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BF Apartment Station 1 Way System bellfree Apartment Station BFD1 controller BSA audiophone BS videophone BS Deskphone PD-167 Issue 1C Installation and Operating Manual Page 2 of 44
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 4 DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................... 4 MAIN FEATURES .............................................................
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Introduction Description A bellfree video door entry system consists of a door panel, positioned at the entrance of a building, video apartment station(s), placed inside of the building for the convenience of the occupants and a power supply and controller which are usually located inside an electrical cupboard. The door panel comprises of a two-way speech unit, a camera and a push button – which must be depressed by a visitor to initiate a call.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System bellfree Colour Apartment Station View Pickup Display Contrast Mute Lock Ringer Volume System Symbol Mute on/off Pickup / end View / camera select Lock All symbols PD-167 Issue 1C Lamp Red Steady Flashing Apartment station is muted Blue Call in progress Green Door is open All Installation and Operating Manual Ringing Touch to release lock Doorbell Page 5 of 44
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Basic System Operation Call sequence When the call button is pressed at the entrance panel the apartment station will ring and its blue pickup / view lamp will flash, highlighting the pickup and view symbols. The apartment station will continue to ring for up to 30 seconds or until the resident responds by touching the view symbol (see silent viewing below) or the pickup symbol.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Call Privacy Once a call has been made from an entrance panel only the apartment station(s) which is / are ringing may answer the call. Once the call is answered another apartment station will not activate (including extensions of the active apartment station). User Activation (CCTV Mode) While the system is idle, touching the view symbol will activate the system and display the picture at the primary entrance panel.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Multiple Entrances The bellfree system allows multiple entrances to be catered for by the addition of a door controller and entrance panel for each entrance and additional power supplies. In a multiple entrance system an optional feature allows the resident to view the cameras at all the entrances with successive touches of the view symbol. For details of this camera feature and user activation see the setting for ‘Camera Numbering’ on page 20.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Design Considerations Equipment List A BF1 one-way bellfree Video Kit comprises the following: Model No 1 x BF 1 x BFP1 1 x BFD1 1 x PS4 1 x 203 Description Colour apartment station Vandal resistant panel with a BF-AMP speech unit, VR buttons and camera. Door controller. 4A 12V power supply. Fail-secure lock release, alternate types available Options The following options are available: ● Extensions using model BF apartment station(s).
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Power Supply Requirements The system is powered by 12V power supplies only: Model PS4 12V, 4A. Model 840 12V, 4A battery backup supply. Model 340C 12V, 1.5A optional for extensions. Note 1. The 28V referred to on the apartment station, video controller and wiring diagrams is internally generated in the controller. DO NOT use any power supply other than 12V or damage may occur. Note 2.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Cable Specification. All system wiring must be carried out using Cat5 signal cable and where necessary 1mm² (or greater) power cable as tabulated below. Cat5 cable has a known performance for the transmission of video signals, whilst telephone or alarm cables are not suitable. Bell System will be unable to offer any warranty or support for systems installed using incorrect cables.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Cable Distances Door Controller to BF Apartment Station System Distance Cable Comments Single apartment station < 150m 1 x Cat5 per output or first < 300m 1 x Cat5 apartment station 2 x 1mm2 Single apartment station + < 50m 1 x Cat5 Only Master apartment station 3 extensions on each has ‘Auto display’; < 200m 1 x Cat5 2 output, all cable powered 2 x 1mm extensions are daisy-chained Single apartment station < 150m 1 x Cat5 150m maximum to the cable per output with separately
