Installation & Configuration Manual
14 Starting the system
The SPC system must be installed by an authorised installation engineer.
1. Wire the keypad to the X-BUS interface on the controller.
2. Enter Engineer Programming by entering the default Engineer PIN (1111). For
more details, see Engineering PINs [âž™ 102].
14.1 Engineer modes
The SPC system works under 2 programming modes for authorised installation
engineers: Full and Soft. In the browser, log off is only permitted in Soft Engineer
mode.
Full Engineer Mode
All alerts, faults and tampers must first be isolated or cleared before exit from the
Full Engineer mode is allowed.
Full Engineer mode provides extensive programming functionality. However,
programming in Full Engineer mode disables all alarm settings, reports and output
programming for the system. For full review of Full Engineer menu options, refer to
page [âž™ 110].
[Soft] Engineer mode
Soft Engineer mode provides fewer programming functions and does not affect any
outputs programmed in the system. For full review of [Soft] Engineer menu options,
refer to page [âž™ 109].
14.1.1 Engineer PINs
The start up Engineer default programming PIN is ‘1111’.
If an installation is changed from Grade 2 to Grade 3 at any time after start-up, all
PINs are prefixed with a 0. Therefore, the default Engineer PIN will be ‘01111’.
Increasing the number of digits for the PIN (see System Options [âž™ 222]) will add
the relevant number of zeros to the front of an existing PIN (for example, 001111
for a 6 digit PIN).
If the default PIN 1111 is enabled, for example, a new SPC installation, you must
change the engineer PIN at the panel. If you do not change your PIN, you will get
an information message forcing you to change your default PIN before logging out
of full engineer mode.