Programming The Control; Types Of Programming Data - GE NetworX NX-6 Installation And Startup

Networx series

User manual (20 pages)

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ENTERING THE PROGRAM MODE

To enter the Program Mode, press [r]-[8]. At this time, the five function LEDs (Stay, Chime, Exit, Bypass, & Cancel) will

begin to flash. Next, enter the "Go To Program Code" (FACTORY DEFAULT IS [9]-[7]-[1]-[3]). If the "Go To Program

Code" is valid, the "Service" LED will flash and the five function LEDs will illuminate steady. You are now in the Program

Mode and ready to select the module to program.

SELECTING THE MODULE TO PROGRAM

Since all modules connected to the NX-6 are programmed through the keypad, the module you are programming should

be the first entry. To program the NX-6 Control Panel, enter [0]-[#]. The [0] is the module number of the control and

the [#] is the entry key. Other module entry numbers can be found in their corresponding manuals.

PROGRAMMING A LOCATION

Once the number of the module to be programmed has been entered, the "Armed" LED will illuminate, indicating it is

waiting for a programming location to be entered. Any location can be accessed by directly entering the desired

programming location followed by the pound [#] key. If the location entered is a valid location, the "Armed" LED will

extinguish, the "Ready" LED will illuminate and the binary data for the first segment of this location will be shown by the

zone LED's. While entering new data, the "Ready" LED will begin flashing to indicate a data change in process. The

flashing will continue until the new data is stored by pressing the [r] key. Upon pressing the [r] key, the keypad will

advance to the next segment and display its data. This procedure is repeated until the last segment is reached.

Pressing the [#] key will exit from this location, and the "Armed" LED will illuminate again waiting for a new

programming location to be entered. If the desired location is the next sequential location, press the [POLICE] key. If

the previous location is desired press the [FIRE] key. If the same location is desired press the [MEDIC] key. To review

the data in a location, repeat the above procedure, pressing the [r] key without any numeric data entry. Each time the

[r] key is pressed, the programming data of the next segment will be displayed for review.

EXITING A LOCATION

After the last segment of a location is programmed, press [r] to save the data, exit that location, turn the "Ready" LED

off and the "Armed" LED on. To exit before the last segment, press [#]. As before, you are now ready to enter another

programming location. If an attempt is made to program an invalid entry for a particular segment, the keypad sounder

will emit a triple error beep (beep, beep, beep), and remain in that segment awaiting a valid entry.

EXITING THE PROGRAM MODE

When all the desired changes in programming have been made, press the [Exit] key to exit this programming level, and

go to the "Select a Module To Program" level. If no additional modules are to be programmed, pressing the [Exit] key

again will exit the program mode. If there is a module to be programmed, it may be selected by entering its address

followed by the [#] key (see "Selecting the Module To Program" above). The procedure for programming these devices is

the same as for the control panel, except the locations will be for the module selected.

Programming data is always one of two types. One type of data is numerical and can use values from 0 -15 or 0 -255

depending on the location's segment. The other type of data is a feature selection type. Feature selection data is used to

turn features on or off. Use the following procedures when working with these two data types:

NUMERICAL DATA

Numerical data is programmed by entering a number from 0-255 on the numeric keys of the system keypad. To view

the data in a location, a binary process is used. With this process, the LED=s for zones 1 through 8 are utilized, and the

numeric equivalents of their illuminated LED=s are added together to determine the data in a programming location. The

numeric equivalents of these LED=s are as follows:

Zone 1 LED = 1

Zone 5 LED = 16

Example: If the numerical data to be programmed in a location is "66", press [6]-[6] on the keypad. The LED=s for Zone

2 and Zone 7 will become illuminated indicating 66 is in that location (2 + 64 = 66). Once the data is programmed,

press the [r] key to enter the data and advance to the next segment of that location. After the last segment of a

location is programmed, pressing the [r] key will exit that location, turn the "Ready" LED off and the "Armed" LED on. As

before, you are now ready to enter another programming location. If an attempt is made to program a number too large

for a particular segment, the keypad sounder will emit a triple beep, indicating an error, and remain in that segment

awaiting a valid entry. On the LCD keypad, the number in the location will be displayed. For locations with a maximum

of 15, the hexadecimal equivalent will be displayed in parenthesis. Example: 11 (B) or 14 (E).

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