PAGE 18 1010/2020 INSTALLATION AND PROGRAMMING MANUAL
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CONNECTING A LAPTOP IN TERMINAL MODE TO EMULATE A PRINTER
A Laptop computer can be used in lieu of a printer for uploading the history file or capturing reports
from the fire panel.
Set the Laptop up in terminal mode, and connect as per the instructions above for connecting a
printer to the SIB card. (Terminals 2, 3, & 4).
Place the Laptop in “terminal mode” (Hyperterm or equivalent) and set with the following
options for the COM port.
2400 Baud.
7 Data bits.
1 Stop Bit.
Even Parity.
Xon/Xoff handshaking.
Select “Capture text to file” in the Terminal Mode program on the Laptop.
Then Press the Special Function button on the 1010/2020 Panel,
and press “2=HIS”, and follow the prompts.
The 1010/2020 panel will now upload the entire history log to the Laptop computer which can then
be saved to disk for permanent records.
TERMINAL MODE PROGRAMMING FROM A LAPTOP COMPUTER
A Laptop computer can also be used in Terminal Mode to operate and program the panel in lieu of
using the system keypad. This makes for much faster input of device descriptions etc when not
using Verifier
TM
.
Terminal Mode Settings:
2400 Baud.
7 Data bits.
1 Stop Bit.
Even Parity.
Xon/Xoff.
SIB DB9 DB25 Contact Notifier Inertia Fire Systems for
10 Tx Rx 2 Rx 3 Function key setting in Terminal Mode.
11 ref Ref 5 ref 7
12 Rx Tx 3 Tx 2