[Hai-users] Re: "Easy Question" HAI-users Digest, Vol 43, Issue 1

[Dudoussat, Scott A.]

If your Omni controller (OmniLT, Omni II, Omni IIe, OmniPro II) is configured to use Contact ID for communications with your central station, it will report the AC Power Off trouble to the central station if the condition exists for 3 consecutive minutes.

There is no AC Power Off trouble reporting when your Omni controller is configured for 4/2 or 3/1 (2300 or 1400Hz handshaking) for communications with your central station.

In Version 3.0 Controller Firmware, there is a new feature that is used to prevent the Omni controller from reporting the AC Power Off trouble condition (when using Contact ID) until the condition exists for 4 - 243 consecutive minutes (selectable), or disabled (never reports).  This is used to prevent the Omni controller from calling and reporting of AC power failures when there are numerous AC power interruptions at the premises.

I hope this helps.

Scott Dudoussat
HAI

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From: hai-users-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:hai-users-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Doug Ringler
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Subject: Re: [Hai-users] Re: "Easy Question" HAI-users Digest, Vol 43, Issue 1

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions.

Doug Ringler


Dec 11, 2008 09:15:54 AM, kmcleod at prodigy.net<mailto:kmcleod at prodigy.net> wrote:

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> Hopefully an easy question and its been a little quiet anyway,
>
> I usually wire up a zone on the OmniPro II for AC power by sensor relays
> for power from a generator or the AC from the street. And thus, the Omni
> will report open or close from that zone to the central station. But in
> one installation, I just left the AC Power Sensor within the Omni to
> detect an AC Power Failure (no generator), thinking that it would report
> (call out) upon an AC Power Failure. But no call to the central station
> upon loss of AC. Is this a setting somewhere for calls upon AC Power
> Failure that I am missing? I can't get the Omni to report an AC Power
> Failure in this installation.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Doug Ringler
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You are correct in that the Omni will not report a code to the central
station for AC power failure, although it does detect it. This is no doubt
for good reason, because if it were automatic or easy, central stations
would be flooded with these signals.

Here is how I do it:

1. Set up a voice message with the installation name and address followed
by AC POWER - IS - OFF (name the message "electricity off" or similar)
2. Name a flag "powerofftime"
3. Code in PC Access
WHEN AC POWER OFF: powerofftime ON FOR xx MINUTES
WHEN powerofftime OFF &IF AC POWER OFF: PHONE nnn-nnnn AND SAY
electricity off

This will have the Omni dial out with voice message if the power goes off
and stays off for xx minutes, so you avoid unnecessary notifications for
minor outages and switching glitches.
You of course can repeat the second line to dial out to up to the eight
available numbers.

Now, if you want or need central station moitoring, modify the second code
line to be
WHEN powerofftime OFF &IF AC POWER OFF: UNIT x ON FOR xx SECONDS
where the unit is one of your hardwire outputs. Use this output to
drive a small 12VDC relay which closes contacts on an input zone.
You would then define the zone appropriately and map it to your central
station as an "equipment failure" or similar.

Ken McLeod
Integrated Home Technologies

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