User's Manual

Sistema FIREMASTER III "Millennium" Manuale di istruzioni
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2.3 "TEST UNIT" ICON
The high-resolution graphic display of the new FIREMASTER III SYSTEM,
allows to display at the same time a lot more information than it was possible on
the previous version.
The "TEST UNIT" function in particular, uses this possibility to display, WITH
A SINGLE COMMAND, the complete situation relative to all 24 lines of a
selected Remote Unit.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: as previously remarked, the new FIREMASTER
III "Millennium", is completely compatible with the previous version
FIREMASTER II. Nevertheless, the behavior of the "old" Remote Units
RX24-A, when inquired using the "TEST UNIT" function, cannot be
identical to the one of the new generation Units. The compatibility has been
anyway maintained to the detriment of the response time. While the new
RX24-B Units implement a special function to send back a whole "block"
of data relative to the 24 lines with a single operation, the previous RX24-A
Units will do that A LINE AT THE TIME and it will be then necessary 24
consecutive transmission. This process is carried out in a complete
automatic way and it results completely "transparent" to the user, provided
he previously specified correctly the numbers relative to the RX24-A Units in
the "OLD UNITS SETUP". However, when a TEST UNIT request is sent
to a RX24-B Unit (new type), the parameters relative to ALL 24 LINES will
be displayed in only about 4 seconds. If the same command is otherwise
sent to a RX24-A Unit ("old" type), exactly the same result will be obtained,
but it will be necessary to wait about 25 seconds (the 24 lines are tested
automatically one at the time). If otherwise the TEST UNIT function is
used with an "old" typ RX24-A Unit, without previously specify its number
inside the "OLD UNITS SETUP" mask, then the Unit WILL NOT
RECOGNIZE THIS COMMAND (the "LINE TEST" menu must be
used instead).