8
APB-200/COA
Sounder base
correlation to CO
input
No
No sound (no
correlation),
Temporal-3,
Temporal-4, March
Code,
Maintenance Chirp,
Continuous Tone
No Sound (no
correlation)
Overview
In order to operate as a fire alarm, a fire alarm panel must be loaded with firmware and
configuration data. A set of configuration data, to uniquely describe and control a given set
of hardware, is called a Job. The Configurator allows the user to create and manage jobs. It
also allows the user to send firmware to a panel and all its related nodes and CPUs
On the first use of the configurator the user is prompted for the paths and file names where
jobs, backups, the database, etc. are to be stored. Registry entries remember many of the
user’s preferences.
The configurator is typically run on a portable notebook or lap top computer that is taken to
the job site and connected to the panel. The technician prepares a job using the
configurator’s Graphical User Interface. The job can then be sent to the panel. The same or a
different authorized technician can later retrieve the job from the panel, modify it and send
it back.
The job repository is a Relational Database (MS-Access). Jobs can be imported from another
database, copied, deleted, and archived in various formats. A job can be printed, or two
versions of a job can be compared.
GUI - Major Components
The configurator uses a familiar Microsoft Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) to
present a job. The screen is divided into (max.) three panes.
On the left of the screen, the job is represented as a tree, similar to a file explorer. At the
highest level in the tree are sections describing panel functions are not dependent on
nodes. These are Job Details, Common System Statuses, Walk Test Areas, Custom Timers,
Custom Intervals, Equation Summary, Input Summary, Output Summary, and Node
Grouping. The Nodes are under the Job Details section. Under each node are its
components - Annunciators, Loop Controllers, etc. Some items are further subdivided, for
example, an annunciator into display adders and a loop controller into loops.
The top level items in the tree do not directly represent physical components. Some are for
configuration options, like Job Details or Node Grouping. Some are for virtual devices, like
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