DMP LT-1944 ECP Passthru Compass Setup User Guide

REMOTE LING
HOW-TO GUIDE:
ECP PASSTHRU COMPASS®
SETUP

This is a discontinued document and is no longer maintained. These instructions have been integrated into Com Series How-To: ECP Passthru (LT-2209).

ECP PASSTHRU OVERVIEW

Starting with Remote LinkTM Version 1.93, you can connect a customer’s Honeywell VISTA® panel with CellCom, DualCom, or iComSL Series communicators using Honeywell’s Compass® software and Remote Link. This feature is called ECP Passthru. Before using the ECP Passthru feature, you must configure Remote Link and create the VISTA system in Compass. To use ECP Passthru for remote programming, watch the video or complete the steps that follow.

How to connect a Universal Communication to the VISTA® ECP Bus

How to Program a VISTA Panel Connected to a Universal Communication Using ECP Passthru

SET UP REMOTE LINK

The following instructions assume that you already have a basic communicator account added to your Remote Link accounts. To enable ECP Passthru for that account, complete the following steps.

1. Right-click Remote Link and select Run as administrator.
2. Double-click the communicator account.
3. Go to Program > System Options.
4. To enable communication, go to Keypad input and select ECP. Press OK.
5. Go to File > Panel Information.
6. In Connection Information, enter the VISTA account number in Ecp Acct.
7. Press OK.
8. Go to ECP Passthru > ECP Start/Stop Server.

CREATE A SYSTEM IN COMPASS

Add the VISTA Panel

Refer to Figure 2 while completing the following steps.

1. 1. Open Compass.

2. In the lower right corner of the Customers page, select Add. The Customer Detail window opens.
3. In Subscriber Data, enter a Receiver number and Account number.
4. In the Panel Data section, select the VISTA panel model and revision number.
5. In Network Device MAC Addr, enter FFFFFF. 6. Press OK.

Figure 2:Customer Detail

Set Up Communication

Refer to Figure 3 while completing the following steps.

1. In Customers, double-click the new account. The Panel Editor opens.
2. Go to Tools > Communications. The Compass Communication window opens.
3. Go to File , then select Communication Settings.
4. In the lower left corner, select TCPIP Port Settings.
5. To ensure that Compass uses a TCP/IP connection, select a TCP/IP port.
6. Press Add.

Figure 3:Communication Settings and Configure TCPIP Port

Configure TCP/IP Settings

Refer to Figure 4 while completing the following steps.

1. In the lower left corner of the Compass Communication window, press Connect.
2. A dialog pops up to notify you that communication settings must be configured. Press OK.
3. Select Enable TCP/IP.
4. In the TCPIP Port dropdown, select the appropriate TCP/IP port.
5. Ensure that the Network Device MAC Addr is FFFFFF.
6. In Connection Mode, select ECP.
7. Ensure that AlarmNet-i is selected.
8. Press Connect.

Figure 4:Communications

For more information about ECP Passthru, refer to the Remote Link User Guide and the programming guides for CellCom, DualCom, or iComSL Series communicators.

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