VST MN3010E User manual

MN3010E
Fire Alarm Control Panel
USER’S MANUAL

Version：5059161214
Preface
VST-3010W fire alarm control unit (linkage type) is a new generation of intelligent and
integrated fire alarm and linkage control unit designed by Victory System Technology Ltd.The
company strictly follows the requirements and spirit of GB 4717-2005 Fire Alarm Control Unit and
GB 16806-2006 Automatic Control System for Fire Protection and refers to related requirements
in EN 54-2 and EN 54-4, combining with sufficient surveys of fire protection market requirements
and years of experience in fire engineering projects in the fire industry.
The fire alarm control unit is of modular design and features with powerful functions,
outstanding cost performance and other advantages. The system is equipped with 4.3”color LCD
and a dedicated mini-printer as standard, which can print Chinese character information of all
alarms, faults and various operations. It has the capabilities of comprehensive field programming
and solving complex linkage relation setup. It imitates Windows operation interface, which is
easy to learn and use, and to enter Chinese characters. The maximum capacity of a single
equipment reaches 324 bus alarm linkage control points and 20 units can be networked, which
can also be networking with other fire alarm control by the company.
VST-3010W intelligent two-bus alarm linkage control unit may be connected (as required) to
intelligent fire detectors, input modules, output modules and multi-wire linkage units produced by
the company, thus forming a fire alarm system integrated with alarm and linkage, bus and
multi-wire, so as to satisfy the requirements of fire engineering.
（Thank you for selecting the quality product produced by
Victory System Technology Ltd）
Please be sure to read this user’s manual carefully before using
and operating the equipment. After debugging and acceptance, this
user’s manual should be taken charge of by a special person and be
kept properly for future reference!

Contents
Chapter 1 System Overview.................................................................................................................1
1.1 System introduction........................................................................................................... 1
1.2 System features................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 System connection diagram.............................................................................................1
1.4 Introduction to system constituent equipment.......................................................... 2
1.5 Technical parameters of system products...................................................................3
1.5.1 Power supply.......................................................................................................... 3
1.5.2 System operating environment......................................................................... 3
1.5.3 Peripheral equipment........................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2 Engineering Installation and Dimension of the System...........................................4
2.1 Outline and dimension diagram of products...............................................................4
2.2 System installation..............................................................................................................4
2.2.1 Open-box check..................................................................................................... 4
2.2.2 Check of engineering configuration................................................................ 4
2.2.3 Power-on test..........................................................................................................4
2.2.4 Check and connection of external equipment.............................................. 4
Chapter 3 System Debugging and Use.............................................................................................5
3.1 System debugging.............................................................................................................. 5
3.2 System operating instructions........................................................................................ 5
3.2.1 Functions of the panel......................................................................................... 5
3.2.2 Start-up and power-on......................................................................................... 9
3.2.3 Login operation of the users..............................................................................9
3.2.4 Special function keys of the system.............................................................. 11
3.2.5 Input of characters.............................................................................................. 12
Chapter 4 System Configuration Details........................................................................................14
4.1 System setup...................................................................................................................... 14
4.1.1 Time setup............................................................................................................. 15
4.1.2 Building setup, floor setup............................................................................... 15
4.1.3 Networking setup.................................................................................................16
4.1.4 Password setup................................................................................................... 18
4.1.5 Indicating panel setup........................................................................................19
4.1.6 Power setup.......................................................................................................... 20
4.1.7 Printer setup..........................................................................................................20
4.1.8 System rename.....................................................................................................21
4.2 Bus setup.............................................................................................................................21
4.2.1 Detector/module setup.......................................................................................22
4.2.2 Work mode setup.................................................................................................26
4.2.3 Add equipment type............................................................................................27
4.3 Linkage setup..................................................................................................................... 28
4.3.1 System linkage setup......................................................................................... 28
4.3.2 Building linkage setup....................................................................................... 31
4.3.3 Floor intergration setup.....................................................................................31
4.3.4 Room intergration setup....................................................................................32
4.3.5 Complex linkage setup...................................................................................... 33
4.3.6 Setup of four-wire fire hydrant.........................................................................33
4.4 Operations........................................................................................................................... 33
4.4.1 Repeat address check........................................................................................34
4.4.2 Single-point test...................................................................................................34
4.4.3 Single-start/stop...................................................................................................36
4.4.4 Auto register......................................................................................................... 36
4.4.5 Isolate current alarm...........................................................................................37

