Chopper81

Ive only ever used ecs but if you have done the iosh course in the last 1w month you can get the ecs without doing the test

Overheat? All fans working all vents clear from **** build up?

I agree ninja i dont think software driven alone is suitable or meets regs but maybe like james is saying if its coupled with bgu then maybe its ok. I personally would go for interfaces micco or whatever else you want to call them just for peace of mind.

So if break glasses are all thats needed why bother with the expense of i/o units?

But breakglasses require the physical action of hitting it. Or what if someone is stood at the reader side of a door and they have to go through it due to the location of the fire, the bgu is on the opposite side and the cat 5 door access network cable is fried the door remains locked and the person is in a spot of bother. I always was under the impression the doors on a fire route should automatically release to free swinging on fire?

The px500 is constantly sending something down the dial capture blocking the dualcomm. Nothing is being received at the atc i called dualcomm who dialled in snd ran diagnosis they asked me to remove the dial capture input i did and that freed up the dualcomm?

Is that legal? Im not sure it is doesnt each door along the fire route have to have a mechanical break of power to the locks i.e. i/o unit. I dont think the door release on fire can be software driven and remain compliant can it?

Apologies I accidently posted this in the regs section but meant it for here. Subject is probably more suired to this section.

Yeah I will be swapping out the data line for twisted pair its only a small retail outlet so nothing massive. Im just worried about messing the comms up. Its an oldschool dualcomm gprs model

Hi Guys (and girls) Im swapping out a px500 for galaxy dimension. Ive no problem with programming the zones etc but the current px500 is connected to the dualcomm by the dial capture feature. This is something im not massively familiar with. Everytime ive used a communicator (digi dual redcare or emizon) ive done the programmed outputs to the pins on the communicator. How does the dial capture work? As it is at this moment in time the A and B terminals on the px500 are wired to the a and b terminals on the dualcomm, theres a plug on board on the dualcomm woth the phone line wired in and fire is signaling on pin 1. I assume that i just copy the existing with reagrs to galaxy a and b to dial capture on the redcare but do i need to change any settings on the galaxy i.e. format tele number etc or is all that done through the dualcom. Any help would be fantastic * dial capture on the dualcomm i meant

Hi, Ive recently wrote off a px500 panel. Its decided we will swap it for a galaxy dimension simple enough however, the comms is currently via a dualcom on the dial capture input. Ive only ever used the pins connected to outputs on the panel. So, do i just run A and B terminals on the Galaxy to A and B on the dial capture dualcom inputs. Also is their any settings I need to alter on the galaxy? Any help would be muchos appreciated

Home safe and well. Received a call out to Merseyside upon my return and rejected it. As the dragons say Im Out

You will probably have a cable connected to relay 1 n/c and comm that will be carrying either 12/24v or 0v to the mags breaking on fire.

Your attitude is the right one pal this wasnt planned im kinda stuck by circumstance

Ive done worse pal if i start dropping or feeling the effects i stop at the services for a couple of hours

I agree goncall

I received a call at 1400 to attend a mobile phone mast site on a massive hill in the middle of nowhere. Its a mast and building with control equiptment in. Apparently the local area has been effected quite badly by a powerloss recently so the intruder alarm is now showing battery fail. Easy enough I thought so off I go with dnough batteries go power blackpool illuminations. After an hour of asking as many people as I could find (2) where the mast was I see a broken loose stone path leadin up a steep hill. Time to test the old Vivaro for pulling power. Foot to the floor and a few scary moments later I reach the summit. LOCKS bundles of them and not a key in site its now 4 oclock and my jolly up in the hills to swap a battery has now become a nightmare. I ring the security response team who tells me that I should have fore warn them that I was attending site and they could have arranged someone to mmet me there. All good and well but the fault report clearly states someone will be on site. I avoided the argument and apologised hoping he could get someone on site asap 2000 earliest he says. Great!! I had a call out at 1.30 this morning got back in bed at 5 and woke at 7 im slightly tired. I crack the engine and turn the heaters on when disastor strikes I need the toilet and not aomething you can do standing up. For 3 and a half hours I ride the pain like a woman in labour when suddenly theres a knock on my window recovering from almost certain cardiac arrest i open my door to a man ressembling a hobbit. Im here to escort you, I explain that its access I need. Anyway here I am with stomach cramps, a hobbit and another 1 hour wait for access to a site to carry out a 2 minute job ive another call 2 hours away to because a gas suppression system wont go in normal its stuck in auto preventing the alarm from setting. Then a 2 hr drive home. Fantastic

Id try and get a duct grade cat 5 or 2 across and have a rio and rkp in the office. Bringing 2 would give you a second chance should 1 become faulty or maybe you could add an ip camera at a later stage networked over your home lan