
50 ATS Designers Guide
A serial port emulator is supplied together with the ACA300. Using the program enables
the use of a network card for communications with the TITAN
®
software, which only uses
serial ports for communications.
3.3.4 Modem connection
The control panel communicators are equipped with a modem, which can be used for
service communications, and for system programming. Using the inbuilt communication
methods is limited by the small bandwidth, which excludes them from being used for
system monitoring. Apart from that, it is the main reporting route to the CS station. As a
result, blocking it for longer periods of time is not good practice.
The ATS system can be equipped with additional communications equipment that
provides additional reporting channels. By design all communication routes for event
reporting are equal. The same holds true for data transmissions.
Table 3-20 Equipment and connection parameters for a modem connection.
Communication
channels
Expansion Bandwidth
PSTN None 300bps
ISDN ATS7100 300bps
GSM ATS7300 1200bps
All channels support connections in two modes:
• Multi-ring – the control panel responds to a connection attempt after a given number
of rings and tries;
• Call-back – the control panel calls back a pre-programmed number after a given
number of rings and tries;
Both modes are available on demand, or according to a pre-programmed connection
schedule.
3.4 Control Panel Network
In cases when, due to any circumstances, one control panel is not enough to fill the
requirements of the system, a network of control panels can be created by connecting
them to a common computer system, equipped with system management and monitoring
software. One computer system can support 64 control panels at the same time. Using
time-limited connections, the TITAN software can support up to 1024 control panels, but
at the same time only 64 control panels can be communicated with.
The basic control panel network configuration is the direct connection using the RS485
interface with the same communication parameters as the system bus. Using the
available system bus accessories, a system bus branch is connected to the computer’s
serial port. Up to 16 control panels can be connected to the branch.
Table 3-21 Advisor MASTER control panel parameters.
Parameter Value
Number of connections (ports) 16
Number of control panels with active
connection.
64
Number of control panels connected to
one port (max.)
16
Number of control panels in one TITAN
system
1024
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