Installation manual
PCX 256 PROGRAMMING MANUAL                                                                  
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Enter the input number to monitor the chosen 
door. Please note that this must be selected for 
the door monitoring to function. 
Entering ‘999’ disables the monitoring for this 
door. 
To enter a personal name for the access control, 
press the key. Use the text programming to 
enter this, see page: 10. 
Press the key, you will be returned to the 
engineer menu. 
Door Monitoring Facility 
If the door is to be monitored by the alarm system only, the door monitoring input should be wired 
direct to the end station (not via the door station) and programmed appropriately (see table below). 
If the door is to be monitored by the door station only (providing local alarm), the door monitoring 
input should be programmed as omitted in ‘Change Inputs’ menu. The ‘Door Contact No.’ should 
be an input number that is unused on the system. 
If the door is to be monitored by the door station and the end station, the door monitoring input 
should be programmed in the ‘Change Inputs’ menu (see table below). The ‘Door Contact No.’ 
should correspond to this input. 
Input Type 
Valid door open (i.e. valid tag or 
‘request to exit’) 
Door forced (i.e. no valid tag, 
nor ‘request to exit’) 
Final Exit  Starts entry time, if system armed  Day alarm 
Switcher  No response  Day alarm 
All other types  No response  Normal input response 
NOTES: If input is programmed as ‘isolated’ then monitoring will be SOLELY at the door station. If 
the input is to be monitored by the alarm system ONLY, it should be wired directly to the system, 
and NOT via the door station. 
Access User Codes/Tags 
To program any user codes and tags for the Access Control system you will need to enter the 
master manager menu and select ‘Change Codes’, then ‘Change User Codes’. Enter a user code 
in the normal way, when the system recognises an Access Control unit attached, a new option 
called ‘S/Part Access’ will be displayed in this function, here you must select the address of the 
Access Control unit that you would like the user codes to operate on. Please see the user manual 
for more information. 
5.7.6 Sub Partitions 
This feature provides a degree of independent control so that in many systems it may be used as a 
separate partition. Control is by means of a dedicated Set/Unset Tag Reader located OUTSIDE the 
sub-partition. No entry/exit route is available. The number of sub-partitions available is limited to 
the number of setting points not otherwise allocated as keypads, set/unset readers or access 
control or guard tour points. The maximum sub-partitions are 29. 
Each sub-partition may consist of any number of ‘intruder’ inputs, all of which must be allocated to 
the same area. No input may be allocated to more than one sub-partition. 
Operation may be by proximity tag, or by key (or other) switch wired into the first input on the tag 
reader. Sub-partitions using switch operation MUST be those on which the inputs are live (i.e. 
shown in the table on the next page). 
Tags for sub-partition control are programmed through the Manager menu. 










