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USING THEVR43KEYPADSWITHWEIGAND
TheVR43canbe used withany standard weigandand most
nonstandard weigand controllers.The site (facility)codecanbe
set from the keypad itself (referto theWeigandOptionssections
onpage 9)andthe weiganddata isfully configurablewith up to
64 bits of data. TheVR43 keypads also support controllers that
require burstmode formatweigand.
ThePinkwire needsto be connected to 0V (theBlackwire)to
set Weigandoutput mode (unlesstheunithasbeen
programmed to force it into Weigandmode viamemory005
(refer to the WeigandOptions sections onpage 9)
Touse thekeypad inweigand(nonburst) mode, pressthecode
thenthe #key.Thekeypadcan be setupto automatically
sendthe codeafteragiven numberof keypressesby setting
memory007 (refer tothe OPTIONS section onpage 8).
VR43 TOWEIGAND WIRING DIAGRAM
Remembertopress #afterthecode tosend it unlessmemory
007 has beensetto auto send after a given number of keys.
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OPTIONS
Thereareseveraloptions that canbe settoalterthewayin
whichtheVR43 keypad behaves. Theseoptionsfallinto the 3
categoriesof General,WeigandandPresco™, allofthese are
explained below.
Theoptionscanbe set fromeitherthekeypad itselfor through
theuse of aPIM(series2orlater)and thePIM-VR software
availablefromourwebsite http://www.nidac.com inthe
downloads sectionundersoftware. Refertothehelpfile
supplied withthesoftwarefordetailsonhowtouse the PIMto
set the VR43 keypadoptions.
GeneralOptions
These optionsset thefunctionalityoftheblue, orange, brown,
light greenandpinkcontrolwiresaswellas other options that
are independentof whether thekeypad isin Weigandor
Presco™ mode.
Memory
Number
Function Default
Value
000 Bluewirecontrol (1) 1
001 Orange wirecontrol (1) 2
002 Brownwirecontrol (1) 4
003 LightGreenwirecontrol (1) 1
004 Pinkwirecontrol (1)(2) 2
005 ForcePrescoorWeigandmode (3) 255
006 Keypresstimeout 10
007 Autosend keycount (4) 0
008 Keypressesproduceabeep&flashredLED(5) 255
(1)-Wirecontrolvalues [Memories000 to004]
0=Nothingcontrolled. 4=Buzzer.
1=GreenLED. 5=Green LED+Buzzer.
2=RedLED. 6=Red LED+Buzzer.
3=GreenLED+Red LED. 7=Green LED+Red LED+Buzzer.
(2)-Pinkwirecontrol [Memory004]
ThePinkwireisalways used toselectPrescoorWeigand modeunless
memory005 issettoeither101or202(seememory005,note3).
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(3)-ForcePrescoorWeigandmode [Memory005]
101 =Always inPrescomode.
202 =Always inWeigandmode.
Allothervalues=Modeselectedbypinkwire.
(4)-Autosendkey count [Memory007]
WhenthismemoryissettoanonzerovaluetheVR43 will automatically
send thedataafter xkeyshavebeenpressed,where x=valuesetfor
thismemory.
Note:InPrescomode theautosendisdisabledifthefirst keypressedis
a *or #.
(5)-Keypress audio&visualconfirmation [Memory008]
101 =Keypressescausethe redLEDtoflashbutnobeepissounded.
151 =KeypressescauseabeeptosoundbuttheredLEDdoesn’tflash.
202 =Keypressesprovidenovisualoraudioconfirmation.TheredLED
doesn’tflashandno beepissounded.
Allothervalues=Keypressescausesabeeptosoundandthe red LED
toflash.
Weigand Options
These optionssetthe format of theWeiganddata sentbythe
keypadwhenWeigandmode is selected.The keypad cansend
upto 64 bits of dataincluding a site code up to32bits.
Memory
Number
Function Default
Value
020 SiteCodebyte3 0
021 SiteCodebyte2 0
022 SiteCodebyte1 0
023 SiteCodebyte0(usedforstandard8bitsitecode) 1
024 Numberof bitsinSiteCode(0to32) 8
025 Numberof bitsinUserCode(8to64) 16
026 Numberof bitsforstartparitycalculation 12
027 Numberof bitsforendparitycalculation 12
028 Paritypolarity (6) 2
029 Errorhandling (7) 255
032 Weigandburst mode (8) 255
033 CustomWeigandtotalnumberofbits (9) 255
034 SendLSBfirst (10) 255
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Memory
Number
Function Default
Value
035 SiteCodestartbit number 255
036 UserCodestart bitnumber 255
040 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte7 (11) 255
041 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte6 (11) 255
042 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte5 (11) 255
043 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte4 (11) 255
044 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte3 (11) 255
045 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte2 (11) 255
046 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte1 (11) 255
047 DefaultCustomWeigandPatternbyte0 (11) 255
(6)-ParityPolarity [Memory028]
0=Start parityisEven,EndparityisEven.
1=Start parityisOdd,EndparityisEven.
2=Start parityisEven,EndparityisOdd(default value).
3=Start parityisOdd,EndparityisOdd.
(7)-ErrorHandling [Memory029]
Thismemoryspecifieswhatinformation issentviatheWeigand
interfacewhen acodeisentered thatistoolarge toberepresented by
thecurrentWeigand format.
Eg.Standard26 bitWeigand hasa16 bitusercodewhichallowsa
maximumcodenumberof65535.Thismemorydetermineswhat
happenswhen anumbergreaterthen65535 isentered.
101 =Acodeof 0issent.
202 =Noinformationissent, thekeypadignorestheinput.
Allothervalues=The maximumallowablecode numberforthecurrent
formatissent (for26bit Weigandthisis65535).
(8)-Weigand burstmode [Memory032]
101 =4bit burstmode, *& #keysenabled.
121 =4bit burstmode, *& #keysdisabled.
202 =8bit burstmode, *& #keysenabled.
212 =8bit burstmode, *& #keysdisabled.
Allothervalues=Standardnon burstmodeWeigand.
(9)-CustomWeigand totalnumberofbits [Memory033]
Whenthismemoryissettoavaluefrom8to64 it overridesthestandard
Weigandformatof start parity followed by sitecode then usercode then
