SILENT KNIGHT VisorAlarm ARLY Interface User manual

VisorALARM

ARLY Interface

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INDEX

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................1

1. Introduction to the ARLY Interface ........................................................................................................... 2

2. Introducing the SEPI Interface ................................................................................................................... 3

CHAPTER 2 ARLY INTERFACE CONFIGURATION.................................................4

1. Initial Configuration..................................................................................................................................... 7

2. Command set................................................................................................................................................. 8

2.1. ALARM-RECEIVER ............................................................................................................................ 8

a) ALARM-RECEIVER PROTOCOL ...................................................................................................... 8

b) ALARM-RECEIVER RECEIVER-ID .................................................................................................. 9

c) ALARM-RECEIVER LINE-ID............................................................................................................. 9

d) ALARM-RECEIVER LINK-TEST-TIMER ......................................................................................... 9

e) ALARM-RECEIVER PARAMETERS................................................................................................. 9

f) ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK............................................................................................................10

2.2. AUTOMATION-SOFTWARE-REQUIRED ...................................................................................... 11

2.3. BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER......................................................................................................... 11

a) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER TYPE.............................................................................................. 11

b) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER ADDRESS-MAIN.......................................................................... 12

c) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER MAINTENANCE-PASSWORD.................................................... 12

d) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER SYNC-PORT.................................................................................. 12

e) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-TIME................................................................................... 12

f) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-FAILURE-TIME................................................................. 13

g) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRIES-NUMBER ..................................................................... 13

h) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRY-TIME................................................................................ 13

i) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLLING-SYNC-TIME................................................................ 14

2.4. CFG-PATTERN .................................................................................................................................. 15

a) CFG-PATTERN n DEFAULT ............................................................................................................ 15

b) CFG-PATTERN n INSTALATOR-PASSWORD............................................................................... 16

c) CFG-PATTERN n AUTOMATION-INSTALATION-PASSWORD................................................. 16

d) CFG-PATTERN n RECEIVER-IP ...................................................................................................... 16

e) CFG-PATTERN n RECEIVER-UDP-PORT ...................................................................................... 16

f) CFG-PATTERN n USR PASSWORD ................................................................................................ 17

g) CFG-PATTERN n MIP-PASSWORD ................................................................................................ 17

h) CFG-PATTERN n RECEIVER-PASSWORD .................................................................................... 18

i) CFG-PATTERN n KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER.......................................................................................... 18

j) CFG-PATTERN n KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES...................................................................................... 19

k) CFG-PATTERN n KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES-TIMER ........................................................................ 19

l) CFG-PATTERN n PHONE-LENGTH................................................................................................ 20

m) CFG-PATTERN n ALARM-TX-RETRIES........................................................................................ 20

n) CFG-PATTERN n CALLBACK-PHONE .......................................................................................... 21

o) CFG-PATTERN n BCK-RECEIVER-IP............................................................................................. 21

p) CFG-PATTERN n BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER ................................................................................ 21

q) CFG-PATTERN n BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES ............................................................................ 22

r) CFG-PATTERN n BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES -TIME ................................................................ 22

s) CFG-PATTERN n LOCAL-EVENTS-ZONE..................................................................................... 22

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t) CFG-PATTERN n MNT-IP-ADDRESS ............................................................................................. 23

u) CFG-PATTERN n MNT-PASSWORD............................................................................................... 23

2.5. DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................................................... 24

2.6. IO-CONF ............................................................................................................................................. 24

a) IO-CONF INPUTx............................................................................................................................... 24

b) IO-CONF OUTPUT............................................................................................................................. 25

