Chapter 3. Programming IDCs, NACs, and AUX Relays
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7. Pressing <ENTER> saves the current label. Pressing 
<EXIT/CLEAR> will quit label editing without saving.
Editing Alarm Groups
Alarm groups allow you to program selective signaling. 
Assign the IDC an alarm group number from 1 to 99. Assign 
the same alarm group number to the notification appliances 
that you want to turn on when one of the IDCs in the alarm 
group activates. Each IDC can be in up to three groups.
1. Follow the steps in “Accessing Menus”. Make sure to 
choose IDC as the type of device to program.
<ENTER>=Accept
Prg: [IDC]
2. Press <ENTER>. Use the <NEXT> and <PREV> keys 
to choose EDIT, and then press <ENTER>. Use 
<NEXT> and <PREV> keys to choose the circuit 
(IDC1, IDC2, etc.) to program.
IDC1
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3. Press <ENTER> and then press the <NEXT> and 
<PREV> keys until [Alarm Groups] is displayed. For 
example:
IDC1
Fn: [Alarm Groups]
4. Press <ENTER>. A prompt similar to the following 
appears.
ALARM GROUPS
[99] 00 00
5. Use the <NEXT> and <PREV> keys to scroll the num-
ber in the brackets. Use the right and left arrow keys to 
move between the alarm groups. Press <ENTER> when 
all the values are set correctly.
Programming NACs
Use the following procedure to edit the programming of the 
two Notification Appliance Circuits (NACs) on the base 
panel, or the two optional NACs on the expansion power 
supply. NACs cannot be added or deleted - only edited.
Note: If the panel is using an Expansion Power Supply, set 
the EXP POWER system option to ON before programming 
NACs.
NAC editing provides the following options:
• Edit Function, which defines the following for a NAC:
- When the NAC activates and deactivates.
- The “output method” used by the NAC when it 
activates (coded, steady, etc.).
• Alarm Group
• Edit Point Label
• Clear Point Label
Setting NAC Function Type
The Function Type determines the way in which the NAC 
operates (whether it is an audible, visual, etc.) and its output 
method (steady, etc.)
1. Follow the steps in “Accessing Menus”. Make sure to 
choose NAC as the type of device to program
<ENTER>=Accept
Prg: [NAC]
2. Press <ENTER>, and then use <NEXT> and <PREV> 
keys to choose the circuit (NAC1, NAC2, NAC3, or 
NAC4) to program. 
NAC1
Signal 1/4
3. Press <ENTER> when the appropriate NAC is dis-
played. A prompt appears, asking you to specify the 
function type.
NAC1
Fn: [Function]
4. Press <ENTER>. As shown in the example below, the 
NAC function type is comprised of two parts -- the 
function (On Till Silence, On Till Reset, etc.) and the 
coding pattern (temporal, 120 BPM, etc.)
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