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Title FireVu Detector Standalone Installation Manual
NetVu Ltd.
No 1 Thellow Heath Park, Northwich Road, Northwich, Cheshire. CW9 6JB
Configuration
Basic Configuration / Pre-Commissioning
Once the detectors have been physically installed, positioned and wired some basic configuration
work can be done as preparation for remote commissioning of the system.
Considering the implications of triggering a fire alarm control panel it is recommended that the
final connections to any FACP are not made at this stage, but are connected later in commissioning
when the operation of any relays in response to smoke/flame/thermal detection has been tested
and proved.
Initial Settings
In a large FireVu system, where FV2 Annunciators and FireVu Network Extenders are used, secure IP
addresses are automatically assigned to each detector. In a standalone FireVu installation this is
not the case and so, when the detectors are powered, the first job will be to set an IP address in
each detector.
As a factory default FireVu detectors are set for DHCP IP addressing.
Consequently, if FireVu detectors are connected to a network or router which supports DHCP then
IP addresses will automatically be assigned. The IP addresses set can then be discovered by
connecting to the same network/router and using an ARP command or other network discovery
tool.
Each FireVu detector is configured using on-board webpages. This can be done remotely once the
unit has been installed in its chosen location, using the web browser on a PC in the same subnet as
the unit.
The configuration pages can be accessed using the detector IP address or DNS name.
The default DNS address for each unit is factory set as the serial number. This address can be
found on the serial label on the unit or on the packaging the unit came in.
The DNS or IP address can be typed directly into the address bar of a web browser:
