Level Matching

The purpose of this document is to provide insight into how signals match in Affiliated’s automation platform and where the handling instructions for those signals can be located.

When an alarm signal/event is received by Affiliated, it is logged in the account’s Event History which is visible to you in the Affiliated Partner Portal. The event history also includes the “Match” column which informs you of the “Level” of the match, alarm Signal Format, Event Code, and Receiver Task.

There are four Levels of signal matching:

• Level 1: Zones Pages
  Level 1 indicates that the signal matched a zone/code on the zones page of the account. If no match is found, the automation platform goes to the next level of matching.
• Level 2: System Type/Template
  Level 2 indicates that the signal matched a zone/code on the system type or template level of the account. If no match is found, the automation platform goes to the next level of matching.
• Level 3 and Level 4: Global Default Event Table
  Levels 3 and 4 indicate that the signal matched a zone/code on Affiliated’s global default event table.
  If the signal does not match a zone/code on any of the four levels referenced above, the signal is logged as **01, Undefined Signal in the event history of the account.

Below is an example of information you will see in the “Match” column:

2,CID,E131,Task:30

In the example above, the first notation is “2” which is referring to the fact that the signal matched on Level 2 – System Type/Template. This means the handling instruction for this signal can be found on your template. Your template is available as a readable PDF document that can be found as a link at the bottom of the accounts zone page.

The second notation “CID” indicates the alarm signal format of the signal received. There are numerous alarm signal formats including, but not limited to, CID, SIA, 4×2, Radionics and many more.

The third notation “E131” indicates the event reporting code of the signal received.

The fourth notation “Task:30” is used for internal purposes and refers to the specific receiver that received the signal.