VISTA 128BPT: Program a Polling Loop Zone

Hey, DIYers. Griffin here with Alarm Grid. I'm going to explain how to program a serial polling loop on a 128BPT. So let's go ahead and let's get to it So today, we are going to go over programming and polling loop on a 128BPT. Of course, we've got to enter our programming. We're going to use the default installer code of 4140, then 8000. We're in Program Mode. So to get into programming it, we're going to go to star 93. Zone Programming-- I'm going to hit 1 for Yes. And since we're doing polling loop and we're dealing with a serial number, we're going to do 1 to confirm. And so we're going to start our polling loop on zone 10. So this is the summary screen. Up here, we have the zone number, which is 10, the zone type which we currently have set to 03 for perimeter, partition 1. Report Code is 20, Input type right now is 00, and Loop Number is 1. So of course, there is a zone type Perimeter. The perimeter, there is no delay. Once a perimeter is faulted, it goes into alarm instantly. So Vent Zone-- because we chose zone type 03, you will see this prompt. If you choose Yes, the system will arm. And if the zone is faulted, it does this by automatically bypassing the zone. If you choose No, then if this zone is faulted at time of arming, it must be restored or manually bypassed in order to arm the system. So we're going to go ahead and enable that. So Vent Re-arm-- if you choose Yes, because we selected Yes on the Vent Zone, we're going to see this. And if you select Yes on this, then if the zone was automatically bypassed in order to arm and is restored after the system has been armed, it will automatically be un-bypassed and will become armed. If you choose No at this prompt, then if the zone is automatically bypassed during arming, it will stay bypassed for the duration of this arming period. A disarm will automatically un-bypass it. So we're going to enable that. We'll press star. So Stay Mode-- because we programmed in a zone type 03, we will see this prompt. So we have two options for Stay Mode-- Stay 1 and Stay 2. And this allows us to select two different types of Stay Mode to have different things bypassed whenever you're home. If you want to bypass all zones that are in Stay 1 and Stay 2, you would arm the system with your four-digit code 33. To do Stay 1, it's your four-digit code 31. And if you want to do Stay 2, it's your four-digit code 32. So right now, we're going to set this to 0 since it's a parameter. So Auto-stay-- since we selected three, we've got this option. If we choose Yes, this zone will automatically be bypassed in the event the system does not see an Entry/Exit zone fault and restore. During exit delay, remember that the zone type 3 and zone type 5 does not provide an exit delay time. If enabled, Auto-stay, be sure at least one of the zones in the partition is programmed for Entry/Exit. But we're going to select this as 0, star. So silent-- arms silent, whenever the system goes into alarm, and if the option silent is selected to Yes, the system will not sound on location. The siren will not go off and the keypad will not go off, and there will be no indication of a zone faulted. But the system will still send a signal out as if the system is an alarm, and the central station will start the dispatch as normal. Leave that at 0 for now. So Bypass Group, we will see this whenever we use zone type 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, and 10. This is where you can assign a zone to a bypass group. And again, zone types 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, and zone type 10 will provide this prompt. You can create up to 15 bypass groups. This allows you to quickly bypass multiple zones without having to enter each zone number during arming. If you do not wish to use group arming or group bypass, enter 00. And to bypass using group bypass, it would be your four-digit user code 6 plus star and plus the two-digit group number. So the Partition is where you select what partition you want the zone to be on. As of right now, it's set to partition 1. And to use multiple partitions, the partitions must be enabled in field 2 star 00. So Report Codes, the system by default uses four-digit contact ID. As long as there is something in the first digit other than 00, the system will send a signal. If for some reason you do not want this zone to report, you will make the first digit 00. We are now at the Input Type. So the input type that we're going to use for serial loop programming is 06. There is an older format of polling loop. It's not recommended to use what we know as either zone assignment or DIP switch polling loop on a 128BPT. The 128BPT is a preferred serial polling loop panel, but it does have the option of DIP switch polling loop if you're upgrading an older commercial panel with just DIP switch polling loop. You cannot add serial polling loop devices to standard DIP switch polling loop installation. You'll start getting random troubles, it's a headache, and then you will just have to either locate an old DIP switch polling loop device or upgrade your whole polling loop line to serial. But we are doing serial polling loop, so we're going to make this a 06. The Tamper Option is where you can select if a trouble is shown on a disarm, whether if it is open or if it's on a short. So in Tamper Option if you select 1, it's trouble on an open, which means if you have a normally closed device and it opens up, it goes into trouble. Or if you press 2, it's trouble on a short, which means if you have a normally open device and you close it, it will throw a trouble. Now, the way it responds depends on what status the system is in. If the system is disarmed, you will see a trouble. If the system is armed in either away or stay, you will see an alarm. Smart Contact is if you're using polling loop motions or polling loop smokes. Each one of those devices has different features based on if it's a Smart Contact. The Smart Contact feature for a polling loop motion is a high-traffic area, which means if there's a lot of traffic going through and the motion is faulted, even if it does not see a restore, it will go ahead and restore due to the high-traffic area. Smart Contact for smoke detectors is a maintenance zone. So if the smoke head gets dirty or something falls out of alignment, you will see a trouble on that smoke zone due to the Smart Contact feature. So since we are not using either one of those, we are going to leave it at 0. V-PLEX Relay is the 4101 SN. And it has a built-in relay module. And you can utilize that relay through output programming in any of the features. On the 128BPT, you can program up to 96 different relay functions. Since we're not using a 4101 with a built-in relay, we're going to leave that as No. Access Point has to deal with a nice little feature that the 128BPT called VISTA Key. There are multiple access points that you can use. The access points, you can add up to 15. If the zone type is 27 or 29 is selected, then this prompt will also display. Then it also comes up again on polling loop option is used. It allows an input to control an access control door lock, and is usually, like I said, used with the VISTA Key modules. An example would be programming a button on a key fob as a zone type 27 to allow it to unlock an access point control. So this is a screen where we input the serial number. We have two options. We could either type the serial number in manually or we can trigger it in. What I'm going to do is to trigger it in. The serial number that will should come up is 000-0004. So let's go ahead and trigger it. So I'm going to hold it closed for a few seconds. And then re-- [BEEPING] So that's the correct serial number we're looking for. And the loop number for all DIP switch polling loop on a 42 8U or a 42 8SN is going to be loop 1. There are going to be different polling loop devices that can utilize multiple loops, depending on what feature you want to use. So there again, it's under loop 1. We want to leave it on loop 1. And so this is where the Set to Confirm comes in. And this allows you to trigger the device again to make sure you learned in the correct serial number. So we're going to trigger it again. And since the serial number was correct, and not a different serial number, it's going to come in and move on to the next screen. It's going to show us the summary screen. So of course, Zone 10, Zone Type 03 for a perimeter, Partition 1, Report Code, and input type, which is SL for serial. And then L is for loop 1. And it will ask us to move on to the next zone. And that's how you program a polling loop on a 128BPT. If you have any questions, send us an email to support@alarmgrid.com, or head over to our website alarmgrid.com. And if you found this video helpful, please like and subscribe. 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