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Siemens Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products
10.2008
9.6.5
Connecting VIS3I-328 to Visilynx 2 nodes using PCCON
From software version 2.24, VIS3I-328 units can control a Visilynx 2 matrix as if it
were a Visilynx 3 node, using the PCCON protocol, but with limited functionality as
follows:
Function
Level of Support
Keyboard node login
Supported, but the Visilynx 2 node name is always
Switcher
Camera switching
Supported, but Visilynx 2 camera names are fixed as
Camera 1
,
Camera 2
etc.
Camera control
Supported, obeying user access rights configured at Visilynx 2
VCR and MPX control
Supported
Alarm handling
Not supported – alarms cannot be passed between Visilynx 2 and 3
Multi-hop networking
Not supported – Visilynx 2 cannot be a hop node
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Network functions supported by a Visilynx 2 node
You cannot set the network node address of a Visilynx 2 node by address
switches, but instead it is determined by the number of the serial port at the
VIS3I-328 configured to control it. Also, the Visilynx 2 node has no network
configuration, so the monitors used as trunk outputs are determined by the
neighbour node trunk numbers configured at VIS3I-328.
Screen Parameter
Value
Nodes 2
Global System Settings
Node Trunks
2
Alarm Settings
Alarm Type
‘None’ for all trunk inputs
Function Network
Control
Input
Communication Settings,
Channel 2 (for example)
Protocol
PCCON2/3 Remote Control.
The use
of channel 2 sets the address of the
Visilynx 2 node to 2. Other PCCON
network channels can be used for
this also. Line settings are 9600, 8,
e, 1.
Function
VCR or MPX Control Output
Communication Settings,
Channel 11 to 13
Protocol
As required. A channel must be
configured at VIS3I-328 for every
Visilynx 2 VCR or MPX, even though
the local channel will not be used.
Internal VIS3I-328 channels 11 to 13
can be used for this.
Neighbour Node End,
Node
2
Neighbour Node End,
Trunk
15.
This determines that monitor 15
is the trunk output at Visilynx 2.
Local Node End,
Direction
Input
Node Trunk Settings,
Node trunk 1
Local Node End,
Camera
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