4.4.6 Query current isolation...................................................................................... 37
4.4.7 Cancel all isolation.............................................................................................. 38
4.4.8 Check current delaying......................................................................................38
4.5 Historical query..................................................................................................................38
4.5.1 Historical fire alarms...........................................................................................38
4.5.2 Historical faults.................................................................................................... 39
4.5.3 Historical request/feedback..............................................................................39
4.5.4 Historical operations.......................................................................................... 40
4.5.5 Historical deletions............................................................................................. 40
4.6 Special operations............................................................................................................ 41
4.6.1 USB equipment data backup............................................................................41
4.6.2 USB data load....................................................................................................... 42
4.6.3 Bus quality check................................................................................................ 43
4.6.4 Document reset.................................................................................................... 43
4.6.5 Statistics.................................................................................................................44
4.6.6 LED brightness control......................................................................................44
4.6.7 LCD timed power off........................................................................................... 44
4.7 About.....................................................................................................................................45
Chapter 5 Alarm Function.................................................................................................................. 46
Chapter 6 Analysis and Elimination of Possible Causes of the Fault................................... 51
Chapter 7 Appendix..............................................................................................................................53
Appendix1: List of Equipment Types...........................................................................................53

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ter 1 System Overview
1.1 System introduction
VST-3010W fire alarm control panel (hereinafter referred to fire control unit) is a new
generation of fire alarm control panel launched by Victory System Technology Ltd. In order to
meet the engineering design demand, the control unit is provided with both linkage and control
functions. It can support uses of other related products of the Company to form an integrated
alarm and linkage control system, which is perfectly suitable for the application of small and
medium-sized fire alarm and firefighting and linkage integrated control system.
The fire alarm linkage control system is widely used in small and medium-sized firefighting
engineering, such as high-grade office building, residence community, department store,
gymnasium, exhibition room, library, workshop, supermarket and hotels.
1.2 System features
Adopts the latest generation of high-speed microprocessor. Data processing rate and data
storage capacity reach 100-fold and 1000-fold increase, respectively, compared to traditional
technologies
VST-3010W is provided with 4.3" color display screen (LCD), with a display resolution of
430×272.
The operation interface imitates Windows menus and window interfaces and is almost the
same as the computer operating and using habits, thus facilitates the learning.
Operation and control are flexible and convenient through the standard USB-interfaced
computer keyboard and mouse + the panel buttons are used as field programming devices.
T9 pinyin input method is provided and texts can be input easily and freely.
Use smart U disk (optional), which can be used to copy or restore setup file and historical file
of the system, thus facilitating the system maintenance.
It adopts the non-polarity two-bus intelligent alarm linkage pattern and can connect 324
intelligent detectors or intelligent modules at most. The addresses of module detectors can
be mix-programmed (optional 1-324)
It supports interconnection of 20 VST-3010W control units and the maximum system capacity
after networking reaches 20×324=6480 (alarm point)
The maximum capacity of linkage control unit of a single equipment: 10 points
The system has the function of recording operation history: 1000 pieces of historical fire
alarms, historical requests, historical feedbacks, historical faults and historical operations,
respectively
The user may customize the equipment type, which can facilitate the system integration
It has the modular manual single-point start/stop functions, which can facilitate field
debugging and testing
It has the single-point detector/module testing function, the detector working status and test
data are clearly displayed
The system is provided with a dedicated mini-printer as standard, which is used to print
various operating statuses of the system immediately
It can be accessed with area indicating panels, building indicating panels and floor indicating
panels, which will extend display information of the control unit to corridor and other locations
It can be connected with PC to achieve city networking.
The system carries out the hierarchy management of multi-level users and the users of
different levels are granted with corresponding operating system permissions, which is
convenient for system management
It is possible to update the system on field or remotely to ensure the system operates stably
and reliably
Standards: GB 4717-2005 Fire Alarm Control Unit
GB 16806-2006 Automatic Control System for Fire Protection

