need help with Northern N-1000-IV panel

[alex rogozin]

need help with setting up 1000-4 panel - v8.02 win-pak 1.17 connected
through serial, HID prox receiver, HID cards.
created databases, did everything by the manual ( or maybe missed
something ) - panel control works fine, relays energize, panel appear to
work. On card read green light on the 4-reader board goes steady for 1/2 sec
as described - no messaged in win-pak and no relay action - what did i miss
?
Any help appreciated.
Also - will any RS232 to RS485 converters work or i must get Northern C-100
or N-485 ?

Regards,
Alex

 

[petem]

only c-100 or 485 work..

what type of OS (windows do you have?) this software wont work on nt/2000/xp

 

[alex rogozin]

according to Northern 1.16 is for 95 and 98, 1.17 for NT, WIN2K and XP. i
use XP

 

[Jackcsg]

Check your Time Zones. Sounds like you're getting invalid card reads.

 

[petem]

never been able to have a good communication with any nt os..

 

[alex rogozin]

I'm not even getting invalid card reads - bad panel ?

 

[petem]

did he unbuffer the panel at log on?

I'm not even getting invalid card reads - bad panel ?

 

[alex rogozin]

i did buffer, unbuffer, initialize, re-created databases and created new
ones as described in described order.
from "Panel Control" relay energizes, de-energizes, pulses fine.
the readers i use are HID ProxPro 2, cards are 5 digit HID. The reader
board pulses as described during card read. "reverse LED" under panel -
readers does not work.
reader issue ? my next step is to get mag reader and try that one.
If someone could post or email working backup of the system i could also try
that approach.

Thanks to all reading this and trying to help.
Regards,
Alex

 

[Jackcsg]

Sounds like a reader issue. What bit set do you have the reader data set to?
If memory serves me, the panel default is 37 bit. If you're using a 26 bit
standard reader...there's your problem. Check your card format information.

 

[petem]

if my memory is right the controller already have a few card format in
memory and 26 bit is included in those

 

[alex rogozin]

Absolutely correct - PX4H cards work perfectly.
Thanks to all who gave this one a thought.

 

[Aegis]

The C-100 is simply an RS232-to-20ma converter. I've used AMAG's 20ma
converter and the C-100 interchangeably on both systems in the past.

The 485, especially with ACK-NAK, is specific, so would be harder to use
other parts.

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