MCDI exprecium Installation Manual

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Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................................................3

Main features.............................................................................................................................................................................................................3

System Requirements..............................................................................................................................................................................................3

Content of disk : Drivers & Utilities.........................................................................................................................................................................3

Installing the Exprecium Card..................................................................................................................................................................................3

Installing drivers and utilities software.....................................................................................................................................................................4

DOS users.............................................................................................................................................................................................................4

Using COMIRQ utility..........................................................................................................................................................................................4

Installing Windows 95 drivers..............................................................................................................................................................................5

Installing Windows 98 drivers..............................................................................................................................................................................5

Using WINCOM utility.........................................................................................................................................................................................6

Setting up your Exprecium........................................................................................................................................................................................7

Physical characteristics of Exprecium..................................................................................................................................................................10

Size......................................................................................................................................................................................................................10

Buffer memory....................................................................................................................................................................................................10

External battery connector..................................................................................................................................................................................10

Buzzer Alert/Warning.........................................................................................................................................................................................10

Formats and characters transmitted......................................................................................................................................................................11

Receiving.............................................................................................................................................................................................................11

Listen-in, Two way voice....................................................................................................................................................................................11

Transmission to computer and printer in EXPRECIUM Native mode..........................................................................................................11

EXPRECIUM Error and Warning messages sent to Printer port and PC......................................................................................................13

Transmission to computer and printer in Ademco 685 / Surgard emulation mode........................................................................................13

Messages from EXPRECIUM printer port.......................................................................................................................................................13

Transmission rate...............................................................................................................................................................................................13

Warranty..................................................................................................................................................................................................................14

Legal compliance and Warning..............................................................................................................................................................................14

United States Regulation FCC Warning.......................................................................................................................................................14

EC Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................................................................................................15

Europe EN41003 Warning Application Note 48, Issue 5.................................................................................................................................15

Technical data sheet for Exprecium.......................................................................................................................................................................17

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Introduction

EXPRECIUM is a full format PC-based alarm receiver card. With two phone line per board, Eprecium gives you the power to turn your
PC into a powerful alarm receiver. Starting with one board, you can add boards as your Central grows.

With large size memory, fast modem circuit, improved PC bus interface and Caller ID function, Exprecium adds a new dimension to
Alarm Receiving and PC Integrated Monitoring Station.

The Exprecium receiver card carries a five year limited warranty.

Main features

• PCI bus interface, 2/3 lenght card.

• Plug & Play compatible with Dos, Windows 95 and Windows 98.

• Flash memory for easy firmware update, realtime clock, storage of events and parameters.

• 2 phone lines per card, direct printer output, on-board buzzer.

• May share PC with TLR and TLR+ Receiver Card.

• Supports most popular formats including SIA and Contact ID.

• Up to 1800 event buffer kept in a non volatile memory.

• No logical account limitation.

• and much more ...

System Requirements

Ensure that your IBM PC-compatible computer has the following :

1. An Intel 486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, or compatible processor with a Plug & Play Bios.

2. 8Mb or more of system memory for DOS system. For Windows 95 or 98, minimum requirements recommended by Microsoft.

3. MSDOS 6.22, Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating systems.

4. An empty PCI expansion slot for each Exprecium Receiver Card to be installed.

Content of CDROM disk: Drivers & Utilities

Windows 95 & 95 drivers :
OXMEP.SYS OXMF.SYS OXMF.VXD OXMFUF.SYS OXPCI.INF OCPCI2.INF

OXSER.INF OXSER.SYS OXSER.VXD OXSERUI.DLL OXUI.DLL
File name Description
XPRECIUM.EXE Configuration program to configure your Exprecium or upgrade itsfirmware.

Can be used in DOS or Windows.
XPRECIUM.BIN Binary file used to download firmware into the Exprecium card.
COMIRQ.EXE Use to check specific Exprecium card in DOS environment. Allow you to

see incoming raw signals received.
WINCOM.EXE Same as COMIRQ but for Windows environment only.
WSCOM.EXE Communication module to be used with SAMM10 and WINSAMM.

Installing the Exprecium Card

1. Shut down the computer and remove the AC power cord.

2. Open the computer case to gain access to the inside. Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static electricity

before touching a board. Static electricity can damage the components inside a computer or on a printed circuit board.

3. Locate an empty PCI expansion slot into which you will install the Exprecium card. The selected slot must support PCI Plug &

Play devices. In most recent computers, all PCI slots have this ability. If you are not sure that your PC does, check the
specification manual or contact your PC vendor. Remove the slot cover from the selected PCI slot. Retain the screw from the slot

cover, you will need it to secure the Exprecium Card to the computer chassis.

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4. Remove the card from the anti-static bag. Record its serial number, you may be required to supply it in case of a support call.

Holding the edge of the card, carefully align the edge connector with the expansion slot. Push the board into the slot firmly and
evenly until it is fully seated inside the slot.

5. Visually inspect the connection. If it does not appear to be correct, remove and re-install the board. Secure the card to the

computer’s chassis using the screw removed in step 3.

6. You can close the computer case at this point or wait until everything is functioning properly.

Installing drivers and utilities software

DOS users :

installed PCI card and assign a COM address and an IRQ to each card. Most PC displays a list of PCI devices installed at the power on.
It may be necessary to press the PAUSE key to have a chance to look at it.