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1.3 System connection diagram
Figure 1-1 System connection diagram
Note: Refer to the connection diagrams of detectors/modules for the connection of
detector, interface module, monitoring module and control module.
1.4 Introduction to system constituent equipment
As shown in Figure 1-1,in order to familiarize you with this system, the constituent equipment
is introduced briefly in the following sections. The fire control system is composed of the
following main constituent parts:
Main control part
The main control part is responsible for processing and analyzing the data messages
transmitted from other parts, and directing, based on results of data analysis, other parts in
the system to executive corresponding orders, such as controlling the fire alarm sounding by
control buzzer.
Display component
The display component provides main output interface for alarm message and routine
maintenance and query interface.
Input device
The system transplants the computer standard peripheral interface, panel buttons or
USB-interfaced keyboard / button as input devices, which brings much convenience for the
user to set up and maintain the system.
Power supply
The power supply is used for all internal equipment in the overall system. The system adopts
the special firefighting equipment power with DC 24V output, which can provide alarm or
feedback signals, such as main electrical faults, backup electrical faults, backup power
under-voltage and backup power charging, and have good immunity characteristics.
Bus
The bus is used as the driver of detector/module bus, which may drive 324 intelligent
detectors or intelligent modules and can be equipped with bus indicating panel.
Fire detector
The system can get access to various intelligent smoke, thermal or compound detectors
produced by the company, and the main types include JTY-GD-930 and JTW-ZD -920.
I/O module, acousto-optic alarm apparatus, manual alarm apparatus and

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fire hydrant
The system can get access to multiple intelligent modules produced by the company, with the
main types as follows: Input module JK-952, Input module JS-951, output module KZ-953 and
I/O module KZJ-956. Meanwhile, it can also get access to intelligent acousto-optic alarm
apparatus SG-991, and intelligent manual alarm button J-SAP-M-960 and intelligent fire
hydrant J-SAP-M-961.
Printer
The system is equipped with a special mini-printer (hereinafter referred to printer) as standard,
which can print alarms, feedbacks and fault messages for future reference.
Fire indicating panel
The fire-indicating panel is called floor-indicating panel and its application is expanded in the
system, which can be used as both "building indicating panel" and "floor indicating panel".
The model of indicating panel accessed to the system is JB-FSD-982.
1.5 Technical parameters of system products
1.5.1 Power supply
Main power supply: AC 220V±20%/50Hz or DC24V;
Backup power supply: DC24V maintenance-free battery BAT12V/5AH
1.5.2 System operating environment
Ambient temperature: Operating -10℃～+55℃
Ambient humidity: ≤95% (40℃±2℃, no condensation)
1.5.3 Peripheral equipment
See product instructions for detailed technical parameters of detector, module and
acousto-optic equipment.

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Cha
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ter 2 Engineering Installation and Dimension of the
System
2.1 Outline and dimension diagram of products
Outline and dimension of VST-3010W
Figure 2‑1Casedimension
2.2 System installation
2.2.1 Open-box check
Before installation, check the field equipment at first. After opening the packing box, check
the goods inside the box one by one against the packing list and the main check contents include
installation and operation instructions, protective tube, standby screw and key of the control unit,
and then, if necessary, check appearance of the control box after verification. Please call the
sales personnel of our company immediately in case of any discrepancies found during the check.
2.2.2 Check of engineering configuration
Check packaging list of the control equipment against engineering configuration. The
requirements shall match with the design drawing.
2.2.3 Power-on test
After verification by above checks, power on and carry out simple tests of the control unit,
and verify whether power supply and basic functions (such as button and indication functions) of
the control unit operate normally without connecting the peripheral equipment.
2.2.4 Check and connection of external equipment
Check the conditions of the bus connected with the control unit and measure the insulation
resistance between different loop buses, between bus and ground, as well as load condition of
the loop. Wherein, insulation resistance shall be greater than 20MΩand loop impedance shall be
smaller than 40Ω.
Check the status of circuit equipment with debugging device, that is, whether equipment
number, coding and operating status comply with the design requirements, eliminate existing
faults and prepare for system connection.
Connect peripheral equipment or connecting line of the system into input terminal of the
system control unit, see instructions on the label for definitions of each terminal. The contact shall
be good. Check with multimeter that it is free of short circuits or open circuits after connection.

