14  Advisor Advanced ATSx000A(-IP) Installation and Programming Manual 
Cabling Advisor Advanced 
System databus preferred wiring 
The terminator jumper (also called TERM link), or DIP switch must be ON, or a 
470 Ω resistor must be fitted at each of the devices at the extreme ends of the 
daisy chained databus. In a star-wiring configuration, the TERM link is only fitted 
on the devices at the ends of the two longest system databus cable runs.  
Figure 14: System databus wiring 
(1)  TERM link fitted (first device on local 
databus). 
(2)  Advisor Advanced control panel 
variants. 
(3)  Preferred data cable type is WCAT 52 
(two twisted pairs). 
(4)  Advisor LCD keypad (TERM switch is 
set to OFF). 
(5)  Separate 12 V power supply (required if 
keypad is more than 100 m from the 
nearest panel or expander. Connect the 
negative terminal of the power supply to 
the “−” wire of the databus. 
(6)  TERM link fitted (last device on local 
databus). 
(7)  Any remote expander like ATS1201(E) or 
ATS1210(E). 
System databus connection 
The system databus is used to connect remote expanders (to provide extra 
zones) and keypads to the Advisor Advanced control panel. Remote devices can 
be up to 1.5 km from an Advisor Advanced control panel. 
Keypads and remote expanders must be connected via a shielded data cable 
with two twisted-pairs from the system databus connection (WCAT 52 is 
recommended). 
We recommend that you use a separate power supply for a keypad when the 
distance between that keypad and the nearest device is more than 100 meters. 
If the keypad is powered with a separate power supply, do not connect “+” from 
the system databus. Connect “+” of the local power supply to “+” on the keypad, 
and connect 0 volts from the power supply and 0 volts from the system databus 
to the keypad terminal marked “−”. The maximum number of devices allowed on 
the databus is given in “General features” on page 26. 
D+0V+12V D- IN OUT
CTD-D+
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1   C   2    C  3   C
470 ohm
+   -
470 ohm
 
 
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(7)
 
EARTH
CTD-
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0V
12V
COMMS
TAMPER