Protege System Controller Reference Manual

Zone Inputs
To access the zone programming, login using the valid installer code and then select [MENU, 4, 2, 1] for zone
programming, [MENU, 4, 2, 2] for trouble zone programming and [MENU, 4, 2, 3] for zone type programming.
The Zones menu enables you to set up and program all the zones in your system.
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Zones and trouble zones can only be programmed when the areas they are assigned to and the
area's 24hr processing are disarmed/disabled, refer to Arm and Disarm Operations. If the area or the
associated 24hr processing is armed/enabled, you can only view the screens, but not modify the
information they contain. A warning will be shown on entering the zone programming indicating that
the zone is only able to be viewed and the records are locked.
When selecting a Zone or Trouble Zone the zone address is entered using the Module Type, Module Address
and the number of the zone or trouble zone, this is called Protege Object Notation. Information on the Protege
Object Notation and how it applies to programmable objects within the Protege System refer to the Object
Notation section (see page 338).
For the alarm memory to display a trouble zone when a tamper/short occurs, the 24hr processing must be
enabled for at least one of the area's that the zone has been assigned in.
Zone
To access the Zone programming menu login using a valid installer code and then select [MENU, 4, 2, 1]. The
screen displays "Select zone to modify" as shown in the following example.
Select zone to
modify: CP001:01
Every time you press the Enter key, the next screen appears. The different screens are described in the
following sub-sections. Programming zones allows you to configure which zones belong in to areas and the
options used when the zone is activated.
When programming zones some options are processed at the module, for these options to operate correctly a
network update must be performed and the device that the zone is located on must be registered and online.
Updating modules can be accessed by selecting [MENU, 4, 8, 1, 3], you can also check the status of your
modules by selecting [MENU, 4, 8, 1, 1] for all modules presently offline and [MENU, 4, 8, 1, 2] for all online
modules. For more information refer to the Advanced Menu Section (see page 207).
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