Features; Sdi2 Interconnect Wiring; Points; Areas And Accounts - Bosch B5512 Reference Manual

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3.3

Features

This section includes the control panel's notable features.
3.3.1

SDI2 interconnect wiring

Most SDI2 modules include one or two interconnect wiring connectors. You can use these
connectors to connect the modules to the control panel, and then to each other, without
having to connect wires individually to the SDI2 terminals. For installations using multiple
SDI2 modules in the same enclosure, interconnect wiring makes the installation quicker and
easier than using terminal strip wiring. Each SDI2 module that has an SDI2 interconnect wiring
connector comes with a 12 in (30 cm) interconnect cable.
3.3.2

Points

B5512 control panels provide up to 48 points of protection. B4512 control panels provide up
to 28 points of protection. B3512 control panels provide up to 16 points of protection.
Point programming parameters determine the control panel's response to open and shorted
conditions on the sensor loop for the point. Several options allow individual point
programming to custom-fit the protection to the installation.
The control panel has eight on-board points, points 1 to 8.
The SDI2 bus allows for point expansion. For example, the SDI2 bus supports a combination
of B208 Octo-input Modules, and a B810 wireless receiver or B820 SDI2 Inovonics Interface
Module.
3.3.3

Areas and accounts

B5512 control panels support up to 4 areas. B4512 control panels support up to 2 areas.
B3512 control panels support 1 area.
You can assign all points to a single area or distribute them over multiple areas.
Users can turn areas on and off individually or together. You can assign an authority level to a
user that allows the user to turn an area on from a remote keypad in another area.
Assigning each area its own account number creates up to 4 separate accounts in the B5512,
and up to 2 separate accounts in the B4512.
Assigning the same account number to different areas groups them together in a single
account.
Area options include exit tone and delay, separate fire and burglary outputs, and multiple
opening and closing windows. Use area types to create area relationships.
For systems with more than one area, all areas must be under the responsibility of one
ownership and management. This may be a group of buildings attached or unattached and
may even have different addresses but are under the responsibility of someone having mutual
interest (other than the alarm installing company). This does not apply to strip mall
applications where each independent business must have their own separate alarm system.
An example for a commercial system would be a business that has an OFFICE area and a
WAREHOUSE area in a building where each area can be armed or disarmed independently.
As a residential example a system could be configured with the garage and house as separate
areas.
In each of the examples above, all of the areas are under the sole responsibility of a single
owner.
In multi-area systems, the bell (or siren) and control panel must be in one of the protected
areas.
The bell or siren must be located where it can be heard by users who turn areas on and off
(arm and disarm).
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