System Sensor FAAST Networking - Manual (Page 14)

User Guide: FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology® Networking
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7. Upon connection, you may receive one of the following messages.
If you receive the first message, select Yes to copy the settings from the detector into your PipeIQ project file. If you receive
the second message, select No.
8. Edit the IP settings for the detector using the Device Connection group. The FAAST detector can operate using either a
static IP address or a dynamic IP address assigned via a DHCP server. When using DHCP, all the IP settings are provided
by the server and static settings are disabled. The fields are described in the table below.
Static IP Dynamic IP
Field Description
IP Address The address uniquely identifying the
FAAST detector on an IP network
Subnet Mask Used to determine the subnet to
which the detector belongs
Default
Gateway
A router for the detector to use when
contacting external networks
Primary DNS
Server
The IP address of a server to handle
name resolution requests
Secondary
DNS Server
The IP address of a second server to
handle name resolution requests
Note: Choose these values carefully. Illegal IP address / subnet mask combinations will make it impossible to connect
to the device.