2.7. LIST..................................................................................................................................................... 25

a) LIST ALL ............................................................................................................................................ 26

b) LIST ALARM-RECEIVER................................................................................................................. 28

c) LIST BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER ............................................................................................... 28

d) LIST CFG-PATTERN......................................................................................................................... 29

e) LIST IO-CONF.................................................................................................................................... 30

f) LIST MONITOR-IP-ADDR................................................................................................................ 30

g) LIST MIP............................................................................................................................................. 31

h) LIST PRIORITY-STANDARD........................................................................................................... 32

i) LIST SERIAL-PARAMETERS ..........................................................................................................32

j) LIST SMS............................................................................................................................................ 33

k) LIST SUPERVISION .......................................................................................................................... 33

l) LIST USER-DEFINED-EVENTS....................................................................................................... 33

2.8. LOG ..................................................................................................................................................... 34

a) LOG CLEAR ....................................................................................................................................... 34

b) LOG INFO........................................................................................................................................... 34

c) LOG SAVE.......................................................................................................................................... 35

2.9. MIP ...................................................................................................................................................... 36

a) MIP accnt Default................................................................................................................................ 37

b) MIP accnt SERIAL-NUMBER............................................................................................................ 37

c) MIP accnt RECEIVER-IP.................................................................................................................... 38

d) MIP accnt RECEIVER-UDP-PORT.................................................................................................... 38

e) MIP accnt USR-PASSWORD ............................................................................................................. 38

f) MIP accnt MIP-PASSWORD.............................................................................................................. 39

g) MIP accnt RECEIVER-PASSWORD.................................................................................................. 39

h) MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER ....................................................................................................... 39

i) MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES ................................................................................................... 40

j) MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES-TIMER...................................................................................... 40

k) MIP accnt PHONE-LENGTH ............................................................................................................. 41

l) MIP accnt ALARM-TX-RETRIES......................................................................................................41

m) MIP accnt CALLBACK-PHONE........................................................................................................41

n) MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER.............................................................................................. 42

o) MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES.......................................................................................... 42

p) MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES-TIMER ............................................................................ 43

q) MIP accnt RESET................................................................................................................................ 43

r) MIP accnt LOCAL-EVENTS-ZONE .................................................................................................. 43

s) MIP accnt MNT-IP-ADDRESS........................................................................................................... 44

t) MIP accnt MNT-PASSWORD ............................................................................................................ 44

u) MIP accnt LOCAL-IP-PARAMETERS .............................................................................................. 44

v) MIP accnt PSTN-ACTION.................................................................................................................. 44

w) MIP accnt SUBSCRIBER-TELEPHONE ........................................................................................... 44

x) MIP accnt LAST-UPDATE-TIME......................................................................................................45

y) MIP accnt ANTI-SUBSTITUTION.....................................................................................................45

2.10. MONITOR-IP-ADDR ......................................................................................................................... 45

2.11. NO........................................................................................................................................................ 46

2.12. PRINTABLE EVENTS ....................................................................................................................... 46

2.13. PRIORITY-STANDARD .................................................................................................................... 48

2.14. SERIAL-PARAMETERS.................................................................................................................... 49

a) SERIAL-PARAMETERS DATA-BITS.............................................................................................. 49

b) SERIAL-PARAMETERS PARITY..................................................................................................... 49

c) SERIAL-PARAMETERS SPEED....................................................................................................... 49

d) SERIAL-PARAMETERS STOP-BITS ............................................................................................... 50

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2.15. SHUTDOWN....................................................................................................................................... 50

2.16. SMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 50

2.17. SUPERVISION.................................................................................................................................... 50

2.18. UPDATE.............................................................................................................................................. 51

a) UPDATE MIP accnt Default ............................................................................................................... 52

b) UPDATE MIP accnt RECEIVER-IP ................................................................................................... 52

c) UPDATE MIP accnt RECEIVER-UDP-PORT ................................................................................... 53

d) UPDATE MIP accnt USR-PASSWORD............................................................................................. 53

e) UPDATE MIP accnt MIP-PASSWORD ............................................................................................. 53

f) UPDATE MIP accnt RECEIVER-PASSWORD................................................................................. 53

g) UPDATE MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER ...................................................................................... 54

h) UPDATE MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES................................................................................... 54

i) UPDATE MIP accnt KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES-TIMER ..................................................................... 54

