User guide

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5 Configuring Fire Panels
Using PS-Tools, you can configure the settings of the fire panel. This process involves the
following:
• Configuring the settings for input and output modules.
• Configuring the fire panel settings such as date and time, banner display, fire panel
passwords, and other panel settings.
• Configuring the SLC loop setup for the detectors and modules.
• Verifying the SLC loop setup.
• Simulating the setup to evaluate SLC loop.
• Modifying the customer details in the server.
• Migrating the configuration information from PK-Plus to PS-Tools database.
After you configure the fire panel settings, connect the computer to the fire panel and download the
configuration settings. In addition, you can upload the configuration information from the fire
panel, and view the fire alarm system settings in PS-Tools.
The following table describes the tasks you can perform using different sections of this chapter.
Section Description Refer to
Selecting Configuration Type To select a configuration type in
PS-Tools
page 23
Configuring System Info To configure the communicator
settings, input/output modules,
optional modules and the general
system settings
page 23
SLC Loop Setup To add detectors and modules to
the SLC loop
page 43
Save to Database To save the configuration in the
PS-Tools database
page 55
Save as Template To save the configuration as a
template
page 56
Ver ify Set up To verify the SLC loop setup page 56
Simulation To view the zone correlations for
the installed devices to confirm
the programming
page 58
Upload Information To view the uploaded information
from the 198 Pt Addr. panel
page 61