F3200 Installation & Programming Manual

Document No: LT0122

Network Programming

 

 

 

 

 

11.7

NET FFCIF CONFIGURATION

 

This determines whether FFCIF alarm events are sent onto the network, and can provide an extra level of confirmation that alarm events have been received by one or more devices on the network. FFCIF alarms sent onto the network will be entered into the FFCIF alarm list of another panel only if the panel sending the alarm has at least one group in common with the panel receiving the alarm (refer section 11.3.3 groups). For F3200 and NDUs the SID list programming also determines whether FFCIF alarms received from other panels are entered into the FFCIF alarm list of this panel.

Alarms which are entered into the local FFCIF alarms list may be either local alarms or alarms which have come from other panels. In both cases, these alarms can be acknowledged from either the local panel or from a remote panel but it is possible to disable the acceptance of acknowledgments which come from remote network devices and to force all FFCIF alarms to be acknowledged locally - see item 3 "Remote ACK" below.

If FFCIF auto ack is enabled, (refer section 6.4.4), any alarms which are entered into the local FFCIF alarm list (i.e. both local alarms and remote alarms) are automatically flagged as "acknowledged", but this does not result in any acknowledge indication or command being sent onto the network.

Options under FFCIF1

1. TX alarms : (Yes/No)

If enabled, any FFCIF alarm that is entered into the FFCIF list of this panel will also be sent onto the network. Setting this to enabled also determines whether this panel accepts FFCIF commands from other panels to acknowledge, reset or isolate FFCIF alarms. NOTE :- an FFCIF command is not the same as a zone command. If FFCIF alarms are not being transmitted onto the network then FFCIF commands will not be accepted from other panels but zone/system commands etc. may still be accepted depending on the RX CMD option programmed in the SID list of this panel. Refer also section 11.4.2 SID list RX CMD option.

Note, an FFCIF command is either an acknowledge, reset, or isolate command which is initiated when the associated ACK, RESET or ISOLATE key is pressed from within FFCIF mode i.e. when the FFCIF alarm list is being displayed. Zone commands or system commands are initiated using the ZONE or SYSTEM keys.

2. Dedicated TX SID : (0-254)

If this parameter is zero, then any FFCIF alarms that are transmitted onto the network, ( i.e. TX alarms enabled ), will be broadcast, (i.e. received by all devices on the network), and each device can individually decide, ( according to group programming and SID list programming), whether to enter that FFCIF alarm into its own FFCIF alarm list.

If this parameter is non zero then FFCIF alarms will not be broadcast onto the network but will be sent specifically to the SID specified by this number. No devices on the network other than the specified SID will receive FFCIF alarms sent by this panel.

If FFCIF alarms are broadcast onto the network, then confirmation of delivery can be provided by setting "acknowledge of broadcasts" enabled (refer section 11.3.1 NIC option). If FFCIF alarms are directed to one specific SID then that SID will acknowledge receipt of the alarm and acknowledge of broadcasts is not involved. If acknowledge of broadcasts is not enabled, (or this device is doing the acknowledge of broadcasts), and only one other device is required to receive FFCIF alarms from this SID, then it is preferable to set the "TX dedicated SID" parameter here to a specific SID number.

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Tyco F3200 manual NET Ffcif Configuration, Options under FFCIF1 TX alarms Yes/No, Dedicated TX SID

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