j) UPDATE MIP accnt PHONE-LENGTH............................................................................................. 55

k) UPDATE MIP accnt ALARM-TX-RETRIES..................................................................................... 55

l) UPDATE MIP accnt CALLBACK-PHONE ....................................................................................... 55

m) UPDATE MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-TIMER ............................................................................ 56

n) UPDATE MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES ......................................................................... 56

o) UPDATE MIP accnt BCK-KEEP-ALIVE-RETRIES-TIMER............................................................ 56

p) UPDATE MIP accnt RESET ............................................................................................................... 57

q) UPDATE MIP accnt LOCAL-EVENTS-ZONE.................................................................................. 57

r) UPDATE MIP accnt MNT-IP-ADDRESS .......................................................................................... 57

s) UPDATE MIP accnt MNT-PASSWORD............................................................................................ 57

t) UPDATE MIP accnt LOCAL-IP-PARAMETERS.............................................................................. 58

u) UPDATE MIP accnt PSTN-ACTION ................................................................................................. 58

v) UPDATE MIP accnt SUBSCRIBER-TELEPHONE........................................................................... 58

w) UPDATE MIP accnt LAST-UPDATE-TIME ..................................................................................... 59

x) UPDATE MIP accnt ANTI-SUBSTITUTION .................................................................................... 59

2.19. USER-DEFINED-EVENTS ................................................................................................................ 59

a) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS MIP-REGISTRATION .......................................................................... 60

b) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS MIP-LOSS ............................................................................................. 61

c) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS NETWORK-FAILURE ......................................................................... 61

d) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS COMMUNICATION-FAILURE........................................................... 61

e) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS CONFIG-ERR........................................................................................ 62

f) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS DOWN-CTIVE-STATE ........................................................................ 62

g) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS PRIMARY-DOWN................................................................................ 62

h) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS BACKUP-DOWN.................................................................................. 63

i) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS AVAILABLE-ROOMFULL ................................................................. 63

j) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS INPUT-CHANGED............................................................................... 63

k) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS INPUT-SENSOR-TROUBLE ............................................................... 64

l) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS-TAMPER............................................................................................... 64

m) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS PSTN-FAILURE ................................................................................... 64

n) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS MIP-CHANGED.................................................................................... 65

o) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS ICMP-POLL-FAILURE ........................................................................ 65

p) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS HDW-FAULT........................................................................................ 65

q) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS MIP-HW-FAILURE .............................................................................. 66

r) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS VISORALARM-TIME-INACCURATE ............................................... 66

s) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS AC-LOSS............................................................................................... 66

t) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOW-BATTERY................................................................................... 67

u) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOG-CLEAR......................................................................................... 67

v) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOG-50LOAD....................................................................................... 67

w) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOG-90LOAD....................................................................................... 68

x) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOG-OVERFLOW................................................................................ 68

y) USER-DEFINED-EVENTS LOG-SAVE............................................................................................ 68

2.20. EXIT .................................................................................................................................................... 69

CHAPTER 3 SEPI INTERFACE CONFIGURATION ................................................70

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1. Initial Configuration................................................................................................................................... 71

2. Command set............................................................................................................................................... 72

2.1. DESCRIPTION.................................................................................................................................... 72

2.2. FLOW-CONTROL .............................................................................................................................. 72

2.3. INTERFACE-BUFFER-SIZE ............................................................................................................. 72

2.4. LIST..................................................................................................................................................... 73

2.5. NO........................................................................................................................................................ 73

2.6. SERIAL-PARAMETERS.................................................................................................................... 73

a) SERIAL-PARAMETERS DATA-BITS.............................................................................................. 73

b) SERIAL-PARAMETERS PARITY..................................................................................................... 74

c) SERIAL-PARAMETERS SPEED....................................................................................................... 74

d) SERIAL-PARAMETERS STOP-BITS ............................................................................................... 74

2.7. SHUTDOWN....................................................................................................................................... 74

