F3200 Operator's Manual Document No: LT0119
Network Systems
Page 11-8 29 July 2002 Issue 2.04
11.5 NETWORK FIP & ZONE NUMBERING
When F3200 FIPs are networked together there must be a way to identify each FIP and
the zones on that FIP.
In this manual, reference is made to "local" and "remote" panels. A local panel is the
panel at which the operator is at. Remote panels are all other panels on the network.
This applies even if a number of networked panels are co-located.
When a networked FIP is configured, it is programmed with a unique number between 1
and 254. This is its System Identification Number, or SID. The SID is used to:
(a) Identify a specific FIP.
(b) Identify a zone on a specific FIP, by combining the SID and Zone number as
detailed below.
For a networked FIP, zone numbers and zone ranges fall into 3 formats:
(i) Zone number(s) less than 1000 are local zones, ie. specific to the panel at which
the number is being entered or displayed, eg. Z57, Z135.189.
(ii) Zone number(s) greater than, or equal to, 1000 are network zones, eg. Z32105 or
Z17001.17095. The SID of the FIP that has the zone is the network zone number
divided by 1000. The actual zone number on that FIP is the remainder after
dividing by 1000.
Eg. Z1057 is Zone 57 on FIP number 1.
Z35218 is Zone 218 on FIP number 35.
Note that all zeros must be entered, eg. for Zone 1 on Panel 2, the entry must be
2001, ie. the intermediatory 0s are necessary.
(iii) Zone numbers less than 1000 preceded by the SID of the FIP that has the
zone(s),eg.(a) Z57:1 - Zone 1 on Panel 57.
(b) Z2:135.208 - Zones 135 to 208 on Panel 2.
(c) Z61..72 - Zone 72 on Panel 61.
(d) Z85..24.154 - Zones 24 to 154 on Panel 85.
The SID comes before the colon ":" or double points "..".
The zone numbers come after the colon or double points.
A colon is entered using the SYSTEM key. Double points are entered by pressing
the AND. key twice.
For F3200, zone numbers can be entered in any of the above formats. However, any
zone range that extends across more than one FIP, eg. Z35097.36002 is illegal.
F3200 always displays network zones in format (ii), and event printing uses format (iii).
If a zone number or range is entered in formats (i) or (ii), and the SID is that of the local
FIP, then the zone number(s) may be converted back to format (i) for local processing.
When alarm events are sent from one FIP to another on the network, the zone number is
sent as network zone format (ii) for display on the LCD.
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