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FireFinder Fire Alarm Control Panel Series II (NZS4512) Config Manager Version 6 MAN 2600-2

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.1.3 Compile: Set options to display the compiled file and to choose whether to validate included text as

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.1.4 Project Creation: Here 2 lines of default customer text (e.g. name) can be entered. This

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.1.5 Communications: This tab will display a page to set the port and methodology used to communicate wit

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.1.6 File Association: Tick the check box if the project *.ffc files are to be associated th

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.2 Window Figure 10: Window Drop Down Box Cascade: Displays windows stacked and cascading from th

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4 Creating a New Project To create a new project either click on the New Project Icon on the tool-bar, Ctr

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.1.2 Display settings The display settings, sets the LCD message that will be displayed when the FireFinde

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.1.4 System (SmartGraphics) Interface The check box is selected if a SmartGraphics Interface is fitted to t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.3 The Project View The screen below is a typical view that will be seen by the operator when a single pane

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.4 Panel Settings or Editing Double click on the Panel to set or edit the Panel configuration,

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. 1 About This Manual ...

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.4.2 Brigade Signaling Board Figure 22: Panels Settings - Brigade Signaling Board Fitted: Click on the box

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.4.3 Call Point / DBA Shown is the Manual Call Point selected screen. By default the MCP if OFF Note: (For

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.4.4 Bell Sounder Boards This option allows the user to select a number of Bell/Sounder output boards to be

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.5 Network Parameters: Right click the Panel Icon and select Edit Network Parameters to set Global Access o

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6 Controller Configuration 4.6.1 Setting or Editing the Controller Module Types: Right click on the Contr

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.3 Controller Setting or Editing  The following screens have been compressed for the purposes of explan

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.4 Adding More Controllers / Adding More Modules Adding more Controllers, C2, C3, C4, facilitates the add

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Note: The following screens are for demonstration purposes only as only one 1 “Edit Input” selection box wil

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.6 Edit Internal Serial Click on the “Tab” Internal Serial and the Edit screen will be displayed. Type:

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.7 Edit Fan Control Click on the “Tab” Fan Control and the Edit screen will be displayed. Editable fields

4.6.4 Adding More Controllers / Adding More Modules ... 22 4.6.5 Edit External LED Mimic. ...

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 40: Fan Alarm and Fan Inhibit editable Inputs Figure 41: Fan Start editable Output Figure 42: Run

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 43: Latch Reset Screen

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.8 Edit Switch & Indicator Click on the “Tab” Switch & Indicator and the Edit screen will be disp

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.9 Edit SmartTerminal Click on the “Tab” SmartTerminal and the Edit screen will be displayed. To set the

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 4.6.10 Single Panels If the system consists of a single panel and a single Controller then commence the conf

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5 The Module Data Entry Spreadsheet Once all the Module data for the panel has been entered, the next step i

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 49: Zone Configuration (Zone Cnfg) Type If a device is selected, such as I/O Modules, that

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.1.1 Specific Device Settings Example of setting devices to a specific Zone Config; XP95 Thermals: Heat A:

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Mode 2: General Purpose: If the I/O device is configured as ‘General Purpose’ then each input of that device

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.2 The Extended Menu and Toolbar NEW PROJECTPROJECT VIEWFUNCTIONS VIEWCOMMS WITHFIREFINDERTRANSFERWINDOWREM

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FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.2.1 File New (Project) [CTRL+N]: Select this option to start a new project. The “Project Manag

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.2.2 Edit Undo [Ctrl+Z]: This will take the operator back one step in case an error has been made or a ch

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.2.3 Search Search: This option allows the operator to search for text when editing modules. Search Again

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER The following three options from the View drop down screen if selected takes the operator directly to the app

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.2.6 Clicking Icons Project: View displays the current project screen Functions: View displays the Functi

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3 Apollo Modules Selecting an Apollo module tab on the Module Data entry Spreadsheet will displa

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Type: The type of device is selectable from a drop down list box.  Note: Along with other devices FastSens

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Groups: The next six columns allow the user to enter up to 6 group numbers against each device. The

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 58: The Module Apollo I/O View and Print Screen Note: To edit this information / screen return to th

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.3.3 Day/Night Settings If Day/Night settings are not required then this section may be ignored. If they ar

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 1 About This Manual 1.1 Introduction Configuration Manager:  Is a software tool designed and written by A

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.4 Conventional Modules Selecting a Conventional Module tab on the Module Data entry Spreadsheet will displ

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.5 Input/Output Modules Selecting an Input/Output module tab on the Module Data entry Spreadsheet will disp

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 5.6 SmartTerminal To set the SmartTerminal Annunciator parameters click on the tab and the following screen

