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The MINIPLEX/Remote Transponder version of the 4100 Fire Alarm System is designed
for moderately larger applications than the standalone configuration, and allows up to
1000 monitor and/or control points and 2000 annunciator points to be controlled by a
single FIP.
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Like the standalone system, only one CPU is used. Remote Unit Interface (RUI) data, and
optionally power, is distributed from the host panel to the Remote Transponder Units
(RTU) remote boxes called transponder cabinets.
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Alarm System: transponder interface card (TIC)"}Transponder interface cards (TICs),
located in RTU cabinets, take the RUI data directly from the CPU motherboard and
distribute it to the modules in the RTU cabinet.
The MINIPLEX 4100ES FIP must contain the following:
CPU.
System Power Supply for the 4100ES.
Optional slave cards.
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Each transponder cabinet must contain a Transponder Interface Card (TIC) and any
number of optional slave cards.
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MINIPLEX/RTU Configuration
Overview
System Design