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ASKARI ALARM I/O
Receiver
• Monitorsupto8Askari Scoutssignals
 forintruder,auto-testandtamper
• Receivesarm,disarmandpanicsignalsfromthe
Askari Nano
Transmitter
• Transmitsconrmationofreceiptofalltransmissions
 fromtheAskari Nano,exceptpanic
General
CanbearmedanddisarmedviaaPulsedor
Latchedinput
PulsedfromcheapRXandTXset
LatchedfromGSMmodulesorAlarmpanels
HasanArmed/DisarmedO/P
Pulsed
Latched
The Askari Alarm I/O is a
multifunctional receiver/transmitter,
stand-alone alarm system and
Alarm panel I/O Interface
Remote Panic
WhentheArmandDisarmbuttonsontheNanoare
pressedsimultaneously,theAlarm I/Owilltriggerthe
Panicoutputfor2seconds,andwillalsodrivetheSiren
output.
NOTE: The Nano will remain silent for this function and
will not emit a beep.
Stand Alone Siren and LED Outputs
AnAskari NanomustbeprogrammedintotheAlarmI/O.
WhentheArmbuttonispressedontheNanothesiren
outputwillbearmedforallactivezonesandtheStatus
Led(ifconnected)willswitchon.
WhentheArmsignalisreceivedbytheAlarm I/O,
itwillconrmreceipt(theNanowillbeeponce)andallthe
activezoneLED’swillautomaticallyresettosolidlights(ie:
thoseactivezonesthatwereashingduetobeingtrig-
geredwillnowstopashingandburnsolid).
Ifanintrudersignalisreceivedthesirenwillrunfor
30secondsandtheStatusLEDwillstarttoash.
Whilethesirenisrunning,pressingtheDisarmbutton
ontheNanowillresetthesiren,butwillnotdisarmthe
systembutwillresetStatusLEDto‘Armed’(on),andthe
Alarm I/Owillconrmreceiptofthesignal(theNanowill
beeptwice)
Whenthesirenisnotrunning,pressingtheDisarmbutton
ontheNanowilldisarmthesystemandturnotheLED,
andtheAlarm I/Owillconrmreceiptofthesignal(the
Nanowillbeeptwice).
Ifthesystemhasbeentriggered,thedisarmsignal
conrmationwillcausetheNanotobeeptwicewithan
additionalhightonetoalerttheownerthatthesystem
hasbeentriggered.
OnreceiptofthedisarmsignalfromtheNano,theAlarm
I/OwillalsosendthesystemzonestatustotheNano.The
NanoLED’swillnowshowallthe
activeandtriggeredzonesontheAlarm I/O.Thiswillalert
theownerofanyintrusion,andidentifywheretheintru-
siontookplace,allowingtheownertomakeaninformed
decisionaboutre-enteringthe
propertyafteranintrusionhasoccurred.
Pinnumber Description
1  HousingTamper
2  HousingTamper
3  12Volts
4  Ground(Com)
5  Guard1
6  Com
7  Guard2
8  Guard3
9  Com
10  Guard4
11  Guard5
12  Com
13  Guard6
14  Guard7
15  Com
16  Guard8
17  LatchedArmingInput
18  PulsedArmingInput
19  PulsedArmingOutput
20  LatchedArmingOutput
21  Com
22  GuardTamper
23  Com
24  Panic
25  Speaker-ve
26  Siren-ve
27  Aux+Output
28  Led-ve
NOTE: Disarm does not reset the zone
LED’s on the Alarm I/O.
1ARM–pushrighthandsidebuttontwice.
2DISARM–pushrighthandsidebutton&theleft
 handsidebutton
3PANIC–pushbothsidebuttonssimiltamouslythen  
 releasethemtosendPANICsignal
TO ARM , DISARM & PANIC THE ASKARI I/O BOARD
PROGRAMMING
TheAskari Scout DetectorneedstobeprogrammedintoboththeAskari Alarm I/Oandthe
Askari Nanoforsystemsusingbothdevices.Thesefunctionsneedtobeperformedsepa-
ratelyforeachdevice.IftheAskari NanohasalreadybeenprogrammedwithAskari Scout
Detectors,itcanclonetheinformationtotheAlarm I/O.(SeetheAskari Scoutusermanual
forDetectordatacloning)
Thereare3programmingfunctionsfortheAskari Alarm I/O:
 A. ProgrammingAskari ScoutDetectors
 B. Deletingzones
 C. ProgrammingAskari Nano
Beforeprogramming,removethecoverfromtheAlarmI/Oandconnectto12voltsatthe
indicatedterminal,thepowerindicatorLEDwillswitchon.
