DIGITIZE System 3500 User manual

SYSTEM 3500 NETWORK CONTROLLER
INSTALLATION and OPERATION
MANUAL
Digitize, Inc.
158 Edison Road
Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey 07849
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Part Number: 700232-0001
Issue Revision: A
Issue Date: 02/00

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FCC NOTICE
In compliance with Paragraph 15.105 of the FCC Rules and Regulations, the following notice is pro-
vided.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protec-
tion againste harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. Operation
of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
P/N 700120 Rev C

Table of Contents
SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2. NETWORK CONTROLLER..................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3. DISPLAY (FIGURE 1)............................................................................................................ 1-2
1.4. MEMORY................................................................................................................................ 1-2
1.4.1. MEM-600 MEMORY CHIP.......................................................................................... 1-2
1.4.2. MBD-4800 MEMORY MOTHERBOARD .................................................................. 1-4
1.5. SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.1. ELECTRICAL ............................................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.2. FUSES ........................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.3. INPUTS ......................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.4. OUTPUTS ..................................................................................................................... 1-4
1.5.5. CONSTRUCTION......................................................................................................... 1-5
1.5.6. DIMENSIONS............................................................................................................... 1-5
1.5.7. WEIGHT........................................................................................................................ 1-5
1.5.8. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ............................................................................ 1-5
1.5.9. STRIP PRINTER ........................................................................................................... 1-5
1.5.10. DISPLAY ..................................................................................................................... 1-6
1.5.11. KEYPAD...................................................................................................................... 1-6
1.6 AUTOMATION PROTOCOLS............................................................................................... 1-6
1.7. FCC REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................. 1-6
1.8. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS............................................................................................... 1-6
SECTION 2 INSTALLATION
2.1. HANDLING ............................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.1. PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.2. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION .............................................................................. 2-1
2.2. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ............................................................................................... 2-1
2.3. WIRING ..................................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.3.2. FIELD WIRING ............................................................................................................ 2-1
SECTION 3 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION
3.1. GENERAL.................................................................................................................................. 3-1
3.2. ASSEMBLY ............................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.3. BATTERY INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................... 3-1
3.4. POWER-UP................................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.4.1. AC POWER................................................................................................................... 3-1

3.4.2. DC POWER................................................................................................................... 3-1
3.4.3. POWER TRANSFER .................................................................................................... 3-2
3.5. PROGRAM INITIALIZATION ................................................................................................. 3-2
3.6. CONNECTIONS AND SETTINGS........................................................................................... 3-3
SECTION 4 USER TEXT
4.1. USING THE EXTERNAL KEYBOARD .................................................................................. 4-1
4.1.1. GENERAL..................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.2. INITIAL SET-UP .......................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.3. CONTROL & FUNCTION KEYS................................................................................ 4-1
4.1.4. ACCESS ........................................................................................................................ 4-2
4.2. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD MENU SELECTIONS .................................................................. 4-3
4.2.1. DIALER/STU MENU ................................................................................................... 4-3
4.2.1.1. ADDING TEXT TO A ZONE ...................................................................... 4-3
4.3. USER TEXT TYPES ................................................................................................................. 4-5
4.3.1. GENERIC ...................................................................................................................... 4-8
4.3.2. ZONE SPECIFIC........................................................................................................... 4-8
4.3.2.1. CHANGING ZONE TEXT ........................................................................... 4-9
4.3.2.2. DELETING ZONE TEXT............................................................................. 4-9
4.3.8. PASSWORD MENU ..................................................................................................... 4-10
4.3.9. EXIT DATA ENTRY MODE ........................................................................................ 4-11
4.3.10. TOTAL PAGES INSTALLED, USED, AND DELETED........................................... 4-11
SECTION 5 FRONT PANEL ACCESS
5.1. FRONT PANEL ACCESS, GENERAL..................................................................................... 5-1
5.2. FRONT PANEL MENUS........................................................................................................... 5-2
5.2.1. TIME MODE / TIME SET............................................................................................ 5-3
5.2.2. DAY / DATE / YEAR.................................................................................................... 5-3
5.2.3. ALARM LEVEL / TONE ............................................................................................. 5-4
5.2.4. THERMAL PRINTER INTENSITY............................................................................. 5-5
5.2.5. SERIAL PORT COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................... 5-5
5.2.8. IN/OUT SERVICE PASSWORD YES/NO ................................................................... 5-6
5.2.8.1. CHANGING LEVEL DESCRIPTORS......................................................... 5-6
5.2.8.2. IN/OUT SERVICE PASSWORD .................................................................. 5-6
5.2.13. STATUS PRINTOUT SETUP MODE ........................................................................ 5-7
SECTION 6 OPERATION
6.1 CONTROLS ................................................................................................................................ 6-1
6.1.1. PAPER ADVANCE ....................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1.2. PRINT............................................................................................................................ 6-1
6.1.3. KEY SELECT ............................................................................................................... 6-1
6.1.5. DIALER LOOK UP....................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1.6. ZONE LOOK UP........................................................................................................... 6-2
6.1.7. NUMERIC KEYS.......................................................................................................... 6-2
6.1.8. CLEAR BUTTON ......................................................................................................... 6-2
6.1.9. HYPHEN (-) BUTTON ................................................................................................. 6-2
6.1.10. FUNC BUTTON.......................................................................................................... 6-2
6.1.11. SET BUTTON ............................................................................................................. 6-2
6.1.12. ON / - BUTTON ......................................................................................................... 6-3
6.1.13. OFF/ ¯ BUTTON....................................................................................................... 6-3
6.1.14. ACK BUTTON............................................................................................................ 6-3
6.1.15. IN/OUT SERVICE....................................................................................................... 6-3
6.1.16. SHIFT KEY ( ).......................................................................................................... 6-4
6.1.17. STATUS ....................................................................................................................... 6-4
6.1.18. REPORT KEY ............................................................................................................. 6-4
6.1.19 PROGRAMMABLE KEYS ....................................................................................... 6-4
6.1.19.1 HISTORY ................................................................................................... 6-5
6.1.19.2 NEXT PAGE HISTORY ............................................................................ 6-5
6.1.19.9. STATUS PRINTOUT................................................................................. 6-5
6.1.20. SCROLL KEYS ......................................................................................................... 6-5
6.1.20.1 RESTORE TO NORMAL QUE ................................................................ 6-5
6.1.20.2 BOTTOM OF ALARM QUE .................................................................... 6-5
6.1.20.3 MIDDLE OF ALARM QUE...................................................................... 6-5
6.1.20.4 TOP OF THE ALARM QUE..................................................................... 6-5
6.1.20.5 SNGL/MULTI PAGE DISP ....................................................................... 6-6
6.1.21. RESTART BUTTON................................................................................................... 6-6
6.1.22. KEYBOARD JACK .................................................................................................... 6-6
6.2. INDICATORS............................................................................................................................. 6-6
6.2.1. AC POWER................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.2.2. CONDITION INDICATOR........................................................................................ 6-6
6.2.3. CLEAR .......................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.2.4. ACK ............................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.2.5. ALARM INDICATOR................................................................................................... 6-7
6.3. OPERATING PROCEDURE ..................................................................................................... 6-7
6.3.1. PRIORITIES .................................................................................................................. 6-7
6.3.2. NORMAL QUIESCENT OPERATION........................................................................ 6-8
6.3.3. ALARM CONDITION.................................................................................................. 6-8
6.3.4. TROUBLE CONDITION.............................................................................................. 6-8
6.3.5. TAKING A ZONE TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE ........................................... 6-9
6.3.7. INITIATING STATUS PRINTOUT FOR NON-SECURE ZONES ............................. 6-9
6.3.8. CHECKING STATUS/MESSAGE OF INDIVIDUAL ZONE ..................................... 6-9
6.3.10. CHANGING THE PAPER TAPE................................................................................ 6-9
6.3.11. SERIAL OUTPUT FROM THE SYSTEM 3500 NETWORK CONTROLLER ....... 6-10

