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1 Digital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol -for Alarm SystemCommunicationsSIA Industry AssociationCopyright 1999 - Ademco GroupPublication Order Number: 14085 Digital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsFOREWORDThis Standard documents a communications protocol that was developed and is wholly owned by Ademco Group,a division of Pittway Corporation. It is published by the Security Industry Association (SIA) as a de facto securityindustry Standard . It is intended to facilitate product compatibility and interchangeability, to reducemisunderstandings between manufacturers and purchasers, and to assist purchasers in obtaining the proper productsto fulfill their particular existence of this or any SIA standards document shall not prevent any SIA member or non-member frommanufacturing, selling, or using products not conforming to this or any SIA Standard .

2 SIA standards are encourages the use of this document but will not take any action to ensure compliance with this or any otherSIA SIA nor Ademco assume any responsibility for the use, application or misapplication of this some SIA standards establish minimum performance requirements, they are intended neither to precludeadditional product features or functions nor to act as a maximum performance limit. Any product, the specificationsof which meet the minimum requirements of a SIA Standard , shall be considered in compliance with that product, the specifications of which exceed the minimum requirements of a SIA Standard , shall also beconsidered in compliance with the Standard , provided that such product specifications do not exceed any maximumrequirements set by the Standard . SIA standards are not intended to supersede any recommended procedures set bya manufacturer for its reserves the right to revise this protocol at any time.

3 Users of this document are cautioned to obtain anduse the most recent edition of this Standard . Current information regarding the revision level or status of this or anyother SIA Standard may be obtained by contacting to modify this document are welcome at any time from any party, regardless of membership affiliationwith SIA. Such requests are to be made in writing, clearly identifying this document and the text within it related tothe proposed modification, and include a draft of the proposed changes with supporting comments. Requests fornew Event Codes are to include a description of the event to be reported as well as a short justification. Submissionof requests are to be accompanied by the name, phone number, and e-mail address (if available) of the personmaking the request. Requests are to be sent directly to Ademco , preferably by email, care of:Rich Hinkson: Orlando: to modify this protocol are at the sole discretion of Ademco , and Ademco reserves the right to denyrequests.

4 When a decision is made regarding a request for modification, Ademco will notify the a modification is made to this protocol , Ademco will inform SIA so that SIA may update this documentand notify other interested parties. Ademco may, at its discretion, also maintain a current list of Event Codes forthis protocol on its web site: Written requests for interpretations of this Standard and other matters of document publication should be addressedto:StandardsSecurity Industry Association635 Slaters Lane, Suite 110 Alexandria, VA 22314E-mail: Ademco GroupPage iDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis document was developed by Richard Hinkson of the Ademco Group, a division of Ademco Contact ID protocol has become a prevalent and respected format for digitalcommunications between security alarm systems and central monitoring stations.

5 Many manufacturershave adopted it, seeking industry wide gratefully acknowledges Ademco s generous contribution to communications in the securityindustry, both in allowing SIA to publish this protocol as a de facto security industry Standard and inaccepting industry requests for Ademco GroupPage iiDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsREVISION HISTORYThe following are changes made to this document, listed by 1999 BASELINEO riginal PublicationSIA Ademco GroupPage iiiDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsThis page intentionally Ademco GroupPage ivDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsTable of AND of Capitalization.. and Identification of Transmission Inter-Message (Acknowledgement) Number of Attempts.

6 Data A: Example 1 Alarm 2 Restoral 3 Opening B: Message Transmission C: Event Ademco GroupPage vDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsDigital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol -for Alarm system Standard details the specification for the Ademco Contact ID communicationformat, originally developed by the AdemcoGroup, a division of Pittway purpose of this Standard is to detail theContact ID signaling format such that it canbe adopted by any manufacturer of digitaltransmitters or receivers. Documentationand distribution of this communicationformat is intended to provide an across-the-board compatibility of equipment designedto this Standard regardless of manufacturer. This communications format utilizesstandard DTMF tones for transmission ofthe information. Objectivesa)Provide information regarding eventsthat are occurring on a customer spremises.

