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:===========================================================: | | | | | THE C. O. P. ANNUNCIATOR | | ------------------------- | | | | | | Ver. 1.1 APRIL 1, 1990 | | Copyright(C)1989,1990 Douglas J. Harmer | | | | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | | | | Douglas J.Harmer | | 5830 W. Lawrence | | Chicago,Il,60630 | | | | GENIE Mail D.HARMER1 | | -------------------- | | | | | :===========================================================: Table of Contents What is an ANNUNCIATOR? (An Introduction) . . . . . 1 System Requirments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 External Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing THECOPV1 (First Time) . . . . . . . . . 2 COMMAND LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Control Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3&4 DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registration Form Wiring Diagrams THE C. O. P. ANNUNCIATOR Copyright(C)1989,1990 Page 1 * What is an ANNUNCIATOR? * Simple ANNUNCIATORS have been in existence for many years but never described as ANNUNCIATORS. An example is a simple doorbell, it attracts your attention to the door via an audible sound. A simple definition of an ANNUNCIATOR might be as follows: "A device through which one or more senses alerts an operator to the fact that something is either wrong with a given situation or appraises him to a condition which exists requiring attentive action." A basic ANNUNCIATOR utilizes Visual and/or Audible to attract attention to it. The Audible attracts the attention of the operator to look at the ANNUNCIATOR and the Visual Light tells the operator which point is in alarm. The Audible is important because the operator may not be looking at the ANNUNCIATOR at time of alarm. Here is an EXAMPLE of an ALARM Point: A heater motor which runs continuously suddenly stops. The relay hooked up to the heater motor De-energizes closing the input contact associated with it thus changing state which triggers a ANNUCIATOR window. The window marked "HEATER MOTOR FAIL" begins to Flash Red and an Audible begins to sound. The operator upon hearing the Audible checks the ANNUNCIATOR windows and sees the Flashing Red window. He then ACKNOWLEDGES the ANNUNCIATOR by pressing a ACKNOWLEDGE button which turns off the Audible and turns the Flashing Red window to a Steady Red window. The operator uses a walkie-talkie to tell field maintenance man that the "HEATER MOTOR" has shut down. The field maintenance man checks the motor to find that a circuit breaker caused the shut down. He repairs the breaker and re-starts the motor which energizes the contact to its normal state. The operator hears the Audible again and sees that the "HEATER MOTOR FAIL" window now is Flashing Yellow which means the motor has returned to a normal state. The operator presses a RESET button and the window returns to normal. Using your imagination, the above scenario is just one of thousands of ways an ANNUNCIATOR can be used. Other more simplier uses may be a Security System monitoring doors and windows at night, using it as a Status indicator monitoring a flow process for interuptions. ANNUNCIATORS have been used for many years in places such as Nuclear Power Plants and Waste Water Treatment because they provide a Cost Effective Way of monitoring critical areas of processes. Page 1 THE C. O. P. ANNUNCIATOR (C) Copyright 1989,1990 Page 2 * SYSTEM REQUIRMENTS * THE C. O. P. software was programed,designed and tested on a TANDY 1000 TX computer. It should work on any PC or compatible but it has not been tested. It requires the use of 2- joystick ports, at least 256k ram,1- disk drive (For SPEED a Hard drive is recommended), and optional printer(LPT1) port. Your CONFIG.SYS should have FILES=20, BUFFERS=20. * EXTERNAL WIRING * *DO NOT ATTEMPT THE FOLLOWING IF YOU ARE NOT ELECTRICALLY INCLINED* Wiring of Joystick Ports should be per WIREA.SCH (for port A) and WIREB.SCH (for port B). 