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15.11.3.1 Alarm Reporting Centres (ARCs)

The SPC panel has the facility to communicate information to a remote receiving station when a

specific alarm event on the panel has occurred.

These Alarm Reporting Centres must be configured on the panel to allow this remote communication

to operate.

Adding/Editing an ARC using SIA or CID

Prerequisite

PSTN or GSM modem is installed and functioning correctly.

1. Select Communications > Reporting > Analog ARC.

2. Click the Modem1/2 button to make a test call to the ARC from the either modem 1 or modem

3. Click the Log button to receive a log file. A page with the logs from all automatic and manual

test calls will be displayed.

4. To add or edit an ARC, click Add.

– OR -

Click Edit.

5. Configure the fields as described in the table below.

Description Enter a description of the remote Alarm Receiving Centre.

Account Enter your account number. This information should be available from the

receiving station and is used to identify you each time you make a call to

the ARC.

For a Contact ID account, a maximum of 6 characters is allowed.

Protocol Enter the communication protocol that you intend to use (SIA, SIA

Extended, Contact ID, Fast Format).

Note: SPC supports the extended SIA protocol. Select this protocol to

support additional textual descriptions of the SIA events being sent to the

Alarm Receiving Station.

Priority Select the priority for the ARC in terms of primary or back-up reporting.

Number 1 Enter the first number to be dialled to contact the ARC. This system will

always attempt to contact the ARC on this number before attempting

another number.

Number 2 Enter the second number to be dialled to contact the ARC. The system will

only attempt to contact the ARC on this number if the first contact number

did not successfully establish a call.

Dial Attempts Enter the number of times that the system will attempt to make a call to the

receiver. (Default is 8)

Dial Delay Number of seconds to delay between failed dial attempts (0–999).

Dial Interval Enter the number of seconds to delay between failed dial attempts. (0–

999)

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