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 6 Functions This section of the program allows the operator to enter data that will allow the panel t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER New Functions: As seen above by selecting this icon a box will appear on the screen with a selec

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Note: For a full explanation of each Function refer to the Functions Manual To configure a function, select

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Once you have brought up a functions window, the functions menu and tool-bar will change to provide you with

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7 Expanding the System The basic FireFinder Series II has the capacity to support up to eight slave CPU’s wh

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.2 Adding a Data Gathering Point To add a Data Gathering Point to the system left click on the

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.3 Adding an LCD Mimic To add an LCD Mimic to the system left click on the mimic icon as shown so that is h

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 2 Installation To install the software insert the first CD into the disk drive and click on t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 68: Panel, Loop, Group and Global Access screens 7.3.2 Panel, Loop or Group Access If Global acce

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.4 Adding Modules to a Panel To add to a Panel left click on the Add Modules icon as shown so that is highl

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 72: The Controller Edit Module Types Classic and Graphic Screens The screens shown here are for C1 wi

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.5 Adding a High Level Interface (HLI) Another item that may be selected and added to the system is a HLI.

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Figure 75: Graphic System Interface Settings Graphics System Interface: Provides for a 2 way interface for t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Editable Settings for HLI Board Rate: = 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 Physical Interface: = RS232 full Duplex

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.6 Data Output The data output consists of a string of characters as detailed: Format 1: <state1><

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 7.7 Interface Configuration When the interface is configured, the following options are available:  Baud R

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 8 Network Panels Networked panels are configured in a similar way to an individual panel. In a network each

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 9 Introduction to Programming The FireFinder Series II Fire Alarm Control Panel may be programmed from a com

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3 The Functions Manu and Tool Bar Running ConfigManager will bring up a window with a Menu and Tool-bar in t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 10 Hardware requirements The FireFinder Series II can be configured and updates to the software made via the

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 11 Configuration Programming There are two methods that may be used to load the software into the FACP. Meth

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 11.1 Transfer – Transfer Wizard Once the Transfer Wizard has established the status of the FACP prompts will

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 11.2 Uploading In order for the user to upload or download config software it is necessary for the operator

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 11.5 Boot Mode To Change Application Software The Boot mode is used to enable the operator to enter the com

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Once programmed successfully the following message will be displayed. Ensure that there are no errors when t

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER From here if the configuration data has been programmed then type GA (Go Application) and the pan

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 11.6 Using a Modem You can communicate with the FireFinder Series II over a modem using HyperTerm

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 12 Network Programming Single Point Programming FireFinder Series II is the term AMPAC uses to describe the

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 12.3 Network Go Diagnostic (NGD) This command causes the entire network to enter the Diagnostic state. QP

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.2 Connect 3.2.1 Connect to FireFinder Series II This will bring up a terminal window showing communicatio

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Once the panels are all in diagnostic mode proceed as below. Send the new config to the panel to which you ar

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER NPC A short time after entering the NPC command you should receive a “programmed successfully”

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Once the system power up is complete use the QP command to verify that all nodes and controllers are operati

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 12.4 Part 2: Upgrading the Application Note: If a system is to be upgraded to version 6 from an earlier ver

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER NGD This command may take up to 30 seconds to complete on a larger network. Check the status of the system u

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER BT Send the new application to the panel using your communication package file transfer as you would normall

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER GD Check the status of the system using the QP command: QP Note: THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF THE PA

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER NSA Sending the application software around the network When you enter the NSA command the “Sending Applicat

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER GA Once the system power up is complete use the QP command to verify that all nodes and controllers are oper

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 13 Help Commands The following lists of commands are dependent upon the software version of the panel as not

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 3.4.1.1 Colours: The colour of the various elements in the program can be set by selecting this tab. For eac

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 13.5 Diagnostic Mode ( hea ) Advanced Commands available bu 0 disable fault buzzer bu 1 enable fault buzz

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 14 Troubleshooting Symptom Possible Cause Remedy The Laptop Displays Atv0e0s0=2 This is caused by the wro

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 15 Decimal – Hexadecimal – Binary Conversion Table Decimal Hex Binary Decimal Hex Binary Decimal Hex Binary

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER Decimal Hex Binary Decimal Hex Binary Decimal Hex Binary 151 97 10010111 201 c9 11001001 251 fb 11111011 152

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 16 Certification Information The FireFinder Series II™ is designed and manufactured by: AMPAC TECHNOLOGIES

FIREFINDER NZ CONFIGURATION MANAGER 17 Definitions Addressable system: a fire alarm and detection system that contains addressable al

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