Advanced Networking
The network system allows all Addressable control panels, remote terminals and network peripherals to be connected together using standard fire resistant two-core cable. It provides both the benefits of distributed intelligence and reduced installation costs whilst catering for the smallest two-panel network through to the largest 200 panel wide area networked system.
The network operates as a true peer-to-peer system allowing information from any input or output device to be passed over the network and displayed on any control panel or remote terminal as required. Details include Fire, General Alarm, Pre-alarm, Fault, Control Inputs and Disablement as well as analogue values, test instructions and status information. The systems DynamiX zoning facility allows the networked system to share up-to 1000 zones giving non-confusing indication and allowing true peer-to-peer cross panel report, control and site-wide cause and effect functionality.
Simply adding and connecting a network card allows any control panel or remote terminal to be networked. All other nodes on the network system will be instantly aware of a panel as soon as it is given a valid network node address, allowing additional panels to be added at any time with a minimum amount of reprogramming. All panels incorporate a network analyser providing valuable diagnostic and status information and also have the facility to prevent the transmission of fires or faults during commissioning.
For more complex systems, the Windows based configuration software allows sector based programming for Mute, Silence, Resound and Reset control keys as well as investigation delays, group disablement and test instructions. All panels within the same sector will share common controls and each panel or remote terminal can also be programmed to show specific network information on a zonal basis. For cause and effect, any input device can be programmed to operate any output device on any panel and, to simplify the programming, all the configuration data is contained within one user-friendly network configuration file.