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ter 3 System Debugging and Use
3.1 System debugging
After connection and verification, the system may be switched on for debugging, mainly
including logging and testing of detector and module, and setup of linkage relation.
3.2 System operating instructions
3.2.1 Functions of the panel
The layout of VST-3010W panel is as follows:
Figure 3-1 Layout diagram of the panel
The design of panel contains the basic functions of alarm enquiries and control. The indication
in the above figure is detailed as follows:
Indication function zone:
Figure 3-2 Indication function zone
No.
Silk-screen
characters
Light
color
Function description
01 POWER ON Green
The indicator light will be on when the mainboard is normally
supplied by the host (or backup power supply).
The illuminating of the indicator light
does not indicate other system components (except for the
mainboard) are normally supplied, that is, the indicator light
will be on as long as the power supply of the mainboard is
normal.
02 FIRE Red The indicator light is on when the system detects any fire

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alarm.
03 START Red
The indicator light will be lit if the system has sent out a
linkage request of a certain module.
04 FEEDBACK Red
The indicator light will be lit if the system has received a
linkage feedback of a certain module.
05 FAULT Yellow
The indicator light will be lit when the system detects any fault
alarm (regardless of fault types).
06
SYSTEM
FAULT
Yellow
The indicator light will be lit when the machine is in fault or the
system is not operating as expected.
07 DELAY Red
When the fire alarm triggers the linkage, the indicator light will
be lit during the delay time and will go off after the linkage
delay expires and the linkage has been achieved.
08
POWER
FAULT
Yellow
The indicator light will be lit when the system detects the alarm
of host power supply (regardless of fault type). The power fault
may cause the overall system not to function correctly and
thus the indicator light is equipped specially.
09
SOUNDER
FAULT
Yellow
The indicator light will be lit when the acousto-optic alarm
apparatus or far sound equipment (alarm bell) in the system
goes wrong.
10 SELF -TEST Yellow
The indicator light will be lit when the machine carries out
self-test or single-point test and will go off after self-test
completion.
Key functional zone:
Figure 3-3 Key function zone
1) LOGIN function key (with light key)
Originally, the panel keys are under OFF state at power-on, AND LOGIN indicator light is off.
Press LOGIN key or * key of panel keyboard or CTRL+ALT +DEL of USB keyboard and the
password input box will prompt on the display, then enter into the password and login in (see
User’s Manual for details). The system will open the panel keyboard when receiving the

