Potter PFC-9000 Series - Manual (Page 73)

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Adding a Printer or CRT
An RS-232 connection is provided for connection of a serial printer or CRT to the PFC-9000 series panel. An Epson LX300X
printer is recommended. The printer or CRT plugs into port P9 on the main fire alarm board. (see pg. 8 for location). NOTE:
Access to P9 is blocked if a UDACT is installed.
The configuration software contains the programming information to add a printer. The printer is added to the Display section. Highlight
Display, click Item, Modify, then check the box for Printer Attached. If the printer is form feed, that box must also be checked.
Connecting a Remote Computer
The RS232 port can also be used to send information from the panel to a computer via a Hyper Terminal. Program the
configuration software for Printer Attached. Connect a serial cable between P9 on the panel and the serial port on the computer.
Open the Hyper Terminal on the computer by clicking on Start, Programs, Accessories, Communications, and Hyper Terminal.
Double click on Hyper Terminal and enter a name for the file. Click OK and then set the Connect using Com1. Disable all
modems, network cards, PDA software, etc. The bits per second should be set at 9600, Databits 8, Parity None, Stop bits 1,
Flow Control Hardware. Click OK and the computer will display whatever is on the LCD display of the PFC-9000. Reports and
histories can now be sent to the computer, displayed at the panel, or printed. When finished, close the Hyper Terminal and save
the file if needed.
Correlations
The PFC-9000 series can correlate (map) any of inputs to any of the outputs. The system is backwards compatible in that the user
can program the outputs to the inputs or the inputs to the outputs.
The picture above shows an excerpt of the screen that appears as part of the correlations. The listing of devices in the lower part
of the picture are correlated to the device selected above. Similarly, if the outputs on Loop 0 were selected, all of the inputs to a
particular output would be displayed in the lower part of the screen.