Grace SuperCell SC500 User Information
SuperCellTM Model SC500 User’s Information
AM16
915 MHzV2.9 Fire
Time To
Alarm:
OEM-9090
ID:DA-007
13
AM16
915 MHzV2.9 Fire
Time To
Alarm:
OEM-9090
ID:DA-007
12
AM16
915 MHzV2.9 Fire
Motion Sensing
Disabled
OEM-9090
ID:DA-007
Swivel Clip
Power
Menu
Button
UP 1
Message
Button
Antenna
LCD
Display
Power
Select
Button
Down 1
Message
Button
Operation
Status LED
Alarm
Button
UP 16
Messages
Button
Front View
INTRODUCTION
The SuperCellTM SC500 is a small transceiver that provides Emergency Signaling, Alarm Monitoring, Call Back
and Messaging capability. Emergency Signaling may be
activated by pressing the Alarm Button or through lack of
motion if desired. SuperCellTM SC500 also has the ability
to monitor Emergency Alarm Signals from other Grace
Telemetry products.
Countdown Screen
Pre-Alert Screen
Motion Sensing Disabled Screen
General Operating Information
Power ON/OFF
The SuperCellTM is turned ON by simultaneously pressing and releasing both side buttons marked PWR. This is
accompanied by a series of up sweeping audio tones. A
start-up screen will appear that displays a Grace Indus-
tries logo, under which is displayed the model. (Model
details may be viewed from a Setup sub-menu also).
After the logo is briefly displayed the Status Screen appears. The top line summarizes the active features, and
status of such items as low battery warnings for example,
Down 16
Messages
Button
Back View
Top View
through a series of icons, that will be explained further in
this document.
The center of the screen shows a large number which is
countdown seconds until the alarm sounds due to lack of
motion. Moving the SuperCellTM resets the countdown. The
countdown will be shown in reverse during the Pre-Alert
If motion sensing is disabled this is indicated on the screen,
and no countdown is shown.
The right side of the screen displays OEM code and the I.D.
number. The top line shows the OEM Code, usually 9090,
described in detail later in this document. On the lower line
first two digits represent the System I.D. and the last two or
three digits represent the SC500 unit I.D. The bottom left
line of the screen shows the radio frequency, the radio firmware revision, and the type of firmware.
The SuperCellTM is turned OFF by simultaneously pressing
both PWR buttons and holding for about three seconds or
until the display shows the message Off. This is accompa-
If an alarm has been received then it is not possible to turn
the SuperCell
TM
This is to prevent unintentionally turning the SuperCellTM off
while clearing alarms. A message will be displayed on the
bottom status line indicating that the unit cannot be turned
off until the alarm has been cleared. To force the SuperCellTM to turn off, even with an active alarm, hold down the
Up button, along with the two PWR buttons. This could
be necessary in the case where alarms are coming in from
unknown or uncontrolled sources.
The SuperCellTM operation is controlled by six side push buttons noted in the photo above. The button on the left of the
SuperCellTM unit is the Mode or Menu button, the button on
the right is the Select button.
Note: The display Backlight is activated for ten seconds with
each button press or received Alarm message. The Backlight may be disabled in the unit Setup Menu, for covert
security operations.
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Display Screens and Functions
Sound Icon
Alarm Icon
Signal
Icon
Motion Icon
Low
Battery
Icon
AM16
915 MHzV2.9 Fire
Time To
Alarm:
OEM-9090
ID:DA-007
13
AM16
Send Message:0
Message 00
-120
Group: 0 User: 120 Sel to Send
AM16
Alarms Received
None
Alarm History
After initial startup, all conditions are reset by pressing both
PWR buttons simultaneously resulting in the SC500 Status
Screen being displayed. Pressing the Menu button brings
up the following screens in order:
Status Screen
Icons
The top line displays current unit configuration status, including (left to right) Signal Loss activation, Battery State when
low, Motion Sensing activation, Audio On/Off, and Inhibit
Timer activation. The time until alarm will be displayed to the
right of the top status line, when on any other screen than
the status screen. In the middle of right side of the screen
the unit I.D. number and OEM code is shown.
OEM codes are used as an additional method for isolating
systems having a large number of units operating in the
same geographic area. OEM codes are assigned by Grace
Industries to customers having this potential.
Alarm Monitoring Configurations
The SuperCellsTM can be programmed at the factory with
alarm monitoring disabled, preventing it from receiving
Alarms from other SuperCells . With alarm monitoring
TM
disabled, the SuperCellsTM can only send an Alarm and/or
receive a Call - Page signal. The top status line indicates
how the Alarm Monitor is configured. The different alarm
monitoring modes can only be programmed at the factory.
AM0 - Alarm Monitoring 0, alarm Monitoring disabled, will
not receive Alarms from other telemetry devices
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within same System I.D. group.
AM16 - Alarm Monitoring 16, enabled for all telemetry
devices within all 16 groups sharing same first digit of
System I.D.
Individual Group Blocks
Individual group blocks may be enabled or disabled over the
IrDA infrared link. When shipped from the factory all groups
are enabled. Enabling only a single group prevents receiving messages from other groups that may be on scene in a
mutual aid situation.
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Send Message Screen
The Send Message option may be used to send one of 80
pre-programmed text messages. The pre-programmed text
messages are programmed to the SC500 through the SuperCellTM Database Manager Utility Program provided with
SuperCellsTM. The messages are accessed by going to the
Send Message screen, then using the Up/Dwn/*/# buttons
to chose the desired message. Up and Down change the
message count by one, while * and # change the count by
16. Once a message is selected, press and hold the Select
button for approximately three seconds, the message will be
transmitted and a Message Sent acknowledgment will be
displayed on the screen. Use Up/Dwn/*/# buttons to choose
other messages or the Menu button to leave the Send Message feature.