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correct password and LOGIN indicator light is lit. Under open state, press LOGIN or *KEY of
panel keyboard or CTRL+ALT +DEL of USB keyboard to close the keyboard and log out.
When the panel keyboard is open, the system will
automatically log out the logging status and close the panel keyboard If it is
inactive for about 10 minutes. Except for MUTE, other function keys are allowed
to be operated only when the panel keyboard is open.
2) GENERAL LINKAGE function key (with light key)
If the automatic/manual control is prohibited, press GENERAL LINKAGE to switch into
enabled status and meanwhile GENERAL LINKAGE indicator light is on. Press again to
return to the prohibited status and the indicator light is off. If multiple hosts are networked,
press GENERAL LINKAGE of host 1 in the network, and the automatic/manual control status
of all hosts will be changed simultaneously; if GENERAL LINKAGE of other host is pressed,
the status of the host will be changed only. The control status of automatic/manual control will
be saved at power-off, which means automatic/manual control will resume the status before
power-off when the system is switched on again after power-off.
3) MANUAL CONTROL function key (with light key)
If MANUAL CONTROL of the system is prohibited, press MANUAL CONTROL to enable all
manual control panels of the bus switched in, and meanwhile the permission light under MANUAL
CONTROL is lit. Press again to return to the prohibited status and the indicator light goes off. If
multiple hosts are networked, press MANUAL CONTROL of host 1 in the network, and the status
of all manual control panels of the bus will be changed simultaneously and stay the same with
host 1; if MANUAL CONTROL of other host is pressed, the status of the host will be changed only.
The manual control panels of the bus will be saved at power-off, which means the manual control
panels of the bus will resume the status before power-off when the system is switched on again
after power-off.
4) MUTE function key
Press MUTE key to mute the sounds of interior buzzer, fire indicating panel and graphic
display device in the fire control room. Under mute state, the buzzer and other audible alarm
apparatus will be restarted in case of any new alarm. MUTE key is the only key without
password protection in the system. It will stay valid regardless of on or off states of the panel
keyboard.
5) SOUND CONTROL function key (with light key)
Press SOUND CONTROL to mute all the external equipment (alarm bell and acousto-optic
alarm apparatus) in the system. In case of fire alarm, SOUND CONTROL key can be used to
switch off or restart sounds of corresponding alarm apparatus. When SOUND CONTROL is
pressed and the alarm sound is muted, SOUND CONTROL indicator light is lit. In case of new fire
alarm in the system and linking with alarm bell or acousto-optic alarm apparatus, SOUND
CONTROL indicator light turns off and alarm sound of corresponding alarm apparatus will be
restarted. The key can be operated only if the user has logged in the system.
6) ISOLATION function key (with light key)
Pressing ISOLATION will isolate all bus equipment (any bus equipment in the networking
system) under alarm state (fire alarm, feedback or fault state) currently. The system will not
send any acousto-optic alarm for the alarm message generated by a certain isolated
equipment. The fault messages including power supply, printer, indicating panel and host
communication cannot be isolated. The isolation light is lit in case of any isolated bus
equipment existing in the system.
Only the super user has the permission to operate this
function. The isolation is only valid for the display information and the isolated
equipment will operate normally. The keyboard for isolating current alarm is provided
on the panel only and isolation operations, including query isolation and cancelling all
isolation, can be achieved by the menu.
7) SELF-TEST function key
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test, try many acoustic modes for buzzer (fire alarm, fault and feedback) and illuminate the pixel
matrix on the screen by sequence. The system will log out automatically after self-test completion.
Under self-test state, press SELF-TEST key again to exit the self-test state.
The system will not receive alarm signals temporarily under self-test state.
8) RESET function key
Press RESET to eliminate all current alarms and reboot the system. The whole process takes
30-60s. If multiple hosts are networked, press RESET key of host 1 and all hosts in the
network will be reset; press RESET key of other host, this host itself will be reset.
If multiple hosts are networked, host 1 is used as the concentrator
(system host), press RESET,MUTE,GENERAL LINKAGE,SOUNDER CONTROL,
MANUAL CONTROL keys,all regional units (host 2-20) will execute this operation;
when the regional unit operates these keys, the state of itself will only be changed.
When the regional units in the networking system are under set state, press
RESET key on the concentrator, the regional units will response the restore
command immediately and the files currently set by the regional units will lose
this update, which means the data set since last storage will not be saved
automatically! Therefore, if multiple debuggers operate at the same time, please
disconnect the connecting line of the host being set temporarily before inputting
large data volume!
9) F1 function key
Pressing F1 on the panel will switch to the alarm interface. In cast of no alarm message, it
will hint that there is no alarm message at the moment and stay at the original interface.
10) Selection and query edit of LCD content
There are 9 keys in this section: ▲,▼TAB,ENTER, BACK, CANCEL, MENU, COPY,
PASTE. Meaning and purpose of these 9 keys:
▲- scroll upward ▼- scroll downward
ENTER - SELECT THE OPTION CORRESPONDING
TO THE CURSOR
BACK - DELETE TO THE LEFT
CANCEL -EXIT CURRENT OPTION PASTE - COPY CONTENT OF SELECTED ITEM
COPY - PASTE COPIED CONTENT TO CURRENT
POSITION
MENU - ENTER INTO MENU INTERFACE
TAB - skip to different options by the sequence of from left to right and from top to bottom
Display interface of the screen:
Figure 3‑4 Display interface
The following describes the conventional display bars on the screen, which will be
displayed no matter what state the screen is in. There are 4 conventional display bars
Attention

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on the display screen, as shown in the following figure:
The title bar
Display model and name of the host as well as company logo
The status bar
It has the following main functions:
Display the special function buttons available currently
Display the total amount of fire alarm, request, feedback and faults under alarm
state
Time bar
Display current date and time of the system
Power status bar
Display the current power status of the host by icon, as shown in the figure:
Figure 3‑5 Status and meaning of icons
3.2.2 Start-up and power-on
The power supply required for normal operation of the system is AC 220V±20%, 50Hz.
The equipment must be well grounded. After confirmation of these operating environments,
power on and start up. The display will show the following prompt after power-on:
Figure 3‑6 Initialization interface
At this moment, the system will check and load the data required for system operation and
set the external equipment as required. The current initialization steps will be displayed in the
status bar. The initialization process will take 10-20s and them the system will enter into the
interface as follows after initialization:

