Appendix B Communication Formats - Honeywell FBII CP-220A Hookup And Installation Instructions

Appendix B
Communication Formats
Introduction
Reporting Formats
Some Definitions:
•
handshake :
When the Digital Receiver at the
Central Station answers
incoming call, it sends a handshake
tone (either 1400 Hz or 2300 Hz)
that invites the
Communicator at the protected
premises to proceed
intended message.
•
kissoff :
Once the subscriber's message has
been received and verified, the
Central Station's receiver
similarly send a kissoff tone (either
1400 Hz or 2300 Hz) back to the
premises' Digital Communicator
indicating that the message has
been successfully received and
processed, and instructing
communicator to hang up.
The ability to report alarms to a monitoring station is one of
the most important attributes of any security system. Today,
thousands of Central Stations monitor the alarm systems
protecting a wide variety of premises and facilities, including
residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional.
As the electronic security industry matured, it attracted
manufacturers who developed both innovative methods of
reporting alarms and the equipment with which to do so. As
a result, a variety of communication formats evolved, and
Central Stations were soon required to process multiple
reporting protocols to remain competitive.
As you would expect, the CP-220A Digital Receiver can
receive and process a broad range of reporting formats, any
of which should satisfy the needs of virtually all Central
Station subscribers and their installations.
In the security industry, the term Reporting Format is a
regularly used term that has been given a rather broad
meaning. A Reporting Format can actually relate to two
separate categories of the communication process:
an
• the handshake frequency, the method of encoding and
verifying data, the transmission rate, and the kissoff frequency
• what the actual data represents and the manner in which
Digital
it's composed and sent to the receiver
with its
The names given to the reporting formats often reflect the
manufacturer(s) responsible for their development, but may also
be identified by simple generic designations that indicate only the
layout of the characters they produce on the Digital Receiver. No
will
matter what name it's given, each format in use today is quite
capable of reporting to the Central Station all significant events
that take place at the subscriber's account. Some of the more
powerful formats, like those with the designation of Superfast,
PID (Point I.D.), or CID (Contact I.D.), may convey additional
the
information while taking less time to do so.
CP-220A Central Station Receiver Appendix B:
Hook-Up and Installation Manual Communication Formats
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