What is the right way to use multiple PIM400 on the same Bright Blue channel?

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Set PIM400 Address

 

The SUS is used to set the address of the PIM400. The address of the PIM should be set to the lowest number

available, from 0 to 15. A maximum of sixteen (16) AD-400 Locks can communicate with a PIM400 module on the

same channel, with all reader types. The address used by the PIM400 and AD-400 locks go from 0 to 15 in the

SUS and in the bright blue interface. However, the rest of the locks in bright blue use an address list of 1

through 16. When addressing a PIM400 or AD-400 lock, it is important to remember this. An address of 0 for the

PIM400 or AD-400 lock, in SUS, equals an address of 1 for the rest of the locks in bright blue. Also, The

PIM400 will have the same address as the AD-400 lock with the lowest address.

When setting the address of the PIM400 you must also designate the range of addresses being used by the AD-

400 locks that will communicate with this PIM400, designating both a low and a high address for the doors. This

allows the system to know which addresses to keep open for the AD-400 locks.

 

Example: A PIM400 is being added to the system, and it will have 8 AD-400 locks communicating with it. These

are the only devices on this channel, so there are no other device addresses to worry about. The PIM400 will be

set at address 0, with a Low value of 0 and a High Value of 7 (meaning the AD-400 locks will be addressed from 0

to 7). In the bright blue interface, the PIM400 will be addressed as 0 and the AD-400 locks will be addressed as

0 through 7.

When adding multiple PIM400s to the same channel, the second PIM should have the next available address and

its LOW/HIGH range for the AD-400 locks communicating with it should start at that number.

 

Example: A second PIM400 is being added to the system, on the same channel as the first above. There will be

6 AD-400 Locks communicating with this PIM400. The addresses of the original PIM400 and AD-400 locks has

already been set (see above example) so the new PIM400 will have to take this into account. The PIM400

address will be set to 8 (the next available number) and the Low value will be set to 8 and the high value will be

set to 13. In bright blue, this PIM400 will be addressed at 8 and the AD-400 locks communicating with it will be

addressed from 8 through 13.

When adding wired locks to the same channel as a PIM400, you have to take into account the difference in

addressing.

 

Example: An SBB-RI is being added to the system, as the same channel as the PIM400s above. The address of

the two PIM400s and their locks has already been set (see the above examples) so the SBB-RI will have to take

this into account. The first PIM400 and its locks are taking up addresses 0 through 7 and the second PIM400 and

its locks are taking addresses 8 through 13, so addresses 0 through 13 are taken. This counts as addresses 1

through 14 (0+1=1 and 13+1=14) for the hardwired locks. So the SBB-RI will be put on the next available

address, which is address 15.