terrapin Safety Turtle SB102 Operating Instructions Manual

Model SB102 Operating Instructions

Receiver and Horn on Plexi glass stand

Photo 1a

Table of Contents

The Integrator Base Station

Operation of the Wireless Secondary Alarm

Test Procedure

Receiver and Horn wall mountable

Photo 1b

Terrapin Communications Inc.

4017 Carling Ave, Suite 301

Ottawa, ON

K2K 2A3

1-800-368-8121

www.safetyturtle.com

The Integrator Base Station

1. In order to use Safety Turtle with a home alarm system or with a Secondary Alarm supplied by Terrapin,

an Integrator Base Station is required. The Integrator Base Station looks like a regular Base Station (see Safety
Turtle® User Guide), except for an external plug on the side of the Base Station, into which a cable can be
plugged.

2. The Integrator Base Station functions with Turtles (and other Safety Turtle sensors) the same way as a

regular Base Station. Read the Safety Turtle® User Guide and perform set up of the Integrator Base Station to
ensure complete coverage of an area.

3. The Integrator Base Station has a three contact female jack that contains normally open, normally closed

and common contacts. These contacts switch state when the Integrator Base Station begins alarming.

4. If located outdoors, a Terrapin Carrying Bag is required to protect the Integrator Base Station from water

and dirt intrusion, direct sun and extreme cold. A Carrying Bag is included with the Integrator Base Station.

5. The home alarm / Secondary Alarm will not sound if the Integrator Base Station loses power. The

Integrator Base does not have internal battery back up. No alarm will sound if the green light on the Integrator
Base Station is not on.

6. Any connection to your home alarm system should be performed by your alarm company. (Instructions for

the home alarm company are included.)

7. When properly connected to your home alarm or to a Terrapin supplied Secondary Alarm, secondary

alarming will begin immediately after the Integrator Base Station starts alarming. Pressing the moon-shaped
button on the Integrator Base Station will stop secondary alarming entirely even though the Integrator Base
Station will continue to sound at a lower volume until the Turtle (or other Safety Turtle sensor) stops
transmitting.

8. The home alarm or Secondary Alarm will not sound if the Integrator Base Station is activated in Test Mode

[amber light on], or fault beeps.

9. Wireless model SB102 is configured for normally closed contact. When the transmitter cable is

disconnected, the Secondary Alarm WILL sound.

10. Wired model SC102 is configured for normally open contact. When the horn cable is disconnected the

Horn WILL NOT sound.

Printed in Canada March 05, 2010

OPERATION OF WIRELESS SECONDARY ALARM

1. Before proceeding, read accompanying instructions Integrator Base Station. The Secondary Alarm

should be installed after the Integrator Base Station has been tested at its fixed location.

2. The Secondary Alarm has three components (see photos 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4 and 5):

- Transmitter

- Receiver

- Horn

The Receiver (connected to the Horn) and the Transmitter (inserted into the Integrator Base Station as shown in
photo 6) can be up to 1500 feet apart in a clear line of site. The Horn sounds when the Integrator Base Station
starts alarming. There is no volume control on the Horn.

3. The Secondary Receiver of the dual alarming commercial Safety Turtle system model SB102 has jumper

selectable outputs for each channel 1 to 4 [see 11].

Each output can be configured latching or momentary:

1. Latching output - Causes output to latch until reset by a restore transmission. Alarms continuously until Base
Station is muted. Must be manually reset by depressing Transmitter switch if Secondary Alarm is unplugged or
power fails [see 8].

2. Momentary output - Causes a momentary output with each new alarm activation. Alarms for approximately
2 seconds, then stops. Resets as for latching output, or on power interruption.

Unless otherwise requested, all channels are factory preset latching.

On request, Terrapin will factory configure a channel momentary.

The customer can also field switch a channel from latching to momentary, and conversely. Instructions
available on request.

4. Set up the Secondary Alarm as follows:

Step 1 Remove the black plug on the end of the Transmitter, exposing an audio jack (see photo 3).

Do not lose this plug. Connect the Transmitter to the Integrator Base Station by inserting the audio
jack fully into the Integrator Base Station plug. Place the Transmitter in the basket at the back of the
Integrator Base Station. When you remove the Transmitter from the Integrator Base Station,

immediately put the black plug back on (or cover the jack with aluminum foil to short the leads).
This will silence the Horn. Failure to take this step will drain the Transmitter’s battery.

Step 2 Locate the Receiver/Horn [Plexiglas stand] at waste level or higher, indoors, and

without electrical obstructions between it and the Integrator Base Station. Plug in its wall AC adapter.
Raise the two antennas of the Receiver vertically. The AC adapter cord is NOT removable from the

Receiver/Horn - do not pull on it.

Step 3 Test your system in ACTIVE MODE (only the green light on the Integrator Base Station

should be lit) by partly immersing the Turtle in water, which will set off the Integrator Base Station.
Coincidentally, the ALARM light (see photo 4) on the Receiver will illuminate and the Horn will