Earth
On a conventional system is the earth connection on a sounder or zone cct for electrical safety or to cut out interference?
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manual required
Hi Guys, I get this picture from friend who is new into fire alarm systems and going to work with him tomorrow to try to get it working . This fire alarm panel been switched off while the site been...
View ArticleInstall in underground ducts
Does anybody have any reference to standards/manufacturers recommendations suggesting which fire alarm cable (specifically Prysmian FP200 Gold) can be used in underground ducts?
View ArticleZp3 replacement panel
I ve been asked to replace the above panel at a site, are they still available? As some sites saying obsolete If so would I have to fit a zp2 and would this work fully with the existing systems...
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MZX Networked Zone Addresses
Does anyone know if it's possible to change the way that the MZX250 displays networked zones? The building users seem to find it highly confusing that it says Zone 02.003 and not Panel 02 Zone 003...
View ArticleAdvanced pro5 & Apollo 3 channel I/o
Ygents Got mxpro5 and with all eol's in interface is ikay, remove one wok from input channel and all inputs go into fault? What am I doing wrong? Also can you pulse the relay outputs?
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Almost 30 and still going
Had a call out to the below beauty this morning due to a water leak from the storm last night. I don't think it has enough company stickers on it though Its older than me and in better condition too
View ArticleWormald PBS-16
Guys We have just taken over a site with a Wormald PBS-16, 4 loops all Nittan detection. We are going to be replacing it soon but on the short term can you change the old Nittan (top hat type)...
View ArticleRemote Signalling
We are installing a system this summer , the customer is using ADT for Security and Signalling. I advised the customer to contact ADT and we would supply an output from an I/O unit above the...
View ArticleAdvanced apollo blown loop card
S**t day today. Mx4000 with a split loop temporarily cured by loop links turned into a blown loop card after my 'help'! Before that we had all kinds of weirdness with 2v, 25v, 8v -25v and 0v on various...
View ArticleAdvanced apollo blown loop card
S**t day today. Mx4000 with a split loop temporarily cured by loop links turned into a blown loop card after my 'help'! Before that we had all kinds of weirdness with 2v, 25v, 8v -25v and 0v on various...
View Articlemx4000
hi all, have a problem with a mx4000 panel, if customer sets off a call point and presses reset the panel locks out, no panel buttons and sounders continue to sound, if they press silence (reset call...
View ArticleKentec Syncro
I received a letter this morning advising me Kentec are no longer selling the Syncro 2 and 4 Loop versions as of the 31st July 2017. Only the Syncro AS and Taktis will be available. They will still...
View ArticleZX5 Se
Hi Anyone know the latest firmware I can have on a ZX5Se running 795 066 100 loop cards?, a site is starting to have spurious false alarms and Ive read that the new firmware can help in this. Thanks in...
View ArticleZiton ZP3 - Latching Faults Condition
Hello folks I'm looking after over twenty Ziton ZP3 systems out here and most of the facilities have their electrical supply coming from generators which are constantly going down or frequently shut...
View ArticleHochiki AV
Please can anyone enlighten me on how to interpret the analogue values of Hochiki ESP devices on a ZX5Se fire panel?
View ArticleDetnov CAD-150-4
Hello folks Any of you have software for the subjected panel? I've tried registering on the Detnov website, so that I can download the software, but been waiting for an email to verify account for 3...
View Articlefalse alarm conventional smoke in a h.v. room
we have a gent xenex panel with a ziton conventional smoke detector in place in an external h.v. room which has false alarmed about 5 times in a year (nobody told us there was a detector in the h.v....
View Articlemorley network fault to a.r.c.
a surprising and worrying fault: 2 panel morley network with 1 master zx5 (panel 1) and 1 slave zx5 (panel 2). chiron signalling fire and fault to the a.r.c. from slave panel (2) via panel relays....
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Gent Nano eeprom failed
Anyone know what this fault message means on a gent Nano? device eeprom check failed Dv 007:plant room We stopped the loop and replaced the faulty device (optical smk at device no 006) with exact like...
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