Re: Napco system questions

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 16, 9:24=A0pm, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> "mleuck" wrote:
>
> > Strange how they still haven't figured out how to send anything more th=
an 7
> > CID or SIA events...
>
> Strange such an expert doesn't realize there are 8 -- not 7 -- alarm type=
s.
> Napco decided to use the 8 most common alarm signals: Fire, Panic, Holdup=
, Gas
> Heat, Auxiliary and "24 Hour". =A0This is always followed by the zone ID,=
 with
> which any competent CS is able to display "Burglary: Zone 27, Left Rear
> Window" or whatever else is needed. =A0The Napco panels can send the abov=
e 8
> Alarm types plus Alarm Restore, Trouble and Trouble Restore. =A0As well, =
Napco
> will report Openings, Opening =A0After Alarm, Closings, Conditional Closi=
ng,
> Late to Open, Late to Close, Cancel codes, System Troubles of every type,=
 A/C
> and System Battery trouble and Restore, RF Battery trouble, etc.

Too bad it can't seem to send high temp, low temp, waterflow, loss of
heat, loss of air flow, low CO2, Gate Valve Sensor, low water level,
pump failure, 24 hour non-burg, foil break, freeze, Interior burg,
perimeter burg, entry/exit burg, outdoor, near alarm like DSC.

on and on and on


> DSC allows the panel to send different codes for every zone. =A0The probl=
em with
> that is the results are non-standard. =A0You can mistakenly program the D=
SC
> system to send a fire alarm from a burglary zone or vice versa. =A0

You would have to turn off SIA or CID auto-reporting to do that and
you can easily do the same thing with Napco which btw doesn't seem to
have a SIA or CID zone auto-reporting

> One of the
> main points of Contact ID and "SIA" (technically, they're both SIA format=
s but
> there's no need to quibble) is to standardize the signals sent for each a=
larm
> condition. =A0You want to have any panel reporting a Burglary condition t=
o send
> only the codes which indicate Burglary. =A0The Contact ID format does all=
ow
> panels to report various sub-types, such as Burg on a Delay Zone but few
> panels actually use that and, judging from what I've seen during takeover=
s,
> most installers don't even know how the full code set. =A0Honeywell panel=
s do
> make use of the full code set, but it's their format so that is to be
> expected.

Few as in Napco doesn't however DSC does