100K ohm Resistors should be wired as close to the computer joystick ports as possible.The field contact Resistors should be wired as close to the switches as possible.The contact switches must be TOTALLY ISOLATED from any voltage source other then the computers. Wiring to the Field Contacts should be NO more then a 200 foot Loop and 20 or 22 gage stranded wire should be used. After Wiring is completed, check to make sure NO induced voltage or any other current source is in the wiring by using a VOLT METER. (Example of 200 foot Loop: Wire from (X)axis to Switch 1 (90 feet), then to Switch 2 (10 feet),then returned to (-)minus/common (100 feet), Total 200 Feet.(Only tested for 200 foot Loop, may work on longer loops.)) Voltage in wiring is Only 5 volts. **CAUTION** DO NOT USE EARTH GROUND OR GROUND THE (-)MINUS PIN TO ANY OTHER GROUND OR MINUS!.WIRING TO COMPUTER PORTS MUST BE ISOLATED FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES. There are 4 connections to be made to each joystick port. You must find out which pins are the (X)axis,(Y)axis,(+)plus, and (-)negative/common. After you have wired ,and CHECKED WIRING, you then need to run the program IOSETUP.EXE. This program will calibrate the resistance in the wiring and produce a file IOSET.DAT which THE C. O. P. will search for. * INSTALLING THE C. O. P. * After hooking up external wiring (REF:EXTERNAL WIRING) ,at the DOS prompt, type THECOPV1 MENU and set up all the options.After options are set press (Q)uit and you will be asked to Run DEMO. I recommend you use the demo to understand the KEYS and learn the Annunciator. To RUN the ANNUNCIATOR Type THECOPV1 ALARM at the DOS prompt. * COMMAND LINE TAIL * At DOS prompt: THECOPV1 MENU (Menu Set-up) THECOPV1 DEMO (Demo Mode) THECOPV1 ALARM (ANNUNCIATOR) THECOPV1 (Will tell you the above) Page 2 THE C. O. P. ANNUNCIATOR (C) Copyright 1989,1990 Page 3 * CONTROL KEYS * (A)cknowledge press this after a window goes into ALARM (R)eset press this after window returns to NORMAL (P)rinter togle press this after a printer ERROR to restore event mode (F)ile togle press this after disk ERROR to restore event mode (V)oice press this to turn ON/OFF voice option.(only when MENUed) (Shift+X) press this to refress screen (only when no alarms) (Q)uit press this to leave THE C. O. P. (only when no alarms) (The above controls depend on the Options set in the MENU) * LICENSING * NON-COMMERCIAL USE You are granted a Limited License to use THE C. O. P. Annunciator software on a Trial basis only. If you feel that THE C. O. P. Annunciator is a product you will be using you are required to register your copy. NON-COMMERCIAL Registration FEE: $ 30.00 COMMERCIAL USE COMMERCIAL users are granted a 30 day trial period to use THE C. O. P. software. If after trial period Commercial users wish to continue using THE C. O. P. Software, you are required to register each copy. COMMERCIAL Registration FEE: $ 30.00 Primary Copy $ 15.00 each Site Copy Users may distribute copies of THE C.O.P. only if the files are unmodified and this full THECOPV1.DOC file is included. THE C. O. P. Software MAY NOT and CAN NOT be SOLD in conjuction with any other Product or Service or be used to demonstrate or promote any other product or service UNLESS Pre-Approved, in writing, by the AUTHOR. THE C. O. P. Software is SHAREWARE and is not FREE Software.Please keep SHAREWARE alive by registering your copy of THE C. O. P. Software. * THE AUTHOR * Between the years 1981 thru 1987, I was fortunate enough to work for one of the leaders in the instrumentation field. During these years, I learned a great deal about the requirments and uses of Annunciators and Monitors. One aspect I have learned is you never can have enough protection. COMMERCIAL Annunciators range from $1,000 on up to $20,000 and above. I have designed THE C. O. P. Annunciator Software not to replace these Page 3 THE C. O. P. Annunciator (C) Copyright 1989,1990 Page 4 Commercial Annunciators, BUT to complement them and to provide a more COST EFFECTIVE method of monitoring. THE C. O. P. Annunciator is an ideal method for monitoring other Annunciators or it can be used as a a Personal Home Alarm system or a simple door monitor. Since 1981 the home computer market has increased and every year the computers become faster and more economical to own. If your like me, you have an OLD PC collecting dust in the closet or using it as a talk piece in your living room of your home, THE C. O. P. can turn that old dust collector and/or show piece into a usable piece of equipment again, even if it's just to watch your doors and windows open and close!. I am very intereseted in your comments pertaining to THE C. O. P. What you like, what you don't like and of course, what features you would like to see in future installments. If you have a problem setting up or running THE C. O. P., send a S.A.S.E and a detailed description of your problem and I will be more then happy to reply.