2.8. EXIT .................................................................................................................................................... 75

CHAPTER 4 ARLY INTERFACE MONITORING......................................................76

1. Monitoring the Serial Interface ................................................................................................................. 77

2. Monitoring the ARLY Interface................................................................................................................ 78

2.1. CLEAR ................................................................................................................................................ 78

a) CLEAR ALARM................................................................................................................................. 78

b) CLEAR INTERFACE-STATISTICS .................................................................................................. 79

c) CLEAR PROTOCOL .......................................................................................................................... 79

d) CLEAR VISORALARM-STATE ....................................................................................................... 79

2.2. LIST..................................................................................................................................................... 80

a) LIST ALARM...................................................................................................................................... 80

b) LIST INTERFACE-STATISTICS.......................................................................................................81

c) LIST MIP............................................................................................................................................. 81

d) LIST REGISTERED-MIP ................................................................................................................... 83

e) LIST MONITOR-IP-ADDR................................................................................................................ 83

f) LIST PROTOCOL............................................................................................................................... 84

g) LIST SMS............................................................................................................................................ 84

h) LIST UDP-STATISTICS..................................................................................................................... 84

i) LIST VISORALARM-STATE ............................................................................................................ 84

2.3. TEST.................................................................................................................................................... 85

2.4. EXIT .................................................................................................................................................... 86

CHAPTER 5 SEPI MONITORING.............................................................................87

1. Monitoring the Serial Interface ................................................................................................................. 88

2. Monitoring the SEPI Interface .................................................................................................................. 89

2.1. CLEAR ................................................................................................................................................ 89

2.2. LIST..................................................................................................................................................... 89

2.3. EXIT .................................................................................................................................................... 89

APPENDIX A UL COMPLIANCE..............................................................................90

1. Intrusion System Installations complying with UL1610.......................................................................... 91

2. Fire System Installations complying with UL864 .................................................................................... 92

Chapter 1

Introduction

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1. Introduction to the ARLY Interface

The ARLY interface is a serial interface that provides the VisorALARM with complete IP alarm

receiver functionality. The device performs the following tasks:

• Receives alarms from the registered mIP/IPDACTs through an IP network.

• Emulates a conventional alarm receiver sending the alarms through an asynchronous serial

port in order to be processed in automation alarm software.

• Supervises the registered mIP/IPDACTs and generates the corresponding alarm in cases of

loss of communication.

• Supports the installation and maintenance of the registered mIP/IPDACTs.

• From release 10.4.7 onwards, the network backup functionality has been added.

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2. Introducing the SEPI Interface

The SEPI interface (Serial Event Printing Interface) endows the VisorALARM device with a serial

port function to which a printer serial device can be connected and also admits the ASCII basic

protocol. Traditional alarm receivers commonly have a serial printer to print out events therefore this

functionality has been added to the VisorALARM device.

The SEPI interface is directly linked to the ARLY interface so the events for this interface displayed

on the console are those sent to the printer. Basically, not all the events are printed, only those that are

not repetitive. Additionally the events are organized into different functionalities, being printed by

function and not by event.

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NOTICE TO USERS, INSTALLERS, AUTHORITIES HAVING JURISDICTION,

AND OTHER INVOLVED PARTIES

This product incorporates field-programmable software. In order for the product to comply with the

requirements in the Standard for Control Units and Accessories for Fire Alarm Systems, UL 864,

certain programming features or options must be limited to specific values or not used at all as

indicated below.

Program feature or

option

Permitted in UL 864?

(Y/N)

Possible settings Settings permitted in UL 864

2.1d) N 0-3000 seconds 1-60 seconds

2.1f) N Alarm-signals,

Trouble-signals,

None-signals

Alarm-signals,

Trouble-signals

2.4 i) N 0-90 seconds 1-60 seconds

2.4 j) N 1-9 1

2.4 p) N 0-90 seconds 1-60 seconds

2.6 a) N Disabled,

Ac-loss,

Low-battery

AC loss,

Low battery

2.9 h) N 0-90 seconds 1-60 seconds

2.9 i) N 1-9 1

2.9 j) N 3-9 3

2.9 n) N 0-90 seconds 1-60 seconds

2.9 o) N 1-9 1

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1. Initial Configuration

So that the device can operate as an IP receiver, the first serial interface for this must be an ARLY.

