Detailed Setup Instructions
A typical PeaceMaker user can skip this page and refer, instead, to the Quick Setup Instructions. But for advanced users who wish to customize their PeaceMaker’s siren silencing criteria or want a more thorough understanding of PeaceMaker’s various settings, the following steps can be followed.
Before installation, PeaceMaker must be configured by setting the row of 10 switches inside the back of the unit. These settings tell PeaceMaker specifically when you want siren silencing to occur. After setting the 10 switches, be sure to momentarily press PeaceMaker's reset button to lock in all of the new settings.
When triggered, a honking car-horn alarm cycles the horn on and off regularly, usually once every second. In order to prevent PeaceMaker from considering each of these short periods to be a new alarm triggering, the Honking Switch must be properly set.
The Honking Switch should be turned off for most alarm systems, including all 6-15 volt dc sirens (even if they generate variable/multiple tones), bells, and buzzers. It should also be turned off for all 8-ohm speaker sirens that don't generate regular silent gaps when sounding, even if they generate variable/multiple tones. Almost all home and business alarm systems require this setting to be off. The off setting is shown below.
Two types of alarm systems require the Honking Switch to be turned
on because the audible alarm has regular silent periods. These short
silent gaps momentarily result in zero volts on the siren wire. The
two types are:
1. A car alarm system that honks the car's horn when triggered. Click below to hear an example of a honking car horn alarm.
The honking car horn turns on-off, on-off, on-off... To prevent PeaceMaker from considering the silent periods to be the start of new triggerings, the Honking Switch should be turned on.
2. An alarm system using an 8-ohm "speaker siren" (speaker sirens have no built-in siren driver circuit in the siren) that "plays" a variety of tone patterns when triggered - and some of these tone patterns have brief silent periods. These are often found in car alarms. You can hear brief silent periods in some of the tone patterns, usually patterns that generate a honking sound effect. Click below to hear an example of a siren with brief silent periods.
Listen for two brief silent periods when the siren "honks" twice approximately 3/4 of the way through the siren's tone pattern. If there are any silent periods in your speaker siren's tone patterns, the Honking Switch should be turned on.
The on setting for the Honking Switch is shown below.
STEP 2 – Type 1 and Type 2 Setup
Read the owner’s manual for your alarm system, or consult your alarm installer, to determine its “reset time”. This is how long the siren will sound when the alarm is triggered, without PeaceMaker attached, until it automatically resets and rearms itself. Most house or business alarms have a reset time of 3 minutes or 5 minutes. Most car alarms have a reset time of just 30 seconds.
You are now going to configure PeaceMaker for Type 1 and Type 2 silencing. Start by matching your alarm system’s reset time to the “Your Alarm System's Reset Time” column in the table below.
Next, decide whether you want a “quieter”, “typical” (recommended), or
“noisier” setting for Type 2 silencing and choose an appropriate row in
the above table. During continual re-triggerings, a quieter setting
silences the siren sooner while a noisier setting silences the siren after
it has sounded for a longer period of time.
Enter the required switch settings shown in the last column into the Type 1-2 Switches. Several examples are provided.
STEP 3 – Type 3 Setup
You are now going to configure PeaceMaker for Type 3 silencing, which is characterized by intermittent re-triggerings. One example of a Type 3 false alarm is a household pet setting off your alarm system throughout the day every time it moves past a motion detector. Another example is a car alarm sounding every time a truck drives past it.
Choose the time window and number of triggerings until silencing from the table below.
Enter the required switch settings shown in the last column into the Type 3 Switches. Several examples are provided.
STEP 4 – Type 3 Delay Setup
When Type 3 silencing begins to occur, as defined by your settings in Step 3 above, you may want to immediately silence the siren. Alternatively, you may wish to sound the siren at each new triggering, but only for an abbreviated period of time, just in case a crook has returned several times to your property. The abbreviated siren soundings cut down on noise pollution, yet still provide security in the unlikely event that a brazen thief returns repeatedly to the crime scene. Determine the setting that best meets your needs.
PeaceMaker can also be configured to automatically replace the delayed silencing on each new triggering with immediate silencing if the alarm system continues to be intermittently re-triggered.
The optional delay consists of two values: the number of triggerings with a delay, and the delay in seconds for each triggering until silencing occurs. Choose a pair of values that best meet your needs from the table below.
Enter
the required switch settings shown in the last column into the Delay Switches.
Several examples, combined with the Type 3 Switch settings, are provided.
After completing this final switch configuration, be sure to momentarily
press PeaceMaker's reset button to lock in all of the new switch settings.
