FireClass Fire detection system FireClass Panels
3.6 Configuration
Service and Maintenance Doc. version 1
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Choose the type of text you want to change. You may then
need to specify a particular item (point address for
example).
You see a screen of the type shown in Fig. 34.
The screen is showing point information (top line), and the
Old text
(which is
Callp. alarm room
).
Start entering text using the alphanumeric keypad. This text
appears under the
New text
line.
>>
copies the “Old text” to the “New text” position. You
can then make small changes by editing the text, so you
avoid a lot of re-typing.
–
moves the cursor back one position.
+
moves the cursor forward one position.
Step through the number and letter characters on a key
with quick repeated presses. Pause after reaching the
required character.
Press the scroll up key (
) to switch to upper case text
(capitals).
Press the scroll down key (
) to switch to lower case text.
When finished press
Enter
. You will then see a
Save data?
prompt, with
Yes
(confirm) or
No
(cancel) options.
To abandon your changes, press the
Back
key (F1) and
respond with “No” to “Save changes?”.
If you save your changes. you briefly see a “please wait”
message. You then see a screen similar to the “Change
Text” screen above, but only allowing changes to the same
type of text.
After making all your text changes, select
Back
(F1), to
display the type of screen shown in Fig. 35:
The above procedure for making changes to the text is also
applicable to the Zone and Panel respectively.
Select
9 - Restart
to restart the panel, allowing the
changes to take effect.
Point Text
Use this
Point Text
option to change the descriptive text
for a point. Follow the steps above.
CAUTION
When changing text there is a danger of
unpredictable effects or system instability.
To avoid this, observe the following points:
Avoid “inactivity” timeouts.
Do not make text changes across a network
to more than one panel within any one
session.
Fig. 33: Change Text
Fig. 34: Point Text Modify, loop selected
Change Text
FireClass
Thu, 19-Aug-11
10:47
High Street Office
1 - Point Text
2 - Zone Text
3 - Panel Text
General
Flt P 011
TestZ 001
Back
Point Text Modify
FireClass
Thu, 19-Aug-11
11:17
High Street Office
Zone 255 -005 A
Old text
Callp. alarm room
New text
General
Flt P 011
TestZ 001
View
>>
-
+
Enter
Fig. 35: Configuration, Back
CAUTION
Never use the
Back
option to avoid
committing changes when the menu option
9 - Restart
is displayed. If you do not want to
commit changes, turn the Enable Keyswitch to
OFF
.
Failure to comply with these restrictions may
lead to unpredictable effects or system
instability.
Configuration
FireClass
Thu, 19-Aug-11
11:47
High Street Office
1 - Change Text
9 - Restart
General
Flt P 011
TestZ 001
Back
