Bentel Security FireClass100 Mounting instructions

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SOFTWARE MANUAL

Use this manual with the following Analogue Fire control panels:
FC200 - 2 Loop Master panel with 4 A Linear power supply
FC200/S - 2 Loop Master panel with 2.5 A Switching power supply
FC200/SL - 2 Loop Slave panel without power unit
FC100 - 1 Loop Control panel with 2.5 A Switching power supply
The name FireClass has been used in this manual to describe features
common to all the above listed panels.
BENTEL SECURITY reserves the right to change the technical features of
these products without prior notice.
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Software Manual: FireClass Analogue Fire Control panel
ISTRUZIONI SOFTWARE INGLESE FC100-200/UK ISTSOFFIREC/UK

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INSTALLATION 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the Fire Software suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Select Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Fire Software 7
Communicating with Fireclass control panels . . . . . 7
Main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Parameter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Programming Peripheral Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Log window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Control panel Log management . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Customer Account Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Print and Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Translat 28
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Search Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Find Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Create language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Copy language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Modify Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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dbManager 35
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Export data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Copying Customer accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GMap 39
Graphic map management window . . . . . . . . . . 41
Management menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Map settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
New backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
New Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Create Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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INSTALLATION
Introduction
The Bentel Fire suite contains the Management software applications for
the FC100/200, J400 and J524 control panels and the PCJ400 Interface.
Select FC100/200 control panel, to access the following applications:
Fire Software:Control panel Programming and Management application.
Translat: Language application (customizes system terminology).
DBManager: Data export application.
GMap: Supervisory application (with graphic layouts).
Installing the Fire Software suite
Work carefully through the following steps to install the Bentel Fire Suite
applications.
1. Run the Setup.exe application contained in the CdRom.
2. Select a folder for the Bentel Fire Suite applications.
3. Check the installation settings then click on Next. If changes are neces-
sary - click on Back.
Select Language
You can select the language of the Bentel Fire Suite applications (Fire
Software, GMap and dbManager) from the Languages provided, or use
the Translat application to customize the application terminology.
To Select the application language:
1. Run the Fire Software application.
2. Select Settings from the Main window.
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2. Select System Settings from the drop-down menu to open the Parameter
settings then click-on Miscellaneous.
3. Select a language from the Language list.
4. Click-on OK.
+To initialise the selected language ---- close then re-open the application.
+The source language of the Translat application is English.
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Figure 1 Remote link between the Fireclass control panel and PC.1) PC serial port;
2) Telephone network; 3) CVSER/9F9F wires; 4) BMOD or BMOD-RX mo-
dem; 5) Telecom Module FC200/COM; 6) FIRECLASS 200.
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Fire Software
The Fire Software application will allow you to program, manage, super-
vise and communicate with FireClass control panels.
Communicating with Fireclass control panels
If you are using the Supervisory, Management, Downloading and Log
Management functions, the control panel must be connected to your PC (in
local/remote communication).
It is not necessary for the control panel to be connected to your PC during
the parameter programming phase.
+If you are using the Fire system supervisory function of the GMap applica-
tion, the control panel must be connected to your PC.
Local/Remote Communications:
1. Using a CVSER/9F9F cable (accessory item) or similar cable (see figure
1a), connect the control panel serial port (refer to "PARTS IDENTIFICA-
TION" in the "INSTALLATION MANUAL") to a serial port on your PC.
2. Select the PC serial port from the Local Communication sheet (Setting
parameters window).
For 25 pin serial ports ---- use an ADSER/9M25F adapter (accessory item)
or make a cable as per figure 2b.
Remote communications with Fireclass control panels require a
BMOD/BMOD-RX modem (see figure 1).
+If the control panel is not connected to your PC when you start the com-
munication, the following warning will be shown.
Fire Software 7

+If the serial port for the local communication is invalid, the following warn-
ing will be shown.
Select OK to continue.
Figure 2 PC to Control panel cable link
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Main window
The Fire Software application opens on the Main window (see fig. 3).
The following section describes the File, Programming, Settings, Check,
Modem and Help menus.
File
The File options (New Customer, Save configuration, Print, Exit) will allow
you to manage customer account data. The details and system configura-
tion of each customer account will be saved to the hard disk database.
New Customer This option will allow you to assign and/or reset default parameters.
If, on selecting the New Customer option, the application finds unsaved
parameters, the following message will be shown:
If you click-on Yes, the Customer account window will open (refer to
"Save" section).
If you click-on No, the application will abandon any changes.
Figure 3 Main window
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To retrieve customer data from the database ---- right-click on the customer
account concerned (Main window Fig.3).
To delete the retrieved customer data from the database click-on Delete,
the application will show the following message:
If you click-on Yes, the respective customer data will be deleted from the
hard disk database.
Save
configuration This option will allow you to save the customer account data to the hard disk database.
Customers are identified by their Name and Code, therefore:
ØIf you try to save Customer data using a duplicated Name or Code, the ap-
plication will show the following warning:
If you click-on Yes, all new values will overwrite previous settings.
+This application is not case sensitive.
ØIf you try to save customer account data using a duplicated Name and a
new Code, the application will show the following warning:
ØIf you try to save customer account data using a new Name and a dupli-
cated Code, the application will show the following warning:
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