DIGITIZE System 3500 User manual

SYSTEM 3500
INSTALLATION and OPERATION
MANUAL
Digitize, Inc.
158 Edison Road
Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey 07849
Tel: [phone]
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Website: http://www.digitize-inc.com
Part Number: 700228-0001
Issue Revision: B
Issue Date: 3/99

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AND DISCLAIMER
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158 EDISON ROAD
LAKE HOPATCONG, NJ 07849
[phone]
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Website: http://www.digitize-inc.com
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DIGITIZE, INC. reserves the right to make changes to the specifications and material contained
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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

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Table of Contents
SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................1-1
1.2. SYSTEM 3500 ..........................................................................................................................................1-1
1.3 ALARM TYPES ........................................................................................................................................1-2
1.4. DISPLAY (FIGURE 1) ..........................................................................................................................1-2
1.5. MEMORY..............................................................................................................................................1-4
1.5.1. MEM-600 MEMORY CHIP........................................................................................................1-4
1.5.2. MBD-4800 MEMORY MOTHERBOARD ................................................................................1-4
1.6. SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.1. ELECTRICAL .............................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.2. FUSES..........................................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.3. INPUTS........................................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.4. OUTPUTS ...................................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.5. CONSTRUCTION.......................................................................................................................1-5
1.6.6. DIMENSIONS .............................................................................................................................1-6
1.6.7. WEIGHT......................................................................................................................................1-6
1.6.8. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ..........................................................................................1-6
1.6.9. STRIP PRINTER .........................................................................................................................1-6
1.6.10. DISPLAY ...................................................................................................................................1-7
1.6.11. KEYPAD ....................................................................................................................................1-7
1.7. FCC REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................................................1-7
1.8. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS..............................................................................................................1-7
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
2.4 SETTING UP THERMAL PRINTER (Figure 2.1)...............................................................................2-2
2.4.1 CHANGING THERMAL PAPER............................................................................................2-2
SECTION 3 SYSTEM INITIALIZATION
3.1. GENERAL.................................................................................................................................................3-1
3.2. ASSEMBLY ..............................................................................................................................................3-1

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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. ZONE/MUX MENU....................................................................................................................4-3
4.2.1.1. ADDING TEXT TO A ZONE.....................................................................................4-3
4.3. USER TEXT TYPES ................................................................................................................................4-6
4.3.1. GENERIC ....................................................................................................................................4-9
4.3.2. ZONE SPECIFIC .........................................................................................................................4-9
4.3.2.1. CHANGING ZONE TEXT .........................................................................................4-9
4.3.2.2. DELETING ZONE TEXT.........................................................................................4-10
4.3.3. DDI7/8 MENU...........................................................................................................................4-10
4.3.4. RADIO/TELEGRAPH MENU..................................................................................................4-11
4.3.5. SPEED / DELAY MENU ..........................................................................................................4-11
4.3.6. ROUND MENU.........................................................................................................................4-11
4.3.7. SST MENU................................................................................................................................4-11
4.3.8. PASSWORD MENU .................................................................................................................4-11
4.3.9. EXIT DATA ENTRY MODE ....................................................................................................4-13
4.3.10. TOTAL PAGES INSTALLED, USED, AND DELETED .......................................................4-13
SECTION 5 FRONT PANEL ACCESS
5.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................5-1
5.2. TIME MODE / TIME SET ....................................................................................................................5-3
5.3 DAY / DATE / YEAR ...........................................................................................................................5-3
5.4 ALARM LEVEL / TONE......................................................................................................................5-3
5.5 THERMAL PRINTER INTENSITY.....................................................................................................5-5
5.6 SERIAL PORT COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................5-5
5.7 MULTIPLEX SETUP ...........................................................................................................................5-6
5.7.1 ADD/CHG/DEL .......................................................................................................................5-6
5.7.2 LINE TYPE SEL ......................................................................................................................5-7
5.7.3 FACP TEXT .............................................................................................................................5-7