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Installation & Commissioning Checklist The following checklist is a summary of what is required. Refer to the relevant pages for further details. ● Review the section headed ‘Safety Information’ on page 43. ● Ensure that ‘Design Considerations’ on page 9 have been understood. ● Confirm that Cat5 cable has been specified. ● Install the system according to instructions in this section. ● Check/set the door controller jumper and switch settings.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Apartment Station The apartment station is designed to be surface or flush wall mounted onto plasterboard or other masonry at an optimum screen height of 1.6m. DDA considerations may reduce this height to 1.4m. Dimensions are shown in the diagrams below.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System BSA Audio Phone The BSA audio phone can be used as a lower cost alternative to an extension apartment station. It is styled like the bellissimo videophone. The phone is manufactured in high-impact ABS plastic that imparts high durability and compliments most wall furnishings. It incorporates both mute and lock illuminated buttons and it has an Electronic Ringing Tone with an internal rotary pre-set volume control.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Electric Door Release Both fail-secure and fail-safe lock releases (including magnetic locks) use the same terminals. To set the lock type, refer to the “Door Controller Settings’. When installing lock releases please allow a little movement on the door, as operation will be impaired if fitted too tight. NB. Magnetic locks (maglocks) must be fitted with a suppressor at the lock terminals. Some manufacturers fit an acceptable internal suppressor.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Commissioning The major components of the bellfree Video system are fitted with high quality pluggable screw terminal blocks. This enables all the connections to the system to be fully completed, whilst easily isolating individual pieces of equipment during testing and commissioning. When powering up for the first time, it is highly recommended that only the most basic system be connected. i.e.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System BFD1 Door Controller Switch Settings Talking Time/Apartment station Active DIP SW1 (1-4) SW1 SW2 SW3 (ASDFGHJK) (ASDFGHJK) (QWERGHJK) 4 3 2 1 On On On On On On On Off On On Off On On On Off Off On Off On On On Off On Off On Off Off On On Off Off Off Off On On On Off On On Off Other settings Off Off Off Off Talk Time 15s 20s 30s 45s 60s 75s 90s 120s 150s 180s 60s 60s* OFF ↔ ON *Default setting Ringing Time/Call Time and Ring Effect DIP SW1 (5-8) 7 On On On On Off Off O
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Lock Operate Time Dip SW2 (1-3) 2 On On Off Off On On Off Off 1 On Off On Off On Off On Off Lock Time 3s* 4s 5s 6s 8s 10s 15s 20s SW1 SW2 SW3 (ASDFGHJK) (123FGHJK) (ASDFGHJK) 3 On On On On Off Off Off Off OFF ↔ ON *Default setting SW1 SW2 SW3 (ASDFGHJK) (ASDRTYU8) (ASDFGHJK) Individual Functions DIP SW2 (4-8) OFF ↔ ON SW2-4 Lock Type *Off Fail secure lock On Fail safe lock SW2-5 Door Status Switch *Off Contacts Open when Door is Closed On Contacts Closed when Doo
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Camera Numbering DIP SW3 (1-8) SW1 SW2 SW3 (12345678) (ASDFGHJK) (ASDFGHJK) Camera 1 at this door Last Camera 4 3 2 1 Number 8 7 6 5 Number On On On On *1 On On On On *1 On On On Off 2 On On On Off 2 On On Off On 3 agama On On Off On 3 On On Off Off 4 On On Off Off 4 On Off On On 5 On Off On On 5 On Off On Off 6 On Off On Off 6 On Off Off On 7 On Off Off On 7 On Off Off Off 8 On Off Off Off 8 Off On On On 9 Off On On On 9 Off On On Off 10 Off On On Off 10 Off On Off On 1
