Satel Versa User manual

Alarm Control Panel Program version 1.00
GDAŃSK
versa_u_en 03/09
USER
MANUAL

WARNING
To avoid any problems during operation of this control panel, it is recommended that you
familiarize yourself with this manual before you start using the equipment.
Making any construction changes or unauthorized repairs is forbidden. This applies, in
particular, to modification of assemblies and components. Maintenance and/or repair
operations should be performed by authorized personnel (i.e. the installer or factory service).
The control panel should only be connected to the analog subscriber lines. Connecting its
telephone circuit to a digital network (e.g. ISDN) may cause damage to the equipment. In
case of changing the analog line to the digital one, it is necessary to contact the alarm
system installer.
Pay special attention if the telephone line used by the control panel is frequently busy and/or
failures are reported, concerning the line and/or monitoring. Report such situations to the
alarm system installer immediately.
To ensure adequate protection, the alarm security system must be in good working order,
therefore SATEL recommends that it be regularly tested.
The alarm security system cannot prevent burglary, assault or fire from happening, but it
guarantees that in case of emergency measures will be taken to reduce the possible damage
(the alarm will be signaled optically and acoustically, appropriate services will be notified,
etc.), which may deter the potential burglars.
CAUTION!
The security alarm system is fitted with a battery. Do not throw the used-up battery away, but
recycle it as required by the existing regulations (European Directives 91/157/EEC and
93/86/EEC93/86/EEC).
Currently valid EC declaration of conformity and product certificates are
available for downloading on the website www.satel.pl

CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 2
2. TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE OF SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM...................................................... 2
3. ALARM SYSTEM OPERATING COSTS ..................................................................................... 2
4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................... 3
5. OPERATION ........................................................................................................................ 3
5.1 LED FUNCTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 4
5.2 LCD DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................. 5
5.3 STATES SIGNALED ACOUSTICALLY ON THE KEYPAD ........................................................................ 6
5.4 EVENTS SIGNALED ON ALARM OUTPUTS ........................................................................................ 7
5.5 SIGNALING TAMPER ALARM ........................................................................................................... 7
5.6 SIGNALING WARNING ALARM ......................................................................................................... 8
5.7 USER CODES ............................................................................................................................... 8
5.8 ARMED MODE OF THE CONTROL PANEL ......................................................................................... 9
5.8.1 Full armed mode (1) ................................................................................................................9
5.8.2 Night armed mode (2) .............................................................................................................9
5.8.3 Day armed mode (3) .............................................................................................................10
5.8.4 Partition time parameters..................................................................................................................10
5.9 CODE ARMING............................................................................................................................ 11
5.10 QUICK ARMING ........................................................................................................................... 12
5.11 DISARMING AND ALARM CLEARING .................................................................................... 12
5.12 CONTROLLING THE CONTROL PANEL ARMED MODE WITH PROXIMITY CARDS.................................. 13
5.13 REMOTE CONTROL OF THE CONTROL PANEL OPERATION.............................................................. 13
5.14 USING TIMERS IN THE ALARM SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 13
5.15 AUTO-ARMING DEFERMENT......................................................................................................... 14
6. USER FUNCTIONS OF "PRESS AND HOLD DOWN" TYPE ................................................. 14
6.1 ENABLING/DISABLING THE CHIME SIGNAL .......................................................................... 14
6.2 CHANGING THE DISPLAY MODE ......................................................................................... 14
6.3 FIRE ALARM .................................................................................................................... 14
6.4 AUXILIARY (MEDICAL)ALARM ........................................................................................... 14
6.5 PANIC ALARM .................................................................................................................. 15
6.6 CHECKING THE ARMED MODE ........................................................................................... 15
7. DIRECT CONTROL OF OUTPUTS.......................................................................................... 15
8. USER FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE AFTER ENTERING CODE ......................................................... 15
8.1 ENTERING CHANGES TO THE USER FUNCTIONS............................................................................ 19
8.1.1 Options..............................................................................................................................................19
8.1.2 Numerical data ..................................................................................................................................19
8.1.3 Telephone numbers ..........................................................................................................................21
8.1.4 Names...............................................................................................................................................22
8.1.5 Detailed description of the user functions .........................................................................................23
9. USING PROXIMITY CARDS FOR SYSTEM CONTROL ............................................................... 36
10. USING REMOTE CONTROL KEY FOB IN THE SYSTEM ............................................................ 37
11. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF KEYPADS ..................................................................................... 38

