Engineering Information
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The Informa can record four spoken messages in its
non-volatile memory (NVM). Message number 1 (the
location message) may be up to 11 seconds long,
messages 2, 3 and 4 may be up to three seconds long,
and are used as alarm messages.
When the Informa makes a call it always plays the
location message first.
Typically the location message is used to
identify the location of the Informa, e.g. “This
is the Alarm Panel at the house of Fred Smith
in Wigan”.
The other three messages – the alarm messages
– are normally used to indicate the type of
alarm or problem that has occurred, e.g.
‘Intruder’, ‘Fire’ and ‘Personal Attack’.
Messages
Telephone Numbers
The Informa can be programmed to accept up to four
telephone numbers. Three of these numbers are
permanently stored via the Engineer program in the
NVM. The fourth phone number can be programmed
by the customer and is called ‘Follow Me’.
The Follow Me Function
The Follow Me feature is designed to be used by
customers who move from one location to another,
or go away on holiday.
The customer can re-program the Follow Me number
each time that he leaves the premises and sets the
alarm system. In this case, the Follow Me number is
the first number dialled by the Informa if there is an
alarm.
The Follow Me telephone number is entered into the
Informa (if required), before the system is set. When
the system is unset the Follow Me telephone number
will be deleted from the Informa.
For complete instructions, see page 11 of the
Programming section: Enabling the Follow Me
Function.
The Informa has three inputs, labelled IP1, IP2 and
IP3 on the PCB, which should be connected to the
control panel communicator outputs. Any of these
can be used to trigger the Informa, causing it to
communicate its message in the event of an alarm.
The Informa can be programmed to operate in one of
two ways:
It can communicate an alarm message to a
series of numbers, in the case where the first
number is not acknowledged (sequential
dialling).
It can communicate an alarm message to a
single number, where the number called
depends upon the type of alarm that has
occurred (non-sequential dialling).
For a complete explanation, see Input Association.
For instructions on how to programme the inputs,
see page 10, Setting Up the Inputs.
Input Association
1. Sequential dialling
This function gives priority to a person, and can be
used to call the person responsible for the premises,
plus anyone they have designated to take the call.
If the Follow Me number is valid it will dial this first,
otherwise it will dial the first configured telephone
number. It will play the location message, followed
by the alarm message associated with the triggered
input, where IP1 plays message 2, IP2 plays message
3, etc.
An example of a message could be:
Location message: “This is the alarm system at Mr
and Mrs Smith's house, 1 The Avenue, Smith Town.”
Alarm message: “The intruder alarm has been
activated.”
If two inputs are triggered at the same time the
Informa will play both alarm messages. If the
Informa is not acknowledged it will attempt to
communicate with the second telephone number,
then the third, see Message Acknowledgement, on
page 4.
Operating Setup
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