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Below are a couple of examples and a blank table for your use.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Door Speech Volume Adjustment Introduction The speech level heard by a caller at the door is adjustable by use of three pushbuttons on the BFD1 door controller. This is useful if the door is on a noisy street, or alternatively in a quiet location. Speech gain in the other direction is fixed. Method To perform volume adjustment, first borrow the jumper from Prog-6 and place it on the two pin header ZLK. The Yellow Speech LED should light. WARNING.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System BF Apartment Station Switch Settings Mute Time Setting SW (1-4) 3 On On On On Off Off Off Off On On On On Off Off Off Off 4 On On On On On On On On Off Off Off Off Off Off Off Off SW Mute Time Disabled¹ 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 8 hours 10 hours *Indefinite² OFF ↔ ON SW *Default setting ¹Disabled means touching the mute symbol has no effect.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System BS Videophone Switch Settings Mute Time Settings (1-4) 2 On On Off Off On On Off Off On On Off Off On On Off Off 1 On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off Settings Mute Time Disabled¹ 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 30 minutes 45 minutes 1 hour 2 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 8 hours 10 hours *Indefinite² OFF ↔ ON Settings *Default setting ¹Disabled means pressing the mute button has no effect.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Troubleshooting Common Faults A very high percentage of calls to our technical support number, regarding new installations, are resolved to faulty wiring. The reasons for these are various: Broken cores, especially short links, sometimes broken inside the insulation! Connectors clamped onto the insulation instead of copper. Wire in the wrong side of a rising clamp connection, the clamps need to be unscrewed far enough to stop the wire going “underneath”.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Lock Release Problems Lock release does not operate or clicks but does not open. Maglock does not hold strongly. TEST: Press ‘Test’ Button on Door Controller (when system idle): Lock release operates all the time or in reverse. Lock operates from the exit button but not the test button or apartment station. Connections to Lock Release are open or shorted. Voltage drop due to cable too thin. Lock current is too high; Power supply is resetting.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Speech Problems Loud tone at the entrance speaker. (Acoustic feedback). No speech from apartment station to entrance. No speech from entrance to apartment station. PD-167 Issue 1C Broken Audio 1 or Audio 2 connection. Intermittent or broken Data A or Data B connection. Apartment station has reset; see the power faults table. More than one entrance has SW2-8 set to ‘Enable’ causing 2 entrances to become active on CCTV request.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Specifications BFD1 Door controller Size Supply Voltage Current Consumption 185mm x 230mm x 42mm 10.8V min, 13.8V typical, 15V max 80mA idle @13.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Model BF-AMP Speech Unit Size Supply Voltage Current consumption 98mm x 60mm x 24mm 10.5V d.c. minimum, 15V d.c. maximum 250mA d.c. maximum PS4 Power Supply Size Output Voltage (regulated) Output Current Mains Supply Internal Fuse Supply Voltage Temperature Range 236mm x 105mm x 81mm 13.5V d.c. min, 13.8V d.c. nom, 14.1V d.c.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram A – 1 Way Basic System Wiring Overview All cable MUST be BF Apartment Station Cat5 4 pair data cable. Except for power wiring where stated. Up to 150m (1 Apartment station) (For over 150m or extensions see diagrams F&G) Cat5 3m Max BFD1 1 way Door Controller 2x Cat5 2 x 1mm² Cat5 (Options) PD-167 Issue 1C 230V Mains Up to 50m Entrance Options Exit button 1 pair Door monitor 1 pair Trades 1pair 1 button panel PSU PS4 12V Lock wiring options Lock 0.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram B – 1 Way PCB Detail Input Output Camera 1 Camera 2 Video Audio Data Commn Video Audio Data 28V + – M S + – M S + – 2 1 B A – – + – 2 1 B A – + Phone Power 28V 100 75 High Cam2 + – + – + – PM 12V SPKR Cam1 Audio Video Speech Video Gain 43210 Vol+ VolSave HF Prog Panel Speaker 1 Status Panel Tone Volume Test SW2 SW3 28V Generator SW1 Prog-6 1 Off-On bell Off-On Speech Unit 100 75 High Cam2 Off-On Enhanced Speech Door Controller bellissimo
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram C – 1 Way Basic System Wiring Detail All signal cable MUST be Cat5 See "Cable Specification" BF Apartment Station Cat5 4 twisted pairs data cable.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram D – 1 Way Multiple Entrance Wiring Overview All cable MUST be BF Apartment Station Cat5 4 pair data cable. Except for power wiring where stated.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System From Previous Door Controller Output (if present) Cat5 Blu W/Blu Org W/Org Grn W/Grn Brn W/Brn 12V - + 12V 12V + - + To Entrance Panel 1 (See Diagram C) Power Supply Monitor Power Cat5 Output BFD1 Door Controller (1 Way) 12V 12V + - + - 28V generator Power Supply 2 x 1mm² To Entrance Panel 2 (See Diagram C) Cat5 IMPORTANT Both wires 1 terminal Blu W/Blu Org W/Org Grn W/Grn Brn W/Brn Cat5 Input Cat5 Blu W/Blu Org W/Org Grn W/Grn Brn W/Brn BFD1 Door Control
