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General Description
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About the VISTA-40
The VISTA-40 is a 2-partition, UL Listed control panel with the following features:
• Provides 64 zones using hardwired, polling loop and wireless.
• Provides 70 user access codes
Features
Hardwire and Optional Expansion Zones
• Provides 9 hardwire zones.
• Supports up to 16 2-wire smoke detectors on zone 1.
• Supports up to 50 2-wire latching glassbreak detectors on zone 8.
• Supports up to 55 additional expansion zones using a built-in polling (multiplex) loop.
• Supports up to 64 wireless zones (fewer if using hardwire and/or polling loop zones).
• Provides three keypad panic keys: 1 + ✴ (A), ✴ + # (B), and 3 + # (C).
Peripherals Devices
• Supports up to 16 addressable devices, (keypads, RF receivers, relay modules, etc.).
• Provides 8 relays using 4204 and X-10 devices. Can activate relays in response to system events (e.g., alarm, fault,
etc.).
• Supports the 4285/4286 VIP Module, which allows access to the system from either a remote location or on the
premises
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The VIP Module is not Listed for use with the VISTA-40 Control Panel in a UL installation.
• Supports the 4146 Keyswitch on any one of the system’s 2 partitions.
Arming/Disarming and Bypassing
• Provides global arming capability (ability to arm both partitions the user code has access to in one command).
Partitioning
• Can control 2 separate areas independently, each functioning as if it had its own separate control.
System Communication
• Supports ADEMCO Contact ID; ADEMCO High Speed; ADEMCO Express; and 3+1, 4+1, and 4+2 ADEMCO and
Sescoa/Radionics Low-Speed formats.
• Provides an Audio Alarm Verification (AAV) option that permits voice dialog between an operator at the central
station and a person at the premises. An AAV unit, such as ADEMCO UVS, is required.
Downloading
• Supports upload and download capability.