(Registered users take Precedent over NON-Registered users) Or contact me Via GENIE Mail to: D.HARMER1 * DISCLAIMER * USER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITIES IN THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND WIRING APPLICATION. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PROGRAM AND THE VARIOUS COMPUTERS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS ON THE MARKET,IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO INSURE THE FITNESS OF THE PROGRAM FOR IT'S INTENDED USE. ******* NO WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED ******* Page 4 ======================================================================= Registration Form Version 1.1 APRIL 1990 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to register ___ copy of THE C. O. P. Annunciator Software. Please Notify me of any NEW Releases of THE C. O. P. Annunciator I have enclosed a check or money order for $30.00. Make Check Payable to: DOUGLAS J. HARMER Use: Commercial NON-Commercial (Circle one) Name: ______________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Computer Equipment: ___________________________________________________ Comments: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Use: __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ $30.00 X ___ # of Copies $15.00 X ___ # of Site Copies = $ _______ Total Amount Enclosed _____________________________________________________________________ ======================================================================= DOUGLAS J. HARMER GENIE Mail D.HARMER1 5830 W. Lawrence Ave. Chicago,Il 60630 ======================================================================= Joy Stick Port A WIREA.SCH / / 4 Wire Hook-Up │ /│ *=N.C. Contacts │ /│ ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ (DRY) ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ #1 │ │ #2 │ ( X )>>───┬─────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴──────────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴─────┐ axis │ 4.7 K ohms ¼ Watt 15 K ohms ¼ Watt │ │ │ \ │ / 100 K ohm ½ Watt │ \ │ / │ │ │ ( + )>>───┤ ├────<<( ─ ) Plus │ │ Negative \ / / │ / │ /│ *=N.C. Contacts │ /│ │ 100 K ohms\ ┌────┤/ ├────────┐ (DRY) ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ │ ½ Watt/ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ │ │ #3 │ │ #4 │ │ ( Y )>>───┴─────┴───/\/\/\/\/\────┴──────────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴────┘ axis 4.7 K ohms ¼ Watt 15 K ohms ¼ Watt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIREB.SCH Joy Stick Port B / / 4 Wire Hook-Up │ /│ *=N.C. Contacts │ /│ ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ (DRY) ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ #5 │ │ #6 │ ( X )>>───┬─────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴──────────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴─────┐ axis │ 4.7 K ohms ¼ Watt 15 K ohms ¼ Watt │ │ │ \ │ / 100 K ohm ½ Watt │ \ │ / │ │ │ ( + )>>───┤ ├────<<( ─ ) Plus │ │ Negative \ / / │ / │ /│ *=N.C. Contacts │ /│ │ 100 K ohms\ ┌────┤/ ├────────┐ (DRY) ┌────┤/ ├───────┐ │ ½ Watt/ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ /│ * │ Window│ │ │ │ #8 │ │ #7 │ │ ( Y )>>───┴─────┴───/\/\/\/\/\────┴──────────┴───/\/\/\/\/\───┴────┘ axis 4.7 K ohms ¼ Watt 15 K ohms ¼ Watt *CAUTION* All wiring to Computer Ports must be ISOLATED from any other source of electrical power. Any Stray electrical Pulses or Signals which enter circuit may cause false alarms and/or DAMAGE to the computer.Keep all wiring associated with circuit away from electrical cords,wall sockets, and any other electrical device which may emit RFI.