7 This information should bein a form that can easily be interpretedby a central station )Spend minimum practical time on lineper transaction, to minimize thenumber of receivers required to handlethe traffic and minimize the time theline is seized and not available to )Minimize the transmission error rated)Minimize the cost of the hardwareassociated with the transmission of of accordance with SIA Policy, the units ofmeasurements used throughout thispublication are the units of the SystemInternational d Unites (SI), commonlyknown as metric units. Equivalent EnglishUnits, enclosed in parenthesis, are also usedin this publication. These equivalentEnglish Units are approximate conversionsand are provided for easy otherwise specified, the tolerance formeasurements specified within this standardshall be 10 percent ( 10%). Capitalization. SIA Ademco GroupPage 1 Digital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system CommunicationsAlarm sequence events, alarm systemcommands and states, and digitalcommunication codes transmitted by thecontrol panel to the central station arecapitalized within the text of this andIdentification of within this Standard are identifiedand referenced by the number precedingeach section.

8 Unless otherwise specified,references to a section refer to only thatsection and not to subsequent subsectionswithin the LanguageThis Standard uses the term shall toconvey binding requirements. The term may is used to convey featuresthat are allowed but not required. Terms such as is , are , will , and othersare used to convey statements of fact foradvisory purposes only. The annotation Note: also precedesadvisory information DefinitionsFor the purpose of this Standard , thefollowing terms have the meaning - A manual intervention during aprocess that prevents completion of Code, or Code - A series of digitsthat a user enters on a keypad to access thesystem for arming or , or Account Number - Informationthat identifies a particular alarm , see , or ACK, or PositiveAcknowledgment - A signal sent from oneparticipant in the Communication process tothe other indicating that the data has beencorrectly - An indication of an emergencycondition.

9 The condition may be that of anintrusion, a fire, a medical panic, the condition usually causes visualand/or audible annunciation. In a systemthat is monitored, this condition istransmitted to remote Panel - see Cancel, or Manual Reset - An actionrestoring the alarm panel to a non-alarmstate. Also the transmission of that changeindicating that the previous alarm signal isto be Verification Generic name givento many techniques used to confirm or denythe validity of alarms signals received at themonitoring facility. (Also see VerifiedAlarm)Arm - To turn on a security - A defined section of the protectedsystem that can be armed and disarmedindependently. This is sometimes alsoreferred to as a partition. When areas areused, they are numbered consecutivelybeginning with - To cause a system to ignore inputchanges from a given point or zone,regardless of the arming state. Bypassedpoints and zones do not cause alarm events.

10 (Also see Zone Bypass, Unbypass)Close, or Closing - The manual or automaticarming of a security system . (Also see Earlyto Close, Fail to Close, Late to Close)Code - see Access Code, User CodeControl, Control Panel, or Alarm Panel -The part of a security system that handlesSIA Ademco GroupPage 2 Digital Communication Standard - Ademco Contact ID protocol - for Alarm system Communicationscontrol and Communication , whether ascombined or separate physical - To turn off a security system (except for 24 hr devices).DTMF or Dual Tone Multi-Frequency Astandard signaling method for dialing anddata transmission using a combination oftwo sine waves at different frequencies. It iscommonly referred to as Touch-Tone - A code that can be entered if oneor more persons try to force an individual toenter, or re-enter, a facility against theindividual s to Close, or ETC - An event createdby the arming of a system before a to Open, or ETO - An event createdby the disarming of a system before aspecified Delay or Entry Time - The period oftime allowed, after entry to the premises, todisarm the security system before trippingan Error A signal produced by a pointor zone that is still violated when the exittime has Delay, or Exit Time - The period oftime allowed, after arming a security system ,to exit the premises before tripping an to Close, or FTC - An event created bythe system at a preset time if it remains inthe disarmed to Open.