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram F – Extension Apartment station Wiring Master Extension Extension Extension 1 Cat 5 Plus Optional Power Cores When additional power cores are required replace the Blu and W/Blu wires with the additional wires 28V Data Audio Video Bell + – A B 1 2 + – + – 28V Data Audio + – A B 1 2 28V Data Audio Video Bell + – A B 1 2 + – + – Blu W/Blu Org W/Org Grn W/Grn Brn W/Brn BF Apartment Station Blu W/Blu Org W/Org Grn W/Grn BSA Audio Phone Blu W/Blu Org W/Org G
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram G – Apartment station Local Power Wiring Where more than one extension video unit is required to provide "auto display" then additional power supplies will be required Master Extension Extension Extension 1 Cat5 PSU 340C 12V PSU 340C 12V The 28V+ connection is only connected to the local power supply.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram H – Camera Sharing & Time Clock Sharing Camera Termination Options Cameras may be wired in either twisted pair or coax and shared with other equipment.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram I – 1 Way DDA Panel Wiring CAMBS Door Panel (Optional Link For Infra Red Lamp) 1 S M – 1 – + + Camera 1 Camera M S BFD1 Door Controller (1 Way) + – + – B1 B2 LS LL LC DDA panels are partly prewired 1 S M – + Camera 2 Extended Panel B1 B2 LS LL LC Panel Misc.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram J – Combined Connections bellfree With Lock Connecting a Bell PAX1 Proximity Reader – + Z Exit O OV H +12V C + – Lock PAX1 Proximity Reader – + Z Exit O OV H +12V C Exit button (Optional) Lock PAX1 Proximity Reader Exit button (Optional) Exit bellfree Door Controller – + 12V + – Exit bellfree Door Controller – + 12V Connect the lock release as per this manual. Leave the Proximity Reader set to fail secure, the BFD controller sets the lock type.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram J – Continued Connecting a Bellcode Coded Access Controller Bellcode 200 Controller Lock Supply + – + – bellfree Door Controller Exit button (Optional) – Exit – Supply Connect the lock release as per this manual. Leave the Bellcode controller set to fail secure, the BFD controller sets the lock type. See "Bellcode Manual inc CK200 CS109 (PD-078)" for the other installation and setting instructions. Note 1.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram K – Combined Connections Third Party Lock Connecting a Bell PAX1 Proximity Reader Z Exit Z O Exit O + – Lock bellfree Door Controller – Supply PAX1 Proximity Reader Exit button (Optional) The bellfree door controller is set to fail secure. The diagram assumes a common power supply, if not an extra wire will be required to connect the PAX1 Exit O to the bellfree 12V-. N.B.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Diagram K – Continued Connecting a Bellcode Coded Access Controller bellfree Lock + – Exit – Door Controller + – Exit Bellcode 200 Controller The bellfree door controller is set to fail secure. The Exit- to Exit- wire is only needed if the two units do not share a common power supply. Opening a Gate or Locks on Third Party Systems bellfree Door Controller + Lock – Coil Coil Com 89 Relay NO NC Volt Free Contacts For Gate ETC.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Safety Information and Declarations Connections to the 240VAC mains supply must be carried out by a qualified electrician or similar competent person, and made in accordance with current legislative requirements. A two-pole switch (as provided by a Consumer Unit or Switch-Fuse) must be included to isolate both Live and Neutral during Installation or Maintenance.
BF Apartment Station 1 Way System Bell System (Telephones) Ltd. Presley Way, Crown Hill, Milton Keynes MK8 0ET. Tel: 01908 261106 (Sales and Technical Support) FAX: 01908 261116 OR Local rate numbers Tel: 0845 121 4008 (Sales and Technical Support) FAX: 0845 121 4009 E-mail: sales@bellsystem.co.uk technical@bellsystem.co.uk Website: www.bellsystem.co.uk Standards This product complies with European directive 89/336/EEC on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Low Voltage Directive 72/23/EEC.