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5.8 NETWORK SETUP ..............................................................................................................................5-7
5.9 IN/OUT SERVICE.................................................................................................................................5-8
5.9.1 CHANGING PRIORITY LEVEL DESCRIPTORS.................................................................5-8
5.9.2 IN/OUT SERVICE PASSWORD .............................................................................................5-9
5.10 SOLID-STATE TELEGRAPHIC TRANSMITTER............................................................................5-10
5.11 SPEED TRANSLATOR FOR SOLID STATE TELEGRAPHIC TRANSMITTER ...........................5-10
5.12 RADIO BOX SETUP ..........................................................................................................................5-11
5.13 1221 RAD TEST BOX ........................................................................................................................5-12
5.14 STATUS PRINTOUT SETUP MODE ................................................................................................5-13
5.15 DAY/NIGHT SET UP MODE.............................................................................................................5-14
5.16 ADDRESSABLE LINE PRINTERS SET UP MODE ........................................................................5-14
5.16.1 PRINTER SUPERVISION .....................................................................................................5-15
5.17 DDI-8 SETUP ......................................................................................................................................5-15
5.18 ALPHA NUMERIC PAGER SETUP ..................................................................................................5-16
5.19 ABM-DCC 3500/3000 SETUP............................................................................................................5-16
5.20 TELEGRAPH/DIGITAL DIALER AUTO CLEAR SETUP ..............................................................5-17
5.21 MARK VI RECEIVER (1221 RADIO) SETUP .................................................................................5-17
5.22 PPO-64 POINT OUTPUT SETUP ......................................................................................................5-18
5.23 ALARM/TROUBLE RELAY SETUP ................................................................................................5-18
5.24 Q-MUX SETUP...................................................................................................................................5-19
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
6.1.4. BOX LOOK UP...........................................................................................................................6-1
6.1.5. DIALER LOOK UP.....................................................................................................................6-2
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 ...............................................................................................................6-3
6.1.10. FUNC BUTTON........................................................................................................................6-3
6.1.11. SET BUTTON ...........................................................................................................................6-3
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.....................................................................................................................6-4
6.1.16. SHIFT KEY ( ) .......................................................................................................................6-5
6.1.17. STATUS .....................................................................................................................................6-5
6.1.18. REPORT KEY ...........................................................................................................................6-5

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6.1.19 PROGRAMMABLE KEYS .....................................................................................................6-5
6.1.19.1 HISTORY...............................................................................................................6-5
6.1.19.2 NEXT PAGE HISTORY ........................................................................................6-5
6.1.19.3. LOAD SST BOX FAST.........................................................................................6-6
6.1.19.4. LOAD SST BOX SLOW.......................................................................................6-6
6.1.19.5. TRANSMIT SST FAST.............................................................................................6-6
6.1.19.6. TRANSMIT SST SLOW...........................................................................................6-6
6.1.19.7. STOP SST TRANSMIT ............................................................................................6-6
6.1.19.8 ALL OUT 22,22+BX.............................................................................................6-7
6.1.19.9 RELAY LOOKUP .................................................................................................6-7
6.1.19.10. STATUS PRINTOUT.............................................................................................6-7
6.1.19.11 PRINT SET REPORT............................................................................................6-7
6.1.19.12 ABORT PRINT SET..............................................................................................6-7
6.1.19.13 FACP FAULTS ......................................................................................................6-7
6.1.20. SCROLL KEYS........................................................................................................................6-7
6.1.20.1 RESTORE TO NORMAL QUE ............................................................................6-8
6.1.20.2 BOTTOM OF ALARM QUE ................................................................................6-8
6.1.20.3 MIDDLE OF ALARM QUE .................................................................................6-8
6.1.20.4 TOP OF THE ALARM QUE.................................................................................6-8
6.1.20.5 SNGL/MULTI PAGE DISP ...................................................................................6-8
6.1.21. RESTART BUTTON .................................................................................................................6-8
6.1.22. KEYBOARD JACK ..................................................................................................................6-8
6.2. INDICATORS............................................................................................................................................6-9
6.2.1. AC POWER .................................................................................................................................6-9
6.2.2. CONDITION INDICATOR ......................................................................................................6-9
6.2.3. CLEAR ........................................................................................................................................6-9
6.2.4. ACK .............................................................................................................................................6-9
6.2.5. ALARM INDICATOR.................................................................................................................6-9
6.3. OPERATING PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................................6-9
6.3.1. PRIORITIES ................................................................................................................................6-9
6.3.2. NORMAL QUIESCENT OPERATION ....................................................................................6-10
6.3.3. ALARM CONDITION ..............................................................................................................6-10
6.3.4. TROUBLE CONDITION ..........................................................................................................6-11
6.3.5. TAKING A ZONE TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE .......................................................6-11
6.3.6. REMOVING A DIGITAL DIALER FROM SERVICE ............................................................6-11
6.3.7. INITIATING STATUS PRINTOUT FOR NON-SECURE ZONES..........................................6-12
6.3.8. CHECKING STATUS/MESSAGE OF INDIVIDUAL ZONE..................................................6-12
6.3.9. DISPLAY OF THE MESSAGE FOR A TELEGRAPH OR A DIALER..................................6-12
6.3.10. CHANGING THE PAPER TAPE ............................................................................................6-12
6.3.11. SERIAL OUTPUT FROM THE SYSTEM 3500 SYSTEM ...................................................6-13

