Home Automation - Wiring the DSC panel

In my previous post, I mentioned about the basic DSC components you would need if you are planning to setup home security (DIY) using DSC powerseries panels. That post also details the functions of each of these components and so I will not be repeating them again.

Here I will talk about wiring the setting it up and I will write about programming it or what you might call it as "registering the components" in my next post.

There are various videos you can find in youtube for this process. I would highly recommend that you view them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfTdZ_xwGJk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-gYcU1s-kI

Note that these basic steps listed below are the same for all DSC powerseries panels

The steps are

1.  Put in the clips into the metal enclosure which comes with the panel (PC1864NK)
2.  Attach the main panel into the enclosure using these clips
3.  Attach the AC transformer (XR-1640LED) to the panel using the 2 conductor wire. The 2 wires will go into the first 2 terminals maked "ac" in the panel
4. Connect the keypad (PK5501 or PK5500) using the 4 conductor wire to the main panel using the 4 conductor wire. The 4 wires will go into the terminals marked as RED, BLK, YEL and GRN. The colors of the wire are not that important as long as you connect the same colored wire into the keypad and the panel
5. Connect the Envisalink Internet Alert Module (EVL3) panel to the main panel using another piece of 4 conductor wire. This wire will go into the same terminals as the keypad in above step and will follow the same color codes. You could also attach EVL3 to the same enclosure of the main panel using the clips provided with EVL3. The panel will be attached to the  side walls of the metal enclosure.
6. Connect the EVL3 ethernet port to your router.
7. If all your components are wireless, you would have got the Wireless Transceiver (TR5164-433). Connect this to the same 4 terminals in the main panel as the keypad and EVL3. Again follow the same color codes for the wires in the main panel and TR5164. As you might need to move this transceiver to a more suitable location so that all your wireless components can communicate to it properly, remember that you might need some extra wire while cutting or selecting a wire for this connection.
8. If you have any wired sensors, you will connect them using the 4 conductor or 2 conductor wires (if you use 4 conductor wire, then you will not be using 2 of those colored wires). The wires will be connected to the approriate zone (marked as zone1 and COM, zone2 and COM, zone3 and COM, etc) in the main panel
9. If you have a battery backup, connect it using the wire that comes with (PC1864NK). These wires go into the pin on the lefmost side of the panel
10. Ensure everything is connected properly and power up the system

 

If everything is connected properly, you will see the LEDs light up on the panel and EVL3.