User's Manual

iComSL Series Universal Communicator Installation and Programming Guide Digital Monitoring Products
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IntroductIon
iComSL™ Series Universal Alarm Communicator
Description
The iComSL ™SeriesAlarmCommunicatorprovidesafullysupervisedalarmcommunicationpathforanyburglary
orresidentialrecontrolpanel.TheiComSLSeriescanbeconnectedtoacontrolpanel’sdialeroutputand
usedtocaptureContactIDmessagesbased on SIA DC-05-1999.09-DCS.TheiComSLChasabuilt-inethernet
porttoconnecttoanetworkandsendmessagestoDMPModelSCS-1RorSCS-VRCentralStationReceivers.
The
c ommunicator also provides four input zones and two open-collector outputs for connection to burglary or
residentialrecontrolpaneloutputsandzones.TheiComSLSeriesCommunicatorZone4allowsaconnection
to the bell output of an existing burglary control panel. The communicator operates in a variety of applications:
CIDDialerConnection,Zones1-4InputConnections,orZone4BellConnection(SeeApplicationsonpage5).The
iComSL CZ™AlarmCommunicatorincludesanonboardZ-Wavecontrollerforhomeautomationapplications.
What is Included
The iComSL SeriesUniversalAlarmCommunicatorincludesthefollowing:
• PCBwithEnclosure
• HardwarePack
System Components
1.1 Terminals (J9)
Power Connection Terminals
PowerisprovidedfromtheNominal12Vdcauxiliaryoutputoftheburglarycontrolpanel.
OBSERVEPOLARITY(SeeFigure1andBacklitLogo)
Using18-22AWGwire,connectthe
communicator terminal+12tothepositiveterminalonthe control panel
auxiliary output .
ConnectthecommunicatorterminalG(Ground)tothenegativeterminalonthecontrolpanelauxiliaryoutput.
Control Panel Standby Power
Duringapoweroutage,theiComSLdrawspowerfromthecontrolpanel’sbackupbattery.TheiComSLmustbe
included in the standby battery calculations for the control panel.
Zones 1-4
TerminalsZ1toZ3,G(Ground),Z4+andZ4-providefourzonestoconnecttoindividualrelayoutputson
thecontrolpanel.Zone4(Z4+andZ4-)canbeconnectedtothecontrolpanelbelloutput.SeeZone4Bell
Connection.
Figure 1: iComSL Series Communicator
RB
J8
J1
RESET
LOAD
S1
S2
S3
J9
system components