Talk:Fire alarm control panel

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I notice that my little joke has been removed:

Conventional panels have been around ever since electronics became small enough to make them viable. They are no longer used frequently in large buildings, but are still used in smaller, or less important buildings such as schools.

The less important has been removed :( --Naya2005 06:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brigade Called / Kissoff?

Kissoff is normally an indicator that means a signal has been acknowledged by a remote device. Brigade Called actually means that the brigade has been called and is on the way, although a type of "kissoff", it is too specialised to be just called that. Kissoff LED's are normally green whereas "brigade called" is normally red or yellow (because green indicates a 'normal' condition, and the brigade being called is not a normal condition).

I will move this into a different sub-heading unless an argument is put forward on this discussion page within ten days. --Naya2005 07:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Monitoring" section

In the US, the term "monitoring" refers to off-site central station monitoring, ie a 24 hour dispatch center which receives alarms from panels and calls the local fire dept. This section in our article describes a desktop computer interface to the fire panel, which is indeed an important topic, but I believe should be renamed for clarity. At Simplex, we call it a "Graphical Command Center" or "Information Management System". Any ideas for a new title?

Steve G

Since the release of the 1999 Fire Alarm Code (standard) the NFPA has changed the use of the word monitoring to refer to the electrical continuity of circuit conductors and supervising to refer to the off site supervision of the system. At nearly the same time the International Series of model codes decided to abandon the use of Supervising as previously used and to substitute the term Monitoring in its place. The ICC codes reference as part of their code that same NFPA document and so the changed meaning.

Because multiple editions of the ICC documents adopt NFPA72 by reference I suggest the section be titled Off Site Supervision and leave the term monitoring to contexts involving conductors and other signaling paths. This could help elimate confusion between Central Sation Service and Supervising Station Service.

Axcadd 04:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Walks

What is a "silent walk" and what it has to do with walk? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.29.229.114 (talk • contribs)

I think you may have just picked out a weak point in the article, since "walk" in this case isn't all that well defined. For that, I thank you. SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:14, 3 December 2006 (UTC)