Chapter 1: Introduction
2 Concord 4 Installation Manual
Planning the installation
This section describes system capabilities to help you get familiar with the system.
Appendix A “System planning sheets” on page 111 provides planning sheets that let
you record the hardware and programming configuration of the system. Fill in all
necessary information ahead of time to help prepare for system installation.
Standard panel
Table 1 below shows the standard panel capabilities.
Table 1: Panel capabilities
Capabilities Concord Express v4 Concord 4/Concord Commercial v4
Zones 32 96
Partitions 2 6
Bus devices 16 16
User codes 16 230
Table 2 describes the basic panel (out-of-box) hardware capabilities for all panels.
Table 2: Basic panel hardware capabilities
Power Input for an AC step-down, plug-in style transformer.
Auxiliary power output Output that supplies 9 to 14 VDC with up to 1 amp for bus devices and
hardwired detectors, such as smoke and motion detectors.
Bus A and B Input and output that provides communication between bus devices
and the panel.
Siren driver Output that can drive an 8-ohm load and provides intrusion and fire
alarm sounds for partition 1 (15 watts maximum).
Two onboard outputs Can be used to activate other signaling devices based on system
events.
Out 1 is a 9 to 14 VDC source output, limited to 1.0 amp max.
Out 2 is an open-collector output, rated up to 14 VDC, 300 mA max
Microphone input Input used for 2-way audio when used in conjunction with the
Interrogator 200 audio verification module.
Eight supervised hardwired
zones
Inputs for various hardwired detectors. Zone 8 can be set up in
programming to accept two-wire smoke detectors. It sources 9 to 14
VDC, 90mA max.
Built-in RF receiver Allows use of up to 96 (Concord 4) or 32 (Concord Express v4) 319.5
MHz. crystal and/or SAW learn mode wireless sensors and touchpads.
Phone line connection Allows panel to communicate with central monitoring station and/or
pagers.
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