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Zektor Switch Serial Protocol, Version 0.16, 5/13/16
Paging and Doorbell
Back Panel Doorbell / Page Wiring
The back panel can be wired to accept dry contact closures (for push buttons or relay triggers), or for
voltage triggers. You can mix connection types and setup one connection for dry closures, and the
other for voltage triggers.
To use dry contact closures, add a jumper between the SE and DB connections, and connect the switch
to other DB input and the SW input. Note that the SW-1 and SW-2 connections are also connected to
the chassis ground. If you are using a shielded cable to the switch, connect the SW side to the shield. If
one side of your button is grounded, the side that is grounded should use the SW connection.
The voltage trigger inputs can be wired directly to the doorbell transformer, so that when the doorbell
rings, paging will also occur. When used in this manner, the doorbell system can be setup to mute or
lower the volume of the audio during a doorbell press, to allow the doorbell to be heard.
Doorbell and Paging Commands
‘pASZ’, ‘pDSZ’, ‘pHSZ’ Set the Paging Source of a Zone
Setup the source a zone will use during a page.
Each zone can be preset to switch to a given source. This can be overridden using the do not disturb
settings.
The ‘pASZ’ command controls the analog audio sources, and is similar to the ‘SZ’ command.
The ‘pDSZ’ command controls the digital audio sources, and is similar to the ‘DSZ’ command.
The ‘pHSZ’ command controls the HDMI video sources, and is similar to the ‘HSZ’, command.
Only the ‘pASZ’ command will be described, but all three commands work the same way.
Command format:
^pASZ
preset
,
@zone
,
source
$
Response Strings:
^=pASZ
preset
,
@zone
,
source
$
Where:
preset
= A preset level greater than 0. A preset of 0 is ignored.
SW
-1
DB-1 DB-1 SE-1 SE-2 DB-2 DB-2 SW
-2
SW
-1
DB-1 DB-1 SE-1 SE-2 DB-2 DB-2 SW
-2
5V to 20V
AC or DC
Dry Contact Closures
Trigger Voltage Inputs
5V to 20V
AC or DC
= Grounded Cable
(On some switches the SE-1 and SE-2
connections may be labelled V+)