Ademco 8000; Ae Header Block; Call Message Block; Table 8-3: Ae Header Block Components Description - Honeywell ADEMCO MX8000 Installation And Operation Manual

8.4

ADEMCO 8000

Because of the additional features and program capabilities of the MX8000–3EX receiver over its
predecessor the 9000 receiver, it was necessary to develop a new automation protocol.
ADEMCO 8000 protocol addresses these needs. The following sections describes the three different types of
data blocks (system message, heart beat message, and call message) that the ADEMCO 8000 will send to the
automation computer, and the components of these data blocks.
Each of these types of data blocks is preceded with an AE header block. At the end of each message is an
"End of message indicator" (<$0D> or carriage return) preceded by a Validation Byte (or V-Byte used for
error-checking). See Section 8.4.5.
8.4.1

AE Header Block

The header block consists of 18 bytes of data and precedes all of the data blocks.
The following is an example of an AE header.
Example:
<Identifier><Date><$22><Time><$22><Rec#><$22><Ref#><$22>
Table 8–3 describes the components of an AE header block.
Character
<Identifier>
<Date>
<$22>
<Time>
<$22>
<Rec#>
<$22>
<Ref#>
<$22>
8.4.2

Call Message Block

A call message is generated any time a control panel calls into the receiver. This type of report will be the
most frequent message block received by the automation computer from the receiver.
Embedded in this message are the account number, time/date stamp, specific event information, along with
any other miscellaneous information such as, caller ID, listen-in, etc.
The following is a generic example of a call message block:
Example:
<AE header><Fmt#><LC#><Panel Data><V-byte><$0D>
Table 8–4 describes the components of a call message block.
Character
<AE header>
<Fmt#>
<LC#>
<Panel Data>
<V-byte>
<$0D>
Table 8–3: AE Header Block Components Description
Description
Message type identifier.
Date information, consisting of six ASCII bytes. MMDDYY format where
Separator
Time information, consisting of six ASCII bytes HHMMSS format, where
Separator
Receiver ID number.
Separator
Reference number, consisting of four ASCII
bytes.
Separator
Table 8–4: Call Message Components and Description
Description
AE header block of data.
Dialer format number containing three ASCII digits.
Line Card number containing two ASCII digits.
Contains account number, time/date stamp, caller ID
information, listen-in, reason for call, zone number, etc.
Validation byte.
End of message indicator (carriage return).
Section 8 – Automation Communication Formats
Acceptable Values
$02 System Message
$03 Heart Beat Message
$26 Call Message
MM = Month, DD = Day,
YY = Year.
N/A
HH = Hour, MM = Minutes,
SS = Seconds.
N/A
01-99
N/A
0001-9999
(0000 is reserved for link tests.)
N/A
Acceptable Values
See Section 8.4.1.
See 8.4.2.1.
00-99
See 8.4.2.2.
See Section 8.4.5.
N/A
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