This is achieved through the configuration command:

*P 4

Config>set data-link arly serial0/0

Config>

In order to check that the operation has been correctly executed you can view the entire configuration

for the device or display the state of the configured interfaces:

Config>show config

; Showing System Configuration ...

; VisorALARM IP Alarm Receiver 2 16 Version 10.2.0

log-command-errors

no configuration

set data-link arly serial0/0

set data-link x25 serial0/1

set data-link x25 serial0/2

;

network serial0/0

; -- ARLY Interface Configuration --

serial-parameters speed 64000

exit

;

dump-command-errors

end

; --- end ---

Config>list devices

Interface Con Type of interface CSR CSR2 int

ethernet0/0 LAN1 Fast Ethernet interface FA200E00 27

serial0/0 WAN1 ARLY Async Line FA200A00 FA203C00 5E

serial0/1 WAN2 X25 FA200A20 FA203D00 5D

serial0/2 WAN3 X25 FA200A60 FA203F00 5B

x25-node --- Router->Node 0 0

Config>

As you can see, in both cases the serial0/0 line has been configured as an ARLY interface.

In order to access the ARLY interface configuration, use the NETWORK command and the serial line

associated to the ARLY interface:

Config>

Config>NETWORK SERIAL0/0

-- ARLY Interface Configuration --

ARLY-1 Cfg>

From this menu you can configure the type of emulated alarms receiver, the serial line parameters in

order to connect with the automation software, the configuration patterns and the information on all

the supported mIP/IPDACTs. Additionally this permits on-line modification and updating for the

supported mIP/IPDACT base maintenance tasks.

The available commands are as follows:

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2. Command set

ARLY-1 Cfg>?

alarm-receiver Alarm Receiver emulation params

automation-software-required Specify if automation SW is required to

return kissoffs

backup-alarm-receiver Set parameters for network backup

cfg-pattern Config pattern params

description Enter interface description

io-conf Configure the general purpose I/O

list List all config params

log Save/clear SRAM events log

mip MIP configuration params

monitor-ip-addr Internet IP addr to check availavility

no Negates a command or sets its defaults

printable-events Events to be sent to a serial printer device

priority-standard Priority standard used to display signals

serial-parameters Asyncronous serial line params

set

shutdown Change state to administratively down

sms SMS receiving params

supervision MIP supervision params

update Update remote MIP's config

user-defined-events Set codes for user defined events

exit

2.1. ALARM-RECEIVER

Specifies the emulated alarms receiver and permits you to configure the related parameters.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER <parameter, values>

protocol alarm receiver emulation protocol

receiver-id receciver id for Sw Automation

line-id line id for Sw Automation

link-test-timer link test timer

parameters additional parameters

block type of alams to be blocked

a) ALARM-RECEIVER PROTOCOL

Configures the type of alarms receiver going to be emulated. A Sur-Gard receiver, a Radionics 6500

receiver and an Ademco 685 receiver can be emulated. Emulation for the Sur-Gard receiver adjusts to

the MLR2000/MLR2E v1.2 specification. Default is Sur-Gard receiver emulation.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER PROTOCOL protocol

ademco-685

radionics-6500

sur-gard

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER PROTOCOL RADIONICS-6500

ARLY-1 Cfg>

To return to the default configuration for this parameter, use the following command:

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ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER PROTOCOL protocol

b) ALARM-RECEIVER RECEIVER-ID

Configures the VisorALARM receiver identifier so it can be identified in the Automation Sw.