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Figure 3‑7 Normal prompt interface of the system operation
The prompt interface means the system has entered into the monitoring status.
3.2.3 Login operation of the users
Login in refers to the process of entering password by the users and identifying by the
system.
The users may operate the functions with the system complying with its identity after login
in.
The users may be divided into four categories based on different operating authorization:
Super user: system designer (8-digital password)
System debugger: System debugger of the manufacturer (8-digital password)
System administrator: maintenance personnel of the user system (6-digital
password)
Watchman: person on duty at the fire control room (4-digital password)
The user classification aims to prevent possible mal-operation and
facilitate system maintenance and management.
The watchman is not allowed to enter the system setting interface and can
login in, check and operate through the panel keyboard only.
The system will record the operation content of each user to
facilitate the responsibility tracing; therefore the password shall be kept
strictly confidential and carefully managed and be kept away from irrelevant
personnel.
3.2.3.1 Login of super user, system debugger and system administrator:
Super user, system debugger and system administrator may login in the system by two ways.
1. Login in through standard USB keyboard. Pop up the login window by pressing Ctrl, Alt and
Del keys simultaneously (as shown below).
Figure 3-8 Example of USB keyboard
2. Press “*” key at the left bottom corner of the panel, and pop up the login window.
Login operation
Under not-logged-in state, press CTRL、ALT +DEL on USB keyboard simultaneously, or press
"*" key at the left bottom corner of the panel, and pop up the password input window (as
shown below). Press ENTER key on USB keyboard or “OK” key on the panel keyboard after
entering the password.

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Figure 3‑9 Password logging window
In order to keep confidential, “＊” will be displayed in the
input box when entering any key value. After login-in, panel keyboard will be
opened at the same time and LOGIN indicator light on the panel will be lightened.
Log out
Under logging state, press CTRL, ALT +DEL keys on USB keyboard simultaneously, or press
"*" keys at the left bottom corner of the panel,and pop up the inquiry window. Select ENTER.
The system logs out.
Figure 3‑10 Inquiry window of log out
3.2.3.2 The watchman logins in via panel keyboard
The watchman can login in directly via panel of the control unit and it is only required to
operate the panel.
Login operation
Under not-logged-in state, press LOGIN on the panel, pop up the password input window
and enter into the password according to the numeric keys on the panel keyboard. Press
ENTER to confirm after inputting the password and LOGIN indicator light is lit at the same
time.
Figure 3‑11 Watchman login interface
Log out
Under logging state, press LOGIN key on the panel, and the system will exit the logging
status and LOGIN light goes off.
Under logging state, the system will log out automatically if it
is inactive within 10 minutes (no key is pressed and the mouse does not

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move).
Under not-logged-in state, the user may only execute “MUTE”
operation and other operations are not allowed.
3.2.4 Special function keys of the system
The system adopts the standard USB keyboard compatible with PC and defines the following
special function keys. The function keys corresponding to keyboard are set on the panel keyboard
and the specific contents are as follows:
Function keys Shortcuts Corresponding
panel keys
F1 Switch to main setting interface Menu
F2 Switch to alarm interface F1
F3 Switch to shielding inquiry interface None
F4 Switch to single-point start / stop interface None
F5 Copy cells in the spreadsheet Copy
F9 Paste cells in the spreadsheet Paste
Ctrl+Alt+Del Switch to login in interface or log out
interface
*
Ctrl+Space Switch to Chinese input method or exit
Chinese input method
#
Shift+Space Switch over Quanpin input method / zone bit
code input method
#
←Move left the cursor position ←
↑Move upward the cursor position ↑
→Move right the cursor position →
↓Move downward the cursor position ↓
Del Delete text characters at the right side of the
cursor
None
Back Space Delete text characters at the left side of the
cursor
Back Space
The above special function keys are not active under all
conditions. The main function keys active currently will be scrolled on the status bar
(see the panel layout diagram for its position) at the lower end of the main interface.
The panel keyboard is under digital input state normally. It is
switched to phonetic alphabet input state, letter input state in proper order and
returned to digital input state after pressing “#” key. Refer to the interface prompt box
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Under fire alarm and feedback state, the system administrator is not
allowed to enter into the setting interface. This is because the system decides
emergencies have been detected and must be disposed preferentially. At this
moment, F1 key is in vain. However, the system debugger and the super user may
enter into the setting interface under fire alarm and feedback state as the system
decides it is under debugging or maintenance state currently.
The alarm interface will pop up in case of new alarms (including fire alarm and
faults), no matter what kind of operator is in the non-alarm interfaces, such as setting
interface. Then only the system debugger and the super user may re-enter into the
setting interface.
3.2.5 Input of characters
The system support three Chinese input methods: Quanpin input method / zone bit code
input method / T9 input method
Switching method:
Ctrl+Space (space key) ------ Switch to Chinese input method or exit Chinese
input method
Shift + Space (Space key)------Switch over Quanpin input method/zone bit code
input method
Zone bit code input method is cancelled when the panel keyboard is used for
operation only. Press “#” to switch over digital input/T9 input method/alphabet input.
3.2.5.1 Quanpin input method:
Only support word input, not support word group input;
Enter rightful phonetic alphabets and press SPACE key to prompt the lookup floating window
(as shown in Figure below);
Select according to word number 1-9 and press ＋and - keys to turn pages for
the lookup character window;
Only support the mainland Standard Chinese phonetics.
Figure 3‑12 The character input interface for system renaming
3.2.5.2 Zone bit code input method
Only support word input. The corresponding Chinese characters will be input into the
cursor position after entering rightful zone bit code composed of 4 digitals
See National Standard Secondary Font Library Code for queries of zone bit code
3.2.5.3 T9 input method
Only support word input, not support word group input
Enter rightful phonetic alphabets and press “0” key to prompt the lookup floating
window
Select according to word number 1-9 and press ←and →keys to turn pages for the
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Cha
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ter 4 System Configuration Details
This chapter will describe operation of the submenus related to the system configuration,
including system setup, bus setup and linkage setup. The following figure is the list of menu setup.
Figure 4‑1 List of menu setup
4.1 System setup
Click on SYSTEM SETUP menu and pop up the submenu, as shown in Figure below:
Figure 4‑2 System setup menu

