RoboGuard TRX005, Technician Manual

Page 1: ...de A Roboguard 1 4 15 Program mode B Roboguard 5 8 16 Program mode C Remotes 17 Connecting a siren 18 Program mode D output port configuration 19 20 Remote Cloning a Remote TX 21 Timer Relay Timer Operating Instructions 22 Keypad Installation 23 Output port programming 24 28 uRx Installation 29 30 Coding output port 31 Wiring diagram 31 Repeater Wiring Diagram 32 33 uTx Installing a Repeater Stati...

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Page 3: ...zone press and release the tamper switch on the Roboguard press any zone button to reset HQ or see HQ Manual Walk from left to right and back again in front of your Roboguard to ensure it is triggering the HQ Distance problems Check the Walk Test Mode section Replace the battery cover and start on your next Roboguard Don t Your Roboguard is weatherproof but don t blast it with a hose or sprinkler ...

Page 4: ...ld hear three buzzes which means that both sensors are detecting 4 Walk across the path of the beams from left to right and back again and keep increasing the distance between you and the Roboguard If you walk straight towards a guard it is not very efficient and will only detect at close range 5 If only 1 buzz is heard only the bottom sensor is detecting you and the top beams are most probably ad...

Page 5: ...hree successive intruder signals then go silent until it has a period of around 30 seconds of no movement before it becomes active again This is good for high traffic areas This mode is highly recommended as it saves battery power and it alleviates the problem of switching off guards You can leave the guards on all the time without getting annoyed ON The guard will send a signal instantly whenever...

Page 6: ...will use a mathematical algorithm to determine whether an intruder has been spotted and helps to minimise false alarms It is usually used in industrial applications to filter out electromagnetic energy from electronic radio equipment Beam Range The two way switch box see picture above determines beam range and can be adjusted as follows Full Range default Switch 1 OFF Switch 2 OFF 15 20 meter rang...

Page 7: ...ee setting up the beam array for optimal performance Steps in rectifying constant false alarms 1 Identify what is causing the false alarms 2 Move the Roboguard to exclude the problem object area remember the entire area doesn t need to be covered only such that you will be alerted if someone enters this area 3 Block off the desired beams to exclude problem objects for example large swaying palm le...

Page 8: ...mally You should regularly inspect the guard and remove any signs of infestation spiders ants etc Ants are particularly destructive Check the field of view of the guards for encroaching vegetation Once a year the guard s lenses should be cleaned Dust off all insects Wipe with a dry cloth Clean the outer and inner Fresnel lenses with warm soapy water Clean the pyro electric cell with a cotton bud B...

Page 9: ...fo For Maximum Range of beams remove the outer lens This will compromise water resistance so drill a hole in the bottom of the Guard to let the water out Use mothballs inside the housing to keep ants and other insects out Seal the mounting holes with silicone to keep insects out or use a bracket and spray the bracket with an exterior insect spray For Maximum PIR life seal the plastic sensor boxes ...

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Page 11: ... particularly usefull when setting up in walk test mode as you can also aim the beams between obstacles or down a narrow alleyway The bracket has top and bottom slots to allow you to set the unit vertical if the mounting surface is not completely vertical Mount the stainless steel bracket to a solid vertical surface Select a set of locators according to the need per site i e If you are detecting d...

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Page 13: ...NE LIGHT FLASHING Indicates intruder the Roboguard s connected to that zone has been triggered The flashing light is merely a visual indicator that the zone has been triggered and does not effect the operation of the system A To re set the light to solid green press the zone button once to turn it OFF and once again to turn it ON to solid green B If the Roboguard is connected in Mode B re setting ...

Page 14: ... HQ in a different location to ensure it has good communication with the Roboguard E If your system is a few years old and the problem persists change the batteries in the affected Roboguard F A faulty TX PIR or CPU PIR can cause the status light to come on To diagnose switch the offending TX PIR with another one from the existing installation to see if the problem persists with the same Roboguard...

Page 15: ... hrs to ensure long battery life 3 Your HQ is now in Standby Mode You can now program your Roboguards into the desired Zones on the HQ 4 Program Modes A and B can each accept 4 Roboguards If you have more than 4 Roboguards you will have to use both modes if you have 4 or less then you can choose to use Mode A and or Mode B NOTE Roboguards that share a Zone in Mode A and Mode B will both be turned ...

Page 16: ... Zone The HQ will beep once for Zone 1 twice for zone 2 and so on B The green Zone light will start to flash for visual identification of the triggered Roboguard The green Zone light will continue to flash until it is re set This does not affect the operation of your system C To reset the flashing Zone light to solid green press the Zone button twice Once to turn the Zone OFF disarm once to turn t...