Alarm History Screen
Display Before Any Alarms Have Been Received
TM
When an Alarm is received from other SuperCell
, TPASS®
or other Grace Telemetry equipment, the I.D. of the unit in
alarm is shown on the display. If multiple units are in Alarm,
the I.D.s of the last thirty-two units in ala
rm will be placed
in the Alarm History Menu. The Operation Status LED rapidly strobes, alternating Red and Green. When the side
PWR buttons are pressed simultaneously; the SuperCellTM
is reset and will not respond to the same alarm for thirty
seconds. This is referred to as alarm-inhibit-time and tem-
porarily prevents the device from continually displaying the
same repeating alarm, which would impede the user from
operating the SuperCellTM menu system.
Warning: During this thirty second alarm-inhibit-time,
alarm signals from the same alarm will not be indicated or
displayed.
On the display status screen a solid alarm icon represents
that the unit is actively monitoring alarms. An outline alarm
icon indicates that the recently activated alarms are not being monitored. The Inhibit Timer may be enabled or disabled
in the Setup section described later. From the factory the Inhibit Timer is enabled, as disabling it causes multiple alarms
from the same unit to be received in successions requiring
multiple manual acknowledgments, which would impede the
user from operating the SuperCellTM menu system. Each
individual alarm must be acknowledged by pressing both
side PWR buttons. The bottom line of the display will show
how many alarms have been received that will need acknowledged. If more than eight alarms are received simultaneously, without any operator acknowledgment via the PWR
buttons, additional incoming alarms will not be processed;
until the operator acknowledges at least one alarm and the
thirty second Inhibit Timer expires for that alarm.
CALL / PAGE Event Counters
Cpt. J. Doe
Run Time: 01:12:59
AM16
System Test
Hold SELect 3Sec
AM16
Setup Mode
Alarms Disabled
AM16
Hold SELect 35sec
for Setup Mode
AM16
SC500
v0.2.0-1995-02
Feb 2 201007:57:33
AM16
IRDA Transfer
Hold SELect 3Sec
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0 0 0
Event Counters
SETUP MODE
CALL / PAGE Screen
The Operation Status LED will rapidly strobe Green and
the SuperCellTM will vibrate and display Call/Page when a
Call-Page (evacuate) signal is received from In-Command,
Grace-Watch, LCD T3 Command Base, MX900 or MX2400.
Audio tones will also sound if audio is enabled. Receipt of
the Call/Page signal is acknowledged and reset by the user
simultaneously pressing both PWR side buttons.
The top line displays the number of times this unit has been
paged by the supervisory or commanding officer due to
developing hazard, and the number of Roll Call and PAR
messages received. The bottom line contains the count of
Call-Page/PAR/Roll Call messages received since the SuperCellTM was turned on. These values return to zero when
the SuperCell
TM
is turned off.
Name/On Time-Information Screen
Each SuperCell
TM
may be given a specific name or identity
via the IrDA infrared link, see the subsequent section on
programming unit for details. The contents of this identity
field are free format to use as desired. Examples: Station
One, Cpt. J. Doe, Shift 1A. The second line is an Hour meter shown the days/hours/minutes the SuperCellTM has been
running since being turned on.
Setup Mode Screen
SC500 settings that are rarely changed are under the Setup
Menu. Press SELECT to enter the Setup Mode and press
the Menu button to cycle through the ten SC500 setup
screens. To exit the Setup Mode reset the unit by simultaneously pressing and releasing both PWR side buttons.
The Operation LED will be solid Red while in Setup mode.
Approximately two minutes after the last button press, while
in Setup mode, the SuperCell
TM
, will revert to normal operating mode, and an up sweeping Power Up sound signature
will be generated.
IMPORTANT - Alarms Will Not Be Monitored While
In Setup Mode.
Setup Mode Screen 1
SC500 Firmware Data
Setup Mode Screen 2
The top display line shows the model of the SuperCell
The middle line shows the firmware version, build number,
and status code.
TM
.
System Link Test Screen
When used in conjunction with other compatible Grace Lone
Worker products, a complete system test (end to end) may
be initiated by pressing and holding the Select button for
three seconds. After Select has been held for three seconds
a Link Query message is transmitted, and the SuperCell
display shows a round trip timer, used to measure the complete system path test time. The display will show when a
Link Status message is received, in conjunction with a power-up sound sequence. If no Link Status Acknowledgment
message is received after five minutes, this will be indicated
via a simple audio beep and a message.
For more information on System Link Test see Mobile Lone
Worker Applications later in User’s Guide.
The bottom line of the display is the date this firmware version was created.
Pressing Select shows the firmware revision and features of
the radio transceiver, used to do Smart SignalingTM.
IrDA Transfer
TM
Setup Mode Screen 3
The SC500 can hold up to 64,770 Names (254 groups of
255) of 16 characters and 16 Messages, plus the Unit Identity. This Name and Message information is transferred to
and from a host computer via an infrared link and host PC
software. Several features of the SC500 may be configured/
enabled/disabled from the host PC.
To prevent accidentally entering the IrDA Transfer mode,
the Select button must be held continually for three seconds. Once in the IrDA Transfer mode unit will only respond
to commands from the host computer.
IrDA Transfer Continued on Next Page
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