FireClass FC501 - Programming from the Panel; Understanding Panel Access Levels; Operating the Control Panel Interface

PROGRAMMING FROM THE PANEL
Read through the following section carefully, in order to get
an overall view of how to use the User interface Program
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ming (Main panel) of control panel. For details regarding
the parameters of each phase, refer to the respective para
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graph in the “PROGRAMMING FROM A PC” chapter.
Using the system
The FC501 system can be managed from the User in
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terface (main panel) and/or through the FireClass Con
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sole application. The User interface (main panel) allows
access to different authorized Level .
There are three different access levels, as follows.
L1= First Level: this level allows the Reading of Para
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meters ONLY:
-ANALYZE button (see Figure 32) views the status of
the: LOOP, DEVICE, SW ZONES, OUTPUT,
NETWORK, TELECOM, OPTIONS, LOG and the FW
Vers.;
-View LOG;
-View Lists button views the lists of: DIS. ZONES,
DIS. DEVICES, DIS. PARTS, WALK TEST, FAULTS,
WARNINGS and Dev. in TEST.
L2= Second Level or USER Level: access to this level
requires entry of the USER PIN (Access Level 2).
This level allows all the operations of the First Level, but
also allows you to MODIFY:
-MODIFY button for: Init MSG (MESSAGE), L2 USER
PASSWORD, DAY/NIGHT, TIME and DATE, CLEAR
LOG and ZONE WALK TEST ;
-DISABLE button for: DIS LISTS, DEVICE, SW
ZONES, OUTPUT, NETWORK, COMMUNIC.
L3= Third Level or INSTALLER Level: access to this level
requires entry of the INSTALLER PIN (Access Level 3).
This level allows all the operations of the First and Se
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cond Level, but also allows you to program the system;
the Programming phase allows the installer to program
the control panel and peripheral devices (detectors,
modules, repeater), in detail:
AUTO, DEVICES, SW ZONES, OUTPUTS,
NETWORK, MAP DEVICE, USB, SYSTEM, DEFAULT
and PWD L3.
Operating the system from the Panel
To manage the system from the User interface (Main
panel) the Alphanumeric keypad, the Cursor keys, the
ESC Key & the ENTER key are used.
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The use of the keypad, cursor keys, ESC key &
Enter key is explained in detail in the following sec
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tions.
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Alphanumeric entry (Editing text)
Use the Alphanumeric keypad to create labels and en
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ter data and codes.
The string must be 20 characters max.
Alphanumeric keypad Each time the alphanumeric
key is pressed in the selected position, pointed by the
cursor, the characters printed on the key will appear in
sequence and cyclically.
1= ABC, 2= DEF, 3= GHI, 4= JKL, 5= MNO, 6= PQR,
7=STU, 8=VWX, 9=YZ.
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0 key: is used to create a space and to clear the po
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sition of used string.
Cursor keys
Use the UP key for upper-case letters
and the DOWN key for lower-case letters.
Use LEFT and RIGHT keys to scroll along the line,
then press the alphanumeric key to insert in the selec-
ted position.
ENTER key Once the text has been completed, press
the ENTER key to confirm and step forward, or in the
main page signaling a local programming activity follo-
wed by a panel reset.
ESC Key
The ESC key is used to cancel the operation
and to step back to previous page.
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For additional functionality about the keys use, see
the User Manual, Chapter "User Interface".
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The following pages show all possible operations
managed at Level 3 ( Installer Level).
The operation managed at Level L1 and L2 (User
Level) are shown in the User Manual.
Assistant text composition
To make the entry of text strings easier, an assisted
procedure has been included, based on a pre-compiled
128 words (18 char max) vocabulary. When one of the
numeric keys is pressed to enter a letter, the first word
in the vocabulary beginning with that letter will be inser
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ted. The upper and down arrow will load the next or the
previous, respectively, word in the vocabulary. This "as
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sisted entry procedure" is entered or leaved keep pres
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sed the UP key for more than 3s, while pressing for
more than 3s the DOWN key the "assisted entry proce
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dure" is leaved and the normal single characters entry
is active (see Figure 34). When the "assisted entry pro
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cedure" is active the string "Vocabulary ON" blinks on
the upper right area of the LCD display. In the "Vocabu
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PROGRAMMING FROM THE PANEL 43