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7.7 Setup System - Setup Outputs
The AC8 has eight outputs that may be configured individually. These outputs correspond to the
eight numbered inputs. For example, Device_1 is the unit connected to Input 1 and to Output 1.
The output name is the same as the input name, as described in 7.3.1 -
Change Label (Name of Input).
To configure an output:
Log In and Choose Setup System
• From the Main Menu, use the arrows
↑↓ to choose System and
Control, then press Enter ↵ (see 7.1 - Login for help).
• Enter your password at the Login screen.
• From the System and Control Menu, use the arrows
↑↓ to choose
Setup System, then press Enter ↵.
Select an Output to Configure
• From the Setup System Menu, shown at right, use the arrows
↑↓ to
choose Setup Outputs and press Enter ↵.
• From the Select Output Menu, choose an output—for example,
Device_1—and press Enter ↵.
Table 19 shows digital output features and their default settings: you
may define an output as Normally Open or Normally Closed, set the
device’s mode—operating, standby or not used—and specify whether to
disable the device during emergency power operation.
Use the steps following Table 19 to change the default settings for any
digital output.
7.7.1 Define Output as Normally Open or Normally Closed
Each output may be set up as Normally Open (NO) or Normally Closed
(NC). The default setting for all output points is NO (Normally Open).
• From the Setup Outputs Menu, shown at right, use the arrows
↑↓
to
choose Norm Open/Close and press Enter ↵.
• To change the normal state for this output, use the arrows
↑↓ to
choose the state:
• NO (Normally Open)
• NC (Normally Closed)
• Press Enter ↵.
Table 19 Default settings - digital outputs
Feature Default Other Options
NORM OPEN/CLOSE NO (Normally Open) NC (Normally Closed)
MODE*
Outputs 1-2:
Outputs 3-4:
Outputs 5-8:
OP (Operating)
ST (Standby)
NU (Not Used)
OP (Operating)
ST (Standby)
NU (Not Used)
IN ALARM E (Enable) D (Disable)
EMERG OP E (Enable) D (Disable)
* Outputs defined as Not Used should be kept in a separate zone that does not include
any outputs defined as Operating or Standby. The Auto Sequencing feature will not
function properly in a zone with outputs defined as Not Used. See 7.10.1 - Turn
Automatic Sequencing On or Off for more information.
Setup System Menu
SETUP INPUTS
SETUP COMMON ALARM
SETUP SENSOR
↑↓=NEXT ↵=SELECT
SETUP ZONES
> SETUP OUTPUTS
SETUP MODEM&PAGERS
SETUP SYSTEM INFO
SETUP OPERATION
SETUP I/O MATRIX
Select Output Menu
SELECT OUTPUT
> DEVICE_1 NO-OP-E-E
DEVICE_2 NO-ST-E-E
↑↓=NEXT ↵=SELECT
DEVICE_3 NO-ST-E-E
DEVICE_4 NO-ST-E-E
DEVICE_5 NO-NU-E-E
DEVICE_6 NO-NU-E-E
DEVICE_7 NO-NU-E-E
DEVICE_8 NO-NU-E-E
Setup Outputs Menu
SETUP DEVICE_1
> NORM OPEN/CLOSE: NO
MODE: OPERATING
↑↓=NEXT ↵=SELECT
IN ALARM: ENABLE
EMERG OP: ENABLE
Change State
SET TO NORMAL OPEN
OR NORMAL CLOSE? N
O
↑↓=NO/NC
↵=END