F3200 Operator's Manual Document No: LT0119
Network Systems
Page 11-2 29 July 2002 Issue 2.04
11.1 INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the operation of networked systems and is not relevant to users
of non-networked F3200 panels.
Multiple F3200 fire panels and NDUs (Network Display Units) along with other devices,
may be connected together to form a network.
Some of the devices which may be part of the network include:
1. F3200 fire panels.
2. NDU - network display/printer unit.
3. PTM - Protocol Translation Module for interface to XL colour graphics or for event
printing.
4. Network LED display unit (NLDU) for display of network zone states on LEDs.
5. Panel-link Modbus Bridge (PMB), which provides a Modbus output of network
states for connection to colour graphics systems (e.g. Overview) or building
management system (BMS) that support the Modbus protocol.
Except where otherwise stated, the commands and information in Chapters 1 to 10 of
this manual apply to networked F3200s and to NDUs.
The operation of an NDU is almost identical to the operation of a networked F3200 and
is described in Section 11.2.
Networking allows F3200 fire panels to share:
(i) Alarm information for display and control of alarms on the LCD. Alarms on one
FIP can be displayed at other FIPs and Colour Graphics displays. Alarms can be
acknowledged, reset and isolated from the FIPs and Colour Graphics displays.
(ii) Output logic status, allowing status and controls generated by the Output Logic at
one FIP to be used by the Output Logic at another FIP, e.g. for extended AS1668
Fan Controls.
(iii) MAF Status, so that one FIP can be a common brigade interface point for a
number of FIPs elsewhere on site.
(iv) Event Information for status monitoring and network event printing. An F3200
FIP may be programmed to perform system wide event printing and event history.
(v) Bells control for activating, isolating and silencing the bells on remote FIPs as a
result of alarms or operator controls on the local FIP.
(vi) For an NDU in New Zealand mode, the Trial Evac and Silence Alarms
keyswitches can affect all panels on the network and allow the system to be
controlled from a single point.
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