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1. Introduction
We are happy you have chosen a product offered by SATEL and hope you will be satisfied
with your choice. Please be assured that we are always ready to provide you with
professional assistance and information on our products.
The SATEL Company is manufacturer of a broad range of devices dedicated for use in
security alarm systems. Further information is available on our website www.satel.pl or at
the points of sale offering our products.
2. Technical Performance of Security Alarm System
The alarm system is built of technical devices, the performance of which has crucial effect on
the effectiveness of the facility protection. Components of the alarm system may be exposed
to various external factors, such as weather conditions (e.g. outdoor sirens and, during
a storm, also other devices, as a result of atmospheric discharge which may cause harm to
electrical and telephone installations) or mechanical damage. Only a routine check of the
system operation makes it possible to maintain a high level of burglary protection.
The control panel is provided with a number of safeguards and automatic diagnostic features
to test the system performance. Detection of irregularities is signaled by the [TROUBLE]
LED on the keypad. Respond to such a situation immediately and, if necessary, consult
the installer.
Functional test of the alarm system must be carried out on a regular basis. Check that the
control panel responds to violation of particular detectors, that fields of view of those
detectors are not obstructed, that there is reaction to opening the protected doors, and that
signaling devices and telephone messaging are functioning properly.
The installer will specify in detail how the system is to be checked. It is recommended that
the installer carry out periodic maintenance of the alarm system at the user's request.
It is in the user's interest to foresee and prearrange the procedures to be followed when the
control panels starts signaling an alarm. It is important to know how to verify the alarm and
identify its source on the basis of keypad information, and take appropriate measures, e.g., to
organize evacuation.
3. Alarm System Operating Costs
The main task of the control panel is signaling and efficient notification about alarm situations
and, in the case of the reporting function, providing the monitoring station with real-time
information about the protected facility status. Execution of these functions, based on the use
of telephone line, entails some financial costs. Generally, the level of costs incurred by the
alarm system owner depends on the amount of information the control panel must transfer to
the monitoring station. A failure of the telephone links, as well as incorrect programming of
the control panel, may substantially increase these costs. Such a situation usually results
from an excessive number of connections made.
The installer can adjust functioning of the alarm system to the specific conditions and the
type of protected premises, however it is the user who should decide if his or her priority will
be to transfer information at any price, or, if some technical problems occur, the control panel
will be allowed to skip some events, the reception of which has not been acknowledged by
the monitoring station.

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4. General Description
The VERSA control panel is an up-to-date, microprocessor-based control panel, designed for
intruder alarm systems. It is characterized by very easy operation, legible information
delivered to the user and highly reliable functioning. It is provided with a telephone
communicator (dialer) which ensures voice and text messaging capability, as well as
interfacing between the alarm system and the monitoring station. The control panel supports
various types of modules which expand its functionality.
The control panel has been designed for such premises as: apartments, detached houses,
stores, shops, kiosks, etc. Optional subdivision of the system into two fully independent or
overlapping partitions, as well as three armed modes which can be enabled individually for
each partition, ensure high flexibility during configuration of the system. Based on one control
panel, two independent alarm systems with own detectors and sirens can be created. Such
systems can be controlled by means of one common or a few separate keypads.
5. Operation
This manual describes the operating rules for the VERSA control panel. Basic operation of
the alarm system is limited to arming / disarming and suitably responding to the information
which may be signaled by the control panel.
Using the control panel keypad, it is possible to trigger special alarms (PANIC, FIRE,
MEDICAL), bypass the zone lines, establish connection with the service computer, and
control electrical devices, such as: electromagnetic lock, fan, lighting, etc.
Fig. 1. View of the VERSA-LED-GR keypad.
The LED type keypad provides information on the alarm system status by means of 36 LEDs
and audible signals.
The LCD type keypad provides information on the alarm system status by means of a liquid-
crystal display (2x16 characters), 6 LEDs and audible signals.

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Backlighting of the keys and display in the LCD keypad may be permanent or automatically
activated by a keystroke or violation of the indicated zone of the control panel during the
armed mode. Operation mode of the backlight is specified by the installer.
Fig. 2. View of the VERSA-LCD-GR keypad.
5.1 LED functions
The LEDs provide information on the alarm system status and are designated by the
following symbols:
ALARM (red color) – alarm indicator, separate for each partition.
•Lit – indicates burglary alarm in the partition, goes off after the alarm is cleared.
•Lit with short extinguishments – burglary alarm occurred in the partition (alarm
memory).
•Blinking at a uniform rate (0.5s/0.5s) – fire alarm.
•Short blinks every 2s – fire alarm memory.
•Blinking at a uniform rate (1s/1s) – tamper alarm, tamper alarm memory.
•Blinking rapidly (0.25s/0.25s) – warning alarm; signal duration 30s.
•Blinking twice every 2s – indicates countdown of warning alarm time in partial
armed mode, if the time is longer than 30 seconds.
The ALARM LED for partition II lights up together with the TROUBLE LED after entering
the programming of service function settings (the first stage of programming).
ARMED (green color) – armed mode indicator, separate for each partition.
•Lit – the partition is armed (optionally, the LED can be extinguished by the control
panel after the set time from 1 to 255 seconds after arming has elapsed – service
setting).
•Blinking – countdown of the partition exit delay.

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TROUBLE (yellow color) – trouble indicator.
•Blinking slowly – indicates that a trouble has occurred in the alarm system. The
LED goes off on arming one or two partitions, on clearing the cause of trouble or
after executing the current trouble check function (user function no. 7) and
clearing the trouble memory.
•Blinking rapidly – the control panel has entered the user function / service
function menu.
•Lit – programming the function settings or checking the armed mode.
SERVICE (blue color) – indicator of the control panel operation in service mode.
•Lit – service functions available from the given keypad.
•Blinking – the control panel is in service mode, programming available from
another keypad.
1…30

ZONE (red color, LED type keypad only) – status indicators for the system zones.
Detailed information is given in the next section of this manual.
5.2 LCD display functions
At its basic status, the LCD keypad can display date and time (format to be selected by the
installer) or keypad name. The following system statuses can also be indicated (the order as
per the display priority – from highest to lowest):
1. auto-arming delay countdown;
2. entry delay countdown;
3. exit delay countdown;
4. alarm from zone;
5. alarm in partition;
6. message service " System tamper, call service".
The messages on alarms from zones or partitions are displayed at the control panel
emergency status. If the alarm has been triggered from several zones, you can review the
names of those zones, using the arrow keys. Information on the alarm source is visible until
the alarm is cleared. The message content includes the name of zone or partition. The
installer decides whether such messages will be displayed.
The LCD keypad will display the status of control panel zones after you press and hold down
the key for approx. 3 sec. Numbers from 1 to 30, indicating the fields assigned to
individual system zones, are situated around the LCD display. Shown below are symbols
which can be displayed in those positions, as well as their meaning. The column next to the
symbols contains description of the lighting mode for LEDs representing individual zones on
the LED keypad. The order in the table indicates the event priority (from highest to lowest) –
the highest priority symbol is always displayed for the zone.
Note:
•If, when the control panel is in armed mode, a delayed zone is violated as the first one,
and then alarm is triggered by another zone, the first alarm memory will be assigned to
the zone which was violated first.
•If, after violation of a delayed zone, the armed mode is disabled without triggering alarm,
then the first alarm (violation) memory will be automatically cleared.

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Priority
LCD
symbol
LED blinking mask
– OFF, – ON Description
1 b zone bypassed *)
2 D long violation trouble *)
3 X no violation trouble *)
4 !
memory of first violation in armed mode (the
zone triggered alarm in the partition or was
violated as first, but is no longer violated), the
first zone is indicated individually for each
partition,
5 violated tamper circuit of 2EOL zone
6 ¦zone violated
7 s zone triggered tamper alarm (tamper memory of
2EOL zone)
8 a zone triggered alarm (alarm memory)
9 zone free (not violated)
- (blank field) no detector type programmed for
the zone – no detector
*) States to be skipped (not displayed), if the partition to which the zone belongs is armed.
Table 1. Description of signaling the status of control panel zones on the keypad.
5.3 States signaled acoustically on the keypad
The keypad can generate the following beeps:
•one short – confirmation of a keystroke;
•two short – confirmation of entering the user function programming mode;
•three short – waiting for the code after partition armed mode is selected, disabling the
chime signaling on keypad (key ), disabling the controllable output;
•one long (duration approx. 1.5 s) – an attempt of arming, when the control panel is
not ready for supervision (some zones with the "priority" option enabled are violated or
tampered); the [TROUBLE] LED lights up at the same time;
•two long – invalid code, unavailable function, canceled function or wrong function
data, exiting the timer programming function;
•three long – code recognized, but the function called is unavailable or execution of
the function is for some reason impossible at the moment;
•four short, one long – arming/disarming, exiting the service mode, correct
termination of the programming function, enabling the chime signaling on keypad,
activating the control panel controllable output.
Event signaling in the system:
•continuous beep – alarm;
•intermittent beep (0.25s/0.25s) – warning alarm;
•intermittent beep (0.5s/0.5s) – fire alarm;
•one long beep every 3 sec – signaling the exit delay countdown;
•two short beeps every 1.5 sec – signaling the entry delay countdown;

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•two short beeps every 2.5 sec – signaling a new trouble;
•five short beeps – violation of a zone with "CHIME" option;
•a series of beeps with diminishing duration every 5 sec – auto-arming delay
countdown.
The installer decides which events are to be acoustically signaled on the keypad.
Note : The last 10 seconds of exit delay countdown is signaled by a series of short beeps
ended by one long beep. The purpose of this way of signaling is to indicate the
moment of the countdown completion to the user.
5.4 Events signaled on alarm outputs
If the control panel armed mode is remotely controlled (e.g. by means of key fob), the
installer can enable the arming/disarming and alarm clearing signals on the siren control
outputs. If the output controls operation of a siren, the latter will generate short sounds (in
much the same way as in the car alarm systems). The signals have the following meaning:
•one short sound – arming;
•two short sounds – disarming;
•four short sounds – alarm clearing or disarming and alarm clearing.
Additionally, the alarm outputs signal the typical situations for the alarm system:
•continuous signal – burglary alarm;
•intermittent signal 1 s/1 s – fire alarm.
5.5 Signaling tamper alarm
Since the alarm installation is watched 24 hours a day, whether the system is armed or not,
violation of any component of the installation will trigger tamper alarm in the partition to which
the given component is assigned. Such an alarm may be signaled only on selected sirens,
which may be activated only when the control panel is in armed mode. The loud signaling
mode should be set by the installer of the system.
On the LED keypad, the [ALARM] LED lights up and the [TROUBLE] LED starts blinking
during the tamper alarm. On the LCD keypad, a message can be displayed, indicating the
alarm source. The alarm can be caused by:
•opening the enclosure (of control panel, expander, detector, siren or keypad);
•tearing off the enclosure from the wall (mounting surface);
•damaged cable, etc.
As each of the above situations can pose a threat to the security of protected premises, the
installer should be notified about the existing situation, so as to carry out inspection of the
installation and repair the faults, if any.
In order to encourage the user to take action, the installer can optionally enable the options
TROUBLE MEMORY UNTIL REVIEW and SERVICE MESSAGE AFTER TAMPER ALARM. In this case, the
"System tamper, call service" message will be displayed and the [TROUBLE] LED will
start blinking when the alarm is cleared on the LCD keypad. The LED keypad will also signal
a trouble in the system and some LEDs may be blinking on it, if the tamper affects defined
zones of the control panel. The alarm source can be determined by viewing the log of current
troubles (user function no. 7).
The administrator (master) or an ordinary user can clear the alarm, but he cannot clear the
service message and the trouble memory. The message after tamper alarm can only be
cleared by means of the service code after the current troubles are reviewed and the trouble
memory cleared by using the key when exiting the view function. If the cause of

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reported tamper is not cleared, the trouble signaling will continue and the message will not
disappear.
If the SERVICE MESSAGE AFTER TAMPER ALARM option is not enabled by the installer, only the
[TROUBLE] LED will be blinking after the tamper alarm is cleared, and the date and time
will be displayed on the LCD keypad. The user with INSPECTION privilege will be able to clear
the trouble memory.
If the TROUBLE MEMORY UNTIL REVIEW is not enabled by the installer either, the trouble
signaling will end on clearing the tamper signal cause.
5.6 Signaling warning alarm
The installer can activate the WARNING ALARM function in the control panel. The warning alarm
function is aimed at limiting the number of false alarms caused mistakenly by the user when
disarming the system or moving around the premises where partial armed mode is activated.
The warning alarm is especially important in systems in which suppression of armed mode
information is used. If the user misses the time for disarming the system during the ENTRY
DELAY countdown or violates the indicated zone which is armed in the (night or day) partial
armed mode of the partition, the control panel can trigger the warning alarm. The warning
alarm, which is signaled on the keypad and, optionally, on the indoor siren, does not activate
reporting, messaging and/or outdoor signaling.
The warning alarm procedure is as follows. On violating the entry zone, the control panel will
start the ENTRY DELAY countdown. If the user fails to disarm the system, the control panel will
trigger acoustic signaling on the keypad (provided the signaling is active) by an intermittent
signal (0.25 s/0.25 s) for 30 seconds, as well as optical signaling by the [ALARM] LED.
Next, the burglary alarm signaling will be set off. If the user can manage to disarm the
system, the burglary alarm will not be signaled.
In case of the warning alarm in partial armed mode, the installer sets the zones which, when
violated, can trigger the warning alarm in the same way as the entry zone. Different warning
alarm times can be programmed for each partition (up to 255 s). If the time is not
programmed, the warning alarm will last 30 seconds, as in the case of entry zone violation.
Irrespective of programmed time duration, the acoustic warning alarm on keypad will last for
the first 30 seconds.
Note: The warning alarm is generated only once after the system has been armed.
5.7 User codes
For everyday operation of the control panel, it is necessary to know the user code (the code
is a sequence of 4 to 8 digits from the 0–9 range). Entering the code should be completed
by pressing the key which corresponds to the operation you want to carry out. Details are
described below in this manual.
When entering the code, the keypad may show the number of entered characters of the
code. In the LCD keypad, asterisks are displayed in the lower line, illustrating the subsequent
code characters, while in the LED keypad, LEDs light up in succession, starting from number
16.
The code can control one or two partitions, can have different authority levels (user
schedules) and assigned name, depending on the selection made when entering a new user
or editing an existing one.
To each user code (except for the service code), it is possible to assign a proximity card or
another passive transponder and a key fob, which are used to control the alarm system
(arm/disarm; using the key fob, you can also control the control panel outputs, trigger special
alarms, activate the alarm signaling delay).