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SECTION 7 DDI-8 DIGITAL COMMUNICATOR RECEIVER CARD
7.1. OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................................7-1
7.2. DDI-8 SWITCH SETTINGS....................................................................................................................7-3
7.3. DIALER SET UP .....................................................................................................................................7-4
7.3.1. PASSWORD ...............................................................................................................................7-5
7.3.2. CUST/CONFIG SCREEN ..........................................................................................................7-5
7.3.2.1. CONFIGURATION TABLES ....................................................................................7-6
7.3.2.2. COPY CONFIGURATIONS ....................................................................................7-11
7.3.2.3. ADD OR DELETE CUSTOMER NUMBER ..........................................................7-12
7.3.2.4. SELECTING DIGITAL COMMUNICATOR HANDSHAKE ................................7-14
7.4. RETROFITS...........................................................................................................................................7-16
7.4.1. INSTALLING THE DDI-8 CARD ...........................................................................................7-16
7.4.2. RETROFIT SWITCH SETTINGS ...........................................................................................7-18
7.4.2.1. RETROFIT SWITCH RESTRICTIONS ..................................................................7-20
7.5. OPERATION ..........................................................................................................................................7-21
7.6. DIAGNOSTICS......................................................................................................................................7-22
7.6.1. SYSTEM TEST ........................................................................................................................7-22
7.6.2. SYSTEM INITIALIZATION ERROR MESSAGES ...............................................................7-24
7.6.3. SYSTEM ERROR MESSAGES...............................................................................................7-25
7.7 FCC INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................7-27
SECTION 8 AUXILIARY CRT
8.1. OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................................8-1
8.1.1. WHAT IS DISPLAYED...............................................................................................................8-1
8.1.2. SUPERVISION ............................................................................................................................8-1
8.1.3. AUX CRT KEYBOARD .............................................................................................................8-2
8.1.4. NO SCROLL ...............................................................................................................................8-2
8.1.5. POWER UP RESTORAL............................................................................................................8-2
8.1.6. CLEARING DIALERS AND BOXES ........................................................................................8-2
SECTION 9 Q-MUX MULTIPLEX SYSTEM
9.1 OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................9-1
9.2. Q-MUX SET UP ......................................................................................................................................9-1
9.3. PASSWORD.............................................................................................................................................9-2
9.4. SETUP SCREEN......................................................................................................................................9-2
9.4.1. SET NODE ADDRESS ............................................................................................................9-3
9.4.2. ADD/CHG/DEL ID ....................................................................................................................9-3
9.5 INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................9-4
9.5.1 Q-MUX NODE INSTALLATION (P/N 425190-0001) ..........................................................9-4
9.5.2 Q-MUX MODULE INSTALLATION......................................................................................9-4
9.5.3 LIGHTNING PROTECTION BOARD INSTALLATION.......................................................9-4
9.6 Q-MUX @ COMMANDS.....................................................................................................................9-5
9.6.1 CODED OUTPUT CAPABILITY............................................................................................9-5
9.6.2 RELAY CONTROL..................................................................................................................9-6

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SECTION 10 DIGITIZE COMPUTER INTERFACE OPTIONS
10.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................10-1
10.2 ABM ...................................................................................................................................................10-1
10.3 CGRMS ..............................................................................................................................................10-1
10.4 CAPS ..................................................................................................................................................10-1
10.4.1. CAPS DATA TRANSMISSION.............................................................................................10-1
10.4.2. MESSAGE TYPE ...................................................................................................................10-1
10.4.3. TYPE NUMBER ....................................................................................................................10-2
10.4.4. CONDITION ..........................................................................................................................10-2
10.5. CAPS PLUS.........................................................................................................................................10-2
SECTION 11 NETWORK
11.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................11-1
11.2. SETTING NETWORK ADDRESS .....................................................................................................11-1
11.3. FILTERING ALARM RESPONSES AND PRIORITY LEVELS........................................................11-1
11.4. REDUNDANT OPERATION ...............................................................................................................11-2
SECTION 12 CROSS ACK, CROSS CLEAR & CROSS DATA
12.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................12-1
12.1.2. INSTALLATION .....................................................................................................................12-1
12.1.3. USER TEXT DATA.................................................................................................................12-1
SECTION 13 TELEGRAPH CODED INTERFACE
13.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................13-1
13.2 TCI ASSEMBLES..................................................................................................................................13-2
13.2.1 ALARM MONITOR CARD ..................................................................................................13-2
13.2.2 INPUT PANEL ASSEMBLY .................................................................................................13-2
13.2.3 RIBBON CABLE ...................................................................................................................13-2
13.2.4 100 MA INPUT PCB..............................................................................................................13-2
13.2.5 24 VDC INPUT PCB..............................................................................................................13-2
13.2.6 NORMALLY CLOSED INPUT PCB ....................................................................................13-2
13.2.7 NORMALLY OPEN INPUT PCB..........................................................................................13-2
13.3. OPERATION .........................................................................................................................................13-3
13.4. CONNECTIONS ...................................................................................................................................13-3
13.5. CABLE SUPERVISION........................................................................................................................13-4
13.6. CIRCUIT NUMBER SELECT..............................................................................................................13-4
13.7. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS: TCI OPTION ONLY........................................................................13-5
13.8. UPDATING THE MAIN PROGRAM OF THE SYSTEM 3500 .........................................................13-5
13.9. INITIAL SET UP ..................................................................................................................................13-5
13.10.TEST PROCEDURES .........................................................................................................................13-5

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SECTION 14 DIRECT WIRE INPUTS
14.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................14-1
14.1.1. 512 ZONE CONTROLLER....................................................................................................14-1
14.1.2. REVERSIBLE POLARITY INPUT BOARD .........................................................................14-1
14.1.3. END OF LINE (EOL) INPUT CARD .....................................................................................14-2
SECTION 15 DGM MULTIPLEX
15.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................15-1
15.1.1. DGM-8LS, DGM-8LS-RF.......................................................................................................15-1
15.1.2. DGM-16LS , DGM-16LS-RF..................................................................................................15-1
15.1.3. DGM-32/64, DGM 32/64-RF ..................................................................................................15-2
15.1.4. DGM-32/64-RLY, DGM 32/64-RF-RLY .................................................................................15-2
15.1.5. MUXPAD II ............................................................................................................................15-2
15.1.6. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND KEYPAD .....................................................................15-3
15.1.7. DGM FAULT CODES .............................................................................................................15-3
SECTION 16 ISODRESSABLE
16.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................16-1
16.1.1 DGM ISO-8L ...........................................................................................................................16-1
16.1.2. ISO-6Z .....................................................................................................................................16-1
SECTION 17 ZONE-BOX-DIALER (ZBD) OPTION
17.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................17-1
17.2. PT-CONTROLLER...............................................................................................................................17-1
17.3. 64 T INTERFACE .................................................................................................................................17-1
17.4.. ZBD MEMORY ...................................................................................................................................17-1
17.5. OPERATION .........................................................................................................................................17-2
17.6. ZBD FUNCTION PRINTOUTS ...........................................................................................................17-2
17.6.1. FUNCTION 45 ...........................................................................................................17-2
17.6.2. FUNCTION 46 ...........................................................................................................17-2
17.6.3. ABORTING THE PRINTOUT...................................................................................17-2

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SECTION 18 DAY/NIGHT MODE
18.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................18-1
18.2. HARDWARE & SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS...............................................................................18-1
18.2.1. ENTERING DAY/NIGHT MODE INFORMATION..............................................................18-2
18.2.2. ACTIVATION OF DAY MODE..............................................................................................18-3
18.2.3. DAY MODE ACTIVITY INDICATION.................................................................................18-3
18.2.4. DAY MODE ACTIVITY PRINTOUT ....................................................................................18-4
18.2.5. DAY MODE TROUBLE CONDITIONS ................................................................................18-4
18.2.6. DAY MODE PRIORITY LEVEL 1 ........................................................................................18-4
18.2.7. DAY MODE EXCEPTIONS ...................................................................................................18-4
SECTION 19 SOFTWARE OPTIONS
19.1. TROUBLE-ALARM-SECURE (TAS)..................................................................................................19-1
19.2. PRIORITY ONLY .................................................................................................................................19-2
19.3. STATUS OUTPUT ................................................................................................................................19-2
SECTION 20 SST-3500 SOLID STATE TRANSMITTER
20.1. OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................20-1
20.1.1. MANUAL SST ........................................................................................................................20-1
20.1.2. “ALL OUT” FOR SST ............................................................................................................20-1
20.1.3. “HYPHEN” FOR SST .............................................................................................................20-1
20.1.4. TPO-1 SPEED TRANSLATOR...............................................................................................20-1
20.1.5. TPO-2 AUTO TRANSMISSION ............................................................................................20-1
20.1.6. PRE-DESIGNATED BOX NUMBERS ..................................................................................20-2
20.1.7. TPO-4 TIME AUTO-TRANSMIT ..........................................................................................20-2
20.1.8. SST-4 SOLID STATE ZONE CODER ....................................................................................20-2
20.1.9. NON-PARITY PROGRAM.....................................................................................................20-2
SECTION 21 UPLOADING NEW SOFTWARE VERSIONS
21.1 OVERVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................21-1
21.2 UPLOADING FROM DISKETTE .......................................................................................................21-1
21.2.1. SAVE COMMAND ................................................................................................................21-3
21.2.2. UPLOAD COMMAND ..........................................................................................................21-4
21.2.3. RUN COMMAND..................................................................................................................21-5

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SECTION 22 @ COMMANDS
22.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................22-1
22.2 SST TELEGRAPH BOX TRANSMIT COMMAND (@B) ...............................................................22-1
22.3 PPO-64T COMMAND (@T) ..............................................................................................................22-2
22.4 RELAY COMMANDS (@R) ..............................................................................................................22-3
22.5 PAGER COMMANDS (@P) ................................................................................................................22-4
22.6 CODED OUTPUT CAPABILITY (@Q) ...............................................................................22-5
SECTION 23 DERIVED CHANNEL NETWORK CONTROLLER
23.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................23-1
23.2 INITIALIZATION AND PORT SETTINGS .......................................................................................23-2
23.3 DERIVED CHANNEL SETUP SCREEN ..........................................................................................23-3
23.3.1 PASSWORD ...........................................................................................................................23-4
23.4 DERIVED CHANNEL STU AND GLOBAL SETTINGS.................................................................23-4
23.4.1 GLOBAL SETTINGS ............................................................................................................23-5
23.4.2 ADD/CHANGE/REMOVE STU ...........................................................................................23-5
23.5 DERIVED CHANNEL PROGRAMMABLE KEYS..........................................................................23-7
23.5.1 STU CONTROL KEYS..........................................................................................................23-7
23.5.2 STU INFO KEYS ...................................................................................................................23-8
23.5.3 LIST/LOAD COMMAND KEYS ..........................................................................................23-8
APPENDIX A USER TEXT STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES ............................................... A-1
APPENDIX B SYSTEM 3500 SET MENUS STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURES.................... B- 1
APPENDIX C ABM COMPUTER INTERFACE OPTION
SYSTEM 3500 TO ABM DCC PROTOCOL ..............................................................................C-1
APPENDIX D WIRING DIAGRAMS......................................................................................... D-1

DIGITIZE, INC. 700228-C 7/99 1 - 1
Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice
SYSTEM 3500 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
SECTION 1
GENERAL INFORMATION
This manual provides the basic installation and operating procedures and instructions for the DIGITIZE
SYSTEM 3500. Illustrations are provided throughout to familiarize the operator with the terminology
usedinthismanual. Operatorsandinstallersareadvisedtostudytheillustrationsandsystemdescriptions
before reading the operating procedures. All installation and testing should be performed by factory
trained personnel.
1.1. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION
The overall system is known as the DIGITIZE Alarm Processing System. Alarms are processed
from alarm/control sensors through alarm/control lines. When an alarm/control condition
occurs,anaudiblealarm, indicatorlamp,alphanumericmessagedisplay,anda printedhardcopy
record of the alarm/control condition will be presented to the operating personnel. The system
may be comprised of single or multiple SYSTEM 3500’s and/or Computer Graphic Response
ManagementSystems. Thesystemisdesignedforfirealarmreporting,securityalarmmonitoring
and control applications for the municipal, industrial, military, healthcare, collegiate, and
commercial sectors.
1.2. SYSTEM 3500
TheoverallunitisknownastheSYSTEM3500. TheSYSTEM3500isatotallysolidstatesystem
that uses state of the art devices and circuitry to continuously monitor and display the status of
all system connected alarms. The SYSTEM 3500 is a microprocessor-based alarm monitoring
andcontrolunit,withfieldprogrammable,nonvolatilememory. TheSYSTEM3500maybeused
tomonitormultiplex,telegraph/McCullohcode,directwire,digitaldialer,network,addressable,
pollingradio,andserialinputalarmsignals. TheSYSTEM3500willalsoprovideanalarm(both
visual and/or audible) to operating personnel in the event of an internal SYSTEM 3500
malfunction. The basic unit is supplied with the following standard equipment:
lPrinted circuit boards: POWER, DISP/KEY, CPU VI, E2PROM, PRT/KB, and I/O.
l150 Pages of field programmable memory for input of user text information.
lIntegral 20 column thermal printer capable of half, standard, and double height printing
in normal or bold intensity.
lFront panel mounted, 4.5 in. x 3.4 in., 1/4 VGA (320 x 240 pixel) electroluminescent
display screen capable of providing 160oviewing angle. Main alarm is readable at
distances of up to 20 feet.
lComputer style keyboard for user text entry as well as system setup.

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1.3 ALARM TYPES
The SYSTEM 3500 handles three alarm type categories: ZONE, DIALER, and BOX. The
categories can be further broken down as follows:
ZONE
• Direct wire inputs via EOL, RPI, or DCI input cards.
• Multiplex inputs via Data Gathering Panels including serial devices connected to fire
alarm panels.
• Polling radio zones via Radio Data Gathering Panels.
• Addressable devices such as infrared detectors, magnetic door contacts via the
ISOdressablecapability, etc.
• Two-wire multiplexing via Q-Mux modules and nodes.
DIALER
• Dialers monitored via DIGITIZE Digital communicator receiver cards.
BOX
• TELEGRAPH/McCULLOH coded boxes.
Throughout this manual, when the terms ZONE, DIALER, or BOX are used, unless otherwise
indicated, they refer to any of the above devices.
1.4. DISPLAY (FIGURE 1)
The SYSTEM 3500 front panel display provides detailed information to the operator. The first
line indicates the current number of Alarms, Troubles, FA SUPV, Out of Service and Restorals.
The second line defaults to Day of Week, Month, Date and Time. If an Alarm or Supervisory
conditionappears,theDayoftheweekisreplacedbytheprioritylevel(flashinginreversevideo).
TherestofthelineflashesALRM ZNXXXXXXXXXorNEWALRMWAITING. IfaTrouble
or Restoral condition appears, the Day of the week remains on the display and the rest of the
message changes to: TRBL ZN XXXXXXXXX or SECU ZN XXXXXXXXX.
The third line indicates the alarm priority level, the zone in alarm or trouble, the origination date
and time of the condition. During the system SET commands this line changes to the rotating
display message applicable to the SET command being processed.
The three lines of large text are the first page of the user text information for the last condition.
The condition flashes along the left side of the three lines when it is received. After
acknowledgement, the condition stops flashing and remains illuminated. Additional pages of
user text appear in smaller type below the three lines of large text.

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Figure 1 - TYPICAL SYSTEM 3500 DISPLAY
Incoming condition flashes.
(ALARM, TROUBLE,
OUT OF SERVICE) After
ACK, condition remains
illuminated.
Current Open Conditions.
Programmable keys (vary by unit, determined by options installed on SYSTEM 3500)
Keys may change when scroll buttons are pressed. Refer to Section 6.1.19 and 6.1.20
for details on programmable keys.
First page of user text for
most recent condition.
Additional pages of
user text appear in
small type below the
large type.
Below the double yellow line is space for a list of the current open conditions. The number of
conditions that appear here is dictated by the number of conditions received and the amount of
linesthat appear abovethe double yellowline. Forinstance, if thereare quite afewpages of user
textmessageslistedabovethedoubleyellowline,feweropenconditionsmaybedisplayedbelow
the double yellow line. If there are additional conditions present, they may be accessed by
depressingtheSNGL/MULTIPAGEDISPprogrammablekeythatislocatedatthebottomofthe
display. This key is only present if there are more conditions than can be displayed at one time.
Thelastpartofthedisplayprovidesthetitlestotheprogrammablekeysoneachparticularsystem.
Their availability is determined by the options installed in each unit.

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1.5. MEMORY
EachSYSTEM3500issuppliedwith150screensofnonvolatile,nonmagnetic,fieldprogrammable
memory for storage of user text information. This memory is located in the “system” memory
moduleandoccupiesthefirstICsocket,(U1)ofthefirstmemorymotherboard,whichisprovided
with the system. All memory module data will be maintained in the event of a complete power
failure, including the loss of battery backup. There are seven empty memory sockets available
on the system supplied memory motherboard. Nonvolatile, nonmagnetic storage may be added
totheSYSTEM3500byinstallingmemorymodulesandadditionalmotherboards. Eachofthese
is explained below.
1.5.1. MEM-600 MEMORY CHIP
MEM-600 MEMORY CHIP P/N 450423-0002
INSTALLATION SHEET P/N 800360, sheet #3
Each MEM-600 provides storage for up to 600 screens of field programmable user text
messages,each screen consistingofthree lines of 16characters each. Each direct wirezone,
multiplexzone,digitaldialeraccountortelegraphboxcanhaveuptoninescreensofmemory
assigned to it.
1.5.2. MBD-4800 MEMORY MOTHERBOARD
MBD-4800, Full Memory Board P/N 400349-0004
MBD-EMPTY, Empty Memory Board P/N 400349-0002
Each MBD-EMPTY provides space for up to eight MEM-600 memory modules, or a total
of4800screens. TheMBD-4800containsall4800screens,andisinstalledinanyofthecard
slotsoftheSYSTEM3500. EachMBD-4800hasaDIPswitchtoallowyoutosettheaddress
of the board. A total of eight motherboards may be installed in one system. The number is
limited only by the number of available card slots. A fully loaded system can allow access
to 37,950 field programmable user text screens.

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1.6. SPECIFICATIONS
1.6.1. ELECTRICAL
Primary AC:
Power Input ............................................103-127 VAC / 207-253 VAC
Frequency Input......................................47-63 Hertz
Power Consumption ...............................50 Watts (max)
Standby DC:
Power Input ............................................24 VDC (nom)
Operating Current................................... 1 Ampere DC (max)
1.6.2. FUSES
AC line input fuse ........................................ 3.0 Amp. (fast-blow)
DC circuit breaker........................................ 5.0 Amp.
1.6.3. INPUTS
AC Power......................................................Detachable Cord
Standby Battery.............................................24 Volts D.C.
Terminals ........ Option Terminals 1 through 4 are used for the single circuit “Telegraph
Coded Input” option.
Inputs 1-3 ........ Configured by options installed.
1.6.4. OUTPUTS
EXT. BUZZ: 12 Volt D.C., 0.1 A output for an external system failure buzzer.
AUDIO OUT: “Line” level output, (1 Volt P-P) identical to that of the front panel
speaker for connection to an external amplifier or P.A. system.
SST FAST: Normally open and normally closed “dry” relay contacts used for
special options.
SST SLOW: Normally open and normally closed “dry” relay contacts used for
special options.
Outputs 1-3: Configured by options installed.
1.6.5. CONSTRUCTION
The enclosure and cover of the SYSTEM 3500 is made of 0.062" aluminum. A membrane
keypad is mounted on a 0.093" aluminum front panel.