Page 17: ...as been triggered in Mode B the HQ will emit a short low tone bark This allows you to hear the difference between a Mode A trigger and a Mode B trigger PROGRAM MODE C REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAMMING Remote Programming The remote is only required if you want to use the arm disarm panic and silent panic functions As a default setting the HQ will trigger its own siren and or another alarm panel via the Te...

Page 18: ... status On Remote ARM both Status and Tamper will burn solid RED Whichever Zones were ON FLASHING on the HQ green lights will be armed Zones that were OFF will not be included To turn zones ON or OFF the HQ must be disarmed Arming the HQ your Siren will emit 1 Bark Disarming the HQ your siren will emit 2 Barks If triggered disarming the HQ your siren will emit 3 Barks If the siren is running it ca...

Page 19: ...3 ON 3 Select a Setting 1 2 3 4 from the two tables 4 Press and release the Tamper button to accept HQ will beep 10 times and all the lights will flash Reconnect the battery and replace the cover The HQ output wires white to green use transistors rated at a maximum of 40mA which is sufficient to switch a relay timer board or alarm panel For most alarm panel connections usually N C the HQ zone wire...

Page 20: ...ard is triggered the speaker will beep but after 30 sec the siren and output switches will be triggered if not disarmed Entry exit delay has 5 triggers then will not trigger the siren again Additional Info If the HQ is connected to a siren via the yellow wire it will always trigger the siren for Tamper whether the HQ is armed or not For siren connections longer than 10 metres use a relay to drive ...

Page 21: ...the code from the master remote Position the master remote as close to the slave remote as possible Key ring to key ring Push the corresponding button on the master remote until the light goes off on the master The light will flash continuously on the slave remote once programming is successful You can now stop pressing both buttons Continue with the next button as above The unit is ready to be te...

Page 22: ...d POWER are next to each other to facilitate easy triggering Once the timer has been triggered it will pull the relay in and light the LED for the programmed duration The Relay has COM NC and NO connections Setting the time value 1 Make sure the program link is ON see Fig 1 2 Power the unit up The Led will flash once and start timing 3 To end timing remove the link 4 To finish power the unit down ...

Page 23: ...uttons with individual intruder detected tamper and supervision LED s and optional audible warning sounds from the speaker output The keypad has six highly configurable output switches to connect to other devices systems The keypad functions off an external 12V power supply and a Roboguard receiver The keypad can also be used to monitor other devices via a 4 zone Roboguard Universal Transmitter el...

Page 24: ...eration of the keypad see output port programming Optionally you may choose to wire in a speaker or an external horn which will beep for intruder detect Zone 1 1 beep zone 2 2 beeps etc NOTE Reference to beeps assumes a speaker is connected 1 To enter Roboguard programming mode hold down the tamper button until a beep is heard and the red tamper LED is solid ON You are now in Roboguard programming...

Page 25: ...n to that button 4 The keypad will extinguish all the LED s momentarily 10 beeps will sound and all the LED s will flash Press any zone button to reset 5 To erase a remote TX enter Roboguard remote programming mode as above select the function zone 1 Arm Disarm zone 2 panic you wish to erase then press and release the status button 6 NOTE The remote does not control the zone output ports of the Ke...

Page 26: ...C selection All LED s will flash and the unit will beep 10 times Output Port Wiring The keypad output switches use open collector low side transistor drivers rated at a maximum of 500mA which is sufficient to switch a relay timer board or alarm panel The output voltage is normally held at 0V and will switch open circuit or to an externally connected voltage for 1 second when triggered To trigger a...

Page 27: ...itching the zone off does NOT disable the supervision or the tamper monitoring If the green led for the zone is OFF then the zone is disabled If it is ON then the zone is ON and not triggered If it is FLASHING then the zone is ON and has been triggered Pushing the zone button will change the state of the led from OFF to ON and back again or from FLASHING to OFF to ON NOTE Zones which do not have R...

Page 28: ...n the keypad will indicate this by flashing the red status LED and activate an output switch To establish which Roboguard is reporting the status condition and to reset the status detect LED you must do the following NOTE This alarm indicates potential communication problems that may be due to bad radio reception battery problems or faulty TX or CPU PIRs 1 Press and release the status button statu...

Page 29: ...signal For example the uRx can be programmed to respond to a radio signal from a Roboguard handheld remote This handheld remote can then be used as a panic button and the uRx can be used to trigger an SMS module to send an sms call for help in response to the panic signal Other popular uses include operating garage doors switching on external lights and triggering a strike lock The installer must ...

