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9.4 Connecting a Single FIRElink-400 to an Addressable Fire

Panel

An FIRElink-APIC may be used to decode detector status information and relay this to the Fire Panel via

the Addressable Bus 1 and Bus 2 terminal block connections (see section 185619544.01.1.1 ”Detector

Terminal Block Connections” on page 33).

NOTE: The detector

address on the

RS485

communications loop

and the Fire Panel

addressable protocol

address are the

same, in other

words, no address

translation is

performed.

9.5 Connecting to a PC

To connect a single stand-alone detector to a PC, connect the PC‘s serial port directly to the detector‘s 9-

way RS232 port. Connections for this cable are shown below: