Re: Connecting two DMP alarms together? Outputs to Zones? Possible?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ps...as a partitioned system the garage could have acted as a totally
separate alarm system (arm/disarm, etc). It could even have it's own account
number.


"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:UVcwf.33$C1.757@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| The XR-200 is partitionable you could have just put a expansion keypad in
| the garage and ran 4 zones off the keypad and run that on it's own
| partition...or a  regular keypad and 4 or 8 or 16 zone expander. They only
| thing you wouldn't have is a separate siren for the garage system (which
you
| could rig another way). One partition for the house, one for the garage,
| both on the same account number saving the client having to pay for 2
| monitored accounts. Would have been less for equipment as well.
|
| You know the 200 will expand to 250+ plus zones right - so you couldn't be
| out of zones on the 200 unless your house is really really big.
|
| You're probably the only DIY'er I've run into on the internet using DMP.
|
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| "Jason Millard" <jsm174@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:dhbwf.1634$7l4.883@xxxxxxxxxxx
|| Okay, I tried posting a couple times but they never made it through.
| Here's
|| another try.
||
|| Actually the system isn't commericial. The XR200 is attached to the
house,
|| and the
|| XRSuper6 is attached to a garage. All the zones are used up in the house,
|| except for
|| 7 and 8.
||
|| I'm not a professional alarm system installer. I'm just a DIY, with the
| only
|| experience
|| being DMP panels.
||
|| You are right, that I could have brought the fire zone and burglary into
| to
|| the XR200,
|| but I didn't want to do that. I wanted the garage to be armed separate.
||
|| So the only way I thought I could tie the two systems together would be
if
| I
|| used the
|| annuciator outputs of the XRSuper6.
||
|| Regardless of industry best practices (which I 100% respect), shouldn't I
| be
|| able to
|| do accomplish this?
||
|| I'm starting to understand more about how the outputs work, ie going to
|| ground when
|| triggered. I realize that if I tie into aux power, and use the output,
| when
|| the alarm is triggered
|| I will get 12V across the line. When the output is not active, I somehow
|| need to come
|| up with a normally closed circuit. Would I need to use a transistor or
| relay
|| somehow?
||
|| Again, thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate it.
||
|| I have a couple more questions about DMPs keypad bus system. But I will
|| start
|| another topic.
||
|| Thanks,
|| -- Jason Millard
||
|| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| news:Y7Svf.6$Sy5.280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > besides, this sounds like a commercial installation and the xr-6 is not
|| > commercial fire rated (pretty sure it's not)...you may be better off
|| > running
|| > a fire rated zone expander off the 200 over to the other
building...that
|| > way
|| > its also supervised.
|| >
|| > there are other possibilities as well.
|| >
|| >
|| > "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| > news:iUQvf.4$Dz3.145@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > | They're collector outputs.
|| > |
|| > | Why do you want to do this? If you can run a wire from the xr-200 why
|| > not
|| > | just put that systems fire zone on one of the xr-200 fire zones ( 9 &
|| > 10 )
|| > | are both 2 wire smoke det. fire zones on the 200.
|| > |
|| > |
|| > |
|| > | <jsm174@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| > | news:1136616550.188900.141080@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|| > || Hello.
|| > ||
|| > || I have two DMP alarm panels. I have an XR200 and a XRSuper6 - both
in
|| > || different buildings approximately 100' away.
|| > ||
|| > || I have the XRSuper6 configured to activate output 3 whenever a Fire
|| > || condition is triggered. It is also configured to activate output 4
|| > || whenever a Burglary condition is triggered.
|| > ||
|| > || I am trying to tie those outputs into the XR200 as zones 7 and 8.
|| > ||
|| > || I'm confused about how outputs work. From the manual:
|| > ||
|| > || "The four annunicator outputs can be programmed to indicate the
|| > || activity ofthe panel's zones or conditions occurring on the system.
|| > || Annunciator outputs do not provide a voltage but instead
|| > || switch-to-ground voltage from another source."
|| > ||
|| > || For my system to work correctly, it is almost like I need the
outputs
|| > || to act like door contacts... Closed when not in alarm, and open when
| in
|| > || alarm.
|| > ||
|| > || I've checked for continuity between the panel ground and the alarm
|| > || output, but it is always open. Thus when I try to arm the XR200, I'm
|| > || getting faults on zones 7 and 8.
|| > ||
|| > || Has anyone ever tried to do something like this?
|| > ||
|| > || Thanks,
|| > || -- Jason Millard
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