Admits a maximum of two digits (0 to 9). Default value is 1.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER RECEIVER-ID identifier

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER RECEIVER-ID 8

ARLY-1 Cfg>

To return to the default configuration for this parameter, use the following command:

ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER RECEIVER-ID identifier

c) ALARM-RECEIVER LINE-ID

Configures the VisorALARM line identifier so it can be identified in the Automation Sw.

Admits a maximum of three digits (0 to 9). Default value is 01.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER LINE-ID identifier

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER LINE-ID 12

ARLY-1 Cfg>

To return to the default configuration for this parameter, use the following command:

ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER LINE-ID identifier

d) ALARM-RECEIVER LINK-TEST-TIMER

Configures the interval through which the alarms receiver connection is checked – Automation Sw.

Exchanging a particular type of frame carries out this check. If the exchange is satisfactory, the

ARLY interface is considered active (UP) and the WAN1 LED lights up in green.

Admits values between 0 and 3000 seconds. If you configure this parameter with a 0 value, the said

exchange will not take place and the interface will be considered up. Default value is 0.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER LINK-TEST-TIMER value

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER LINK-TEST-TIMER 180

ARLY-1 Cfg>

To return to the default configuration for this parameter, use the following command:

ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER LINK-TEST-TIMER value

e) ALARM-RECEIVER PARAMETERS

Admits a string of parameters depending on the type of receiver emulated.

In cases where the emulated receiver is Sur-Gard, you can configure:

r Type of emulated receiver: 0 MLR2000/MLR2E, 1 DLR-2. Default is 0.

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In cases where emulation is Radionics 6500, the following can be configured:

a Decimal value used as message ACK. Default is 6.

n Decimal value used as message NACK. Default is 15.

h Decimal value used as start of message. This is not configured by default.

t Decimal value used as end of message. Default is 14.

In cases where the emulated receiver is an Ademco 685, you can configure:

t Decimal value used as end of message. Default is 13.

p Use of ack, nack protocol for the exchange of messages: 0 not used, 1 used.

The parameters are separated by commas and do not contain spaces. The parameter format is

identifier, even symbol, value. By default the string of parameters is empty and the parameters take

the default values.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER PARAMETERS parameter_list

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER PARAMETERS a=8,n=20,h=7,t=16

ARLY-1 Cfg>

To return to the default configuration for this parameter, use the following command:

ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER PARAMETERS list_parameters

f) ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK

This permits you to configure the receiver to filter determined types of signals received. Through this

command, you configure a maintenance receiver to only process trouble signals and a conventional to

process either just alarm signals or all of them.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK type_of_signal

alarm-signals

trouble-signals

none-signals

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK alarm-signals

ARLY-1 Cfg>

Permits a maintenance receiver to process trouble signals only.

To return to the default configuration, use the following command:

ARLY-1 Cfg>NO ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK type_of_signal

Or

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ARLY-1 Cfg> ALARM-RECEIVER BLOCK none-signals

2.2. AUTOMATION-SOFTWARE-REQUIRED

This lets yo to configure if the acknowledgements to the received signals are done by the Automation

Software or by the VisorALARM receiver.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>automation-software-required

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>automation-software-required

This command specify that an alarm must be acknowledged by the Automation Software in order to

give a kissoff to the Control Unit.

ARLY-1 Cfg>no automation-software-required

This command specify that when the VisorALARM receiver receives an alarm the kissoff will be

returned to the Control Unit.

2.3. BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER

Permits you to configure the network backup functionality. This functionality is operative from

release 10.4.7 onwards. Network backup defines a main VisorALARM which maintains

communications with the installed mIP/IPDACTs. In cases where these communications fail, the

mIP/IPDACTs, from release 2.2 onwards, are able to divert traffic towards a second backup

VisorALARM. Only in cases where the backup VisorALARM fails will the alarms be directly sent

by the alarms panel.

