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Xtralis
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VESDAnet Interface Card Product Guide
4 Using a Detector with the VESDAnet
Interface Card
Installing a VESDAnet Interface Card allows the Xtralis VESDA VLF to be
connected to VESDAnet. This will allow the VLF to be monitored for alarms
and faults remotely. It will also allow configuration, status monitoring and
event log extraction via software tools on VESDAnet.
The following sections detail the configuration of the VLF with a VESDAnet
Interface Card in various situations. It is highly recommended that VSC is
used to configure the VLF with VN Card. The advantages of the VSC over the
other software tools can be seen in the table below.
Table 2 - VESDAnet Interface Card configuration tool
comparison
Direct Serial connection to the VLF detector
You are able to directly connect to a VLF-VN by using a PC with VSC
software, and an RS-232 serial cable.
When you are logged into the detector via the direct connection at
Administrator level or above, configuration changes over VESDAnet will be
rejected. If the VESDAnet card is logged in to the detector at Administrator
level or above (due to configuration changes over VESDAnet) requests to log
in from a directly connected VSC will be rejected.
Issues VSC LCD Programmer
VLF idenitified in VESDA configuration
tool VLF VLP
Can set Min Status Interval to 20
seconds Yes No
Can set AutoLearn button lockout Yes No
Relay config screens match VLF relays Yes No
GPI config screens match VLF GPI Yes No
Prevents Config Error Message Yes No
Only Pipe 1 shown Yes No