Document No: LT0117 F4000 LCD Operator's Manual
System Description
Issue 2.38 19 April 2002 Page 2-19
2.5 NETWORKED PANELS
2.5.1 NETWORK FIP & NETWORK ZONE NUMBERING
When F4000 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 an operator is controlling the system from. 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 F4000, 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 0's 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
POINT or hidden key twice.
For F4000, zone numbers can be entered in any of the above formats. However, F4000 will
reject any zone range that extends across more than one FIP, eg. Z35097.36002 is illegal.
F4000 always displays network zones in format (ii).
If a zone number or range is entered in formats (i) or (ii), and the SID is that of the local
F4000, then the zone(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 sent
is automatically pre-formatted into the network zone format (ii) for display on the LCD.
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