Additionally, for alarm reception through a second IP receiver, the synchronization functionality for

configurations has been added, i.e. the configurations for the two VisorALARMs tend to be similar,

updating every certain time period, which is configurable.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>backup-alarm-receiver ?

type define the alarm receiver as main or secondary

address-main main alarm receiver IP address

maintenance-password password for maintenance alarms.

sync-port configuration synchronization port

poll-time time in seconds between polls

poll-failure-time time in seconds to consider a fail in polling

retries-number number of retries to detect a fail

retry-time time between retries

polling-sync-time Time in seconds between synchronizations

a) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER TYPE

Defines the type of VisorALARM. There are three possible types: main which by default is the

receiver maintaining all the communications with the deployed mIP/IPDACTs; secondary or backup

which is the second communication option for the mIP/IPDACTs in cases where the main one fails

and finally maintenance that is a receiver where all the signals are transmmited.

Usually in a Maintenance receiver the alarm signals are filtered by means of the “block” command and

the trouble signals (with code 3xx) are processed.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg> BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER TYPE option

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option

MAIN, for the main receiver, SECONDARY for the backup and

MAINTENANCE for the maintenance receiver.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg> BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER TYPE MAIN

ARLY-1 Cfg>

b) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER ADDRESS-MAIN

Configures the main VisorALARM address. This parameter is only logical for the backup

VisorALARM, as it needs to know the IP address of the main in order to execute two functions:

• Poll to 1 main VisorALARM with the aim of detecting if it’s down.

• Establish the connection with the main VisorALARM to synchronize configurations.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER ADDRESS-MAIN value

value

Main VisorALARM IP address.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER ADDRESS-MAIN 80.26.96.183

ARLY-1 Cfg>

c) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER MAINTENANCE-PASSWORD

This parameter only is necessary when the receiver is configured as maintenance. This parameter

configures the keyword that must be used by the receiver to decipher the sent messages from the mIP

devices.

d) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER SYNC-PORT

This parameter is necessary both in the main VisorALARM and in the backup. This value is the port

which listens in the main and where TCP connections are accepted from the backup VisorALARM

through which the configurations synchronization protocol is established. To simplify this port, it can

be the same as that used for mIP/IPDACT supervision tasks. In this way, you only need to make a

single port transparent in the input router.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER SYNC-PORT value

value

Configurations synchronization port. Admits values between 1 and

65535.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER SYNC-PORT 35536

ARLY-1 Cfg>

e) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-TIME

This parameter is the time between polls carried out by the backup VisorALARM over the main. The

task of these polls is to detect when the main VisorALARM is down. If the backup device checks

that its output to Internet is correct (its Ethernet physical interface is operative and the polls carried out

over an external server are correct) but the poll fails, you need to assume that rest of the installed

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mIP/IPDACTs will have the same problem. Consequently all the traffic should be forwarded to the

backup device which activates as if it were the main device. A failure in this poll does not produce the

activation process but subsequently, after a series of retries has been executed until the main

VisorALARM is considered down.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>backup-alarm-receiver poll-time value

value

Time in seconds between polls over the main VisorALARM. This

admits values between 5 and 300 seconds.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>backup-alarm-receiver poll-time 20

ARLY-1 Cfg>

f) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-FAILURE-TIME

This is the time the backup VisorALARM waits to receive a response to a polling packet. If during

this period of time the response is not received, the backup device will begin the retry sequence.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-FAILURE-TIME value

value

Time waited for the response to the poll. Admits values between 3

and 10 seconds.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLL-FAILURE-TIME 5

ARLY-1 Cfg>

g) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRIES-NUMBER

This is the number of polls making up the retry sequence. If after all the retries have been executed

and there is no response, the main VisorALARM is considered down. The response wait time for the

retry is still poll-failure-time.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRIES-NUMBER value

value

Number of retries. Admits values between 1 and 10.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRIES-NUMBER 3

ARLY-1 Cfg>

h) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRY-TIME

This is the time between retries. Evidently this time must be greater or equal to poll-failure-

time.

