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FIREFINDER SERIES II
INSTALLATION,
COMMISSIONING
&
OPERATION
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FireFinder Description
The following description does not relate to specific cabinets as the size of each cabinet will vary
with the amount of hardware fitted.
The heart of the
FireFinder Series II
consists of two boards collectively known as the
Controller
.
These boards are the Main Board (BRD85MBA) and the CPU board (BRD85CPU). Combining these
two boards with a front panel forms the basis for a
FireFinder Series II
FACP. A single
Controller
without an expansion board has t
he capacity to interface to four (4) Slave CPU’s modules. Each of
these Sla
ve CPU’s can interface to 16 Zone Conventional Termination Boards, Loop Termination
Boards or Input/Output Boards as well as communicate with the Brigade / PSU Monitor Board.
The Main Board has the Slave CPU Board for the first Loop Termination Board and the provision for
mounting of up to three additional Slave CPU’s. The Slave CPU’s all have the same software
installed and the manner in which they operate is automatically determined by the type of termination
or interface board onto which they connect.
If the system is to be expanded to have more than four
Slave CPU’s an Expansion Board is required.
This board contains Slave CPU No. 5 and expansion sockets for three more. This configuration
allows for a maximum number of
8 Slave CPU’s that any one
Controller
can accommodate.
If a system is required to
be expanded beyond eight Slave CPU’s then either local networking using
up to a total of four controllers (max 32 Slave CPU’s) within the one cabinet may be fitted or external
networking must be used.
The
FireFinder Series II
has an internal ASPI (
A
mpac
S
erial
P
eripheral
I
nterface) serial bus. This
serial bus provides interfacing to the Brigade /PSU Monitor Board and if required up to eight (8)
Sounder Board/s.
FireFinder Series II
has a second serial interface that connects to ancillary boards these can be
used to control and monitor field plant equipment or the addition of an agent release module.
Where the system design exceeds the capability of one
FireFinder
Series II
then other
FireFinder
Series II
panels can be networked together to provide an expanded system containing multiple
boards in a variety of applications.
Some of these applications include:
A Master / Slave (Main Sub) FACP arrangement (MFACP / SFACP)
A Peer to Peer System
Use of Data Gathering Panels (DGP’s)
SmartTerminal
SmartGraphics
A Network
FireFinder
Series II
System supports a combination or all these options on a single
network. Each panel on the network is regar
ded as a “node”. The NETWORK BUS is accessed
using a Network Interface Card. The network configuration determines whether a NIC is required.
Configurations can be;
Master / Sub FACP
:
Where there is
one or more FACP’s configured as local panels then each
report the status of their associated zones/devices to a MFACP. There is no control between local
panels as the MFACP is structured to have full control of the entire system.
Peer to Peer
:
Each FACP is regarded as a Master FACP and therefore a user can take control of
the entire fire system from any FACP.
Data Gathering Panel:
The use of this type of panel may be installed where there is a need to have
field terminations only at one location and all control is performed by an FACP that is remotely
located.
SmartTerminal:
Provide the user with the ability to monitor the status of designated areas or an
entire site as well as execute specific interrogation tasks.
SmartGraphics
: Is an active graphics system connected to the
FireFinder Series II
.