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4.1.1 Time setup
The time setup interface is as follows: enter into proper date and time, click the OK button,
and the system will save the time set by the user.
Figure 4‑3 Time setup interface
In the networking system of multiple hosts, as the host time is required
to be the same, all hosts in the system will take time of the concentrator as criterion.
This means other hosts will align with the time setup of the concentrator
automatically and synchronously, the system time will be synchronized to time of
the concentrator even if other hosts have set the time. Therefore, only the
concentrator has the effective time setup function in the networking system.
4.1.2 Building setup, floor setup
The setup of building and floor is to familiarize the system with the application-engineering
environment. The whole area governed by the system is logically partitioned as follows by the 3
geographic orientation setup:
The system can govern 20 buildings at most, with each building having 10-200 floors. For
a certain engineering, effective buildings and floors are required to be registered by clicking on
the registration column in the corresponding form; "√" means registered, "×" means
unregistered.
The building and floor setup shall be carried out at the beginning of
engineering commissioning, as other setups all base on these data. The problem of
skip floor can be solved by floor registration, that is, some of the buildings may not
have a certain floor, like 4F, thus the registration of that floor can be cancelled and
the system will consider 3F and 5F are adjacent and all linkages can be scrolled
normally.
Building setup: the building can be named in "location description"; the initialization
value in the figure is "building 1-N".
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Figure 4‑4 Building setup interface
Floor setup: press OK button to save the setup and exit; press cancel button to retain the
original setup and exit.
Figure 4‑5 Floor design interface
The building can be renamed in the "location description"
column in the form of building setup, which makes the alarm message easier to
read, for example, if building 1 is named as "science building", the alarm message
would be changed as follows:
Fire alarm at room 28, F8, building 1→Fire alarm at room 28, F8, science
building
If the location information of each detector or module shall be completely independent, the
corresponding location description of each detector or module can be entered at the
"detector/module setup" interface. For specific methods, see the setup description of
"detector/module setup".
If a certain floor of the building is used as equipment floor (or
mezzanine), it can be ignored during floor setup. The scroll-for-alarm of equipment
floor is typically affiliated to an adjacent floor. The detector or module floor at the
equipment floor can be entered via location description of detector or module. For
example, if an equipment floor is between 2F and 3F of the building and is affiliated
to 2F, the location of detectors at the equipment floor can be set as 2F with the
location description of "equipment floor between 2F and 3F...”.
The building and floor setup must be carried out prior to other
setups, otherwise corresponding alternatives are unavailable at the time of
linkage setup and other operation interfaces. The incorrect building and floor
setup may cause wrong scroll-for-alarm or linkage.
4.1.3 Networking setup
The system supports the networking of 20 control hosts of VST-3010W series. Due to
requirements of over-host linkage, the fire alarm message shall be transmitted to the
concentrator or other regional units in the network simultaneously, so the networking must be
carried out. The alarm messages will be only transmitted to the hosts registered on the local
machine with passive receiving as the receiving mode, the registered host displays the alarm
message it receives.
During networking, time of the concentrator (host 1) will be taken as the criterion for the
network time. Time of all hosts in the network will be changed as time of the concentrator
changes.