IFC Networking—Metasys Intelligent Fire Network
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IFC-1010/2020 Fire Panels
The IFC panel collects information from addressable pull stations,
modules, detectors, and transponders and sends commands to addressable
control modules and transponders connected to the IFC Signaling Line
Circuit (SLC) communication circuits. The IFC panel makes this
information accessible to other nodes connected to the network.
Information from the panel may include the following signals: fire alarm,
security alarm, trouble, supervisory, and zone status. ACM Series
annunciator points programmed in an IFC panel can also communicate
through the FN with similar physical annunciator points programmed in
an INA.
Note: Only the IFC-1010/2020 panels are UL 864 Listed for use with
the FN.
Fire OWS
The Fire OWS is a computer-based platform that displays network
information and organizes the network into programmed groups of
IFC panels associated with each Fire-Net NCM. The Fire OWS is
UL 864 UOJZ Listed as the Proprietary Supervising Station in a NFPA 72
Proprietary Protective Signaling System for fire alarm applications.
The Fire OWS also contains a history file that can record events and
actions that have occurred in the network.
The Fire OWS, dedicated printer, fire watchdog timer, and Fire-Net NCMs
are not required when the FN is configured to comply with the UL Local
Fire Alarm Listing. In that configuration, an INA can serve as the central
annunciator for all of the IFC panels connected on the FN.
Fire-Net NCM
The Fire-Net NCM is a special and unique UL Listed NCM300-type
controller used to coordinate annunciation between IFC panels and the FN,
and between the IFC panel and the Fire OWS. See the
Network Control
Module 300 Series Technical Bulletin (LIT-6360251)
in the
Metasys
Network Technical Manual (FAN 636)
.
Intelligent Network Annunciator (INA)
The INA is UL Listed and can display and store network information
generated by IFC panels on the network. The INA can perform global
reset, signal silence, and acknowledge commands for the network, as long
as all of the IFC panels are within a single building. The INA has
EIA-RS232 printer and CRT terminal interfaces used to record/display
network status and an EIA-RS485 interface for ACM Series annunciators.
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