EMS 5000 FIREPOINT
©2015 EMS Security Group Ltd. All rights reserved. TSD234 Iss 3 25/06/15 AJM
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9. Diagnostics/Monitoring Nodes
The Monitor Node menu on the master panel, enables access to information about
individual slave nodes in the system. Each node can be viewed and it’s polling status
viewed in real time. To access the Monitor node menu: -
Enter the Radio LAN menu. Scroll down to Advanced and press the “YES” key. Scroll
down the Advanced menu to Monitor Node and press the “YES” key. Now enter the
desired node number, (between 2 and 30) and press the “YES” key.
Once a valid node number has been entered, you will see a similar screen to the
following:-
The above screenshot shows a monitoring screen for node 2. The second row displays
the current value of: -
PPT (Poll Pacing Time),
PTT (Poll Timeout Timer),
ST (Current state number).
The third row details values of information that is currently being sent.
The fourth line gives information of the nodes current status. (Eg, Online or Offline).
With reference to the second line, both the PPT and PTT start counting down,
decrementing by one each second. Once the PPT reaches zero a poll is sent to the
relevant node, it is reset and starts counting down again.
If a poll message is received during this cycle, the PTT is reset to their starting values
and begin to count down again.
Should the PTT count down to zero, the node is considered to be offline and the nodes
state (situated in the fourth line), will change to offline.
The node will remain offline until a poll message is received.
NOTE: The PPT and PTT start values can be altered within the Radio
LAN/Advanced menu.
PPT being the “Poll Interval” value i.e. time between polls, and the PTT being
the “Poll Timeout” value which considers the panel offline when 0 is reached.
* Monitoring Node 2 *
PPT 60 PTT 3600 ST 5
PMT00 CTG00 SN00000
ONLINE TIME