A. Programming Askari Scout detectors
 1. RemovethebatterycoverfromtheAskari Scoutyouwishtoprogram(orsetthe
  Nanointoclonemode)
 2. PressandreleasetheProgramswitchontheAlarmI/O–theProgramming/Deleting
  LEDwilllightup
 3. AllprogrammedzoneLED’swilllightup(nonewilllightupifnothingis
  programmedin)
 4. WaitfortheProgramLEDtobrieygooandonagain,allprogrammedzoneLED’s
  willswitcho–youarenowinprogrammingmode
 5. Pressandreleasetherequiredzonebutton–thezoneLEDwilllightup
 6. TriggerthetamperswitchontheAskari Scout(ortriggertherequiredzoneonthe
Nano)
 7. TheAlarm I/Owillaccepttheprogramming,returntostandbymode,andall
  programmedzoneLED’swillbeon.
 8. Repeatasaboveforallotherzones
B. Deleting zones
 1. PressandreleasetheDeleteswitchontheAlarmI/O–theProgramming/
  DeletingLEDwilllightup
 2. AlltheprogrammedzoneLED’swilllightup
 3. WaitfortheProgrammingLEDtobrieygooandonagain,allprogrammedzone
  LED’swillswitcho
 4. Pressandreleasetherequiredzonebutton
 5. TheAlarmI/Owillaccepttheprogramming,returntostandbymodeandall
  programmedLED’swillbeon,thedeletedzonewillbeo.
C. Programming an Askari Nano
AprogrammedAskari NanowillbeabletoarmanddisarmthesirenoutputandLEDoutput
ontheAlarmI/O,andtriggerthepanicoutputrelay.
 1. PressandreleasetheProgramswitchontheAlarmI/O–theProgrammingLED
  willlightup
 2. AlltheprogrammedzoneLED’swilllightup
 3. WaitfortheProgrammingLEDtobrieygooandonagain,allprogrammed
  zoneLED’swillswitcho
 4. Pressandreleasethezone1button
 5. Thezone1ledwilllightup
 6. SimultaneouslypresstheLeftandtheRightsidebuttonsontheAskari Nano.
  Releasethebuttons
 7. TheAlarm I/Owillaccepttheprogrammingandreturntostandbymode
 8. TheNanowillbeeponcetoconrmprogramming
System Operation
TheAskariAlarmI/OisanalarmpanelinterfacewiththefollowingN/Coutputs;
8 separatezoneoutputs
1 Devicetamperoutputs
1 Detectortamperoutputs
1 Remote(Nano)panicoutputs
1 PulsedArm/Disarminput
1 LatchedArm/Disarminput
1 PulsedArm/Disarmoutput
1 LatchedArm/Disarmoutput
ToOperateasastand-alonealarmsystem(orcombinedwiththealarmpanelinterface)the
Alarm I/O hasthefollowingoutputs,controlledbyaProgrammedNano
1Sirenoutput
1SystemstatusLEDoutput
Intruder detection
Zonescanbeturnedonandowiththezoneswitches.ActivezoneswillhavelitLED’s
WhenthezoneisactivetheLedwillburnsolid,whenithasbeentriggereditwillash
Whenanintrudersignaltriggersthezoneitwilldrivetheoutputsfor2secondsiftheunit
isarmed
Autotest
Thesystemconductsauto-testevery20minutesandwilltriggerafter3consecutivetest
failures.Theauto-testclockwillresetaftereverysuccessfulintrudersignal.Whenauto-test
failuretriggersthezone,theSensorCheckLEDwillswitchon.TodeterminewhichDetector
hasfailedauto-test,andresettheSensorChecklight,turneachzoneoandon,starting
atzone1,untilthefailedzoneturnstheSensorChecklighto.Asoundwillbeheardifa
speakerisconnected.
Device Tamper
TheAlarm I/Ohasitsowntamperswitchandoutput.Theoutputswilllatchopenwhenthe
coverisremoved.
Askari Scout Detector Tamper
WhenthebatterycoverisremovedfromtheAskariScoutDetectoritwilltransmitaTamper
signaltotheAlarm I/O.
OnReceiptofaTampersignaltheTamperlightwillswitchonandtheTamperoutputwill
triggerfor2seconds.
TodeterminewhichDetectorhastriggeredthetampersignal,
andtoresettheTamperlight,turneachzoneoandon,
startingatzone1,untilthetamperedzoneturnsthe
Tamperlighto.(abeepwillbeheardifthespeaker
isconnected).