Syntax:

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ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRY-TIME value

value

Time in seconds between retries. Admits values between 3 and 10.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER RETRY-TIME 5

ARLY-1 Cfg>

i) BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLLING-SYNC-TIME

This value is the time between configuration synchronizations.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLLING-SYNC-TIME value

value

Time in seconds between configuration synchronizations. Admits

values between 1 and 65535.

Example:

ARLY-1 Cfg>BACKUP-ALARM-RECEIVER POLLING-SYNC-TIME 5

ARLY-1 Cfg>

The right election of the previous values is fundamental for the correct operation of the

backup process. Specifically, these parameters affect the detection of service

interruption for both the main and the backup receivers.

However, a receiver could decide that its complementary receiver (main or backup) has

a failure as the polling between them has been interrupted, however that polling could

have failed because the receiver itself doesn’t have the Ethernet up or because it

doesn’t have Internet access.

So, it is very important that detection of poll failure is slower than detection of failure

in the Ethernet interface or the Internet.

As guide to choose an adequate set of parameters it is strongly recommended that the

values meet the following conditions:

Main VisorALARM receiver:

2 x POLL-TIME > 15

1

2 x POLL-TIME > 3 x MONITOR-IP-ADDRESS-RATE

2

Backup VisorALARM receiver:

POLL-FAILURE-TIME + RETRIES-NUMBER * RETRY-TIME > 15

1

POLL-FAILURE-TIME + RETRIES-NUMBER * RETRY-TIME > 3 x MONITOR-IP-ADDRESS-RATE

2

NOTES:

1

The value 15 is the time in seconds that the equipment takes in detecting a failure in

the Ethernet interface.

2

MONITOR-IP-ADDRESS-RATE is the poll time of an external server in the Internet.

It must be configured according with the MONITOR-IP-ADDR paragraph.

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The default values for these parameters meet the previous conditions.

2.4. CFG-PATTERN

Permits you to define a configuration pattern to be used for mIP/IPDACTs installation and register.

From the configuration point of view, a pattern number identifies a pattern.

An important configuration pattern parameter is the installer password as this is the password used to

encrypt the register request. When the VisorALARM receives this petition, it uses the pattern which

permits it to correctly decrypt the mIP/IPDACT request. The rest of the parameters are used by the

mIP/IPDACT in normal operating mode. All the parameters must be configured to ensure correct

mIP/IPDACT registration and configuration.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>CFG-PATTERN <pattern_number>

default sets default values to an existing or a new

entry

instalator-password MIP instalator password to use this cfg

pattern

automatic-instalator-password Automatically generated MIP instalator

password to use this cfg pattern

receiver-ip Public IP address which MIP uses to send

alarms

receiver-udp-port UDP port used to exchange info

usr-password MIP console protected password

mip-password MIP encrypt password used to send alarms

receiver-password Encrypt password this eq. uses on mssg to

that MIP

keep-alive-timer MIP keep-alive timer in seconds

keep-alive-retries MIP keep-alive num of retries

keep-alive-retries-timer MIP time between keep-alive retries in

seconds

phone-length Number DTMF digits Alarm Panel dials to make

calls

alarm-tx-retries Times MIP retransmmit an alarm before abandon

callback-phone Phone number Alarm Panel dials to make a

callback

bck-receiver-ip Public IP address which MIP uses to send

alarms to the backup VisorAlarm

bck-keep-alive-timer MIP keep-alive timer in seconds for backup

VisorAlarm

bck-keep-alive-retries MIP keep-alive num of retries for backup

VisorAlarm

bck-keep-alive-retries-time MIP time between keep-alive retries in

seconds for backup VisorAlarm

local-events-zone Zone number to use in locally generated

events

mnt-ip-address Maintenance IP address

mnt-password Password for maintenance alarms

a) CFG-PATTERN n DEFAULT

Establishes the specified pattern’s default configuration. In order to fully delete a pattern, use the NO

CFG-PATTERN n DEFAULT command.

Syntax:

ARLY-1 Cfg>CFG-PATTERN n DEFAULT

n

Pattern Number. The entries do not require consecutive numbers,

however the numerical order is important as the lowest number is

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