There is no need to install any specific DOS driver. Once you start your computer, the Bios will automatically detect the new

Here is an example :

PCI device listing …

Bus No. Device No. Func No. Vendor ID Device ID Device class IRQ

0 7 1 8086 7111 IDE Controller 14
0 7 2 8086 7112 Serial Bus Controller 11
0 9 0 6234 0001 Simple COMM Controller 15
0 9 0 6234 0001 Simple COMM Controller 5
0 11 0 1142 643D Display Controller NA
ACPI Controller 9

EXPRECIUM Vendor Number : 6234 Device ID : 0001

In above example, two Exprecium Receiver cards are installed. One with IRQ 15 and a second one with IRQ 5.
Notes : It is possible that your Bios assigns the same IRQ to more than one device. If your DOS application supports IRQ sharing this

Use the configuration utility called XPRECIUM.EXE, located on the media coming with your Exprecium card, to set the specific options.
See section SETTING UP YOUR EXPRECIUM CARD for more information.

Using COMIRQ utility :

Also a debugging tool is provided. It is called COMIRQ.EXE
To use it, type :
COMIRQ X1 look at incoming signals on the first Exprecium card or

COMIRQ X2 look at incoming signals on the second Exprecium card or
COMIRQ X3 look at incoming signals on the third Exprecium card
… etc. up to COMIRQ X9

is not a problem. If your application does not have the ability to share IRQ’s, try the following steps :

• Move the Exprecium card to another free PCI slot to get a different IRQ assignment.

• Free more IRQ’s in your system by removing unused cards.

• Manually assign to the specific PCI slot a reserved IRQ in your Bios settings and install
the Exprecium in that slot to avoid IRQ conflict. Refer to your PC manual or contact your service technician for

more information on how to manually assign IRQ’s.

The IRQ sharing issue is not a problem when using the Exprecium card under Windows 95 or 98 since Windows is managing
IRQ’s internally and has the ability to share them.

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Here is an example of display provided by the COMIRQ utility :

COM D400 IRQ 5 : ANY INCOMING SIGNAL Hit "Space Bar" to send ACK
___________________________________________________________________________________
@<CR>
@<CR>
@<CR>
11:09 02/08 12 1234 51<CR>
11:09 02/08 12 1234 51<CR>
11:09 02/08 12 1234 51<CR>
11:09 02/08 12 1234 51<CR>
@<CR>
11:09 02/08 12 4378 O66<CR>
11:10 02/08 12 4378 O66<CR>
11:10 02/08 12 1234 51<CR>
@<CR>
@<CR>
___________________________________________________________________________________
IRQ Number might Be Available : 3 5 10 11
<ESC> To exit --- <DEL> Clear screen --- Press "A" to enable <ACK>

The top line of the display indicates your Base address and IRQ setting. Press the letter “A” to acknowledge all signals. In the above
example, the COM port address is D400 and the IRQ is 5. This is the information required to configure your DOS software.

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Installing Windows 95 drivers :

1. Power up the computer and allow it to boot into Windows 95. Windows 95 detects that you have added new hardware (Exprecium
receiver card). The New Hardware Found dialog displays : PC SERIAL CONTROLLER. The Add New Hardware Wizard will
detect an : OXCB950 Cardbus UART.

2. Insert your Exprecium CDROM disk in your CDRON drive and click NEXT to continue.

3. When asked to : “ Please insert the disk labeled ‘High-performance ports driver disk’ and then click OK “, click OK to continue.

4. The following message will be displayed : “The file ‘oxmf.vxd’ in high-performance ports driver disk could not be found”, click

BROWSE , in the Drive Section, select your CDROM drive then click OK.

5. The same dialog box will appear again. This time just click OK. Windows will complete the installation.

For each Exprecium card installed, Windows will create a new COM port starting at COM5 (COM1 to COM4 are reserved for your PC).
The second card will be on COM6, the third one on COM7 and so on ...

Installing Windows 98 drivers :

1. Power up the computer and allow it to boot into Windows 98. Windows 98 detects that you have added new hardware (Exprecium
receiver card). The New Hardware Found dialog displays : PC SERIAL CONTROLLER. The Add New Hardware Wizard will
detect an : OXCB950 Cardbus UART, click NEXT to continue.

2. When asked to specify how to install the driver, select SEARCH FOR THE BEST DRIVER FOR YOUR DEVICE, and then click

NEXT .

3. Insert the CDROM DRIVERS & UTILITIES into the CDROM drive. In the Add New Hardware Wizard box, select CDROM
DRIVES (as the location for the drivers) and press NEXT . The Install Disk dialog displays : ?:\OXPCI.INF press NEXT .

4. Windows will copy and install the required drivers for your Exprecium card. Click FINISH to let Windows complete the process.

For each Exprecium card installed, Windows will create a new COM port starting at COM5 (COM1 to COM4 are reserved for your PC).
The second card will be on COM6, the third one on COM7 and so on ...

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Using WINCOM utility :

Within Windows, double click on the WINCOM icon.
Select SETTINGS and set the COM port to match the EXPRECIUM COM port. If you only have one Exprecium

installed in your system, the COM port address should be COM5. Then click OK. Do not change other parameters
since they are already set to match your Exprecium card.

Function of each button :
OPEN To start monitoring the selected port.
SETTINGS To select the proper COM port address to be viewed.
SEND ACK To acknowledge each signal one by one.
ENABLE ACK To acknowledge all signals
Use the CLEAR SCREEN button to clear the display.

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