Page 30: ...s one displaying RF data and one displaying output Position the uRx in a position suitable for the reception of radio signals from the intended source Obviously the device to be triggered will need to be located nearby Check for radio interference by observing the flashing of the RF LED If the RF led is flashing brightly and continuously then you may have a problem with radio reception Confirm thi...

Page 31: ...truder tamper or remote Remove the conductor To confirm the coding activate the programmed device and check the output LED Note To send an intruder code trigger the top and bottom PIR on the Roboguard while the uRx is in learn mode When the code is learned the status LED will reset back to flashing Note If the unit is powered up with the programming input shorted the unit will erase any learned co...

Page 32: ...the Repeater HQ and Roboguard close together an intruder signal from the Roboguard will trigger the HQ first and the Repeater will trigger the HQ a second time 4 seconds later Then reset the uTx to default The default setting will not cause a second HQ trigger The Repeater station will bounce a roboguard signal over an obstacle such as a hill or building that is obstructing the signal The repeater...

Page 33: ...n a Guard hut and the Roboguards are mounted at great distance or in obscure locations The repeater can be used to improve the range of the Roboguard Remote The uRx and uTx housing is not waterproof so the Repeater Station should be mounted under cover or in a suitable waterproof box if outdoors see uTx Manual for configuration options ...

Page 34: ...ypad or a Universal Receiver Roboguard receiver decoder panels 3 The input zone sends an intruder signal as soon as the input state is changed N C to N O or vice versa and will stop sending the supervisory Auto Test signal if it remains in the altered state thereby monitoring functionality of the devices wired to it Auto test signals apply to Roboguard Code only Switch 1 ON Default In this mode th...

Page 35: ...to a remote zone on the receiver Switch 4 ON then OFF Transmitter learns the default input states N O or N C uTx Wiring Connect the uTx to 12V and ground 12V 0V on the unit PROGRAMMING ROBOGUARD OR REMOTE CODES The uTx can transmit either Roboguard or Remote code Switch 2 ON will make the uTx transmit a code when an input zone is triggered Each input zone transmits an individual code so the uTx be...

Page 36: ...e Ensure all your devices are in their passive state and turn Switch 2 OFF Leave Switch 3 ON if you are transmitting Remote Code Turn Switch 4 ON and then OFF This will register the default state for each device The LED will now flash to allow you to see what default settings have been selected for the inputs Zone 1 2 3 4 1 flash N C N C N C N C 2 N O N C N C N C 3 N C N O N C N C 4 N O N O N C N ...

Page 37: ... all receivers except the uRx Failed Auto test will trigger the Status LED on your receiver as well as configured output ports depending on your receiver configuration See your receiver user manual NOTE You can protect the installation by entering the uTx into a zone on the receiver using the Tamper Switch on the board Opening the case will trigger the zone tamper only HOW TO DETERMINE THE ZONE IN...

Page 38: ...ition suitable for the control of the LED array separately purchased and the sampling of the siren control line YELLOW wire from the HQ It might be best to mount the unit close to the HQ and connect the tele cable directly to the LED unit Wiring Wire the LED unit to 12V and GND 0V ensuring the 0V is common with the 0V of the HQ tele cable BLUE wire Connect the yellow wire from the HQ tele cable Pl...

Page 39: ...low it to send a signal to the receiver and register itself in the zone Continue with the next device Ensure all your devices are in their passive state and turn Switch 2 OFF Leave Switch 3 ON if you are transmitting Remote Code Wiring the board as packaged Connect GND 0V to Blue wire from HQ VE on power supply and VE on Siren if used Connect IO2 via block to HQ yellow trigger wire Connect relay 1...

Page 40: ...olt DC output cable to connect power to the HQ A Telecable with connectors on either end is used to connect the output ports of the HQ to the power supply The HQ outputs are all connected to relays that can be configured NO or NC via jumpers between the relays and screw terminals Siren Wiring To connect a siren wire the positive wire of the siren into siren and the negative wire of the siren into ...

Page 41: ...own both the Tamper and Status buttons and connect the 12Volt power supply until you hear a beep Release the buttons Both red lights will flash and the default Setting 3 ON 7 Select a Setting 1 2 3 4 from the two tables 8 Press and release the Tamper button to accept HQ will beep 10 times and all the lights will flash Reconnect the battery and replace the cover OUTPUT FORMAT 1 Setting 1 N O Settin...

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