Tyco Safety Sensormatic ACDRM 120K Installation Guide

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RM Installation Guide

This document is a preliminary guide to properly installing your RM1, RM2, or RM3 reader, and
assumes familiarity with the older Sensormatic MRM readers and installation procedures
contained in the apC Technical Manual, UM-009-F, the apC8/X Technical Manual, UM-010-C,
or the apC/L Technical Manual, UM-025-C.

Caution – Important Static Electricity Precautions

1. Before handling any components, discharge your body’s static charge by touching a
grounded surface.

2. Wear a grounding wrist strap and work on a grounded static protection surface.

3. Do not slide the RM module over any surface.

4. Limit your movements during configuration to minimize static charge generation.

RM Grounding

A grounding lug is provided on the RM board at J5, to which a local earth ground should be
attached. A push-on connector is provided, which should be crimped on to an 18 to 22 AWG size
wire that is connected to a suitable earth ground such as a cold water pipe or the ground
conductor at a nearby power outlet. Push the connector on to the lug at J5.

The keypad has an electrostatic discharge (ESD) tail that should go under the screw next to J5 to
provide a path to earth ground for any static discharge that may enter the RM through normal
keypad entry operation. The earth ground at J5 is essential for proper operation of the keypad’s
ESD protection layer.

Using the Auxiliary Relay Module (ARM)

Two ARMs may be connected to an RM through the P5 connector, as opposed to the single
ARM support found in the MRM series readers. P5-1 is the common pin for either ARM, and
P5-2 is the output drive for the first relay, and P5-3 is the output drive for the second relay.
Wiring from the ARM to the RM should be as follows:

ARM 1 PR-1 to RM P5-1
P2-2 to RM P5-2
ARM 2 P2-1 to RM P5-1
P2-2 to RM P5-3

SW3 Settings

1. The reader type, Wiegand or Magnetic, is set by SW3-1. The switch is preset for the type
of reader installed in the RM housing. The switch is in the OPEN or OFF position for
magnetic readers, and in the CLOSED or ON position for Wiegand output compatible
readers.

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2. If an LCD display is not present, SW3-2 must be in the CLOSED or ON position. The
RM4 configuration must have the switch in this position to work properly in this
instance.

3. SW3-3 and SW3-6 control the functioning of the LEDs as follows:

a. When the internal LED bar provided as part of the RM1, RM2, or RM3 housings

is being used, both SW3-3 and SW3-6 must be in the OPEN or OFF position.

b. When an external reader is being used with an RM4 module, SW3-3 should be in

the CLOSED or ON position and SW3-6 must be OPEN or OFF to control single
or two-wire controlled bi-color LEDs.

i. For a 2-wire controlled bi-color LED, connect J4-2 to the wire controlling

the red LED, and J4-4 to the wire controlling the green LED.

ii. For a single wire controlled bi-color LED, connect J4-3 to the LED wire.

iii. For a single color LED with only an ON or OFF state, SW3-6 must be

CLOSED or ON and the control wire connected to J4-3. This connection
simulates the MRM method of tying J4-2 and J4-4 together.

4. When SW3-4 is CLOSED or ON, the tamper switch is bypassed. This switch should be
set in this position for RM4 modules as well as during testing of RM1 and RM2 readers.

5. SW3-5 is the end-of-line termination switch, and must be set to the CLOSED or ON
position if the reader is the only reader connected to an apC port or is the last reader on a
particular string of readers.

Additional Connection Pin on J3 – Pin 6

The MRMs had only five pins on this connector, which provides an interface to various reader
modules, and can provide +5V power directly to an attached reader without requiring wiring to
other MRM connectors to provide +12V power. Pin J3-6 provides the +12V power for the Indala
and Hughes modules, which may be installed in the RM, without requiring a separate wire for
the +12V.