Chapter 5: Installation
110 EST3X Technical Reference Manual
Creating an initial startup database
Use the 3-SDU software to create the initial startup database. The 3-SDU
provides extensive instructions for configuring, programming, and testing your
EST3X life safety system. The initial startup database is useful for the following:
• Assigning panel addresses when you bring up the system for the first time
• Verifying the correct installation of option cards and optional control-display
modules
• Adjusting the gain on an optionally installed 3X-PMI and amplifier modules
Suggestions
When creating the initial startup database:
• Only include the hardware configuration for each cabinet in the system.
• Do not include any device loops in the initial database. The device loops
should be installed after verifying the cabinet configuration, and then added to
the final database.
• It is not necessary to configure any option cards. They can be added to the
final database.
• Save the initial database, and then after installing the option cards define the
cabinet configuration and device loops in the 3-SDU and save it as a different
version. This method eliminates doubling your workload by having to edit two
databases as you add cabinets to the system.
• If the cabinet contains amplifiers and a 3X-PMI, do the following:
• From the 3-SDU, program a control-display module switch to send a
0.7 VRMS, 1 kHz tone to the amplifiers. Label the switch 1KHZ_TONE
and add the following rule to the rules file.
[AMPLIFIER_SETUP]
SW '1KHZ_TONE':
AMPON '*' TO 'Ch_Gen*',
MSGON '1KHZ_TONE' TO 'Ch_Gen*';
• Record an audio message that consists of the 1 kHz tone in the Audio
Message Recorder’s Clip Library and label it 1KHZ_TONE. Refer to the
3-SDU help for instructions on recording messages.
• If a CDR-3 Bell Coder is installed and connected to the AUX input on a
3X-PMI, do the following:
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