SECTION 7 DERIVED CHANNEL NETWORK CONTROLLER
7.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 7-1
7.2 INITIALIZATION AND PORT SETTINGS........................................................................... 7-2
7.3 DERIVED CHANNEL SETUP SCREEN .............................................................................. 7-3
7.3.1 PASSWORD .................................................................................................................. 7-4
7.4 DERIVED CHANNEL STU AND GLOBAL SETTINGS..................................................... 7-4
7.4.1 GLOBAL SETTINGS ................................................................................................ 7-5
7.4.2 ADD/CHANGE/REMOVE STU ............................................................................... 7-5
7.5 DERIVED CHANNEL PROGRAMMABLE KEYS (FIGURE 7-1) ..................................... 7-7
7.5.1 STU CONTROL KEYS ............................................................................................. 7-7
7.5.2 STU INFO KEYS ....................................................................................................... 7-8
7.5.3 LIST/LOAD COMMANDS KEYS............................................................................ 7-8
SECTION 8 COMPUTER INTERFACE OPTIONS
8.1. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 8-1
8.2. CGRMS ................................................................................................................................... 8-1
8.3. CAPS ....................................................................................................................................... 8-1
8.3.1 CAPS DATA TRANSMISSION ................................................................................ 8-1
8.3.2 MESSAGE TYPE....................................................................................................... 8-1
8.3.3 TYPE NUMBER ........................................................................................................ 8-2
8.3.4 CONDITION .............................................................................................................. 8-2
8.4. CAPS PLUS............................................................................................................................. 8-2
SECTION 9 UPLOADING NEW SOFTWARE VERSIONS
9.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................... 9-1
9.2 UPLOADING FROM DISKETTE ............................................................................................ 9-1
8.2.1. SAVE COMMAND ...................................................................................................... 9-3
9.2.2. UPLOAD COMMAND ................................................................................................ 9-4
9.2.3. RUN COMMAND........................................................................................................ 9-5
APPENDIX A USER TEXT STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES ....................................A-1
APPENDIX B SYSTEM 3500 NETWORK CONTROLLER
SET MENUS STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES ...................................................... B- 1
APPENDIX C INSTALLATION DRAWINGS
SYSTEM 3500 NETWORK CONTROLLER........................................................... C-1