • The first step is to enable Partitions II feature: • From the INSTALLER MODE select PARTITIONING and press • Select ENABLE and press twice To avoid confusion and to make installation simpler, it is recommended to note down the zones and their corresponding partitions...
STEP 2: Defining Partitions • Partitioning programming is performed via the DEFINE ZONES menu. • For each zone, set the zone type, name and chime option, as per the installer manual. • Select the PARTITION option (follows CHIME) • The screen will display [ P1:- P2:- P3:-] Black squares indicate the partitions to which the current zone is assigned.
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STEP 3: Setting User Codes & Keyfobs • User code 1 is the master user code and controls all 3 partitions. • Other user codes can control only a specific partition or a combination of partitions defined by the master user during setup. •...
Arming and Disarming the System • A user, using a user code or an MCT-237 two-way keyfob, can control all partitions associated with the code or keyfob simultaneously, or an MCT-237 MCM-140+ individual partition MKP-150 • When using MCT-234 keyfob or the MCM-140 remote commander, a user can only control all the associated partition(s) simultaneously...
PowerMax & MKP-150/151 Keypad Arming multiple partitions • Arm or Disarm as without partitions • All partitions associated with the user code are Armed or Disarmed Arming a specific partition Press LCD will show SELECT PARTITION Press 1, 2, or 3 to select the partition Press (Arm) or (Disarm)
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MCT-237 Two-way Keyfob Arming multiple partitions • Pressing the arming buttons without selecting an individual partition Arms/Disarms all defined partitions. Arming a specific partition Press [ P1:- P2:- P3:-] In the LCD display, a digit will light to indicate the currently selected partition Repeated pressing of selects the following partitions...
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What are Common Areas? Consider the reception area in the example of the accountants and solicitors: • Neither office owner wants the reception area to be armed until both offices are armed so that even if one office is occupied (his office partition is disarmed), the reception area must be disarmed •...
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Defining Common Areas • A Common Area is defined by assigning more than one partition to a zone or a group of zones. Example • Accountants’ detector is assigned to the first Partition Partition 1 Partition 2 • Solicitors’ detector is assigned Accountants Solicitors to the second Partition...
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How Zones in Common Area Behave Zones in common areas behave according to the partition which is the “least secure” 24hrs zones • Are always armed Perimeter zones • Armed when all partitions they are assigned to are either HOME or AWAY •...
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How Zones in Common Area Behave (cont.) AWAY HOME • When one partition is armed AWAY and another armed HOME, common area zones are armed HOME. (i.e. Interior zones will NOT give an alarm). HOME AWAY AWAY • When all Partitions are armed AWAY, common area zones are also armed AWAY.
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How Zones in Common Area Behave (cont.) DISARM AWAY/HOME • When even one partition is DISARMED all zones assigned to it, including those in common areas, are also disarmed DISARM...
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Smart Siren An alarm from a Common Area zone • When a zone in a common area is alarmed, disarming any one of the partitions to which that zone is assigned cancels the alarm and stops the siren. Concurrent Alarms in different partitions •...
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Alarm in a Common Area Zone When a zone in a common area initiates an alarm, disarming one of the Partitions in that common area cancels the alarm and stops the siren. AWAY AWAY DISARM AWAY ALARM (1) Alarm from zone in reception area SIREN STOPS (2) The first Partition is DISARMED - siren stops...
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Concurrent Alarms in 2 Partitions When the siren sounds due to the initiation of simultaneous alarms in two or more partitions, the siren will stop only when all partitions with alarmed zones are disarmed. AWAY AWAY DISARM AWAY ALARM (1) While siren is sounding due to alarm from the first partition, another alarm from the second partition occurs ALARM (2 ) When the first partition is DISARMED...
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Concurrent Alarms in 2 Partitions (Cont.) When the siren sounds due to the initiation of simultaneous alarms in two or more partitions, it will stop only when all partitions with alarmed zones are disarmed. DISARM AWAY DISARM DISARM ALARM (2) When the first partition is DISARMED sirens still sounds SIREN STOPS (3) Siren stops only when BOTH...
LCD Display • Once the Partition feature is enabled, the LCD will display the status of all 3 partitions as [ P1:X P2:X P3:X ] • Where “X” is the partition’s status: = Ready = Not Ready = Away = Home = Disarm = Entry/Exit delay “-”...
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LED & Beep Indications • Arming LED • ON = at least one partition is AWAY • Blinking = one or more partitions are HOME and none are AWAY • OFF = all partitions are DISARMED • Trouble LED • Reflects a trouble in the entire system, not per partition •...
Arming options • Quick Arm • In Quick Arm mode, a user has access to arming the system without having to identify himself (by entering a code). • ith partitions II enabled, arming the system (HOME or AWAY) from the keypad or the control panel will arm ALL partitions (since user is not identified) •...
Bypass options • Force Bypass • Setting affects all partitions • Manual bypass • The user can bypass zones assigned to any partition with which he/she is associated...
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