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General Description
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About the VISTA-128FBPN
The VISTA-128FBPN is an 8-partition, UL Listed commercial fire and burglary control panel with the following
features:
• Up to 128 zones (hardwired, polling loop, and wireless zones)
• Up to 150 user codes
• Supervision of Notification Appliance Circuits, phone lines, keypads, RF receivers, and output devices
• Scheduling capabilities (allows certain operations to be automated)
ULC
Scheduling is currently not approved for ULC applications.
The VISTA-128FBPN can interface with the following devices:
• An ECP Communications Device that can send Contact ID messages
Features
Hardwire and Optional Expansion Zones
• Provides 8 hardwire zones.
• Supports up to 16 2-wire smoke detectors each on zone 1 and zone 2 (32 total).
• Automatically resets 4-wire smoke detectors if the Aux Relay is programmed for smoke reset (3*61 = 2).
• Supports up to 50 2-wire latching glassbreak detectors on zone 8.
• Supports up to 119 additional expansion zones using a built-in polling (V-Plex) loop.
• Supports up to 128 wireless zones, fewer if using hardwire and/or polling loop zones.
• Can program burglary zones as silent in the alarm condition (alarm output is silent and the keypad does not display
or sound the alarm).
• Provides three keypad panic keys: 1 + ✴ (A), ✴ + # (B), and 3 + # (C).
• Full Status (Remote Interactive Service)
Peripherals Devices
• Supports up to 31 addressable devices, (keypads, RF receivers, relay modules, etc.).
• Supervises devices (keypads, RF receivers, and relay modules) and individual relays (up to 32), as well as system
zones (RF receivers and keypad panics).
• Provides 96 outputs using 4204 and 4204CF Relay Modules, and V-Plex Relay Modules can activate outputs in
response to system events (alarm condition), at a specific time of day, at random times, and manually using the #70
Relay Command Mode.
• Supports one additional style-Y supervised Notification Appliance Circuit using a 4204CF.
• Supports the ADEMCO 4146 Keyswitch on any one of the system's eight partitions.
• Can be used with Commercial Fire Listed 24VDC Power Supplies.
Arming/Disarming and Bypassing
• Can arm the system with zones faulted (Vent Zone). These zones are automatically bypassed and can be
programmed to automatically unbypass when the zone restores.
• Can arm with entry/exit and interior type zones faulted (Arm w/Fault). These zones must be restored before the exit
delay expires, otherwise an alarm is generated.
U
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• Vent zones cannot be used in UL installations.
• You must disable the Force Arm option (used in conjunction with the Arm w/Fault option), in UL installations.